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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53500#.VMci6izQrzE Author(s)   Isabelle Rouch 1,2* , Claude Marescaux 3 , Catherine Padovan 4,5 , Thierry D’Amato 4,6 , Benoit Saitta 3 , Bernard Laurent 1 , Romain Rey 4 , Alexis Lepetit 2,4 , Jean Michel Dorey 4   Affiliation(s) 1 Neurology Unit, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint Etienne, France . 2 Geriatrics Unit, Charpennes Hospital, University Hospital of Lyon, Villeurbanne, France . 3 Département d’Information Médicale, Vinatier Hospital, Bron, France . 4 Memory Center-Gerontopsychiatry Unit, Vinatier Hospital, Bron, France . 5 Brain Dynamics and Cognition Team, Lyon Neurosciences Research Center, . 6 Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France . ABSTRACT Although Bipolar Disorder (BD) often affects young subjects, the number of elderly patients suffering from BD is rising as life expectancy increases. Few studies addressed the hospitalisation character...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53117#.VLXOT8nQrzE Author(s)   Javier Alvarez-Rodriguez *   Affiliation(s) Jefe de Servicio de Psiquiatría, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain . ABSTRACT This paper deals with certain psychic automatisms that are usually diagnosed as psychiatric symptoms or as simple partial seizures. These mental automatisms are described in many writings by mystics, philosophers, literates, composers, and many different great artists and creators from human history, but they have never conferred any pathological value on these experiences. We have carried out previous scientific researches in which we found abundant arguments suggesting that these automatisms are due to neuronal nets physiologically adapted to fire in a hypersynchronous way. With these pieces of information we propose an audacious hypothesis: these automatic experiences are mani...