The effect of catechol-O-methyl transferase inhibition by entacapone on the pharmacokinetics and metabolism of levodopa in healthy volunteers.

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：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：:Cyclosporine A (CsA) neurotoxicity is an iatrogenic disease with significant morbidity and occasional mortality. We retrospectively reviewed the cases of CsA neurotoxicity among bone marrow transplant recipients at our institution, and summarized the current literature on the subject. The neurologic presentation is va...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Shah AK

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Clobazam (CLB) has proven efficacy against multiple seizure types. Although available in many countries, it is not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. The objective of this study was to evaluate the usage patterns, efficacy, tolerability, and 1-year retention of CLB in patients with refractory ep...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Montenegro MA,Arif H,Nahm EA,Resor SR Jr,Hirsch LJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the nature of the hormone dependency of meningioma, particularly whether progestin receptor (PR) and tumor growth are estrogen-dependent, we measured the cytosol estrogen receptor (ER) and PR separately by an exchange assay with [3H]R 2858 (for ER) and [3H]RU 27987 (for PR) in 21 meningiomas. We correlate...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Moguilewsky M,Pertuiset BF,Verzat C,Philibert D,Philippon J,Poisson M

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of carbamazepine (CBZ) on spontaneous secretion of prolactin (PRL) and after stimulation with thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) were evaluated. Volunteer subjects after acute CBZ administration, and epileptic subjects with complex partial seizures chronically treated with CBZ, were examined. In an epilep...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Bonuccelli U,Murialdo G,Martino E,Lecchini S,Bonura ML,Bambini G,Murri L

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：: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：:Clinical trials with cholinergic agents suggest that cholinergic hypertrophy may be beneficial in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent findings substantiate the view that nerve growth factor (NGF) selectively acts on cholinergic neurons. In adult rats and primates, intraventricular administration of nerve...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Hefti F,Schneider LS

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a mentally retarded patient with sporadic paroxysmal dystonia, unresponsive to anticonvulsant therapy, is described. He had a long-standing history of neuroleptic drug intake. Trihexyphenidyl in a total daily dosage of 20 mg totally suppressed the crises. ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Micheli F,Fernandez Pardal M,de Arbelaiz R,Lehkuniec E,Giannaula R

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old woman became depressed following the death of her father-in-law. She was given 50 mg of milnacipran a day. One week after starting milnacipran, she developed parkinsonism. The milnacipran was increased to 100 mg/d, resulting in a situation where her symptoms of parkinsonism and depression worsened, which...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Muraoka T,Oku E,Sugataka K,Yamada S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sargramostim (GM-CSF) therapy was instituted in a 49-year-old woman with hepatitis C on chronic interferon alpha-2b therapy. Within two weeks, she developed progressive confusion, lethargy, and gait disturbance. At autopsy 4 months later, diffuse perivascular nonmonoclonal lymphoid infiltrates were demonstrated throug...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Riggs JE,Mansmann PT,Cook LL,Schochet SS Jr,Hogg JP

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated genetic polymorphism of the cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6 gene from white patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD). The mutations of the CYP2D6 gene associated with the poor metabolizer (PM) phenotype of the debrisoquine/sparteine polymorphism were analyzed in DNA of 130 IPD patients by a polymeras...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Bordet R,Broly F,Destée A,Libersa C,Lafitte JJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trazodone is a serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitor that is widely used for the treatment of depression and insomnia. Fatal overdose is rare and usually occurs when combined with other drugs or alcohol. Only a few lethal cases of pure trazodone overdose have been reported, all attributed to cardiotoxicity. We r...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Avila JD

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A multicenter open-label clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the clinical usefulness of topiramate (TPM) as primary or adjunctive therapy for infantile spasms in the postmarketing period in China. METHODS:Thirty-four centers participated in the trial. Patients included in the study had 1 or more seizure...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Zou LP,Lin Q,Qin J,Cai FC,Liu ZS,Mix E,Topiramate Study Group.

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：: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：: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：:A patient with melanoma and sporadic positive melanuria developed Parkinson's disease. Treatment with levodopa failed to modify tumoral progress. However, during chemotherapy with dacarbazine, the patient experienced a significant impairment to levodopa response. ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Merello M,Esteguy M,Perazzo F,Leiguarda R

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of patients with neurosyphilis present dementia with a progressive course and psychiatric symptoms such as depression, mania, and psychosis. Despite prompt and proper antibiotic treatment, the recovery is often incomplete, especially when tissue damage has occurred. We reported a patient with persisted ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Wu YS,Lane HY,Lin CH

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant proportion of the interindividual variance in human fatness is attributable to genetic factors. This fact is indicated (inter alia) by studies of identical twins demonstrating that the degree of efficiency with which the body uses excess dietary energy for fat storage is, to a considerable extent, inheri...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Van Itallie TB

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：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：:Sarcosinemia is a relatively rare autosomal recessive disorder that has a varied phenotypic presentation; rarely, it is associated with neurodevelopmental and neurological abnormalities. Sarcosine is a key intermediate in 1-carbon metabolism, and its elevation in blood and urine could reflect a deficient pool size of ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Deutsch SI,Rosse RB,Long KD,Gaskins B,Mastropaolo J

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate clinical aspects of the neutropenia induced by high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG) we performed serial hematology, including differentiation of white blood cells (WBC), before and after 22 instances of IVIG in 16 patients with neuroimmunologic disorders. WBC and neutrophils showed a sign...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Matsuda M,Hosoda W,Sekijima Y,Hoshi K,Hashimoto T,Itoh S,Ikeda S

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Persistent sequelae of lithium intoxication gained clinical attention in the 1980s and were named Syndrome of Irreversible Lithium-Effectuated Neurotoxicity (SILENT). The authors review the published cases of SILENT reported in the literature and discuss various clinical manifestations. METHODS:The authors'...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Adityanjee,Munshi KR,Thampy A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Midazolam, a potent short-acting benzodiazepine, is a safe and highly effective agent for the control of status epilepticus. Its efficacy in the control of neonatal seizures, however, has not been determined. Six neonates (aged 1-9 days; gestation, 30-41 weeks) developed seizures from a variety of causes. In each case...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Sheth RD,Buckley DJ,Gutierrez AR,Gingold M,Bodensteiner JB,Penney S

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main augmentation strategy in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is the addition of low-dose dopamine antagonists, such as risperidone. However, the development of additional pharmacological therapeutics is necessary because some patients remain refractory to these strategies. In the present repo...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： da Rocha FF,Correa H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various reactions to benzodiazepine withdrawal have been widely described. Among these, seizures have occasionally occurred on abrupt withdrawal. Our own experience of 48 cases of seizures suspected to have been caused by benzodiazepine withdrawal and reported to the Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Monitoring Center (1979...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Fialip J,Aumaitre O,Eschalier A,Maradeix B,Dordain G,Lavarenne J

更新日期：1987-12-01 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