Efficacy of clobazam as add-on therapy for refractory epilepsy: experience at a US epilepsy center.

abstract：:trans-Dihydrolisuride, a partial dopamine receptor agonist, was tested for its effects on chorea in a double-blind, crossover clinical study in 10 patients with Huntington's disease. In eight patients, a neurophysiological evaluation was also performed. No reduction in choreic movements or improvement in voluntary mov...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Stocchi F,Carta A,Berardelli A,Antonini A,Argenta M,Formica A,Agnoli A

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the nature of the hormone dependency of meningioma, particularly whether progestin receptor (PR) and tumor growth are estrogen-dependent, we measured the cytosol estrogen receptor (ER) and PR separately by an exchange assay with [3H]R 2858 (for ER) and [3H]RU 27987 (for PR) in 21 meningiomas. We correlate...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Moguilewsky M,Pertuiset BF,Verzat C,Philibert D,Philippon J,Poisson M

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if levetiracetam is efficacious in the treatment of essential tremor. METHODS:Fifteen patients (3 women), aged 35 to 83 years, with essential tremor were studied in a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial of levetiracetam. During the 2 treatment periods, levetiracetam or placebo was t...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Elble RJ,Lyons KE,Pahwa R

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe further the phenomenology of drug-induced psychosis (DIP) in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) and assess which items on two common psychosis rating instruments-the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)-are the best measure of DIP by comparing them with...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Chou KL,Messing S,Oakes D,Feldman PD,Breier A,Friedman JH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate clinical aspects of the neutropenia induced by high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG) we performed serial hematology, including differentiation of white blood cells (WBC), before and after 22 instances of IVIG in 16 patients with neuroimmunologic disorders. WBC and neutrophils showed a sign...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Matsuda M,Hosoda W,Sekijima Y,Hoshi K,Hashimoto T,Itoh S,Ikeda S

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A matter of debate is the impact of levodopa (LD) application in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) on altered force development and coordination, which are also influenced by the strength of muscles used. The objectives were to compare the motor response, the development of grip strength, and the pharmacokinetic be...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Müller T,Kolf K,Ander L,Woitalla D,Muhlack S

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have been published on the pharmacologic response to treatment of patients whose seizures begin after 40 years of age. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of chronic pharmacotherapy on the seizure control of such patients. We retrospectively studied the seizure frequency recorded during a 12...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Hasegawa H,Kanner AM

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bupropion hydrochloride (HCl) is an antidepressant that has many different biological targets, acting as both a norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor as well as a nicotinic antagonist. This second-generation antidepressant is available in 3 bioequivalent formulations: immediate release, sustained release, and ext...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Schwitalla TA,Patel RA,Catalano G,Nirmalani-Gandhy A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful combination therapy with atypical antipsychotics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors has been reported for several psychiatric conditions. However, great attention should be paid to the possible adverse effects. In this retrospective chart review, we focused on the drug-drug interaction of paroxetin...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Fukui H,Murai T

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rodents, serotonin (5-HT) antagonists counteract behavioral and biochemical effects of neuroleptic drugs. Therefore, we have studied the effect of different 5-HT drugs and one anticholinergic drug in acute dystonia in five cebus monkeys chronically treated with haloperidol. Acute dystonia induced by subcutaneous in...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Povlsen UJ,Noring U,Laursen AL,Korsgaard S,Gerlach J

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term effects of mesulergine, a new drug with dopamine agonistic properties, were studied in 28 patients with Parkinson's disease. In 18 patients with late side effects of levodopa, the addition of mesulergine (10.9 mg/day) induced significant decreases in the global (-48%), rigidity (-62%), and akinesia (-37%...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Rascol A,Montastruc JL,Rascol O,Senard JM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute psychotic episodes represent critical situations during the course of schizophrenia. Olanzapine (OLZ), a second-generation antipsychotic, is efficacious in acute settings at dosages of 5 to 20 mg/d, and it can be considered a first-line treatment for patients with an acute episode of schizophrenia. The aim of th...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Mauri MC,Colasanti A,Rossattini M,Moliterno D,Baldi ML,Papa P

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Perampanel is a recently introduced antiepileptic drug (AED) with a unique action mechanism of noncompetitive and selective α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid antagonist. Because of delayed approval of perampanel in most Asian countries, there is limited information on the clinical usefulne...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Kim DW,Oh J

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Fluctuations in motor performance are the major problems in chronic management of Parkinson's disease. Most of these fluctuations reflect the decline of levodopa availability. As a consequence, levodopa dosage might be increased and the interdose interval progressively shortened. The postsynaptic dopamine receptors at...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Stocchi F,Patsalos PN,Berardelli A,Barbato L,Bonamartini A,Manfredi M,Ruggieri S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six males and one female with chronic tic disorders, whose ages ranged from 12 to 31 years, were evaluated before treatment, after 1 month on placebo, after a single 10 mg nifedipine dose (three patients), and monthly while on flunarizine 10-15 mg (mean dose of 13 mg). None of the patients receiving nifedipine improve...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Micheli F,Gatto M,Lekhuniec E,Mangone C,Fernandez Pardal M,Pikielny R,Casas Parera I

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies assessing the effect of transdermal nicotine in Parkinson's disease (PD) have generated mixed results regarding its efficacy to treat motor and cognitive deficits. These studies generally reported good tolerability in nonsmoking PD patients. The authors report the tolerability data of an open trial with transd...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Lemay S,Blanchet P,Chouinard S,Masson H,Soland V,Bédard MA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-year-old patient developed rhabdomyolysis during his nineteenth week of treatment with clozapine for drug-resistant schizophrenia. No risk factors for rhabdomyolysis were found, but the calcium-dependent potassium efflux, normally responsible for membrane hyperpolarization and muscle refractoriness, was severely ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Koren W,Koren E,Nacasch N,Ehrenfeld M,Gur H

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Use of antipsychotic agents in the management of various psychopathologies in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric practice is gradually increasing. This study aimed to evaluate the sociodemographic and clinical features of children and adolescents who applied to an outpatient clinic of child and adolescent psych...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Yektaş Ç,Tufan AE

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flumazenil is a benzodiazepine receptor antagonist. It is currently used mainly in the anaesthetic and emergency rooms to reverse the effect of exogenous benzodiazepines. Its use in a variety of experimental animal models and in human neuropsychiatric disorders continues to generate a wealth of information on the poss...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Malizia AL,Nutt DJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Persistent sequelae of lithium intoxication gained clinical attention in the 1980s and were named Syndrome of Irreversible Lithium-Effectuated Neurotoxicity (SILENT). The authors review the published cases of SILENT reported in the literature and discuss various clinical manifestations. METHODS:The authors'...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Adityanjee,Munshi KR,Thampy A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothermia is a potentially life-threatening emergency. This article examines the case of a 34-year-old, mentally retarded man who experienced three episodes of hypothermia during recurrent exposure to pipamperone. After the pipamperone dose was largely reduced, no further hypothermic episodes occurred. Nine other ca...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Schwaninger M,Weisbrod M,Schwab S,Schröder M,Hacke W

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：: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

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：:In order to have a correct evaluation of the activity of a nootropic drug, the criteria adopted for the choice of patients to be included in the clinical trials and the methods used to clarify the meaning of changes observed on cognitive tasks are reported. The results of a clinical trial with the nootropic oxiracetam...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Gainotti G,Benedetti N,Caltagirone C,Nocentini U

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty patients with different clinical and electrophysiological types of myoclonus were treated with piracetam (18-24 g per day, p.o.) alone, or with other drugs (clonazepam, sodium valproate, and primidone) in different combinations. Piracetam in monotherapy improved the electrophysiological abnormalities in patients...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Obeso JA,Artieda J,Quinn N,Rothwell JC,Luquin MR,Vaamonde J,Marsden CD

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of pharmacokinetic studies of two recent 5-HT uptake inhibitors, zimelidine and fluoxetine, have pointed to the inadequacy of open-dose rising studies for establishing the most appropriate dose of new antidepressants. High plasma concentrations of the active metabolites, norzimelidine and norfluoxetine, we...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Montgomery SA,Baldwin D,Shah A,Green M,Fineberg N,Montgomery D

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old woman became depressed following the death of her father-in-law. She was given 50 mg of milnacipran a day. One week after starting milnacipran, she developed parkinsonism. The milnacipran was increased to 100 mg/d, resulting in a situation where her symptoms of parkinsonism and depression worsened, which...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Muraoka T,Oku E,Sugataka K,Yamada S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00