Type a behaviours and heart disease: epidemiological and experimental foundations.

abstract：:Psychogenic amnesia is a complex disorder characterised by a wide variety of symptoms. Consequently, in a number of cases it is difficult distinguish it from organic memory impairment. The present study reports a new case of global psychogenic amnesia compared with two patients with amnesia underlain by organic brain ...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Serra L,Fadda L,Buccione I,Caltagirone C,Carlesimo GA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabinoids have been used for hundred of years for medical purposes. To day, the cannabinoid delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and the cannabis extract nabiximols are approved for the treatment of nausea, anorexia and spasticity, respectively. In Tourette syndrome (TS) several anecdotal reports provided evidence th...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Müller-Vahl KR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper examines the ability of Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM) to contribute towards the quantitative analysis of HMPAO SPECT images containing lesions. A validation study is described in which SPECT images were created that contained synthetic lesions and were analysed with SPM. The study established a set of...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Stamatakis EA,Wilson JT,Wyper DJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents a syndrome resembling obsessive convulsive disorder (OCD) secondary to a stroke in the left basal ganglia. The patient's syndrome is virtually identical to those that have been described in bilateral damage of the basal ganglia. However, the stroke described in this case report is located unilater...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Lopez-Rodriguez F,Gunay I,Glaser N

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose in undertaking the present study was to examine the hypotheses proposed for explaining the frequent comorbidity of bipolar disorder and multiple sclerosis. One hypothesis posits that, when there is comorbidity, MS plays a causal role in psychiatric manifestations. Another suggests that both disorders have ...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Kosmidis MH,Bozikas VP,Giannouli V,Karavatos A,Fokas K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thalamic lesions are seen in a multitude of disorders including vascular diseases, metabolic disorders, inflammatory diseases, trauma, tumours, and infections. In some diseases, thalamic involvement is typical and sometimes isolated, while in other diseases thalamic lesions are observed only occasionally (of...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Renard D,Castelnovo G,Campello C,Bouly S,Le Floch A,Thouvenot E,Waconge A,Taieb G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Communication in humans activates almost every part of the brain. Of course, the use of language predominates, but other cognitive functions such as attention, memory, emotion, and executive processes are also involved. However, in order to explain how our brain "understands," "speaks," and "writes," and in order to r...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Nasios G,Dardiotis E,Messinis L

更新日期：2019-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Medication adherence and belief are crucial to achieving the desired goal of therapy in epileptic patients. However, there is a lack of study regarding medication adherence and belief in our setting. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate medication adherence and belief and associated factor...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Niriayo YL,Mamo A,Gidey K,Demoz GT

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:There is paucity of computed tomography (CT) studies from developing countries, where schizophrenia is said to have more favourable outcome and present predominantly with positive symptoms. We highlight the densitometric analysis of frontal and parietal areas, assessed by tracing of regions of interest on the slice th...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Ohaeri JU,Adeyinka AO,Osuntokun BO

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of tools for the measurement of outcomes and needs in traumatic brain injury is well recognised. The development of tools for these injuries in indigenous communities has been limited despite the well-documented disparity of brain injury. The wairua theory of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Māori propos...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Elder H,Kersten P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two experiments examined short-term memory for order information in six patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) and six control subjects while event related potentials (ERPs) were recorded. The subjects were tested for recognition of abstract spatial designs and words after a 5 s retention interval. The PD pa...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Korsnes MS,Reinvang I

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to study the neural correlates of neutral, stressful, negative and positive autobiographical memories. The brain activity produced by these different kinds of episodic memory did not differ significantly, but a common pattern of activation for different kinds of au...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Vandekerckhove MM,Markowitsch HJ,Mertens M,Woermann FG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a blind woman, M.N., who experienced the Capgras delusion. She thought that her pet cat had been replaced by a replica which was "ill-intentioned" towards her. M.N.'s case shows that the basis of the Capgras delusion cannot lie exclusively in damage to the visual system. However, testing of M.N.'s ...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Reid I,Young AW,Hellawell DJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (GTS) is a childhood-onset hyperkinetic movement disorder defined by the chronic presence of multiple motor tics and at least one vocal tic and often complicated by co-morbid behavioural problems. The pharmacological treatment of GTS focuses on the modulation of monoaminergic...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Waldon K,Hill J,Termine C,Balottin U,Cavanna AE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "psychic tonus" model or PTM [1] of hemispheric specialization states that the left hemisphere is a psychic and behavioral activator and that the right hemisphere is an inhibitor. The PTM predicts that the tonus of visual representation ought to manifest hemispheric specialization in the occipital lobes. Specifica...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Braun CM,Guimond A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological behaviours such as the sleep-wake cycle and exploratory behaviours are important parameters in intact and sham-operated animals and are usually thought to be unaffected by experimental protocols in which neurosurgery is performed. However, there is insufficient evidence in the literature on the behaviour...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Chiprés-Tinajero GA,Núñez-Ochoa MA,Medina-Ceja L

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A large amount of research has been conducted on the effects of sex hormones on gender differences in patients with depression, yet research on cognitive differences between male and female patients with depression is insufficient. This study uses emotion pictures to investigate the differences of the emotional workin...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Li M,Lu S,Wang G,Zhong N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Impaired cardiac function can adversely affect the brain via decreased perfusion. The purpose of this study was to determine if cardiac ejection fraction (EF) is associated with cognitive performance, and whether this is modified by low blood pressure. METHODS:Neuropsychological testing evaluati...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Gottesman RF,Grega MA,Bailey MM,Zeger SL,Baumgartner WA,McKhann GM,Selnes OA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present paper was to investigate the fundamental ethical issues of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) on patients remaining in Persistent Vegetative State (PVS). First, the purpose of this analysis was to discuss the nature of this intervention in order to classify it such as an ordinary clinical practice, or...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Patuzzo S,Manganotti P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although proverb tests are commonly used in the mental status examination surprisingly little is known about either normal comprehension or the interpretation of proverbial expressions. Current proverbs tests have conceptual and linguistic shortcomings, and few studies have been done to investigate the specific effect...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Van Lancker D

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To compare baseline and 72-hour hormone levels in women with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and controls. Setting:Hospital emergency department. Participants:21 women ages 18-35 with TBI and 21 controls. Design:Repeated measures. Main Measures:Serum samples at baseline and 72 hours; immunoassays for estradi...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Niemeier JP,Perrin PB,Hurst BS,Foureau DM,Huynh TT,Evans SL,Silverman JE,Elise McClannahan M,Brusch BD,Newman M,Mougeot JL,Wagner AK

更新日期：2019-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between neuron-specific enolase (NSE) gene polymorphism and delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning (DEACMP) and provide a theoretical basis for DEACMP pathogenesis, diagnosis, and prognosis. Methods:To investigate this relationship, w...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Xu L,Liu X,Zhao J,Zeng J,Gu J,Zhang X,Zhang F,Han Y,Li W,Zhang P,Gu R

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Tardive dystonia was identified in 25 patients: involvement of the face and neck was most common; truncal and limb dystonia were also observed. There were 3 cases of laryngospasm and 2 of spasmodic dysphonia. The latter has not been previously reported as a manifestation of tardive dystonia. In all cases, movements ty...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Davis RJ,Cummings JL,Hierholzer RW

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary sexual dysfunctions (SD) are a direct result of neurological changes that affect the sexual response. Secondary SD result from the symptoms that do not directly involve nervous pathways to the genital system, such as bladder and bowel problems, fatigue, spasticity, or muscle weakness. Tertiary SD are the resul...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Dobrakowski P,Machowska-Majchrzak A,Labuz-Roszak B,Niewiadomska E,Pierzchala K

更新日期：2020-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex-related asymmetries in the ability to process different semantic categories have been reported both in normal subjects and in brain-damaged patients, but the nature of these asymmetries is still controversial. Some authors suggest that these differences might be due to social-role related familiarity factors, wher...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Gainotti G,Ciaraffa F,Silveri MC,Marra C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited neuropsychiatric condition with progressive neurodegenerative changes, mainly affecting the striatum. Pathological processes within the striatum are likely to lead to alterations in dopamine and glutamate activity in frontostriatal circuitry, resulting in characteristi...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Mittal SK,Eddy C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The extent of brain damage in chronic stroke patients is traditionally defined as the necrotic tissue observed on magnetic resonance image (MRI). However, patients often exhibit symptoms suggesting that functional impairment may affect areas beyond the cortical necrotic lesion, for example, when cortical sym...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Bonilha L,Nesland T,Rorden C,Fillmore P,Ratnayake RP,Fridriksson J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the evolution of the neurological and neuropsychological characteristics in a right-handed woman who was 53-years-old at the onset and who showed personality changes and behavioral disorders accompanied by progressive dysarthria. She had hypernasality and a slow rate of speech with distorted consonants...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Ihori N,Araki S,Ishihara K,Kawamura M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive impairment is frequently encountered in multiple sclerosis (MS) affecting between 40-65% of individuals, irrespective of disease duration and severity of physical disability. In the present multicenter randomized controlled trial, fifty-eight clinically stable RRMS patients with mild to moderate cognitive im...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Messinis L,Nasios G,Kosmidis MH,Zampakis P,Malefaki S,Ntoskou K,Nousia A,Bakirtzis C,Grigoriadis N,Gourzis P,Papathanasopoulos P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) share many risk factors. Evidence suggests that metabolic risk factors are important to AD; however, their association with DLB is unclear. The risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) associated with AD and DLB is also uncertain. Thus, this nationwid...

journal_title：Behavioural neurology

authors： Cheng CK,Tsao YC,Su YC,Sung FC,Tai HC,Kung WM

更新日期：2018-06-03 00:00:00