Urinary brain-derived neurotrophic factor as a biomarker of executive functioning.

abstract：:Genetic polymorphism of the serotonin 5-HT(2A) receptor seems to be associated with therapeutic response to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). The present study investigated whether a novel -1438G/A polymorphism in the promoter region of the 5-HT(2A )receptor gene is associated with therapeutic response ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Sato K,Yoshida K,Takahashi H,Ito K,Kamata M,Higuchi H,Shimizu T,Itoh K,Inoue K,Tezuka T,Suzuki T,Ohkubo T,Sugawara K,Otani K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals differ in hypnotizability. Information on hypnotizability-related EEG characteristics is controversial and incomplete, particularly on intracerebral source localization and EEG dimensionality. 19-channel, eyes-closed resting EEGs from right-handed, healthy, 8 high- and 4 low-hynotizable subjects (age: 26.7...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Isotani T,Lehmann D,Pascual-Marqui RD,Kochi K,Wackermann J,Saito N,Yagyu T,Kinoshita T,Sasada K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The focus is on evaluating the relationships between early behavioural problems and biochemical variables at adult age and their significance for early criminality and violent behaviour in a life perspective. In the present study, using prospective longitudinal data, a sample of males with a history of early criminal ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Eklund J,Alm PO,af Klinteberg B

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between postoperative confusion and the plasma norepinephrine (NE), adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) or cortisol response to surgery in schizophrenic patients. We studied 50 schizophrenic patients and 35 control patients who underwent orthopedic surgery and perio...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Kudoh A,Takahira Y,Katagai H,Takazawa T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depressive disorder (DD) is characterized by an inflammatory process and oxidative stress. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), the expression of which increases in depression, is an enzyme involved in inflammation and free radical processes. The aim of our study was to assess the correlation between single nucleotide ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Gałecki P,Florkowski A,Bieńkiewicz M,Szemraj J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytokines do not only mediate responses to infection, but are also involved in behavioral and physiological responses to psychological stressors. IL-6 has received special attention in relation to the development of posttraumatic stress disorders and depression. OBJECTIVE:We tested effects of prior injectio...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Matsumoto T,Komori T,Yamamoto M,Shimada Y,Nakagawa M,Shiroyama T,Inui K,Okazaki Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:This paper reports a replication study of a four-group cluster-analytic typology of depressed patients. Several hierarchial agglomerative clustering procedures were applied on the original patient sample using a slightly reduced variable pool. The best replication obtained used Ward's error sum of squares method and w...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Paykel ES,Henderson AJ

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

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：:A group of 27 patients with definite (n = 20) or probable (n = 7) RDC major depressive disorder underwent 2 sleep EEGs and 1 TRH test while in a drug-free depressive phase. A short mean REM latency (less than 60 min) identified 55.5% of major depressives while added use of blunted TSH responses (delta max. less than 5...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Pugnetti L,Scarone S,Brambilla F

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Past epidemiological and clinical research has identified depression as the most common psychiatric disorder associated with headache. The present study carried out in a neurology headache clinic showed that the major associations were with current anxiety disorders, especially panic and related conditions. These find...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Marazziti D,Toni C,Pedri S,Bonuccelli U,Pavese N,Nuti A,Muratorio A,Cassano GB,Akiskal HS

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During interictal periods in 9 patients with partial epilepsy we examined whether there were correlations between the relative power of background EEG (power spectral analysis) and the absolute values of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) measured by 99mTc hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (HMPAO) SPECT in each cerebra...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Jibiki I,Kurokawa K,Fukushima T,Kido H,Yamaguchi N,Matsuda H,Hisada K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Performance on temporal discrimination of time intervals in the range of milliseconds is interpreted by the assumption of an internal clock; the higher the clock rate the better the temporal resolution of the internal clock will be, which is equivalent to more accuracy in timing of brief intervals. Although there is s...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Rammsayer TH,Vogel WH

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have suggested that synaptic abnormalities may be part of the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. SNAP-25 (synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kD) is one of the synaptic proteins responsible for presynaptic neurotransmission, axonal elongation and synaptogenesis. Genetic variation in the 5'-upstream reg...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Tachikawa H,Harada S,Kawanishi Y,Okubo T,Suzuki T

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：: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：:A considerable proportion of chronic non-organic pain patients suffer from insomnia, and alpha sleep has been suggested to be specifically associated with fibromyalgia. However, the clinical significance of those symptoms is not clear. This study was carried out to investigate this question. Twenty-six middle-aged, no...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Schneider-Helmert D,Whitehouse I,Kumar A,Lijzenga C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although differences in symptom profiles and outcome between depressive patients with an underlying major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar depression (BD) have been reported, studies with sequential short-interval assessments in a real-life inpatient setting are scarce. OBJECTIVES:To examine potential ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Hebbrecht K,Stuivenga M,Birkenhäger T,van der Mast RC,Sabbe B,Giltay EJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of febarbamat and pipamperon on agitational and aggressive states of patients with diffuse psycho-organic syndrome were compared in a double-blind study on patients over 60 years of age requiring nursing care. Such disorders, particularly in the field of psychiatric gerontology, represent an increasing pro...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Brenner HD,Alberti L,Keller F,Schaffner L

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：: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：:28 cases of suicide committed in a Swedish population subjected to repeated psychiatric investigations are described. Two groups of controls were selected from the same population: sex- and age-matched living persons (normal group) and sex-matched persons who had died from organic disease at ages corresponding to thos...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Hagnell O,Rorsman B

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Pharmaco-EEG Society (IPEG) presents updated guidelines summarising the requirements for the recording and computerised evaluation of pharmaco-EEG data in man. Since the publication of the first pharmaco-EEG guidelines in 1982, technical and data processing methods have advanced steadily, thus enhanc...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Jobert M,Wilson FJ,Ruigt GS,Brunovsky M,Prichep LS,Drinkenburg WH,IPEG Pharmaco-EEG Guidelines Committee.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All-night sleep of 5 healthy male subjects was scored on the basis of EEG (paper records), EMG and EOG into the stages of wakefulness, REM sleep and slow sleep stages 1-4 according to Rechtschaffen and Kales. Spectral analysis for 8 EEG channels was then performed and spectral parameters (total power and coherence for...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Molinari L,Dumermuth G,Lange B

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven medicated chronic schizophrenic female patients were tested for right or left turning behavior. No substantial right or left asymmetry was found, nor did the addition of the indirect dopaminergic agonist amantadine influence these results. Previous studies demonstrated left circling preference in chronic ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Levine J,Martine T,Feraro R,Kimhi R,Bracha HS

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

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：:The performance on spatial and nonspatial associative learning tasks was tested in a sample of male drug-free DSM III-diagnosed schizophrenic patients and in a closely matched normal control group. Schizophrenics showed a worse performance on both versions of the task, but especially on the nonspatial one. A significa...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Kemali D,Maj M,Galderisi S,Monteleone P,Mucci A

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH(4)) is a vital cofactor maintaining availability of the amine neurotransmitters [dopamine (DA), noradrenaline (NA), and serotonin (5-HT)], regulating the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) by nitric oxide synthase (NOS), and stimulating and modulating the glutamatergic system (directly and indirect...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Richardson MA,Read LL,Taylor Clelland CL,Reilly MA,Chao HM,Guynn RW,Suckow RF,Clelland JD

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The popular recreational drug, (+/-)3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; 'Ecstasy') is a potent and selective brain serotonin (5-HT) neurotoxin in animals. MDMA-induced 5-HT neurotoxicity can be demonstrated using a variety of neurochemical, neuroanatomical and, more recently, functional measures of 5-HT neurons....

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Ricaurte GA,Yuan J,McCann UD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Failure to gain weight during withdrawal from chronic regimens of dependence-producing drugs is observed in laboratory rats. Withdrawal from the benzodiazepine anxiolytic agent diazepam, whether induced by cessation of treatment or precipitated by administration of the specific benzodiazepine antagonist Ro-15,1788, is...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Eison MS

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00