De Novo Myoclonic Status Epilepticus After Benzodiazepine Withdrawal.

abstract：:This article outlines the reasons that detection of subtle changes in the cognitive system is difficult in geriatric assessment. A new assessment approach is introduced that examines cognitive patterns and facilitates the evaluation of subtle changes. ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Poon LW

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve-hour urinary excretion of 4-hydroxy-3-methoxymandelic acid (VMA), homovanillic acid (HVA), and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) was studied in 20 premature infants, 8 without apnea and 12 with apnea. All infants were studied at 1-3 days of postnatal age (before apnea). Nonapneic infants were restudied at ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Bhat AM,Scanlon JW,Lavenstein B,Chuang L,Karoum F

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Treatment of chronic insomnia with nightly hypnotics is efficacious, but discontinuation is recommended after 1 month, less than the average disease duration. This study was undertaken to determine the efficacy of intermittent administration. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A double-blind study was carried...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Parrino L,Smerieri A,Giglia F,Milioli G,De Paolis F,Terzano MG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 34-year-old man presented with severe refractory depression. He had failed to respond to various antidepressants, augmentation therapy with lithium carbonate, and modified electroconvulsive therapy. Switching from amoxapine 150 mg/day to selegiline 7.5 mg/day, a selective monoamine oxidase type-B inhibitor, produced...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Higuchi H,Kamata M,Sugawara Y,Yoshida K

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:The authors compared the two portions of the OFF period in patients with Parkinson disease and response fluctuations: time to ON (the latency from levodopa intake to turning ON) and wearing off (time from termination of the beneficial dose effect until the time when the next dose was taken). Time to ON was more than t...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Merims D,Djaldetti R,Melamed E

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anticonvulsant potential of lamotrigine (LTG) has been extensively assessed in open and double-blind clinical trials including patients with different types of epilepsy. In this review, the neurophysiologic and neuropsychologic profile of LTG is discussed. The electroencephalographic (EEG) findings reveal that the...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Marciani MG,Spanedda F,Mattia D

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors (MAOIs) provide effective alternative therapy for those patients with major depression who do not respond to tricyclic antidepressants or such related compounds as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. This article reviews studies on the efficacy of both the classical MAOIs an...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Nolen WA,Hoencamp E,Bouvy PF,Haffmans PM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven of 63 children (11%) treated with clobazam (CLB) for refractory epilepsy developed a severe behavior disorder. This disorder was characterized by aggressive agitation, self injurious behavior, insomnia, and incessant motor activity occurring between 10 and 55 days after initiation of drug therapy. The affected c...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Sheth RD,Goulden KJ,Ronen GM

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venlafaxine (VEN) pharmacokinetics and effects on the brain monoamine output were investigated in the context of experimental hepatic encephalopathy (HE). Systemic VEN (10 mg/kg; subcutaneous) was administered to chronic portacaval shunted (PCS) and sham-operated rats. Their neocortical extracellular levels of 5-HT, 5...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Wikell C,Bergqvist PB,Hjorth S,Apelqvist G,Björk H,Bengtsson F

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate is the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter of the basal ganglia, where it acts on ionotropic and metabotropic receptors. In the best studied of the basal ganglia disorders, Parkinson's disease, there is compelling evidence that the activities of glutamatergic pathways are altered. Of particular importanc...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Greenamyre JT

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Psychogenic polydipsia occurs frequently in patients with chronic psychiatric illness and is often unmanageable. We herein report 5 patients in whom acetazolamide was trialed for this symptom. METHODS:We encountered a case in which polydipsia improved with incidental administration of acetazolamide. We then ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Takagi S,Watanabe Y,Imaoka T,Sakata M,Watanabe M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a history of depression predisposes hyperkinetic patients treated with tetrabenazine (TBZ) to a recurrence or worsening of this symptom. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 518 patients treated with TBZ to determine the frequency of depression and other adverse events. Char...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Kenney C,Hunter C,Mejia N,Jankovic J

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) suppress seizures by selectively modifying the excitability of neurons and blocking seizure firing with minimal disturbance of nonepileptic activity. All AEDs have been shown to work by at least one of 3 main mechanisms of action: through modulation of voltage-gated ion channels, enhancement...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Biton V

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypereosinophilia is asymptomatic but can induce organ damage, which may cause neurological system abnormalities. We recently encountered a 29-year-old woman with depressive episodes who had eosinophilia as well as hyperventilation attacks, tremor, insomnia, and arthralgia of extremities after receiving paroxetine tre...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Yasui-Furukori N,Sato Y,Kato H,Kaneko S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolcapone, a central and peripheral catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor, reduces the conversion of L-Dopa into 3-O-methyl-Dopa (3-OMD), thus leading to more stable and sustained L-Dopa plasma levels. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of acute and 6-week tolcapone administration on L-Dopa pharma...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Napolitano A,Del Dotto P,Petrozzi L,Dell'Agnello G,Bellini G,Gambaccini G,Bonuccelli U

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of chronic bromocriptine cotherapy on levodopa kinetics in seven patients with Parkinson's disease who were receiving levodopa therapy. Plasma levodopa concentrations were measured after a standard oral levodopa fasting dose over a 5-hour period, on two different sessions, without and with bromoc...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Contin M,Riva R,Martinelli P,Albani F,Baruzzi A

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although hormone replacement therapy (HRT) improves menopausal depressive symptoms, women unresponsive to HRT need an antidepressant drug as an effective adjunctive therapy. The aim of this study was to assess whether the herbal medicine Unkei-to has an impact on HRT-resistant menopausal depressive symptoms a...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Koike K,Ohno S,Takahashi N,Suzuki N,Nozaki N,Murakami K,Sugiura K,Yamada K,Inoue M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palinopsia is an illusory visual phenomenon consisting in the persistence or recurrence of visual images after the exciting stimulus object has been removed. It has been reported in association with parietal and occipital lobe lesions, migraine auras, and related to the use of several drugs and illicit drugs. Here, we...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Sierra-Hidalgo F,de Pablo-Fernández E

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:We describe a 78-year-old gentleman who, following bilateral above-knee amputations, developed symptoms of restless legs syndrome in the absent portions of his lower extremities. These symptoms improved with dopamine agonist therapy. In addition, he later developed parkinsonism with prominent rest tremor on metoclopra...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Hanna PA,Kumar S,Walters AS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a brain disorder with recognizable periods of onset, course, familial occurrence, epidemiology, phenomenology, and treatment response. Several manifestations of pathophysiology are beginning to be defined, although they may represent intermediate pathophysiology rather than prima...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Micallef J,Blin O

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Topiramate (TPM) is a fructose derivative, which was originally developed as an antiepileptic. In this context, movement disorders (MDs) are possible adverse events secondary to TPM. CASE REPORTS:Two patients (cases 1 and 2) developed myoclonus, and the other 2 had restless leg syndrome (RLS, cases 3 and 4)...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Rissardo JP,Caprara ALF

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and five patients with progressive supranuclear palsy were questioned about the frequency, circumstances, and consequences of falling. Parkinsonian symptoms were scored using the unified rating scale. Thirty-eight percent of parkinsonian patients fell, and 13% fell mo...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Koller WC,Glatt S,Vetere-Overfield B,Hassanein R

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality risk associated with cardiovascular disease is significantly increased in patients with major depression and panic disorder. The mechanism of this phenomenon is unclear. Thrombin is responsible for platelet aggregation and shape change, and it plays a significant role in the development of thromboembolic...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Berk M,Plein H

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of four monkeys was rendered parkinsonian with the toxin MPTP. They were then treated chronically with L-DOPA/benserazide 50/12.5 mg/kg given orally daily for 2 months. This dose produced a striking antiparkinsonian effect, but all animals manifested dyskinesia. A series of agents acting primarily on neurotran...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Gomez-Mancilla B,Bédard PJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon (IFN) is the most widely prescribed drug of choice for chronic hepatitis B infection, which is a common health problem in our country. Therapy with IFN-alpha may be associated with a number of neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as Parkinsonism, akathisia, seizure, and depressive disorders. In this case report,...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Atasoy N,Ustundag Y,Konuk N,Atik L

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of anorexia nervosa (AN) patients to produce interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-2 (IL-2), and interleukin-3-like activity (IL-3-LA) was studied. A significantly lower (-49%, p < 0.005) capacity to synthesize IL-2 and an almost significantly impaired ability (-3...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Bessler H,Karp L,Notti I,Apter A,Tyano S,Djaldetti M,Weizman R

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：:Infantile spasms are the main feature in West syndrome, an age-related epilepsy syndrome that affects 1 in every 2,000-4,000 infants. The authors provide a comprehensive review of the literature about infantile spasms and their therapy. In the United States, the drug of choice for infantile spasms, at least the crypto...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Mikati MA,Lepejian GA,Holmes GL

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00