Gene polymorphisms and response to transcranial direct current stimulation for auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is clear evidence of a genetic component in major depression, and several studies indicate that neuropeptide Y (NPY) could play an important role in the pathophysiology of the disease. A well-known polymorphism encoding the substitution of leucine to proline in the signal peptide sequence of NPY (Leu7Pr...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Koefoed P,Woldbye DP,Hansen TV,Eplov LF,Christiansen SH,Mors O,Kessing LV,Werge T,Kaipio K,Pesonen U,Fahmy T,Mellerup E,Jakobsen KD,Hansen ES,Knudsen GM,Bukh JD,Bock C,Lindberg C,Kristensen AS,Dam H,Nordentoft M,

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elucidation of sleep regulation is not an easy task. On one side, there is a multitude of solid yet disparate data, on the other side, the topic is tempting for engaging in wild speculation, particularly with respect to the functions of sleep. Models may exert a moderating influence by mediating between the two ex...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Borbély AA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prisoners categorised as 'dangerous' are a category of prisoners that require and/or force into using special measures of caution, protection and security. The aim of the study was to examine the intensity of anxiety (as a state and as a trait) experienced by officers working with 'dangerous' prisoners and st...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Tsirigotis K,Gruszczyński W,Pęczkowski S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The differentiation between a 'non-organic' depressive episode and an organic depressive disorder on the basis of clinical grounds might be challenging. METHODS:We report a case with an initially typical severe depressive episode without any focal neurological deficits. RESULTS:Only medical history from a t...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Etgen T,Fleissner S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aims of this study were to determine the dominant affective temperament changes in stroke survivors and whether temperament affects the disability. METHODS:A total of 63 stroke patients were included in this study. Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego Autoquestionnaire was used to...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Kurt E,Karacan I,Ozaras N,Alatas G

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study used a prospective design and the technique of structural modelling to examine the complex interrelations between psychological factors, immune status and complications after major surgery. METHODS:Twenty-nine women scheduled for elective cholecystectomy were studied prospectively. Information reg...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Vollmer-Conna U,Bird KD,Yeo BW,Truskett PG,Westbrook RF,Wakefield D

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this first part of a review on recent insights into the structure and function of the γ-aminobuty rie acid type A - benzodiazepine receptor system, the γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptor and the different types of benzodiazepine (BDZ) receptors known at this moment are dicussed. GABAA- and BDZ receptors ar...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Vermeulen PJ,Zitman FG

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin is a hormone secreted by the pineal gland mainly during the night. The discovery that this melatonin secretion decreases under the influence of bright light, gave rise to the use of light therapy in some affective disorders. The literature on the relationship between melatonin secretion and mood is reviewed ...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Beullens J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A psychofysiological study of the cardiac adaptivity to attention-demanding reaction time tasks demonstrated that children with a lesser variant of the pervasive developmental disorder (DSM-IV: PDDNOS) exhibit less cardiac responsiveness to attention tasks than healthy children do. We studied changes in heart rate var...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Althaus M,Aarnoudse CC,Mulder LJ,Mulder G,Minderaa RB

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the training program for residents in psychiatry, scientific education and participation in research projects are relatively underdeveloped. This may result in a gap between recently acquired scientific knowledge and its implementation in clinical practice. Since the start of the residency training in psychiatry in...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Verhoeven WM,Goessens LF,van den Berg YW,Tuinier S

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pain perception is reported to be altered in patients with depression and schizophrenia. However, few studies have investigated the pain perception in patients with bipolar disorders. We therefore aimed to compare pain sensitivity between patients with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and controls. METHODS:St...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Atik L,Konuk N,Akay O,Ozturk D,Erdogan A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Encephalitis due to anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antibodies (ANMDARE) is the most frequent immune-mediated encephalitis. It is distinguished by the subacute onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the characteristic neuropsychiatric symptoms and their outcome in patients diagnosed wi...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Restrepo-Martinez M,Ramirez-Bermudez J,Bayliss L,Espinola-Nadurille M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia is consistently associated with lower IQ compared to the IQ of control groups, or estimated premorbid IQ. It is not likely that the IQ scores deteriorate during the prodromal phase or first psychotic episode; they are already present before the onset of the prodromal phase and have been detecte...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： van Beilen M,Withaar F,van Zomeren AH,van den Bosch R

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Psychometric research in the field of alcohol dependence has concentrated on identifying certain (personality) characteristics (i.e. typologies). This paper is aimed to identify such typologies and studies the relation of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) and Cloninger's temperament-c...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Egger JI,Gringhuis M,Breteler MA,De Mey HR,Wingbermühle E,Derksen JJ,Hilberink S

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Stress can stimulate increased production of oxygen radicals. We investigated the correlations between serum levels of lipid peroxidation markers and those in brain samples in different stress models. METHODS:Animals (n = 96) were divided equally into eight groups: a control group and groups treated with vit...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Celikbilek A,Gocmen AY,Tanik N,Yaras N,Yargicoglu P,Gumuslu S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the literature comparing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for major depression. METHODS:Data from the six randomised, prospective studies were agglutinated into one data set. Special attention was given to the methods of both TMS and ECT as well as data pe...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Rasmussen KG

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Jones MP, Bartrop RW, Forcier L, Penny R. The long-term impact of bereavement upon spouse health: a 10-year follow-up. OBJECTIVES:This study is the first to examine the effect of bereavement of a first-degree family member on subsequent morbidity over a 10-year follow-up period. METHODS:A sample of bereave...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Jones MP,Bartrop RW,Forcier L,Penny R

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis is a complex process involving T cell mediated autoimmunity at initial stage of disease. A long standing view that Th1 cells are critical for early inflammatory development of lesions is challenging by recent findings that Th1 helper cells with Th17 phenotype are even more impo...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Brinar V

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical hyperactivity has often been described in anorexia nervosa (AN) patients but up until now in-depth research has been scarce. Experience sampling methodology (ESM), a structured diary technique assessing momentary mental state at random times during the day, may be useful in studying hyperactivity in...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Pieters G,Vansteelandt K,Claes L,Probst M,Van Mechelen I,Vandereycken W

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to report the frequency of autoimmune disorders and autoantibodies in 22 patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO), as well as whether the seropositivity for autoantibodies differs between anti-aquaporin 4 (AQP4) positive and AQP4 negative NMO patients. METHODS:Demographic, medical r...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Pereira WLCJ,Reiche EMV,Kallaur AP,Oliveira SR,Simão ANC,Lozovoy MAB,Schiavão LJV,Rodrigues PRDVP,Alfieri DF,Flauzino T,Kaimen-Maciel DR

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fas (CD95), commonly categorised as a death receptor due to its well-defined role in apoptosis, can paradoxically also promote neuroprotection. We have previously found that defects in Fas signalling render mice highly susceptible to neural degeneration in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine mous...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Landau AM,Siegrist-Johnstone R,Desbarats J

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In two previous letters on an selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) meta-analysis conducted by the Copenhagen Trial Unit at Copenhagen University Hospital, we have commented on a large number of errors, almost all of which have tilted the results in an anti-drug direction, that unfortunately mar this publicati...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Hieronymus F,Lisinski A,Näslund J,Eriksson E

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, neuroimaging research has identified key components in the neural system that underlies bipolar disorder (BD). The ventral prefrontal cortex (VPFC) and amygdala are highly interconnected structures that jointly play a central role in emotional regulation. Numerous research groups have reported prom...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Womer FY,Kalmar JH,Wang F,Blumberg HP

更新日期：2009-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the description of SAD the prevalence of this disorder has been of particular interest. The more so, because early studies, indicated the correctness of the on theoretical grounds - expected interaction between latitude and prevalence rate of SAD. More eleborate prevalence studies, mainly in the USA indeed showe...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Mersch PP,Middendorp H,Bouhuys AL,Beersma DG,van den Hoofdakker RH

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For more than 20 years, patients with borderline personality disorder have been treated as in-patients in the UC St-Jozef in Kortenberg, Belgium. The majority of these patients were treated in a psychoanalytical or a behavior therapy ward. During these years, the treatment programs of these wards were gradually adjust...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Pieters G,Vermote R

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate how individuals with a history of affective disorder use and perceive their use of social media and online dating. METHODS:A questionnaire focusing on affective disorders and the use of social media and online dating was handed out to outpatients from unipolar depression and bipolar disorder ...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Rydahl KFK,Brund RBK,Medici CR,Hansen V,Straarup KN,Straszek SPV,Østergaard SD

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Scheuch K, Bräunig P, Gauggel S, Kliesow K, Sarkar R, Krüger S. Emotional vulnerability and cognitive control in patients with bipolar disorder and their healthy siblings: a pilot study. OBJECTIVE:There is evidence that, even in remission, patients with bipolar disorder (BD) have deficits in cognitive funct...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Houshmand K,Bräunig P,Gauggel S,Kliesow K,Sarkar R,Krüger S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To observe spike activity in electroencephalograms (EEGs), patients with symptomatic partial epilepsy are rarely monitored during the hyperventilation stages. CASE:A 38-year-old woman suffered from a ruptured arteriovenous malformation in the left temporal lobe. One and a half years later, the patient exper...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Asano S,Hara T

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and S100B are involved in brain plasticity processes and their serum levels have been demonstrated to be altered in patients with psychoses. This study aimed to identify subgroups of patients with psychotic disorders across diagnostic boundaries that show a specific sy...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： van de Kerkhof NW,Fekkes D,van der Heijden FM,Verhoeven WM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:ConstaTRE is an open-label, randomised, controlled, relapse prevention trial in patients with stable schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder switched to risperidone long-acting injectable (RLAI) or oral quetiapine, and was designed to test the hypothesis that injectable antipsychotic treatment with risperid...

journal_title：Acta neuropsychiatrica

authors： Rouillon F,Eriksson L,Burba B,Raboch J,Kaprinis G,Schreiner A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00