Role of Donepezil in Autism : Its Conduciveness in Psychopharmacotherapy
Joint Authors
Agarwal, Medhavi
Pundhir, Ashish
Srivastava, Rohit Kant
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-2, 2 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-11-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
2
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A woman consulted psychiatric Out-Patient Department (OPD) for her 5-year and 2-month-old son presenting with typical autistic symptoms like social, behavioural, and communicational ineptitudeness.
Subsequent treatment with Donepezil resulted in marked improvement in the aforementioned symptomatology.
Recent studies in autistic child have shown diminished acetylcholine and nicotinic receptor activity, thus an acetylcholinergic enhancer, Donepezil, likely accounts for improvement in autistic symptoms.
Evidently, the case report consolidates Donepezil role as a potentially useful agent in the treatment of cognitive and behavioural symptoms observed in this disorder.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Srivastava, Rohit Kant& Agarwal, Medhavi& Pundhir, Ashish. 2011. Role of Donepezil in Autism : Its Conduciveness in Psychopharmacotherapy. Case Reports in Psychiatry،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-2.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Srivastava, Rohit Kant…[et al.]. Role of Donepezil in Autism : Its Conduciveness in Psychopharmacotherapy. Case Reports in Psychiatry No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-2.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Srivastava, Rohit Kant& Agarwal, Medhavi& Pundhir, Ashish. Role of Donepezil in Autism : Its Conduciveness in Psychopharmacotherapy. Case Reports in Psychiatry. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-2.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-481031
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-481031