Abstract:
:Somatostatin is a tetradecapeptide that is assuming increasing importance as a regulator of central nervous system activity. Originally identified as the hypothalamic growth hormone release-inhibiting factor, somatostatin has subsequently been shown to be extensively and selectively distributed throughout the central nervous system, to alter neuron excitability, to regulate and be regulated by the activity of classical neurotransmitters and neuropeptides, to exert a number of direct behavioral actions, and to display neuropsychiatric disorder-related alterations. In this article, a three-part study of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) somatostatin in affective illness and schizophrenia is presented. In part 1, significant reductions in CSF somatostatin were observed in 49 bipolar and unipolar depressed patients relative to 47 controls. Values during depression were also significantly lower than those observed in affective disorder during the improved state or in schizophrenia. Diurnal studies involving paired AM and PM lumbar punctures revealed that depressed patients and normal volunteers had similar somatostatin values in the evening, despite having significantly different values in the morning. In part 2, the effects of several psychopharmacological agents on CSF somatostatin were examined, particularly the tricyclic anticonvulsant carbamazepine. A significant reduction of CSF somatostatin during treatment with carbamazepine was observed. The effect of carbamazepine on somatostatin could be related to its anticonvulsant, analgesic, or psychotropic effects. Part 3 deals with somatostatin as a major regulator of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity. Somatostatin affects HPA activity by inhibiting, at a number of cellular levels, the stimulated release of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) from the pituitary. A significant negative relationship between CSF somatostatin and the postdexamethasone plasma cortisol level in 22 depressed and 16 schizophrenic patients was observed. This relationship between low CSF somatostatin and escape from dexamethasone suppression was observed irrespective of diagnosis (i.e., depression or schizophrenia). Thus, there is indirect supporting evidence for a role for somatostatin dysregulation in the most consistently observed biological abnormality in depression, escape from dexamethasone suppression. Further study of somatostatin in neuropsychiatric disorders, and particularly depressive illness, offers great promise for better understanding their underlying affective, vegetative, cognitive, and physiological dysregulations.
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Biol Psychiatryjournal_title
Biological psychiatryauthors
Rubinow DRdoi
10.1016/0006-3223(86)90163-0subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1986-04-01 00:00:00pages
341-65issue
4eissn
0006-3223issn
1873-2402pii
0006-3223(86)90163-0journal_volume
21pub_type
杂志文章abstract::This paper reviews and correlates three separate recent findings that implicate the one-carbon cycle in neuropsychiatric disease: (i) the demonstration by kinetic studies that the Vmax of methionine adenosine transferase (MAT) is reduced in some schizophrenics and depressives and is increased in some manics, and that ...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1984-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Neurocognitive deficits are recognized as a cardinal feature of schizophrenia, but the determinants of these deficits remain unknown. Recent reports have suggested that a functional polymorphism, Val(158)Met in exon III of the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene, shares approximately 4% variance with performan...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(02)01416-6
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.04.013
更新日期:2009-08-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Exploiting synteny between mouse and human disease loci has been proposed as a cost-effective method for the identification of human susceptibility genes. Here we explore its utility in an analysis of a human personality trait, neuroticism, which can be modeled in mice by tests of emotionality. We investigat...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.10.019
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::An experimental paradigm employed by several workers in the field of schizophrenic eye movements has involved finding sequences of stimuli that induce saccadic smooth pursuit in the eye movements of normal individuals. It is hoped that the identification of such stimuli will lead to clues concerning the etiology or na...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(90)90457-d
更新日期:1990-10-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The current study directly investigated whether changes in the neural correlates of self-regulation (SR) are associated with the effectiveness of treatment for the externalizing problems of children. METHODS:Seventy-one children 8-12 years of age with clinical levels of externalizing behavior and their fami...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.05.029
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(01)01133-7
更新日期:2001-07-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Various abnormalities of thyroid function have been inconsistently reported in major depression. The inconsistency between studies may be due to several factors including the stage of treatment resistance. METHODS:One hundred and one patients with major depressive disorder receiving their first antidepressa...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(98)00340-0
更新日期:1999-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.05.006
更新日期:2004-07-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Our study described the neuropsychological profile of psychotic major depression (PMD) compared to nonpsychotic major depression (NPMD) patients and psychiatrically healthy controls (HC). We predicted that higher cortisol levels would be associated with greater cognitive deficits. METHODS:Twenty-nine PMDs, ...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.11.010
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Shared neuropathological characteristics of patients with schizophrenia and their siblings might represent intermediate phenotypes that could be used to investigate genetic susceptibility to the illness. We sought to discover previously unidentified gray matter volume differences in patients with schizophren...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.05.027
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Deletions encompassing a four-gene region on chromosome 15 (BP1-BP2 at 15q11.2), seen at a population frequency of 1 in 500, are associated with increased risk for schizophrenia, epilepsy, and other common neurodevelopmental disorders. However, little is known in terms of how these common deletions impact co...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.04.008
更新日期:2019-08-15 00:00:00
abstract::Abnormalities in circadian rhythms of core body temperature have been reported previously in depressed patients. In this study, we compared the temperature rhythms of 10 depressed seasonal affective disorder (SAD) patients with winter depression with those of 12 normal controls and evaluated the effects of bright ligh...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(90)90018-w
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(91)91285-y
更新日期:1991-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Although neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have implicated the frontal cortex and subcortical structures in the pathophysiology of the disorder, few studies have examined cognitive function in patients with OCD on tasks validated in the assessment of frontal l...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(97)00201-1
更新日期:1998-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have investigated the dexamethasone suppression of cortisol release in a group of 28 patients with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT) after stimulation by physostigmine and clonidine, as compared with basal conditions. All patients but one had previously been evaluated with a depression symptom checklist ...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(88)90102-3
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:After no research in humans for >40 years, there is renewed interest in using lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in clinical psychiatric research and practice. There are no modern studies on the subjective and autonomic effects of LSD, and its endocrine effects are unknown. In animals, LSD disrupts prepulse in...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.11.015
更新日期:2015-10-15 00:00:00
abstract::Determinations of albumin and immunoglobulin G (IgG) were performed in paired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum samples from 24 subjects with schizophrenia. These determinations allowed calculation of two indices, one that is an indicator of integrity of the blood-brain barrier and the other a measure of selective I...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(85)90002-2
更新日期:1985-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The frequencies of HLA antigens were examined in a sample of 75 patients with schizophrenia and 35 patients with mood disorders. We compared the data obtained from this population with data obtained in another study with 3731 healthy subjects. Statistically significant increases were observed in the frequencies of HLA...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(95)00223-5
更新日期:1996-05-15 00:00:00
abstract::Velocity of blood flow in the middle cerebral artery was measured with transcranial Doppler flowmeter before, during, and 1 hr after smoking a marijuana cigarette and a placebo cigarette during two separate visits to the laboratory. Ten healthy, right-handed male volunteers with a history of marijuana smoking took par...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(92)90019-v
更新日期:1992-07-15 00:00:00
abstract::Bilateral electrodermal activity (EDA) was examined in depressed patients in remission. In Study 1, 26 unipolar and 24 bipolar patients were compared to 46 psychiatrically healthy controls. Subjects were exposed to 17 86-dB pure tones while skin conductance was recorded from both hands. In Study 2, which was conducted...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1983-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::To examine the nature of impaired smooth pursuit eye movement (SPEM) in schizophrenia, 16 hospitalized schizophrenics in the acute phase and 16 hospitalized nonpsychotic patients were studied. The experiment consisted of five 30-sec visual tracking phases: (i) base line (no distraction); (ii) auditory-visual distracti...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1978-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common known heritable cause of intellectual disability. Prior studies in FXS have observed a plateau in cognitive and adaptive behavioral development in early adolescence, suggesting that brain development in FXS may diverge from typical development during this period. ...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.05.038
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Previous studies indicate differences between schizophrenics and normals in thickness and overall size of the corpus callosum, particularly in female subjects. The present study compares the area of the corpus callosum as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in men and women experiencing first-episode cases of...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(94)91237-8
更新日期:1994-06-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Glutamatergic dysfunction has been implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. However, so far there is limited direct evidence of altered in vivo glutamate concentrations in the brains of patients with schizophrenia. To test the hypothesis that altered glutamatergic neurotransmission might play a ro...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.04.041
更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study is designed to measure effects of serotonin 1A (5-HT1A) agonists on escape deficits produced by inescapable shock in rats--a model of learned helplessness. Rats were first exposed to 60 inescapable shocks (15-sec duration, 0.8 mA, every 1 min +/- 15 sec), and 48 hr later, they were subjected to daily 15-min...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(88)90034-0
更新日期:1988-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Prior magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies report both medial and lateral cortical temporal changes and disturbed temporal lobe asymmetries in schizophrenic patients compared with healthy controls. The specificity of temporal lobe (TL) changes in schizophrenia is unknown. We determined the occurrence and specifici...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(96)00373-3
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal dominant metabolic disorder that has various psychiatric manifestations. This is a report of a case who had six brief psychotic episodes of varying nature within a 2-month period. The psychotic manifestations included catatonic stupor, hypomania, and delirium in diffe...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(94)90085-x
更新日期:1994-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Epidemiologic studies have identified psychological risk factors for specific physical diseases, but the biological mechanisms mediating these relationships remain poorly defined. METHODS:Social inhibition and autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity were assessed on multiple occasions in 54 gay men with asy...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(02)01888-7
更新日期:2003-12-15 00:00:00
abstract::Circling behavior is one of the best understood behaviors in animals. It is, for the most part, dopaminergically mediated and related to asymmetry in dopaminergic activity between the left and right basal ganglia or left and right frontal cortex. As a rule, animals rotate toward the hemisphere with lower striatal dopa...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(87)90009-6
更新日期:1987-08-01 00:00:00