Guide to anaesthetic selection for electroconvulsive therapy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many authors have reported discontinuation symptoms associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and characteristics of the discontinuation syndrome in patients who stopped treatment with the SSRIs paroxetine and fluoxetine under the u...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Bogetto F,Bellino S,Revello RB,Patria L

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically relevant movement disorders are identified in 3% of patients with HIV infection seen at tertiary referral centres. In the same setting, prospective follow-up shows that 50% of patients with AIDS develop tremor, parkinsonism or other extrapyramidal features. Hemiballism-hemichorea and tremor are the most com...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Cardoso F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, age-related memory impairments begin in mid-life and cognitive weakening continues with advancing age. An important aspect of defining memory decline is the distinction between dementia as a result of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, and memory loss not specifically associated with diseas...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Foster TC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hashimoto's encephalopathy is a term used to describe an encephalopathy of presumed autoimmune origin characterised by high titres of antithyroid peroxidase antibodies. In a similar fashion to autoimmune thyroid disease, Hashimoto's encephalopathy is more common in women than in men. It has been reported in paediatric...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Mocellin R,Walterfang M,Velakoulis D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antipsychotic polypharmacy refers to the co-prescription of more than one antipsychotic drug for an individual patient. Surveys of prescribing in psychiatric services internationally have identified the relatively frequent and consistent use of combined antipsychotics, usually for people with established schizophrenia...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Barnes TR,Paton C

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we review the evidence that tocopherol (vitamin E) may have a role to play in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases. The theoretical rationale for the effectiveness of tocopherol as treatment and/or prevention of Alzheimer's disease is based on its antioxi...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Berman K,Brodaty H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Valproate is a first-line antiepileptic agent and is also used in the treatment of bipolar disorder and migraine. It is a known human teratogen. The objective of the study was to evaluate the teratogenic risk of valproate. METHODS:All callers who contacted the Israeli Teratology Information Service (TIS) be...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Diav-Citrin O,Shechtman S,Bar-Oz B,Cantrell D,Arnon J,Ornoy A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the conceptual progression in the pharmacological therapy of malignant astrocytoma (MA) over the past decade, and its future trends. It is a selective rather than an exhaustive inventory of literature citations. The experience of the Brain Tumour Cooperative Group (BTCG) and earlier phase III tria...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Jennings MT,Iyengar S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous in vitro and in vivo experimental animal studies have demonstrated that gangliosides, particularly GMI ganglioside (siagoside), may stimulate or accelerate the repair of peripheral and central nervous system neurons after various types of damage. Clinical studies of GMl in peripheral neuropathies and stroke, ...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Schneider JS

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral fingolimod (Gilenya™), a sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor agonist, is the first oral agent and the first in a novel class of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) to be approved for use in the US for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). In the EU, fingolimod is approved for use as a sin...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Scott LJ

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The link between diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been known for the last few decades. Since insulin and insulin receptors are known to be present in the brain, the downstream signalling as well as the effect of hyperinsulinemia have been extensively studied in both AD and Parkinson's disease. Glucag...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Calsolaro V,Edison P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dravet syndrome (DS) is one of the most severe forms of drug-resistant epilepsy and available interventions fail to control seizures in most patients. Cannabidiol (CBD) is the first in a new class of antiepileptic drugs with a distinctive chemical structure and mechanism of action. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Lattanzi S,Brigo F,Trinka E,Zaccara G,Striano P,Del Giovane C,Silvestrini M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bipolar depression is the predominant abnormal mood state in bipolar disorder. However, despite the key pertinence of this phase of the condition, the focus of research and indeed of clinical interest in the management of bipolar disorder has been mainly on mania. Bipolar depression has been largely neglected, and ear...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Malhi GS,Mitchell PB,Salim S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on current information about luteal phase administration (i.e. typically for the last 2 weeks of the menstrual cycle) of pharmacological agents for the treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Compared with continuous administration, a luteal phase administration regimen reduces the exp...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Freeman EW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies examine predictors of seizures in medically treated patients with epilepsy receiving antiepileptic monotherapy using a large patient population. OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to identify clinical, medication, and demographic factors associated with seizure recurrence in medically treated patients ...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Shcherbakova N,Rascati K,Brown C,Lawson K,Novak S,Richards KM,Yoder L

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is difficult to determine the relative efficacy of atypical antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia, based on the available literature. The purpose of this article is to review and compare the efficacy of two atypical antipsychotics: olanzapine and ziprasidone.This review focused on randomised trials in w...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Matza LS,Baker TM,Revicki DA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury (SCI) has a number of severe and disabling consequences, including chronic pain, and around 40% of patients develop persistent neuropathic pain. Pain following SCI has a detrimental impact on the patient's quality of life and is a major specific healthcare problem in its own right. Thus far, there i...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Baastrup C,Finnerup NB

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NEDA was evaluated as the proportion of patients free of relapses, 3-month confirmed disability progression, and free of new or newly enlarging T2 lesion and Gadolinium enhancing lesions. ...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Papadopoulos D,Mitsikostas DD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is growing epidemiological evidence that opioids may increase the risk of unintentional injuries and it is plausible that the time of initiation is most critical in that respect. Studies on fall-related injuries remain few, limited and mostly focused on specific groups of elderly patients. OBJECTIVE:T...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Söderberg KC,Laflamme L,Möller J

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), used as part of highly active antiretroviral therapy for the treatment of HIV and AIDS, disrupt neuronal mitochondrial DNA synthesis, resulting in antiretroviral toxic neuropathy (ATN). Acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC) enhances neurotrophic support of sensory neuro...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Youle M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature mortality due to cardiovascular disease in those with schizophrenia is the largest lifespan disparity in the US and is growing; adults in the US with schizophrenia die, on average, 28 years earlier than those in the general population. The rate of smoking prevalence among individuals with schizophrenia is es...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Cather C,Pachas GN,Cieslak KM,Evins AE

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been significant developments in the understanding of depression in children and adolescents in the past few years, including an increased recognition that significant depressive illness occurs in this patient group. Pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments are used to manage depression in children ...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Varley CK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the established efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in hematologic malignancies, translating CAR T therapy to solid tumors has remained investigational. Glioblastoma, the most aggressive and lethal form of primary brain tumor, has recently been among the malignancies being trialed clinic...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Salinas RD,Durgin JS,O'Rourke DM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Statins possess neuroprotective effects. However, real-world evidence supporting their utility in post-stroke epilepsy (PSE) prevention is limited. OBJECTIVE:The association between statin use, including timing of prescribing (pre-stroke vs post-stroke), type (lipophilicity, intensity of therapy) and dose i...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Lin FJ,Lin HW,Ho YF

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The almost ubiquitous sleep disturbances in patients with depression commonly, but not always, subside with the remission of depression. Evidence linking insomnia with the risk of relapses in recurrent depression, as well as suicide, makes optimization of the treatment of insomnia associated with depression a priority...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Jindal RD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original article can be found online. ...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Chidambaran V,Costandi A,D'Mello A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much work has been carried out in recent years showing that elevated glutamate levels in the extracellular environment of the central nervous system play a pivotal role in neurodegeneration in acute CNS injuries. With the elucidation of the mechanism governing glutamate excitotoxicity, researchers are devising therape...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Jia M,Njapo SA,Rastogi V,Hedna VS

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral blonanserin (Lonasen) is an atypical antipsychotic agent indicated for use in patients with schizophrenia in Japan and Korea. It is effective in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia, providing short- and long-term efficacy against both the positive and negative symptoms of the disorder in several randomiz...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Deeks ED,Keating GM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New formulations of stimulant medications for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been an important focus for pharmaceutical industry research and development over the past decade. In this article, we review and assess the therapeutic potential of five new stimulant formulations (one ...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Connor DF,Steingard RJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal, Timox) is structurally related to carbamazepine and has anticonvulsant activity. Studies suggest that the anticonvulsant activity of oxcarbazepine is mediated via the blocking of neuronal ion channels. In patients aged <18 years, the efficacy of oxcarbazepine monotherapy was similar to that o...

journal_title：CNS drugs

authors： Bang LM,Goa KL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00