Course and outcome of bipolar II disorder: a retrospective study.

abstract：:This systematic review summarizes and critically appraises the literature on the effect of erythropoietin (EPO) in schizophrenia patients and the pathophysiological mechanisms that may explain the potential of its use in this disease. EPO is mainly known for its regulatory activity in the synthesis of erythrocytes and...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Fond G,Macgregor A,Attal J,Larue A,Brittner M,Ducasse D,Capdevielle D

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 448 patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), 40 patients (8.9%) had been involved in one or more automobile accidents during the preceding 5 years. The main cause of these accidents was falling asleep while driving. Excessive sleepiness during driving was associated with an Epworth sleepi...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Shiomi T,Arita AT,Sasanabe R,Banno K,Yamakawa H,Hasegawa R,Ozeki K,Okada M,Ito A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the relationship between physical illness and suicide, reviews the studies of attempters and completers of suicide in general hospitals, and discusses those studies which have investigated the characteristics of patients in the medical setting with suicidal ideation. Study of suicidal ideation in a ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Berger D

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently there has been increasing evidence that free oxygen species may play an important role in the pathophysiology of various neuropsychiatric disorders. The present study was performed to assess the changes in plasma nitric oxide (NO) levels in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) compared to age- an...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Atmaca M,Tezcan E,Kuloglu M,Ustundag B

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors compared perceived stress in subgroups of patients defined by vulnerability (high and low) and disorder (somatoform and dissociative). A total of 30 patients each of somatoform and dissociative disorders diagnosed according to the classification of mental and behavioral disorders criteria were assessed wit...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Irpati AS,Avasthi A,Sharan P

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This paper examines the relationship between observational behavior and the observers' result assumptions, using a contained diagram that includes significant non-verbal information, such as gestures. The ability of care workers to assess a patient's mental status on the basis of non-verbal information would be co...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Matsumoto K,Shibata S,Seiji S,Mori C,Shioe K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inpatients with sleep disturbances in a geriatric hospital received 1 h of exposure to approximately 8000 lx bright light per day for 3 weeks. Polysomnogram was recorded for four female patients. Two (aged 68 and 87 years) were non-demented patients with weak cataracts and the other two (aged 92 and 93 years) were dem...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Fukuda N,Kobayashi R,Kohsaka M,Honma H,Sasamoto Y,Sakakibara S,Koyama E,Nakamura F,Koyama T

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive survey of problems encountered by foreign students of the University of the Ryukyus and the resulting levels of stress was carried out in order to determine the main stressors hindering academic progress and personal adjustment. Subjectively perceived stress levels after arrival in Japan were obtained fro...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Randall M,Naka K,Yamamoto K,Nakamoto H,Arakaki H,Ogura C

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:An increasing number of neuroimaging studies have been conducted to uncover the pathophysiology of attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The findings are inconsistent, however, at least partially due to methodological differences. In the present study voxel-based morphometry (VBM) was used to evaluate br...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Sasayama D,Hayashida A,Yamasue H,Harada Y,Kaneko T,Kasai K,Washizuka S,Amano N

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new mathematical method was developed to analyze time series. Applications of this method to the delta component of all-night sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) revealed new variations with double-rapid eye movement (REM)-sleep interval. The proposed method entails repeated application of the least squares spectrum. F...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Koga E,Tsuji Y

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Prescription opioids are psychoactive substances that can elicit many neuropsychological effects. There are no studies that directly demonstrate the effects of prescription opioid addiction (POA) on the human brain. This study aimed to quantify γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate (Glu) levels in the prefrontal...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Li JN,Liu XL,Li L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to analyze fractal structures of adult heart rate (HR) variability during a nap. Fractal analysis was carried out in one case over consecutive 10-min time series of HR, which were simultaneously recorded with electroencephalogram. Scaling relationships showed cross-over patterns ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Shono H,Shono M,Takasaki M,Iwasaka T,Sugimori H

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old man was admitted with progressive left hemiparesis and left homonymous hemianopsia of 1 month's duration. During the 2 months before admission, he had suffered from slowly progressive dementia. The diagnosis of right-sided watershed (WS) infarction was made. He exhibited slow progression of dementia and ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Hashiguchi S,Mine H,Ide M,Kawachi Y

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that various perceptual abnormalities exist in autism. However, because perceptual phenomena are intersubjective, a phenomenological approach is required for getting hold of the reality of the modes of perception involved in autism. From this standpoint, the author has proposed the concept of 'percept...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Kobayashi R

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between delusional thoughts (delusional ideation or misidentification) and frontal lobe function using the Japanese version of the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) bedside screening neuropsychological test in early stage Alzheimer's disease (AD) ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Nagata T,Ishii K,Ito T,Aoki K,Ehara Y,Kada H,Furukawa H,Tsumura M,Shinagawa S,Kasahara H,Nakayama K

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 (IL1) is an inflammatory cytokine and exerts neurodegenerative effects in the brain. Several studies have indicated that IL1 is likely to be involved in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Recent genetic studies have revealed that the IL1 gene complex (IL,1 alpha, IL1, beta and IL1 receptor antagonist) wa...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Watanabe Y,Nunokawa A,Kaneko N,Muratake T,Koizumi M,Someya T

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the differences between the results of an automatic sleep analysis system and inspection decision. Subjects were 10 males (average age 21.6 years). One section consists of 20 s records. The sections that deviated from the algorithm could not be decided. Each sleep stage decided by automatic analysis was co...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Hashizume Y,Kuwahara H,Uchimura N,Mukai M,Shirakawa S,Satomura T,Takeuchi N,Tanaka J,Maeda H

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the diagnostic concepts of taijin-kyofu-sho (TKS) and social phobia, by comparing the clinical diagnosis of TKS and the operational diagnosis of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd edition, revised; DSM-III-R). Three evaluators conducted s...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Nakamura K,Kitanishi K,Miyake Y,Hashimoto K,Kubota M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effects of the daytime nap on performance, mood and physiological measures in aged individuals Participants were six healthy aged persons (M=72.2 years old) who habitually napped in the afternoon three or more times a week. They participated under two conditions with an interval of 1 week. In ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Tamaki M,Shirota A,Tanaka H,Hayashi M,Hori T

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to show the clinical significance of the differences in arousal response at a termination of apnea/hypopnea between aged and middle-aged patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). We polygraphically assessed electrocardiographic (ECG) and electroencephalographic (EEG) arousal. Elec...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Okada T,Hanyu M,Noda A,Kayukawa Y,Ohta T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study investigated the relationship between clinical evaluations of social functioning and neurocognitive test results, including various fluency tests for assessing divergent thinking, in patients with schizophrenia. The Optional Thinking Test (OTT) was used to measure the ability of individuals to concei...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Chino B,Mizuno M,Nemoto T,Yamashita C,Kashima H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional promoter polymorphism -116C/G of the X-box binding protein 1 (XBP1) gene was found to be associated with schizophrenia in Han Chinese and Japanese subjects, although contradictive negative findings were also reported in European populations. To confirm this association in a Japanese population, the auth...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Watanabe Y,Fukui N,Muratake T,Amagane H,Kaneko N,Nunokawa A,Someya T

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The effects of social isolation measures used to control the spread of COVID-19 are negatively impacting the mental health of many. One of the consequences of exposure to disasters/pandemics is an increase in alcohol use. The current study aimed to examine what predisposing (distal) and pandemic-related (proximal) ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Neill E,Meyer D,Toh WL,van Rheenen TE,Phillipou A,Tan EJ,Rossell SL

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to clarify the difference in the perception of family functioning measured on the Family Assessment Device (FAD) by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV diagnoses (i.e. schizophrenia, major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder) and by raters (patients and family members). The subjects wer...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Koyama A,Akiyama T,Miyake Y,Kurita H

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess autistic symptom differences between high-functioning atypical autism (atypical symptomatology) (HAA; IQ >/= 70) and childhood autism (HCA), 53 HAA children (mean: 6.0 +/- 0.5 years) were compared with 21 HCA children (mean: 8.2 +/- 1.1 years) on the Childhood Autism Rating Scale-Tokyo version (CARS-TV). Bec...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Kanai C,Koyama T,Kato S,Miyamoto Y,Osada H,Kurita H

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Anesthesia is related to cognitive impairment and the risk for Alzheimer's disease. Hypothermia during anesthesia can lead to abnormal hyperphosphorylation of tau, which has been speculated to be involved in anesthesia-induced cognitive impairment. The aim of this study was to investigate whether maintenance of th...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Xiao H,Run X,Cao X,Su Y,Sun Z,Tian C,Sun S,Liang Z

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the epileptic patients who were treated for > or = 5 years until the end of 1990 and had more than four seizures in 1990, 63 patients had been treated without interruption until the end of 1995. We analyzed their clinical courses from 1990 to 1995 prospectively. More than half the subjects were diagnosed with tempo...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Wada K,Kiryu K,Kawata Y,Chiba T,Mizuno K,Okada M,Tasaki H,Fukushima Y,Saito F,Kaneko S

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Though genetic factors play a major role in the pathophysiology of psychoses including bipolar disorder (BD) and schizophrenia, lack of well-established causative genetic mutations hampers their neurobiological studies. Darier's disease, an autosomal dominant skin disorder caused by mutations of ATP2A2 on chromosom...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Nakamura T,Kazuno AA,Nakajima K,Kusumi I,Tsuboi T,Kato T

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The orexigenic hormone, ghrelin, is linked to learning and memory in animal studies. No previous study has investigated whether cognition is related to ghrelin in the non-demented elderly. METHODS:Thirty-five older adults underwent neuropsychological testing and fasting blood draw with subsequent serum ghrelin qua...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Spitznagel MB,Benitez A,Updegraff J,Potter V,Alexander T,Glickman E,Gunstad J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulovacuolar degeneration (GVD) and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) are neuropathological features in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The molecular mechanism of GVD formation remains unknown. Recent immunohistochemical investigations suggested a potential link of NFT to GVD formation. Enzyme histochemical studies and elect...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Ikegami K,Kimura T,Katsuragi S,Ono T,Yamamoto H,Miyamoto E,Miyakawa T

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00