February 1, 1999American Journal of Psychiatry

Sympathoadrenal Hyperactivity and the Etiology of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

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Patients with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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RGRonald J. GurreraHarvard University

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Implication

Proposed sympathetic model for NMS is hypothesis-generating; prospective validation needed before clinical adoption.

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Population

Patients with neuroleptic malignant syndrome (theoretical model based on published clinical findings and human/animal studies)

Outcome

Pathophysiological mechanisms of neuroleptic malignant syndrome

This paper proposes a comprehensive pathophysiological model suggesting that dysregulated sympathetic nervous system hyperactivity underlies neuroleptic malignant syndrome.

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Ronald J. Gurrera (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f69555d37378ac1dc77c8 https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.2.169

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Sympathoadrenal Hyperactivity and the Etiology of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

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Sympathoadrenal Hyperactivity and the Etiology of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

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