Further results on the association between morningness-eveningness preference and the season of birth in human adults.

abstract：:In humans and several other mammals, a quantitative EEG analysis has been used to study the regulation of sleep-wake behavior. In all mammalian species studied, cortical EEG recorded during non-REM sleep (NREMS) is characterized by the occurrence of spindles and high voltage, slow waves (0.5-4.0 Hz). Furthermore, slow...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Lancel M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the binding affinity of [3H]GABA and [3H]beta-alanine to GABA transporters GAT-1 and GAT-3 in the human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (Brodmanns' area 9) in schizophrenia. Using post mortem tissue from individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia (n=6) and control subjects (n=6), the densi...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Schleimer SB,Hinton T,Dixon G,Johnston GA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients with chronic obsessive-compulsive neurosis were subjected to trazodone, an antidepressant acting on the serotonergic system. After 4 weeks of treatment, 6 showed significant reduction in the obsessional symptoms which was sustained after a 6-week follow-up. The 2 patients who did not show improvement ha...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Prasad A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Research into the significance of early subjective response to antipsychotic medication has so far only involved observation periods of up to 1 year. METHOD:The Drug Attitude Inventory (DAI-10) questionnaires, completed by patients with the diagnosis of schizophrenia in 1997-1998, were the bases for this ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Murawiec S,Boutros NN

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) use has increased globally and the pattern of consumption has changed considerably. Previously, a subculture of MDMA users was fairly restricted to the dance club scene. More recently, use has spread outside of this subculture and now many users consume MDMA f...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Schenk S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among adolescents worldwide. Studies on the seasonal pattern of youth suicides are rare and the results are very contradictory and heterogeneous. Generally, suicide methods affect the pattern of suicide seasonality. Shooting is the most common suicide method among Finnish ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Lahti A,Räsänen P,Karvonen K,Särkioja T,Meyer-Rochow VB,Hakko H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychosis spectrum disorders, especially schizophrenia, have been linked to disturbed dopaminergic activity in the brain. Plasma homovanillic acid (pHVA) levels partly represent dopaminergic metabolism in the central nervous system. In the present study associations between (changes in) pHVA levels, symptom ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

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

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the chronic effects of desipramine and mianserin on increases of intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) induced by noradrenaline (NA), acetylcholine (ACh), or high K+ in cultured neurons of rat frontal cortex, using fluoromicroscopic analysis with Ca(2+)-sensitive dye fura-2. NA- and ACh-induced [Ca2+]...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Shimizu M,Nishida A,Fukuda H,Saito H,Yamawaki S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative assessment of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was performed in a 22-year-old man with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy on long-term high-dose phenytoin (PHT) therapy, using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with N-isopropyl-(iodine-123)-p-iodoamphetamine. In all the SPECT scans repe...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Jibiki I,Kido H,Yamaguchi N,Matsuda H,Hisada K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medical histories of 600 psychotic and 369 nonpsychotic subjects were examined for the occurrence of rheumatic chorea. There was significantly more rheumatic chorea in the histories of psychotic patients than in nonpsychotics (p less than 0.01, chi-square). Neuropathological associations are discussed. ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Wilcox JA,Nasrallah HA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hallucinogenic drug-induced states are considered as models for acute schizophrenic disorders (experimental psychoses). In a double-blind study with healthy volunteers we investigated the influence of the serotonergic hallucinogen psilocybin, the ecstasy-like drug 3,4-methylenedioxyethylamphetamine (MDE), the stimulan...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Gouzoulis-Mayfrank E,Thelen B,Maier S,Heekeren K,Kovar KA,Sass H,Spitzer M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytokines do not only mediate responses to infection, but are also involved in behavioral and physiological responses to psychological stressors. IL-6 has received special attention in relation to the development of posttraumatic stress disorders and depression. OBJECTIVE:We tested effects of prior injectio...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Matsumoto T,Komori T,Yamamoto M,Shimada Y,Nakagawa M,Shiroyama T,Inui K,Okazaki Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A considerable proportion of chronic non-organic pain patients suffer from insomnia, and alpha sleep has been suggested to be specifically associated with fibromyalgia. However, the clinical significance of those symptoms is not clear. This study was carried out to investigate this question. Twenty-six middle-aged, no...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Schneider-Helmert D,Whitehouse I,Kumar A,Lijzenga C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, single-unit extracellular recording was used in male Wistar rats to compare the effects of a single dose (acute treatment) and a 21-day regimen (long-term treatment) with clomipramine (2.5 mg/kg) and fluoxetine (1.0 mg/kg) on the spontaneous firing rate of nucleus accumbens (NAcc) neurons connect...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Rodríguez-Landa JF,Contreras CM,Gutiérrez-García AG,Bernal-Morales B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study all available young social alcohol abusers in the capital of Iceland are compared with a control group matched for age and intellectual level. Certain behaviour and social characteristics were found to occur more often during childhood among the abusers. Boys showing these characteristics should b...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Helgason T,Asmundsson G

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supine and standing heart rate (HR) and blood pressure measures were compared among 19 nonsmoking normal controls, 29 smoking patients and 36 nonsmoking patients with panic disorder. The smoking patients had a significantly higher supine HR, standing diastolic blood pressure, standing mean blood pressure and supine an...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Yeragani VK,Pohl R,Balon R,Ramesh C,Glitz D,Sherwood P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine depletion induced by administration of Ro4-1284 produces a condition of rapid and repeated eye blinking in rats. This condition mimics the human disorder, blepharospasm, which often accompanies parkinsonism and other dopamine deficiency disorders. When given a 3-week course of a compound (SR-3) developed from...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Mostofsky DI,Yehuda S,Rabinovitz S,Carasso R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of febarbamat and pipamperon on agitational and aggressive states of patients with diffuse psycho-organic syndrome were compared in a double-blind study on patients over 60 years of age requiring nursing care. Such disorders, particularly in the field of psychiatric gerontology, represent an increasing pro...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Brenner HD,Alberti L,Keller F,Schaffner L

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Like the industry, the medical profession takes now an interest in quality assurance programs. In the field of psychiatry, the quality assessment of antidepressive drug prescriptions is an ideal target. A brief review of previous studies reveals a high prevalence of the use of psychotropes among the general population...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Wilmotte J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated to play a role in the pathogenesis of depressive disorders. Adrenomedullin (AM) induces vasorelaxation by activating adenylate cyclase and also by stimulating the release of NO. AM immune reactivity is present in the brain, consistent with a role as neurotransmitter. Therefore, it...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Savaş HA,Herken H,Yürekli M,Uz E,Tutkun H,Zoroğlu SS,Ozen ME,Cengiz B,Akyol O

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reaction time variability (RTV) is considered a valid endophenotype of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is also often used to examine the efficacy of drug treatment or individual patients' treatment responses and has been furthermore suggested to significantly reduce the potential number o...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Grant P,Kuepper Y,Wielpuetz C,Hennig J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depressive disorder (DD) is characterized by an inflammatory process and oxidative stress. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), the expression of which increases in depression, is an enzyme involved in inflammation and free radical processes. The aim of our study was to assess the correlation between single nucleotide ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Gałecki P,Florkowski A,Bieńkiewicz M,Szemraj J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Besides their regulation of the pituitary-adrenal and pituitary-thyroidal axis, respectively, the neurohormones CRH and TRH act within the central nervous system to evoke and modulate a number of behavioral and physiological processes. In particular, an increase in the sympathetic nervous system and respiratory activi...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Lehnert H,Nink M,Mann K,Röschke J,Hellhammer DH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:93 cases of reactive depression have been followed up in order to investigate the long-term course of illness. By independent classification of reactive and endogenous depressions the authors agreed on diagnosis for 94%. Ten subgroups of reactive depressions are illustrated by case histories. It is of practical import...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Refsum HE,Astrup C

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral abnormalities, jumping reaction, increase in spontaneous activity abnormal violence, and lethargy were observed in long-term ultraviolet A (UVA)-irradiated hairy male Crj:CD-1 mice. The learning ability of 6- and 12-months UVA-irradiated mice was significantly reduced compared to un-irradiated age-matched m...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Hiramoto K,Okada T,Ito M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve healthy male volunteers received pyritinol 600 or 1,200 mg or placebo for 3 days according to a randomised, double-blind crossover design. On the 1st and 3rd days of each of the three treatment periods subjects completed a battery of psychological tests including Critical Flicker Fusion (CFFT), Choice Reaction ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Hindmarch I,Coleston DM,Kerr JS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined striatal dopamine transporter (DAT) binding in bipolar and unipolar depressed patients and compared these values to those obtained from healthy control subjects using the selective DAT radioligand [(99m)Tc]TRODAT-1 and single photon emission computed tomography imaging. We hypothesized that DAT le...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Amsterdam JD,Newberg AB

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:10 long-term schizophrenic patients with tardive dyskinesia were studied over 14 weeks and maintained on their usual neuroleptic medications while anticholinergic antiparkinson drugs were employed and then discontinued, and the cycle then repeated. Discontinuation of anticholinergic medications resulted in improvement...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Burnett GB,Prange AJ Jr,Wilson IC,Jolliff LA,Creese IC,Synder SH

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the effects of cocaine on cognitive tasks. Event-related potentials (ERP) were recorded in 7 cocaine abusers during the performance of the auditory oddball task before and after the intravenous injections of saline and cocaine (60-80 mg). The P3B and slow wave components of the ERP were significa...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Herning RI,Glover BJ,Guo X

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new anticonvulsant, lamotrigine, is becoming an important tool in the treatment of bipolar disorder, including bipolar depression. Its efficacy in bipolar depression might be linked to its inhibition of serotonin uptake. We present the case of a female schizoaffective patient successfully treated with 400 mg of la...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Erfurth A,Amann B,Grunze H

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00