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abstract：:This review examines the features of the 16 randomized controlled trials that have been published on the use of oral tacrine for treating probable Alzheimer's disease and explores the methodologic problems associated with these studies. Patient selection using the standard National Institute of Neurological and Commun...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Conway EL

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors (MAOIs) provide effective alternative therapy for those patients with major depression who do not respond to tricyclic antidepressants or such related compounds as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. This article reviews studies on the efficacy of both the classical MAOIs an...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Nolen WA,Hoencamp E,Bouvy PF,Haffmans PM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sargramostim (GM-CSF) therapy was instituted in a 49-year-old woman with hepatitis C on chronic interferon alpha-2b therapy. Within two weeks, she developed progressive confusion, lethargy, and gait disturbance. At autopsy 4 months later, diffuse perivascular nonmonoclonal lymphoid infiltrates were demonstrated throug...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Riggs JE,Mansmann PT,Cook LL,Schochet SS Jr,Hogg JP

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) can experience cognitive impairment. There are currently no medications indicated for the treatment of cognitive impairment in PD. Clinicians are faced with the dilemma as to whether or not to treat patients with PD with the acetylcholinesterase inhibitors that are currently appr...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Richard IH,Justus AW,Greig NH,Marshall F,Kurlan R

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Neurosyphilis, an infectious neuroinflammatory disorder, could cause diverse neuropsychiatric symptoms mimicking disorders of schizophrenia and dementia; hence, it is known as the "chameleon of psychiatry." Here, we present a subject with neurosyphilis with schizophrenic features and share the treatment outc...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Chen WC,Wang HY,Chen PA,Chen IC,Chen YC

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent reports attest to zolpidem's strong potential for abuse, dependence, and severe withdrawal symptoms upon its discontinuation. We report, for the first time, on 1 case of heavy zolpidem abuse and dependence with severe withdrawal symptoms twice treated safely and successfully with pregabalin, a newer ant...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Oulis P,Nakkas G,Masdrakis VG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferons are a set of cytokines that activate antiviral responses by the body's immune cells and have been a mainstay of treatment of hepatitis C. Well-known neuropsychiatric effects of interferons include depression, irritability, and impaired concentration. A condition reported rarely in association with this tre...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Wangensteen KJ,Krawitt EL,Hamill RW,Boyd JT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modafinil is a psychostimulant compound that is just now becoming available in many countries for treatment of narcoleptic and hypersomnic patients. Whereas sleep attacks and drowsiness can be effectively improved, the drug does not sufficiently reduce cataplectic seizures. It therefore is often used in combination wi...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Grözinger M,Härtter S,Hiemke C,Griese EU,Röschke J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors compared the two portions of the OFF period in patients with Parkinson disease and response fluctuations: time to ON (the latency from levodopa intake to turning ON) and wearing off (time from termination of the beneficial dose effect until the time when the next dose was taken). Time to ON was more than t...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Merims D,Djaldetti R,Melamed E

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drugs (e.g., PCP) which interfere with glutamatergic transmission at the N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) subclass of glutamate receptors precipitate both positive and negative symptoms of psychosis in humans. Based on a proposed "glutamatergic deficiency" in schizophrenia, pharmacologic facilitation of NMDA-mediated neura...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Rosse RB,Schwartz BL,Davis RE,Deutsch SI

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to report the case of a male patient with Parkinson disease who developed brachial plexopathy (BP) due to varicella-zoster virus, which was successfully treated with human immunoglobulin. METHOD:We report the case of a 75-year-old male subject with a diagnosis of Parkinson disease w...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Sáenz-Farret M,Sandoval-Rodríguez V,Paz-Navarro CE,Zúñiga-Ramírez C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tiagabine (TGB), a recently approved antiepileptic drug (AED), has a specific mechanism of action that is unique among AEDs. A potent AED with linear, predictable pharmacokineties, it inhibits gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) reuptake into neurons and glia. Tiagabine does not have any clinically relevant effects on hepa...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Schachter SC

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and five patients with progressive supranuclear palsy were questioned about the frequency, circumstances, and consequences of falling. Parkinsonian symptoms were scored using the unified rating scale. Thirty-eight percent of parkinsonian patients fell, and 13% fell mo...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Koller WC,Glatt S,Vetere-Overfield B,Hassanein R

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There has been an increase in the European and North American schizophrenia literature discussing the high prevalence of metabolic syndrome induced by atypical antipsychotic agents. The aim of this article was to review available data on metabolic syndrome induced by atypical antipsychotic agents in patients ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Bou Khalil R

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Paroxetine has been reported to be useful for management of stuttering symptoms, but only a few reports have examined its effects. We have investigated the efficacy of paroxetine in a randomized, placebo-controlled study. METHODS:Five stuttering subjects received paroxetine at 20 mg once daily at night for ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Busan P,Battaglini PP,Borelli M,Evaristo P,Monti F,Pelamatti G

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Psychogenic polydipsia occurs frequently in patients with chronic psychiatric illness and is often unmanageable. We herein report 5 patients in whom acetazolamide was trialed for this symptom. METHODS:We encountered a case in which polydipsia improved with incidental administration of acetazolamide. We then ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Takagi S,Watanabe Y,Imaoka T,Sakata M,Watanabe M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serotonin syndrome is a potentially fatal complication that usually occurs in the combination use of several serotonergic agents. We presented a patient with major depressive disorder under the treatment of bupropion, trazodone, and quetiapine. Serotonin syndrome developed soon after she received the first s...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Cheng YC,Liang CM,Liu HC

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolcapone, a central and peripheral catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor, reduces the conversion of L-Dopa into 3-O-methyl-Dopa (3-OMD), thus leading to more stable and sustained L-Dopa plasma levels. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of acute and 6-week tolcapone administration on L-Dopa pharma...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Napolitano A,Del Dotto P,Petrozzi L,Dell'Agnello G,Bellini G,Gambaccini G,Bonuccelli U

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect and clinical significance of tolcapone withdrawal on erythrocyte catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) activity, levodopa pharmacokinetics, and levodopa requirements were investigated in 59 patients with fluctuating parkinsonism who were randomized to receive placebo or tolcapone 100 or 200 mg three times dai...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Jorga KM,Davis TL,Kurth MC,Saint-Hilaire MH,LeWitt PA,Fotteler B,Zürcher G,Rabbia M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the current evidence on the effectiveness of second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) in the treatment of tardive dystonia (TDt) and give recommendations for treatment. METHODS:Medline/PubMed/Psyclit/Embase database searches were conducted in January 2015, and a manual review of references within th...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Pinninti NR,Faden J,Adityanjee A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we present a patient whose positive symptoms did not improve despite being treated with clozapine monotherapy at a therapeutic dose for 4 months, and whose symptoms began to resolve after aripiprazole long-acting injection adjunction to clozapine. A 22-year-old man was diagnosed as having schizophrenia...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Balcioglu YH,Gokcay H,Yesilkaya UH

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of amantadine sulfate infusion on the N30 component of the median nerve short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Twenty patients with advanced PD and severe motor fluctuations received a 6-day course of amantad...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Bostantjopoulou S,Katsarou Z,Georgiadis G,Zafiriou D,Kazis A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoamine oxidase type B (MAO-B) is the predominant isoform responsible for the metabolic breakdown of dopamine in the brain. Selective inhibition of brain MAO-B results in elevation of synaptosomal dopamine concentrations. Data have been reported regarding the selective MAO-B inhibitors, rasagiline and selegiline, fo...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Fernandez HH,Chen JJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamine synthetase (GS), an enzyme localized in astroglial cells in the brain, is directly implicated in brain detoxification. An ontogenic study of GS activity was performed in homogenates from four distinct brain areas in comparison with the respective astrocytes obtained in primary cultures. GS was induced by hyd...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Tardy M,Rolland B,Fages C,Caldani M

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a mentally retarded patient with sporadic paroxysmal dystonia, unresponsive to anticonvulsant therapy, is described. He had a long-standing history of neuroleptic drug intake. Trihexyphenidyl in a total daily dosage of 20 mg totally suppressed the crises. ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Micheli F,Fernandez Pardal M,de Arbelaiz R,Lehkuniec E,Giannaula R

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia (TD) that persists for 1 year or more following withdrawal of neuroleptics is usually said to be permanent. Early spontaneous remissions have been well described but most such remissions occurred within the first few months following neuroleptic withdrawal, and no published studi...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Klawans HL,Tanner CM,Barr A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of anorexia nervosa (AN) patients to produce interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-2 (IL-2), and interleukin-3-like activity (IL-3-LA) was studied. A significantly lower (-49%, p < 0.005) capacity to synthesize IL-2 and an almost significantly impaired ability (-3...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Bessler H,Karp L,Notti I,Apter A,Tyano S,Djaldetti M,Weizman R

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe an unusual case of camptocormia responding to levodopa. METHODS:We present a case of camptocormia with a sustained excellent response to levodopa in a patient with negative dopamine transporter and no DYT 5 genetic mutations. RESULTS:We present a 52-year-old man with 2 years' history of progress...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Oravivattanakul S,Abboud H,Fernandez H,Itin I

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56 year-old woman who suffered from parkinsonism, oro-lingual dyskinesia (OLD) and tardive akathisia (TA) due to sulpiride is reported. OLD and TA appeared after sulpiride withdrawal. The patient was successfully treated with tetrabenazine even a mild parkinsonism was present. TA seems to be related with an apparent...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： López de Munain A,Poza JJ,Gorospe A,Arce A,Martí Massó JF

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant proportion of the interindividual variance in human fatness is attributable to genetic factors. This fact is indicated (inter alia) by studies of identical twins demonstrating that the degree of efficiency with which the body uses excess dietary energy for fat storage is, to a considerable extent, inheri...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Van Itallie TB

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00