Serotonin receptor subtypes: functional, physiological, and clinical correlates.

abstract：:We studied the effect of inhibiting the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) by a novel COMT inhibitor, entacapone, on the pharmacokinetics and metabolism of levodopa in 12 healthy male volunteers. Single increasing oral doses of entacapone (50-400 mg) were administered concomitantly with a single oral dose of l...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Keränen T,Gordin A,Harjola VP,Karlsson M,Korpela K,Pentikäinen PJ,Rita H,Seppälä L,Wikberg T

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is an important neurosteroid and has demonstrated efficacy in the improvement of mood and energy. The authors previously reported the efficacy of DHEA augmentation in the management of negative, depressive, and anxiety symptoms of schizophrenia. To characterize further the effects of DHEA...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Strous RD,Maayan R,Kotler M,Weizman A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Negative myoclonus is rarely seen in the clinical setting. It can be involved in some central nervous system pathologies. It has also been observed after antipsychotic treatment. CASE REPORTS:In this article, we will present 3 cases diagnosed with negative myoclonus in a 120-bed university-affiliated hospit...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Uzun Ö,Bolu A,Taşçi AB,Oğur B

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary objective of this study was to describe the pharmacokinetics of oral pergolide in patients with mild to moderate Parkinson disease using a new high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay. A secondary objective was to investigate the relationship between plasma concentrations and e...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Thalamas C,Rajman I,Kulisevsky J,Lledó A,Mackie AE,Blin O,Gillespie TA,Seger M,Rascol O

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite ongoing dispute over the pathophysiologic basis of migraine, the vasospastic theory of pathogenesis has brought to the forefront a promising class of new antimigraine agents, the Ca2+ channel antagonists. Voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, integral membrane proteins that permit extracellular Ca2+ to enter cells ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Greenberg DA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old man with cervical dystonia developed an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuritis after botulinum toxin type A treatment. Some cases of idiopathic brachial plexopathy and polyradiculoneuritis have been reported to date. Although a causal relationship is not firmly established, the clinical te...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Burguera JA,Villaroya T,López-Alemany M

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States, trazodone has shown efficacy comparable with tricyclic antidepressants. Trazodone's side-effect profile, however, is vastly superior to the older drugs. In cases of overdose, trazodone alone has not caused a single death. For depressed patients, starting with 150 mg/day of trazodone, preferably a...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Fabre LF

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies indicate that the traditional Japanese herbal medicine yi-gan san (YGS, yokukan-san in Japanese) may be safe and useful for treating behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia, borderline personality disorder, neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia, and treatment-resistant schizophrenia...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Miyaoka T,Furuya M,Kristian L,Wake R,Kawakami K,Nagahama M,Kawano K,Ieda M,Tsuchie K,Horiguchi J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the psychotropic drug etoperidone on the response to laboratory stressors was investigated in a controlled study. Cardiovascular and hormonal (catecholamines, corticotropin, and cortisol) measurements were made in a group of young, healthy volunteers during a cold pressor test (CPT), a mental arithmetic...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Costa A,Martignoni E,Blandini F,Petraglia F,Genazzani AR,Nappi G

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review examines the features of the 16 randomized controlled trials that have been published on the use of oral tacrine for treating probable Alzheimer's disease and explores the methodologic problems associated with these studies. Patient selection using the standard National Institute of Neurological and Commun...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Conway EL

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drugs (e.g., PCP) which interfere with glutamatergic transmission at the N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) subclass of glutamate receptors precipitate both positive and negative symptoms of psychosis in humans. Based on a proposed "glutamatergic deficiency" in schizophrenia, pharmacologic facilitation of NMDA-mediated neura...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Rosse RB,Schwartz BL,Davis RE,Deutsch SI

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tremors other than those associated with Parkinson's disease are commonly encountered in clinical practice. The differentiation of tremor subtypes depends primarily on the presence of distinct clinical characteristics and is facilitated by the use of consistent nomenclature. Such differentiation can be helpful in dete...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： O'Sullivan JD,Lees AJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There has been an increase in the European and North American schizophrenia literature discussing the high prevalence of metabolic syndrome induced by atypical antipsychotic agents. The aim of this article was to review available data on metabolic syndrome induced by atypical antipsychotic agents in patients ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Bou Khalil R

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiepileptic drugs might be effective in the treatment of patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, a condition with unmet pharmacologic needs. We review the literature on the efficacy and tolerability of antiepileptic drugs in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, both case reports and open studies, as well as controlle...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Iancu I,Rosen Y,Moshe K

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the effects of age on the association between early and eventual responses to paroxetine treatment in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). METHODS:Eighty-nine patients with MDD were administered paroxetine and completed the 6-week protocol. On the basis of our previous study, we de...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Tomita T,Sato Y,Nakagami T,Tsuchimine S,Kaneda A,Kaneko S,Nakamura K,Yasui-Furukori N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Restless Legs Syndrome is a common sensorimotor disorder, typically amenable to treatment with dopamine agonist therapy. Dopamine agonists have been associated with emergent impulse control disorders (ICDs) when used in patients with Parkinson disease, and ICDs have now been reported in individuals wit...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Dang D,Cunnington D,Swieca J

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating and common neurologic disorder that has profound influences on modern society from physical, psychosocial, and socioeconomic perspectives. Accordingly, the present decade has been labeled the Decade of the Spine to emphasize the importance of SCI and other spinal disorders. Sp...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Dumont RJ,Okonkwo DO,Verma S,Hurlbert RJ,Boulos PT,Ellegala DB,Dumont AS

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：:The present study was carried out in order to verify whether, in benzodiazepine-medicated healthy volunteers, oxiracetam retained the properties already observed after administration in normal volunteers. In a cross-over study, 12 volunteers, medicated the night before with 5 mg diazepam, were i.v. treated with 1 g ox...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Giaquinto S,Nolfe G,Vitali S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-associated memory impairment (AAMI) is a diagnostic term applied to healthy persons greater than 50 years of age who have experienced a gradual decline in memory that lies within the boundaries of normality. Although the behavioral deficits associated with AAMI are modest in comparison to those associated with dem...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Crook TH,Larrabee GJ,Youngjohn JR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic treatment of rats with dexfenfluramine decreased the concentrations of circulating corticosterone, fatty acid, glycerol, and triacylglycerol after feeding a test load of fructose. It also decreased the rise in adrenalin in the blood of rats that were anaesthetized with urethane. These effects of dexfenfluramin...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Brindley DN

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:Several recent reports attest to zolpidem's strong potential for abuse, dependence, and severe withdrawal symptoms upon its discontinuation. We report, for the first time, on 1 case of heavy zolpidem abuse and dependence with severe withdrawal symptoms twice treated safely and successfully with pregabalin, a newer ant...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Oulis P,Nakkas G,Masdrakis VG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adjunctive use of methylphenidate, a central stimulant, has been considered as a potential therapeutic choice for patients with refractory unipolar depression, geriatric depression, bipolar depression, and depression secondary to a medical illness. We present a case of psychotic unipolar depression in which the patien...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Huang CC,Shiah IS,Chen HK,Mao WC,Yeh YW

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tiagabine (TGB), a recently approved antiepileptic drug (AED), has a specific mechanism of action that is unique among AEDs. A potent AED with linear, predictable pharmacokineties, it inhibits gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) reuptake into neurons and glia. Tiagabine does not have any clinically relevant effects on hepa...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Schachter SC

更新日期：1999-11-01 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:The pathophysiology of hallucinations in Parkinson disease is poorly understood. This study investigated the relation between visual hallucination and visual evoked potentials (VEPs) in Parkinson disease. METHODS:Nineteen patients with Parkinson disease were studied. The authors divided patients into 2 group...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Matsui H,Udaka F,Tamura A,Oda M,Kubori T,Nishinaka K,Kameyama M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The latency of P300 "cognitive" event-related potentials changes if cholinergic activities of the central nervous system are pharmacologically manipulated. We tested the hypothesis that the new cholinesterase inhibitors donepezil (DPZ) and rivastigmine (Riv) may have an effect on the frequently abnormal P300 component...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Thomas A,Iacono D,Bonanni L,D'Andreamatteo G,Onofrj M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensive use of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) has revealed low interrater reliability in some items and redundancy in others. In view of these shortcomings, we have structured a new scale that includes a zero-to three-point scale for each item in the evaluation of PD. The mental axis includ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Rabey JM,Bass H,Bonuccelli U,Brooks D,Klotz P,Korczyn AD,Kraus P,Martinez-Martin P,Morrish P,Van Sauten W,Van Hilten B

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 76-year-old, right-handed woman with progressive primary freezing of gait. Despite several therapeutic strategies, she continued to worsen to the point that she became confined to a wheelchair. Treatment with selegiline in doses up to 20 mg/d led to marked improvement of the gait disorder. This...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Zúñiga C,Lester J,Cersósimo MG,Díaz S,Micheli FE

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00