Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on frontal white matter in late-life depression: a diffusion tensor imaging study.

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Valproic acid or valproate (VA) is an anticonvulsant and mood-stabilizing drug primarily used in the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder. Ziprasidone (ZPN) is an atypical antipsychotic drug used mainly for the treatment of schizophrenia. METHODS:This study is a part of our investigation on the c...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Karapidaki I,Ekonomopoulou MT,Akritopoulou K,Anestakis D,Iakovidou-Kritsi Z

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Personality traits were assessed in a series of 148 patients classified according to Winokur into depression pure disease (DPD), depression spectrum disease (DSD) and sporadic depression (SD) with the addition of a fourth group: family history positive-others (FH + .O) comprised of patients with psychiatric disorders ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Perris C,Eisemann M,Ericsson U,von Knorring L,Perris H

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considerable evidence suggests that variation of the serotonin-transporter-linked promoter region (5- HTTLPR) is associated with anxiety-related traits. Academic outcomes are also more closely related to trait anxiety. This preliminary study aimed to explore the association between academic performance and l...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Calapoğlu M,Sahin-Calapoğlu N,Karaçöp A,Soyöz M,Elyıldırım UY,Avşaroğlu S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 63 depressed patients, the associations between severity of depression, psychomotor retardation, assessed by the Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholia Scale, and EEG spectral analysis were examined. Slow EEG activity (theta 2/alpha 1 bands) was positively and fast activity (alpha 3/beta bands) negatively correlated with the o...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Nieber D,Schlegel S

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:There is evidence that serotonin and norepinephrine are in some way involved in the pathophysiology of anxiety disorders. Urinary levels of the serotonin metabolite 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) and the norepinephrine metabolite vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) were measured in 46 patients with generalized anxiety di...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Garvey MJ,Noyes R Jr,Woodman C,Laukes C

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of the monoamine metabolites 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), homovanillic acid (HVA) and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) as well as their ratios and correlations were analyzed in relation to the season of birth. The sample consisted of 241 drug-free patients par...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Chotai J,Asberg M

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:Apomorphine, a dopamine receptor agonist (given in a dose of 0.75 mg s.c.), was administered to 8 healthy volunteers; electroencephalograph (EEG) and event-related potential (ERP) mapping were performed before dosing and 0.5, 1.5 and 2.5 h after dosing. Apomorphine caused an overall increase in beta activity at time 0...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Luthringer R,Rinaudo G,Toussaint M,Bailey P,Muller G,Muzet A,Macher J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single, 50- and 100-mg oral doses of phenobarbital and a matching placebo were administered double-blind to 8 young, healthy male subjects. Multilead electroencephalographic (EEG) samples were recorded prior to, and at regular intervals within the 2 h following administration. The EEG signal was processed by power spe...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Sannita WG,Balbi A,Giacchino F,Rosadini G

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the circadian aspects of delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS) in 4 patients with DSPS, we recorded polysomnograms and rectal temperature before and after chronotherapy. The time interval (2.7 h) between sleep onset and rectal temperature minimum before chronotherapy was shorter than the time interval after c...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Ozaki N,Iwata T,Itoh A,Kogawa S,Ohta T,Okada T,Kasahara Y

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of schizophrenic inpatients and a control sample of normal volunteers, matched for age and sex were tested on two tasks before and after an exposure condition in which they pointed repeatedly to a target while viewing their hands and the target through prisms. Both groups showed significant changes in both ta...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Pitblado C,Shapiro J,Petrides M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of the results obtained in different tests--sleep studies, cortical and hippocampal EEG activity, PGO-R spikes--in rats or in cats allows the characterization of different classes of drugs and to establish the relative efficacy of psychoactive drugs in these models. Moreover, the sequential spectral analy...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Depoortere H,Decobert M,Honoré L

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Deficits in psychological functioning, cognitive functioning, and sleep are frequently experienced by individuals who have survived aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH). Exercise has been shown to improve these domains; to date, it has never been explored in patients following aSAH. The aim of this exp...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Colledge F,Brand S,Pühse U,Holsboer-Trachsler E,Zimmerer S,Schleith R,Gerber M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is considered a prodromal phase of α-synucleinopathy like Parkinson disease (PD). PD is characterized by a progressive decline of dopamine (DA) in the striatum. Here we report the surprising increase in DA transporter density over successive years in an RBD patient treated...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Kunz D,Bes F

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marked hostility toward relatives, therapists and friends is very frequently observed in anorexia nervosa (AN) as expression of outward-directed aggressiveness which interferes with the therapeutic programs of the patients. With the purpose to investigate this aspect of the disorder and its biological background, we s...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Brambilla F,Bellodi L,Arancio C,Limonta D,Ferrari E,Solerte B

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intermittent short-lived episodes of depression were examined in a group of 20 recurrent suicidal attempters without major depression, classified misleadingly as borderline personality disorders on DSM-IIIR, during careful prospective follow-up for between 4 and 6 months. The duration of depressions clustered tightly ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Montgomery SA,Montgomery D,Baldwin D,Green M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor impairments of psychiatric patients can be assessed with digital recordings of handwriting tasks. The investigation of patients with bipolar affective disorders differentiates intraindividual changes related to the patient's fluctuating affective states. An unmedicated 67-year-old male with 48-hour bipolar ultra...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Tigges P,Juckel G,Schröter A,Möller HJ,Hegerl U

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between EEG spectral power and alterations of the visual evoked potential (VEP) during different behavioral states and after intraperitoneal application of neuroactive drugs have been investigated in Long-Evans rats. FFT power and field potential maps were made in five behavioral states of the unrestraine...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Bringmann A,Klingberg F

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genotypes of the CYP2E1 loci of 35 alcoholic and 130 nonalcoholic (healthy controls) Japanese were investigated to determine the relationship between CYP2E1 (C/D) polymorphism and susceptibility to alcohol dependence. There was a significant (d.f. = 1, chi2 = 11.0, p < 0.001) difference in the CYP2E1 C gene freque...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Iwahashi K,Ameno S,Ameno K,Okada N,Kinoshita H,Sakae Y,Nakamura K,Watanabe M,Ijiri I,Harada S

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that levels of N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase (NAG) would differ between patients making serious versus nonserious suicide attempts. The levels of NAG from 11 patients hospitalized for serious suicide attempts were compared to 5 patients whose suicide attempts were not rated serious. There was a signifi...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Garvey MJ,Underwood K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing evidence that altered immune responses play a role in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), together with dysfunction of the serotonergic and glutamatergic systems. Since the kynurenine (KYN) pathway that degrades tryptophan (TRP) is activated in various neuroinflammatory s...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Bryn V,Verkerk R,Skjeldal OH,Saugstad OD,Ormstad H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptoms of anxiety suggest autonomic dysfunction and most of the psychotropic agents used to treat anxiety and affective disorders have strong autonomic effects. This article describes the utility and importance of analysis of heart rate and blood pressure time series to study cardiac autonomic function in psychiatri...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Yeragani VK

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rasagiline and selegiline are classified as monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) inhibitors. The present investigation deals with time-dependent electrical frequency changes (electropharmacograms) induced by these, as well as by aminoindan, the major metabolite of rasagiline. METHOD:Adult rats (day-night converted, ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Dimpfel W,Hoffmann JA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Neurotrophins such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are vital for neuronal survival and adaptive plasticity. With high BDNF gene expression in the prefrontal cortex, BDNF is a potential regulatory factor for building and maintaining cognitive reserves. Recent studies suggest that individual d...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Koven NS,Collins LR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stress is a precipitating factor for both binge eating and bulimia nervosa (BN); however, the biological mechanisms through which it may trigger binge eating are poorly understood. There is evidence that the adrenal hormone cortisol and the gastric peptide ghrelin might be involved in stress-induced food ing...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Monteleone P,Tortorella A,Scognamiglio P,Serino I,Monteleone AM,Maj M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early research on an animal (cat) model and biological marker (visual evoked potential augmenting and reducing) of sensation seeking behavior is briefly described. Recent findings with selectively bred lines of rats show that (1) the relationship between sensation seeking behavior and augmenting vs. reducing is al...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Siegel J,Driscoll P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The availability of tobacco products is associated with the likelihood that adolescents will begin using tobacco. Yet the relationship between nicotine availability and voluntary consumption has not been tested experimentally in developing rats. METHOD:The impact of environmental availability on adolescent ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Biondolillo KD,Pearce AR

更新日期：2007-01-01 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