The symptoms of emotional dysregulation associated with the syndrome known as pseudobulbar affect (PBA) can be effectively treated by the sigma, glutamate, and serotonergic agent dextromethorphan combined with quinidine. If the same brain circuits affected in PBA are also compromised in related disorders of emotional expression, dextromethorphan-quinidine and other novel sigma-glutamate-serotonin agents could prove to be novel psychopharmacologic treatments for these conditions as well.
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Stahl, S. M. (2016). Dextromethorphan-quinidine-responsive pseudobulbar affect (PBA): Psychopharmacological model for wide-ranging disorders of emotional expression? CNS Spectrums, 21(6), 419–423. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1092852916000742
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