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Apneusis responding to buspirone in multiple sclerosisDepartment of Neurology, Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia
Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia
Department of Neurology, Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia; School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, m.hawes{at}uq.edu.au Apneusis is a disturbance of respiratory rhythm characterized by severely prolonged inspiratory effort, and is caused by bilateral lesions in the dorsal pons. In humans it is most commonly caused by pontine infarction and has rarely been reported in multiple sclerosis (MS). Here we report on a patient with MS who developed episodic apneusis which responded to treatment with buspirone, a serotonin type 1A receptor agonist.
Key Words: apneusis buspirone hypoxia multiple sclerosis pons respiratory serotonin agonist
This version was published on June
1, 2008 Multiple Sclerosis, Vol. 14, No. 5,
705-707 (2008) This article has been cited by other articles:
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