Relationship between plasma homovanillic acid and outcome in patients with psychosis spectrum disorders.

abstract：:The effects of the dopaminergic agonists (L-dopa, pergolide) and antagonists (haloperidol, clozapin) and a cholinergic agonist (tacrine) and antagonist (mecamylamine) on the voluntary intake of nicotine were investigated with the 2-bottle paradigm with the test drugs being dissolved directly in the drinking fluid of t...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Kameda G,Dadmarz M,Vogel WH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lithium RBC/plasma ratio was determined in 59 patients during prophylactic lithium therapy -- 10 cycloid psychotics, 28 unipolars and 21 bipolars -- as well as in 20 patients during lithium therapy in phase of illness -- 8 cycloid psychotics, 5 unipolars and 7 bipolars. The lithium ratio was found to be normally d...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： von Knorring L,Oreland L,Perris C,Runeberg S

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral abnormalities, jumping reaction, increase in spontaneous activity abnormal violence, and lethargy were observed in long-term ultraviolet A (UVA)-irradiated hairy male Crj:CD-1 mice. The learning ability of 6- and 12-months UVA-irradiated mice was significantly reduced compared to un-irradiated age-matched m...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Hiramoto K,Okada T,Ito M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7 women and 3 men with anorexia nervosa were tested with thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and luteinizing hormone-follicle stimulating hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) and the growth hormone (GH), prolactin (PRL), gonadotropin (FSH-LH) and thyrotropin (TSH) responsiveness of their anterior pituitaries (AP) to the ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Brambilla F,Cocchi D,Nobile P,Müller EE

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Heschl's gyrus (HG) is functionally involved in the genesis of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH). This dysfunction seems to be structurally facilitated. The aim of the study was to analyze macrostructural features of HG in a group of patients reporting AVH who demonstrated white matter diffusion tens...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Hubl D,Dougoud-Chauvin V,Zeller M,Federspiel A,Boesch C,Strik W,Dierks T,Koenig T

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Structural brain changes and cognitive impairments have been identified as indicators of genetic risk for schizophrenia. However, the pattern of associations between such structural and functional liability markers has been less well investigated. METHODS:Magnetic resonance imaging data and cognitive assess...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Habets P,Krabbendam L,Hofman P,Suckling J,Oderwald F,Bullmore E,Woodruff P,Van Os J,Marcelis M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cephalosporins may induce nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE), a potentially reversible condition. Despite the wide use of these antibiotics, there are only few reported cases, because this condition is probably underestimated. We report two new cases of NCSE occurring during treatment with cefepime and ceftazidim...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Primavera A,Cocito L,Audenino D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence for an influence of directed attention on prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the acoustic startle reflex. However, the existing paradigms for the assessment of this effect have methodological problems and pitfalls. In particular, most previous studies used a paradigm which directed the attention...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Heekeren K,Meincke U,Geyer MA,Gouzoulis-Mayfrank E

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The polymorphisms of serotonergic genes (5-HTTLPR and HTR1A rs6295) and separation life events have been studied to find an association with panic disorder, respectively. However, there are no studies that have yet evaluated the interaction effect between serotonergic genes and separation life events for pan...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Choe AY,Kim B,Lee KS,Lee JE,Lee JY,Choi TK,Lee SH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eugen Bleuler, in his book Dementia praecox oder Gruppe der Schizophrenien, discussed issues of social psychiatry, and he considered complex interventions pivotal in the care for people with schizophrenia. Bleuler emphasised the potential of therapeutic communities in providing care, the drawbacks of extende...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Becker T,Kösters M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine depletion induced by administration of Ro4-1284 produces a condition of rapid and repeated eye blinking in rats. This condition mimics the human disorder, blepharospasm, which often accompanies parkinsonism and other dopamine deficiency disorders. When given a 3-week course of a compound (SR-3) developed from...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Mostofsky DI,Yehuda S,Rabinovitz S,Carasso R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piracetam, when applied microiontophoretically and/or by hydropneumatic pump on the somatosensory cortex and hippocampus of the rat, affected neuronal activity by depressing or facilitating the spontaneous firing rate, depending on the area studied. Its effect were either additive or counteracting the actions of gluta...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Maillis A,Karayanidis F,Koutsoukos E,Angelopoulos E,Stefanis C

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of tianeptine were compared, in the course of a multicentre randomised, double-blind, parallel group study, to those of placebo in the treatment of Major Depressions and Bipolar Disorder, Depressed with or without melancholia, without psychotic features. After a 1-week run-in placebo period, 12...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Costa e Silva JA,Ruschel SI,Caetano D,Rocha FL,da Silva Lippi JR,Arruda S,Ozun M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The region coding human leukocyte antigen (HLA) on chromosome 6q21 was shown to be associated with both the vulnerability to schizophrenia and presence of eye movement disturbances (EMD). The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate how individual class I and II HLA antigens in schizophrenic patients may be re...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Bogacki PA,Borkowska A,Wojtanowska-Bogacka M,Rybakowski JK

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：: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：:Growth hormone (GH) possesses multiple metabolic effects, in particular with regard to glucose and lipid homeostasis. Studies on the effects of GH on body weight and food and water intake are scarce and have yielded controversial results. We investigated the effects of different modes of GH administration on the param...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Schulz C,Wieczorek I,Reschke K,Lehnert H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considerable evidence suggests that variation of the serotonin-transporter-linked promoter region (5- HTTLPR) is associated with anxiety-related traits. Academic outcomes are also more closely related to trait anxiety. This preliminary study aimed to explore the association between academic performance and l...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Calapoğlu M,Sahin-Calapoğlu N,Karaçöp A,Soyöz M,Elyıldırım UY,Avşaroğlu S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lithium augmentation is a first-line strategy for depressed patients resistant to antidepressive therapy, but little is known about patients' subsequent long-term course or outcome predictors. We investigated long-term outcomes of unipolar depressed patients who had participated in a study on the effects of ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Adli M,Bschor T,Bauer M,Lucka C,Lewitzka U,Ising M,Uhr M,Mueller-Oerlinghausen B,Baethge C

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:The relationship between clinical effect of imipramine (IP) in 39 depressed patients and biochemical distinction, serum drug levels, and diagnostic classification was investigated retrospectively. Based on pretreatment plasma ratios of tryptophan and tyrosine to competing amino acids, which reflect the availability of...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Møller SE,Reisby N,Elley J,Krautwald O,Ortmann J,Larsen OB

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past, some researchers found increased cortisol and prolactin responses to the administration of fenfluramine in major-depressed patients. It was believed that the fenfluramine test could prove to constitute another challenge probe to reflect the central serotonergic function. The present study was conducted in...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Maes M,Jacobs MP,Suy E,Minner B,Raus J

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:The formerly designed method for quantitative evaluation of drug effects in rats is employed for the classification of three different neuroleptic drugs, namely sulpiride, clozapine and haloperidol. Analysis of the power density spectra as obtained from the recorded activity in the cortex, striatum and reticular core ...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Dimpfel W,Decker H

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The present study investigated the effects of rapid tryptophan depletion (RTD), and the ensuing reduction of central nervous system levels of serotonin (5-HT), upon reactive aggression in patients with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Furthermore, it was asked whether the relation between 5-H...

journal_title：Neuropsychobiology

authors： Stadler C,Zepf FD,Demisch L,Schmitt M,Landgraf M,Poustka F

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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