Observations on the human rejection behaviour syndrome: Denny-Brown revisited

Mov Disord. 2004 Jul;19(7):860-862. doi: 10.1002/mds.20059.

Abstract

The parietal avoiding-rejection behaviour syndrome, first described by Denny-Brown in the rhesus monkey, has been reported only rarely in humans. Here, we describe a patient with rejection behaviour in the setting of progressive cognitive decline accompanied by cortical myoclonus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Atrophy / pathology
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cognition Disorders / diagnosis
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Limbic Encephalitis / complications
  • Limbic Encephalitis / drug therapy
  • Limbic Encephalitis / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Perceptual Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Perceptual Disorders / etiology
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Rejection, Psychology*
  • Touch / physiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Prednisolone
  • Methylprednisolone