Midazolam in the treatment of refractory neonatal seizures.

abstract：:trans-Dihydrolisuride, a partial dopamine receptor agonist, was tested for its effects on chorea in a double-blind, crossover clinical study in 10 patients with Huntington's disease. In eight patients, a neurophysiological evaluation was also performed. No reduction in choreic movements or improvement in voluntary mov...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Stocchi F,Carta A,Berardelli A,Antonini A,Argenta M,Formica A,Agnoli A

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamine synthetase (GS), an enzyme localized in astroglial cells in the brain, is directly implicated in brain detoxification. An ontogenic study of GS activity was performed in homogenates from four distinct brain areas in comparison with the respective astrocytes obtained in primary cultures. GS was induced by hyd...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Tardy M,Rolland B,Fages C,Caldani M

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five of 24 (21%) normal men (volunteers) administered alpha-methyl-para-tyrosine (AMPT), a catecholamine-depleting agent, developed acute dystonic reactions. The finding that catecholamine depletion without receptor blockade is sufficient to cause acute dystonia suggests that a variety of neurotransmitter imbalances m...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： McCann UD,Penetar DM,Belenky G

更新日期：1990-12-01 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：:Duloxetine is a serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor that is effective in the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) and chronic pain. The safety of duloxetine has been shown by many previous studies. We report a patient who experienced visual hallucinations after taking duloxetine. The patient experienced...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Tomita T,Yasui-Furukori N,Kaneko S

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Interferons are a set of cytokines that activate antiviral responses by the body's immune cells and have been a mainstay of treatment of hepatitis C. Well-known neuropsychiatric effects of interferons include depression, irritability, and impaired concentration. A condition reported rarely in association with this tre...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Wangensteen KJ,Krawitt EL,Hamill RW,Boyd JT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the frequencies of the symptoms such as "ataxia, depression, insomnia, anorexia, and pain," that have been reported to be associated with 5-HT1A receptor, and the effect of tandospirone citrate (tandospirone: 5-HT1A agonist) in patients with Machado-Joseph disease (MJD). METHODS:Ten MJD pati...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Takei A,Fukazawa T,Hamada T,Sohma H,Yabe I,Sasaki H,Tashiro K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of pharmacokinetic studies of two recent 5-HT uptake inhibitors, zimelidine and fluoxetine, have pointed to the inadequacy of open-dose rising studies for establishing the most appropriate dose of new antidepressants. High plasma concentrations of the active metabolites, norzimelidine and norfluoxetine, we...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Montgomery SA,Baldwin D,Shah A,Green M,Fineberg N,Montgomery D

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with schizophrenia often experience comorbid obsessive-compulsive syndromes (OCSs). Within these patients, a significant subgroup developed secondary OCS during treatment with antiserotonergic, atypical antipsychotic agents such as clozapine. Although cognitive behavioral therapy and antiobsessive antidepress...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Englisch S,Esslinger C,Inta D,Weinbrenner A,Peus V,Gutschalk A,Schirmbeck F,Zink M

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：: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：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：: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：:Forty patients with different clinical and electrophysiological types of myoclonus were treated with piracetam (18-24 g per day, p.o.) alone, or with other drugs (clonazepam, sodium valproate, and primidone) in different combinations. Piracetam in monotherapy improved the electrophysiological abnormalities in patients...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Obeso JA,Artieda J,Quinn N,Rothwell JC,Luquin MR,Vaamonde J,Marsden CD

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modafinil is a psychostimulant compound that is just now becoming available in many countries for treatment of narcoleptic and hypersomnic patients. Whereas sleep attacks and drowsiness can be effectively improved, the drug does not sufficiently reduce cataplectic seizures. It therefore is often used in combination wi...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Grözinger M,Härtter S,Hiemke C,Griese EU,Röschke J

更新日期：1998-03-01 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:To describe an unusual case of camptocormia responding to levodopa. METHODS:We present a case of camptocormia with a sustained excellent response to levodopa in a patient with negative dopamine transporter and no DYT 5 genetic mutations. RESULTS:We present a 52-year-old man with 2 years' history of progress...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Oravivattanakul S,Abboud H,Fernandez H,Itin I

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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：:Clozapine is known to be beneficial for the treatment of dopamine agonist-induced psychotic states in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Many reports have suggested that it may also be efficacious for the treatment of parkinsonian tremor. We describe a patient with schizophrenia in whom early-onset PD appeared af...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Orr G,Munitz H,Hermesh H

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The units of different botulinum toxin products are not identical, and the dose equivalence has been debated for several years. In the year 2000, our clinic changed the recommended botulinum toxin product from Botox to Dysport for the treatment of cervical dystonia. Based on published reports, where dose con...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Rystedt A,Nyholm D,Naver H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminopyridines are members of a family of monoamino and diamino derivatives of pyridine, and their principal mechanism of action is dose-dependent blockade of voltage-gated potassium channels, in particular, fast voltage-gated potassium channels. To date, only 2 main broad-spectrum potassium channel blockers, 4-aminop...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Sedehizadeh S,Keogh M,Maddison P

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:This study was devised to check the feasibility and validity of a rating scale specifically designed to evaluate gait impairment in Parkinson's disease (RSGE). Demographic data, a brief questionnaire on general aspects influencing gait and mobility, a battery of scales (Barthel Index; Hoehn and Yahr staging; and North...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Martínez-Martín P,García Urra D,del Ser Quijano T,Balseiro Gómez J,Gómez Utrero E,Piñeiro R,Andrés MT

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports suggest some utility for famotidine, a histamine type 2 (H2) antagonist, in the treatment of schizophrenia. The current report describes a treatment-resistant patient with chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia whose most dramatic symptomatic improvements were temporarily related to the open-label addit...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Rosse RB,Kendrick K,Tsui LC,Fay-McCarthy M,Collins JP Jr,Rosenberg P,Wyatt RJ,Deutsch SI

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Neuroleptic malignant syndrome was induced by aripiprazole in a 12 1/2-year-old boy. The patient had a history of reactive airway disease, pervasive developmental disorder, and learning disability. METHOD:The patient was interviewed and examined, and additional history was taken from the medical records. The...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Palakurthi HB,Parvin MM,Kaplan S

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Apomorphine, the first dopamine agonist to be synthesized, has received a renewed interest in the last few years. This compound acts powerfully on D1 and D2 dopamine receptors and has the most complete pharmacological profile of all clinically available dopamine agonists. When given subcutaneously, apomorphine consist...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Colosimo C,Merello M,Albanese A

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of action of flunarizine (FZ) and cinnarizine (CZ) on the CNS is not fully understood. Computer analysis of saccadic eye movements (SEM) provides a sensitive and objective method for evaluating drug effect on the function of specific brain structures. This study aimed to assess the effect of a single ora...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Casucci G,Di Costanzo A,Riva R,Albani F,Bonavita V,Tedeschi G

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00