What is Catalepsy?
{{Infobox disease | Name = Catalepsy | Image = Catalepsys boy.jpg | Caption = | DiseasesDB = | ICD10 = {{ICD10|F|20|2|f|20}}, {{ICD10|F|44|2|f|40}} | ICD9 = {{ICD9|295.2}}, {{ICD9|300.11}} | MeshID = D002375}} [[File:Rigidity of the body produced by catalepsy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Rgigidity of the body is characteristic of catalepsy]] '''Catalepsy''' is a nervous condition. The body is fixed, with [[wikt:rigid|rigid]] [[muscles]] and fixed [[wikt:posture|posture]]. The body position does not respond to [[stimuli]], and there is decreased sensitivity to [[pain]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=11104 |title=Medical terms |access-date=2014-08-14 |archive-date=2003-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030819190538/http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=11104 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Causes== Catalepsy is a [[symptom]] of certain nervous disorders or conditions such as [[Parkinson's disease]] and [[epilepsy]]. It is also a characteristic symptom of [[cocaine]] withdrawal. It may be caused by [[schizophrenia]] treatment with [[anti-psychotic]]s such as [[haloperidol]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Rasmussen K. |display-authors = etal |title=The orexin-1 antagonist SB-334867 blocks antipsychotic treatment emergent catalepsy: implications for the treatment of extrapyramidal symptoms |journal=Schizophr Bull |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=1291–7 |date=2007 |pmid=17660489 |doi=10.1093/schbul/sbm087 |url=http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=17660489 |pmc=2779883}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Hattori K. |display-authors=etal |title=Fyn is required for haloperidol-induced catalepsy in mice |journal=J. Biol. Chem. |volume=281 |issue=11 |pages=7129–35 |date=2006 |pmid=16407246 |doi=10.1074/jbc.M511608200 |url=http://www.jbc.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=16407246 |doi-access=free }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes