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Alan Carson

London
As seen in: Wiley Online Library, Cambridge University Press & Assessment, Oxford University Press (OUP), Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association), The Lancet, Neurology, Neurology Journal, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
Neuropsychiatrist Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Professor University of Edinburgh, past-President of FND Society and of BNPA
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Precipitating Factors for Functional Cognitive Disorder

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By Verónica Cabreira, Laura McWhirter, Jon Stone, Alan Carson
| Wiley Online Library
1 Introduction Functional cognitive disorder (FCD) is the cognitive subtype of functional neurological disorder (FND) [1]. The term is used to describe cognitive symptoms that are persistent and distressing and whose distinguishing feature is the presence of internal inconsistency [2]. FCD accounts for up to a quarter of patients attending memory services [3] and is also common in other medical conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome [4].
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Functional neurological disorder: defying dualism

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By Jon Stone, Ingrid Hoeritzauer, Laura McWhirter, Alan Carson
| Wiley Online Library
Functional neurological disorder (FND) is classified in the DSM-5-TR as “functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder)” and in the chapter on mental disorders of the ICD-11 as “dissociative neurological symptom disorder”.
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Volume 146 Issue 10

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By Kamran Abbasi , Alan Carson, Maria Andrea Desbats, Dennis L. Kolson
| Oxford University Press (OUP)
BIN1-related centronuclear myopathies are genetic diseases which result in disabling muscle weakness. Giraud et al. report that myotubularin overexpression in mice prevents and partially reverses BIN1-linked centronuclear myopathy by improving myofibre contractile properties and reducing muscle atrophy. See Asgarian et al. (https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awad310) for a scientific commentary on this article.
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