Abstract:
:We critically reviewed controlled investigations of the growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) stimulation test in depression, anorexia nervosa, bulimia, panic disorder, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's disease. Comparisons of GH responsiveness between patients and controls within each diagnostic category were equivocal and in some cases contradictory. Factors that may contribute substantially to the inconsistent findings within diagnostic categories include (1) the variability of GHRH-simulated GH among control groups; (2) the lack of uniformity in test procedures and outcome measures; and (3) the age and gender of subjects. In addition, the individual reproducibility of the GHRH stimulation test has not been adequately investigated and until the test's stability within subjects can be determined, the validity of interpretations resulting from the GHRH simulation test are in question.
journal_name
Biol Psychiatryjournal_title
Biological psychiatryauthors
Skare SS,Dysken MW,Billington CJdoi
10.1016/0006-3223(94)90607-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-08-15 00:00:00pages
249-65issue
4eissn
0006-3223issn
1873-2402pii
0006-3223(94)90607-6journal_volume
36pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:BACKGROUND:Among the diverse animal models proposed for schizophrenia, the neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion (NVHL) is one of the most widely used. However, its construct validity can be questioned because there is no evidence of a lesion present in schizophrenia. Other approaches that have tried to capture environme...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.09.028
更新日期:2010-02-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Chromatin remodeling, including changes in histone acetylation, might play a role in the pathophysiology and treatment of depression. We investigated whether the histone deacetylase inhibitor sodium butyrate (SB) administered as single drug or in combination with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (S...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.06.036
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
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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(91)90326-h
更新日期:1991-06-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(99)00229-2
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Unmedicated chronic schizophrenic inpatients and nonpsychotic controls were tested in a paradigm designed to elicit habituated event-related potentials (ERPs) to auditory stimuli. Analysis of Variance of the ERP components recorded at bilateral frontal (F1 and F2) and temporal (T3 and T4) scalp leads revealed signific...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(89)90053-x
更新日期:1989-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(89)90215-1
更新日期:1989-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.08.014
更新日期:2010-03-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Effects of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis on central dopaminergic systems have been proposed to underlie the development of psychotic symptoms in depression. This study examined HPA axis hormone effects on plasma levels of homovanillic acid (HVA), the dopamine metabolite, in healthy volunteers...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(97)00550-7
更新日期:1999-01-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(95)00390-8
更新日期:1996-08-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.02.017
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.08.008
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Positron emission tomography studies have demonstrated less dopamine D2/3 receptor availability and blunted psychostimulant-induced dopamine release in cocaine-dependent subjects (CDSs). No studies in CDSs have reported the in vivo status of D2/3 and dopamine release in the cortex. Basic and functional imagi...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.04.001
更新日期:2020-11-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.08.018
更新日期:2017-04-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:A method that promotes the retrieval of lost long-term memories has not been well established. Histamine in the central nervous system is implicated in learning and memory, and treatment with antihistamines impairs learning and memory. Because histamine H3 receptor inverse agonists upregulate histamine relea...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.11.009
更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::A group of 759 patients with final DSM-I and -II diagnoses of schizophrenia was identified among a cohort of 1494 adults who were hospitalized between 1965 and 1972. Admission EEG recordings were done in each patient during waking, activation procedures, drowsiness, and sleep. All cases were reclassified according to ...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1984-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Because researchers have reported that antidepressants increase the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the rat hippocampus, we investigated whether serum BDNF levels may be used as a putative biological marker for major depressive disorders (MDD). METHODS:We measured serum BDNF in the...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(03)00181-1
更新日期:2003-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Elderly depressed patients have more vascular hyperintensities in frontal white matter and basal ganglia than elderly control subjects. Cell pathology that might be related to increased vascular hyperintensities has not been examined. METHODS:Postmortem samples from the orbitofrontal cortex (ORB) were colle...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.04.013
更新日期:2005-08-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric condition that typically manifests in compulsive urges to perform irrational or excessive avoidance behaviors. A recent account has suggested that compulsivity in OCD might arise from excessive stimulus-response habit formation, rendering behavior insensit...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.02.002
更新日期:2014-04-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Hyperactivity of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been shown to increase with symptom provocation and to normalize with treatment-induced symptom reduction. Although the functional significance of anterior cingulate involvement in OCD remains unknow...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.10.038
更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.09.023
更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(91)90225-b
更新日期:1991-02-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(03)00543-2
更新日期:2003-08-01 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:BACKGROUND:The current effective treatment options for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are limited, and therefore the need to explore new treatment strategies is critical. Pharmacological inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system is a common approach to treat hypertension, and emerging evidence highlights the imp...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.08.024
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effects of short- and long-term administration of a low dose of tranylcypromine on brain and urine levels of several biogenic amines and on brain activity of monoamine oxidases (MAO) A and B were investigated. MAO-A and MAO-B were inhibited by greater than 85% on day 1, and this inhibition continued to increase ov...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(88)90033-9
更新日期:1988-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Prospective studies of young individuals at high risk of schizophrenia allow the investigation of whether neural abnormalities predate development of illness and, if present, have the potential to identify those who may become ill. METHODS:We studied young individuals with at least two relatives with the di...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.11.013
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Clinical reports suggest that rather than directly driving cocaine use, stress may create a biological context within which other triggers for drug use become more potent. We hypothesize that stress-induced increases in corticosterone "set the stage" for relapse by promoting endocannabinoid-induced attenuati...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.09.024
更新日期:2018-07-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Evidence suggests that the noradrenergic and corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) systems play critical roles in relapse and stress-related behaviors. In particular, behavioral studies point to a serial signaling process initiated by β-adrenergic receptors that requires CRF receptor (CRFR)-dependent signali...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.12.030
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We evaluated the comparative efficacy and safety of venlafaxine extended release (ER) and fluoxetine in the acute and continuation phases of treatment. METHODS:In this multicenter, double-blind study, outpatients with recurrent unipolar major depression were randomly assigned to receive venlafaxine ER (75-3...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.04.040
更新日期:2007-12-15 00:00:00
abstract::Using auditory evoked responses, this work compares the reactivities to unimodal and crossmodal stimuli and the main neurocognitive functions most often disturbed in autism. With the aim of testing the hypothesis that the deficit in the ability to form crossmodal associations in autism is linked to a cognitive abnorma...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(92)90338-z
更新日期:1992-06-15 00:00:00