Objective assessment of sleep patterns resulting from benzodiazepines prescribed by general practitioners.

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 acute effects of alcohol (0.7 g/kg) on visual signal detection performance and critical flicker fusion frequency (CFF) of normal volunteers were investigated using a signal detection theory analysis. When signal probability was low, alcohol affected the stimulus sensitivity and the reaction times of hits. Under a ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Jansen AA,de Gier JJ,Slangen JL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous and multidimensional disorder. The different syndromes or dimensions of this disorder represent distinct pathophysiological processes. Evidence is growing that each of the composite syndromes or dimensions of this disorder is associated with specific validators. This article reviewed n...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Aderibigbe YA,Gureje O

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of restraint stress on potential aluminum (Al)-induced behavioral changes was assessed in CD-1 mice. Three groups of adult mice were given 0, 300 and 600 mg Al/kg body weight per day in drinking water for 2 weeks. One-half of the animals in each group were concurrently subjected to restraint stress durin...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Colomina MT,Sanchez DJ,Sanchez-Turet M,Domingo JL

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In obstructive sleep apnea patients, who intermittently stop breathing at night for some seconds, functions of vigilance and attention seem to be impaired. The aim of our study was to investigate if nocturnal hypoxia as one possible detrimental factor is associated with the degree of modality shift effect expressing a...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Gresele C,Hein H,Eggert F

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actions of the new antiepileptic drug lamotrigine (LTG) were characterized using extracellular and whole cell patch clamp recordings from rat CA1 and CA3 pyramidal cells in vitro. The results suggest that LTG, beside its previously described effect on the fast sodium inward current, also modulates - presumably voltage...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Grunze H,von Wegerer J,Greene RW,Walden J

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine volumetric abnormality, the caudate nucleus was measured in patients with schizophrenia and healthy subjects using magnetic resonance imaging. The absolute and relative volumes of white matter in the caudate nucleus were found to be significantly smaller in patients with schizophrenia compared to those in h...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Takase K,Tamagaki C,Okugawa G,Nobuhara K,Minami T,Sugimoto T,Sawada S,Kinoshita T

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：: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：:Neurobiological and pharmacological research has suggested that dysregulation of the central noradrenergic systems might be involved in the pathophysiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Previous studies have demonstrated that the norepinephrine transporter gene (SLC6A2) is associated with ADHD. T...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Cho SC,Kim JW,Kim BN,Hwang JW,Park M,Kim SA,Cho DY,Yoo HJ,Chung US,Son JW,Park TW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute quantitative electroencephalographic effects of cigarette smoking were examined in 15 smokers within a repeated-measures design which assessed changes in power-spectral estimates following acute pre-treatment with placebo, a dose (20 mg) of mecamylamine, a dose (0.6 mg) of scopolamine and a combined dose of meca...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Knott VJ,Harr A,Ilivitsky V,Mahoney C

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Plasma cortisol, catecholamine and cyclic AMP levels, response to dexamethasone suppression test and platelet MAO activity have been determined in 15 patients suffering from bipolar affective psychosis, each examined during a depressive, a manic and an euthymic phase, and in 15 sex- and age-matched normal controls. Me...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Maj M,Ariano MG,Arena F,Kemali D

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：: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：:In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiple-ascending-dose study, the encephalotropic and psychotropic properties of ABIO-08/01, a new potentially anxiolytic and nootropic isoxazoline, were studied in 16 young healthy males. In a randomized nonbalanced phase 1 study, they received 3 oral drug doses (10, 20, 40 mg)...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Saletu-Zyhlarz GM,Anderer P,Wolzt M,Semlitsch HV,Assandri A,Nessi P,Nannipieri F,Rosini S,Saletu B

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence from preclinical studies, preliminary clinical reports, pharmacologic challenge studies and a small number of controlled trials suggests that several antiepileptic agents--valproate, carbamazepine, and clonazepam--may have therapeutic effects in the treatment of patients with panic disorder. We review the the...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Keck PE Jr,McElroy SL,Tugrul KC,Bennett JA,Smith JM

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Sleep apnea is the most common sleep-related breathing disorder characterized by repetitive episodes of hypoxemia. Therapies include behavioral, surgical, orthodontic, pneumological, and pharmacological interventions. The aim of the present study was to compare the efficiency of pneumological therapy by nasal continuo...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Saletu B,Oberndorfer S,Anderer P,Gruber G,Divos H,Lachner A,Mandl M,Parapatics S,Popp W,Saletu M,Saletu-Zyhlarz G,Sertl K,Strobl R,Tschida U,Winkler A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little information exists on the concentrations of recent antidepressants and their metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Using a stereoselective method, we measured plasma and CSF levels of mirtazapine (MIR), N-demethylmirtazapine and 8-OH-MIR in 3 depressed patients treated with racemic MIR (45 mg/day) for 4 wee...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Baumann P,Jonzier-Perey M,Paus E,Nikisch G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rs1344706 single nucleotide polymorphism in the ZNF804A gene is a common variant with strong evidence for association with schizophrenia. Recent studies show an association of rs1344706 with cognitive functioning, and there is some evidence suggesting that the risk allele may increase susceptibility for ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Van Den Bossche MJ,Docx L,Morrens M,Cammaerts S,Strazisar M,Bervoets C,Smolders S,Depreeuw V,Lenaerts AS,De Rijk P,Del-Favero J,Sabbe BG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usual method for extracting evoked potentials from EEG, the so-called averaging, is based on the hypothesis of the stationarity of the single responses in every EEG segment. Therefore, the possible variability of the single responses cannot be regarded. In this paper, a method for estimating single evoked response...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Heinze HJ,Künkel H

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An electric potential measurement tells us only about the difference between two electrode locations. When prior experiments or present measurements prove that an electrode's location is inactive (especially in 'mono-polar' or scalp-to-reference technique), then EEG records and EEG maps can be interpreted regionally n...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Walter DO,Etevenon P,Pidoux B,Tortrat D,Guillou S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Lundby Study, all mental illnesses, treated as well as untreated, that occurred during a 25-year period in a geographically defined Swedish general population sample were evaluated. All forms of psychiatric services used by the population during the same period were registered. The present study investigates th...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Rorsman B,Hagnell O,Lanke J

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on 5-HT hypothesis, L-5-HTP (150 or 300 mg/day) was given orally to 18 depressed patients. The global estimates were 2 very much improved; 8 much improved; 3 minimally improved, and 5 unchanged. The action of L-5-HTP was usually rapid. The elevation of the serum 5-HT level 1 week after L-5-HTP administration was...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Kaneko M,Kumashiro H,Takahashi Y,Hoshino Y

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：:Twenty-two female patients with anorexia nervosa, restricted type, 14-35 years old, were treated with a 4-month course of combined cognitive-behavioral therapy, nutritional counselling and antidepressant drugs (nortriptyline for 7, fluoxetine for 15). Patients were monitored for body mass index (BMI), for eating disor...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Brambilla F,Draisci A,Peirone A,Brunetta M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The somnopolygraphs of 26 sober chronic alcoholics were compared with those of an age-matched control group, after approximately 25 days of sobriety. The sleep efficiency index and latency to sleep onset were significantly disturbed in alcoholic subjects. There was a decrease in the number of REM episodes. Slow-wave s...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Snyder S,Karacan I

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten closed head-injured patients and 10 matched control subjects participated in a study that examined quantitated EEG data during cognitive task performance. The head-injured patients performed significantly worse than controls on all four tasks and had significantly higher EEG amplitudes and amplitude variances. A d...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Randolph C,Miller MH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of an abnormal response to the 1 mg dexamethasone suppression test (DST) was examined in 40 inpatients suffering from a major depressive disorder (MDD), 17 inpatients suffering from schizophrenia, and 30 normal controls. 23.5% of the schizophrenics were DST nonsuppressors compared to 52.5% of MDD patien...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Asnis GM,Eisenberg J,Lemus CZ,Halbreich U

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00