Association of DRD4 and COMT polymorphisms with disgust sensitivity in healthy volunteers.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxytocin interacts with the dopaminergic system, which plays a role in addiction behaviors. The association between oxytocin and addiction was confirmed in animal studies. Novelty seeking is one of the predictors and indicators of drug addiction. The aim of the present study was to probe the association betw...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Lin SH,Lee LT,Tsai HC,Chen KC,Chen WT,Lee IH,Lu RB,Chen PS,Yang YK

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:In 60 patients, hospitalized for a depressive syndrome, visual average evoked potentials (V .AEP) to stimuli of different intensities and the occurrence of life-events during the last year, as assessed by means of a specially constructed questionnaire, were investigated. Patients with an augmenter response in V .AEP, ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： von Knorring L,Jacobsson L,Perris C,Perris H

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Male Wistar rats were able to drink water and different percentages of ethyl alcohol in a free-choice paradigm. Our results showed a clear-cut preference for 2 and 3% ethanol concentration. Addition of quinine in both drinking bottles increased preference for alcohol, while dilution of saccharin in both bottles totall...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： De Witte P

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and amphetamine antagonize pentobarbital. They are more effective in the day than at night. This is true for TRH even when the dose of pentobarbital is increased at night to prolong sedation. Under this condition the day-night difference is lost for amphetamine. Both substances...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Prange AJ Jr,Breese GR,Jahnke GD,Cooper BR,Cott JM,Wilson IC,Lipton MA,Plotnikoff NP

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide is a major problem for psychiatry. Depression is the most common mental disorder related to suicidal behavior. The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between the symptomatology related to death, dying, and suicide and neurobiological factors in depressed patients. Fifty patients aged 21-60 y...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Fountoulakis KN,Iacovides A,Fotiou F,Nimatoudis J,Bascialla F,Ioannidou C,Kaprinis G,Bech P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Memory processes, as reflected by 'old/new' effects of event-related potentials (ERPs), have been shown to be impaired in depressed patients. This variability might be partly explained by biological factors. S100B is a glial calcium-binding protein with neuroplastic properties; S100B serum levels have been sh...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Zhang Y,Rothermundt M,Peters M,Wiesmann M,Hoy L,Arolt V,Emrich HM,Dietrich DE

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the role of the serotonergic system in limbic and thalamic epileptic activity, we examined the effects of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP, 20 and 40 mg/kg) on fully kindled seizures from the hippocampus and lateral geniculate nucleus. The intraperitoneal administration of 20 mg/kg 5-HTP exerted no anticonvulsant...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Wada Y,Hasegawa H,Nakamura M,Yamaguchi N

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Tardive dyskinesia caused by antipsychotic treatment is a severe problem not only in the management of schizophrenia, but also of affective disorders. Vitamin E monotherapy has been used in schizophrenic patients with tardive dyskinesia. Pharmacologists warn against high dosage of vitamin E because of its pro-oxidativ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Michael N,Sourgens H,Arolt V,Erfurth A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolation causes important changes in the behavioral reactivity of rats to environmental stimuli. These changes include deficit in sensorimotor gating and altered fear-like responses to aversive stimuli. Measures of ultrasound vocalizations at 20-22 kHz when rats are exposed to threatening conditions, such as novelty,...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Nunes Mamede Rosa ML,Nobre MJ,Ribeiro Oliveira A,Brandão ML

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:The author contended opposite pharmacological effects resulting from lithium and amphetamine. Three groups, each one consisting of four rats, were put on chronic lithium condition to measure its effects on amphetamine hyperactivity. This condition was effected after appropriate handling and saline control periods and ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Flemenbaum A

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three anxiolytic drugs (bromazepam 3 mg, buspirone 10 mg, and clobazam 10 mg p.o.) were evaluated for their effects on memory, psychomotor performance and subjective response in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study in 20 healthy volunteers. At each session, measurements were made before and 2 and 6 h af...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Bourin M,Auget JL,Colombel MC,Larousse C

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships between sensation seeking, curiosity about sex, and total and free testosterone in inmates were investigated. The role of other hormones such as luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in these relationships was also analyzed. Previous ana...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Aluja A,García LF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early N1P2 and late N2P3 responses generated in an auditory oddball paradigm are topographically compared in three psychiatric patient groups. In schizophrenia N1 and N2 amplitude is comparable with dementia and significantly decreased with respect to affective disorder. In contrast, P3 amplitude does not allow discri...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Van Sweden B,Van Erp MG,Mesotten F

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous evidence suggested the possible association of FK506 binding protein 5 (FKBP5) gene variants in bipolar disorder (BPD). OBJECTIVE:Given the need of refinement of the findings obtained in large but poorly phenotyped samples, this study investigated the possible role of variants within FKBP5 in a sma...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Calabrò M,Crisafulli C,Di Nicola M,Colombo R,Janiri L,Serretti A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three chronic undifferentiated schizophrenics, 13 women and 10 men, aged 37-64 years with 15-to 40-year histories of the disease were given either thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) (10 subjects) or DDAVP (13 subjects) with the aim to improve the negative symptoms of the disease and memory. TRH (600 micrograms...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Brambilla F,Aguglia E,Massironi R,Maggioni M,Grillo W,Castiglioni R,Catalano M,Drago F

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents the results of a retrospective analysis of pooled efficacy data from eight studies in which buspirone was compared to placebo in 520 patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). In addition to evaluating overall efficacy in the composite patient data base, four criteria were used to identify ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Gammans RE,Stringfellow JC,Hvizdos AJ,Seidehamel RJ,Cohn JB,Wilcox CS,Fabre LF,Pecknold JC,Smith WT,Rickels K

更新日期：1992-01-01 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 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：: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：:Gamma-aminobutyric acid-B (GABAB) binding sites labelled with [3H]GABA were determined in postmortem frontal cortex samples of 20 control subjects and 16 suicides. The suicide group was further subdivided according to the method of suicide and the existence of depressive symptoms prior to death. No significant differe...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Arranz B,Cowburn R,Eriksson A,Vestling M,Marcusson J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Time of onset of antipsychotic action is still a debated matter. We aimed to replicate and extend previous findings that early response can predict subsequent non-response. METHODS:86 acutely psychotic patients treated with haloperidol were studied. RESULTS:A PANSS reduction ≤16% at 1 week predict...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Giegling I,Porcelli S,Balzarro B,Andrisano C,Schäfer M,Möller HJ,Rujescu D,Serretti A

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Prolactin (PRL) and growth hormone (GH) response to L-Dopa have been studied in 51 affectively ill women (26 unipolar and 25 bipolar) before and after amitriptyline treatment and in 14 normal female controls. There was no difference in GH response to L-dopa in all groups studied except for bipolar postmenopausal women...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Linkowski P,Brauman H,Mendlewicz J

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previous results indicated a facilitated transcallosal inhibition via the corpus callosum (CC) in alexithymic male students. This study investigates transcallosal inhibition in alexithymic and nonalexithymic psychiatric inpatients. METHOD:Transcallosal inhibition was elicited by means of transcranial magneti...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Richter J,Möller B,Spitzer C,Letzel S,Bartols S,Barnow S,Willert C,Freyberger HJ,Grabe HJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative pharmaco-EEG has become a useful technique for determining pharmacodynamic parameters after CNS-active drug administration. Nevertheless, one of the most important problems faced by practitioners of pharmaco-EEG is the difficulty in evaluating drug-specific effects. In this article, a methodology for comp...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Dago KT,Luthringer R,Lengellé R,Rinaudo G,Macher JP

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00