Effects of daytime activity upon the timing of REM sleep periods during a night.

abstract：:At present, in the field of clinical epilepsy, it has been established that single proton emission computed tomography (SPECT) is useful for the regional determination of epileptic foci. In particular, it seems to be of great advantage to the field of clinical epilepsy that epileptic foci situation in the deep regions...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Jibiki I

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This 12-week open-label study was designed to investigate the pharmacokinetics and efficacy of a direct switch from a conventional depot to long-acting injectable risperidone in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. METHODS:Men or women from 18 to 65 years old with a diagnosis of schizophrenia...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Lai YC,Huang MC,Chen CH,Tsai CJ,Pan CH,Chiu CC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently a new sustained-release formulation of valproic acid has been developed in Japan. The sustained-release mechanism of the new formulation was different from the conventional formulation. The aim of the present study was to compare the pharmacokinetic characteristics of valproic acid in two sustained-release fo...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yasui-Furukori N,Saito M,Nakagami T,Niioka T,Sato Y,Fujii A,Kaneko S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The perception of social support may be a trait-like construct stemming from the current personality and early environment as well as a summation of the actual support perceived. A total of 220 community individuals were examined for the effects of Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) items and early life experienc...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Kitamura T,Watanabe K,Takara N,Hiyama K,Yasumiya R,Fujihara S

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：:This study investigated the relationship between napping and night-time sleep patterns in junior high and high school students. A questionnaire concerning sleep-related lifestyle was given to about 10,000 junior high and high school students. Approximately 50% of the junior high and high school students take at least ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Fukuda K,Ishihara K

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：: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：:Subjective sleep feelings and motor activity were measured in seven healthy elderly subjects for 6 days. The subjects were exposed to bright light (6000 lux) for 30 min in the morning or instructed to sit in front of a desktop lighting device without light. The average level of motor activity during the night was sign...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Kohsaka M,Fukuda N,Kobayashi R,Honma H,Sakakibara S,Koyama E,Nakano O,Matsubara H

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we applied the Zung self-rating depression scale (SDS) to 19 renal failure patients who were introduced to haemodialysis in the Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Japan. The patients were divided into two groups: the emergent introduction (EI) group, who underwent unanticipated and sudden in...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Miura H,Kitagami T,Ohta T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P300 amplitude reduction in schizophrenia is, according to previous studies, partially recovered by treatment with neuroleptics. However, whether this medication-induced P300 recovery is associated with duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) remains unreported; the present study is a preliminary examination of this que...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Wang J,Hirayasu Y,Hokama H,Tanaka S,Kondo T,Zhang M,Xiao Z

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：AIMS:Various eating-related problems are commonly observed among people with dementia, and these problems place a huge burden on the caregivers. An appropriate classification of these problems is important in order to understand their underlying mechanisms and to develop a therapeutic approach for managing them. The ai...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Shinagawa S,Honda K,Kashibayashi T,Shigenobu K,Nakayama K,Ikeda M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a questionnaire survey among 1329 first-trimester pregnant women, social support providers were divided by factor analysis into husband, 'premarital network' (parents and friends) and 'postmarital network' (children and mother-in-law), while social support contents were divided into 'given' (emotional, informationa...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Kitamura T,Toda MA,Shima S,Sugawara K,Sugawara M

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Post-traumatic growth (PTG) refers to positive changes that result from coping with a major life crisis or a traumatic event. Factors influencing PTG in youth have not been well characterized but could have a great impact on overall maturation. METHODS:Fourth to ninth graders (n = 3337) attending elementary or ju...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yoshida H,Kobayashi N,Honda N,Matsuoka H,Yamaguchi T,Homma H,Tomita H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Brain metabolism activated studies have indicated associations between memory and the anterior cingulate cortex and hippocampus in patients with depression. The aim of the present study was therefore to investigate memory function, measured as performance on the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R), and its relati...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Azuma H,Segawa K,Nakaaki S,Murata Y,Kawakami K,Tohyama J,Iidaka T,Shinagawa Y,Nakano Y,Yamada A,Watanabe N,Hongo J,Akechi T,Furukawa TA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hours after having taken 10 ecstasy tablets a Grand Mal seizure occurred in a 19-year-old woman followed by coma, hyperthermia, tachycardia, tachypnea, and renal failure. After awakening she was oriented but presented with helplessness, disconcertion, hallucinations, panic attacks, and amnesic syndrome. Computed ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Finsterer J,Stöllberger C,Steger C,Kroiss A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the severity of depression by measuring alterations in prefrontal cortical activity associated with mood disorders, as assessed on near-infrared spectroscopy. METHODS:Ten of 27 subjects hospitalized for late-life depression from May 2006 to June 2007, were examined. In these 10 subjects changes in hemo...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Onishi Y,Kikuchi S,Watanabe E,Kato S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to test different definitions of depressive mixed state (DMX) (major depressive episode (MDE) with some concurrent hypomanic symptoms), to find which one could better define DMX. Unipolar and bipolar II MDE outpatients (n = 168) were interviewed with the DSM-IV Structured Clinical Interview. ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Benazzi F

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Several variables are able to influence the antidepressant effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), particularly the intensity of stimulation, which is generally expressed according to the resting motor threshold (RMT). The aim of our study was to investigate whether or not RMT changes durin...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Pretalli JB,Nicolier M,Chopard G,Vandel P,Tio G,Monnin J,Pazart L,Sechter D,Haffen E

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Auditory mismatch negativity (MMN) and its magnetoencephalographic (MEG) counterpart (MMNm) are an established biological index in schizophrenia research. MMN in response to duration and frequency deviants may have differential relevance to the pathophysiology and clinical stages of schizophrenia. MEG has advantage...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Suga M,Nishimura Y,Kawakubo Y,Yumoto M,Kasai K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uses of lorazepam and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) have been proven to be effective in treating catatonia. In the present study a modified treatment strategy (i.e. lorazepam i.m. injection or diazepam infused i.v. if lorazepam failed, not with ECT) was proposed to rapidly relieve catatonic signs in patients wit...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Huang TL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the prevalence, distribution of psychiatric diagnoses, and treatment responses of patients with post-partum mental illness at an emergency unit at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung in Taiwan. During a 1 year period a total of 636 Taiwanese women received psyc...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Lai JY,Huang TL

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview of the most important older and newer results regarding the relationship between violent and criminal behavior on the one hand and schizophrenic illness on the other hand is presented. Four different methods are available to study this relationship: (i) study of the prevalence of mental illness in criminal...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Modestin J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A medium-sized portable digital recorder with fully integrated circuit (IC) memories for sleep monitoring has been developed. It has five amplifiers for EEG, EMG, EOG, ECG, and a signal of body acceleration or respiration sound, four event markers, an 8 ch A/D converter, a digital signal processor (DSP), 192 Mbytes IC...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yamamoto M,Nakao M,Katayama N,Waku M,Suzuki K,Irokawa K,Abe M,Ueno T

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale (PDSS) and the utility of the PDSS as a screening tool for pathological daytime sleepiness in teenagers with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and narcolepsy. METHODS:The PDSS was first administered ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Yang CM,Huang YS,Song YC

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between alexithymia and dissociation among men with alcoholism. METHODS:Participants were 176 patients consecutively admitted to the inpatient unit of a addiction treatment center. The Toronto Alexithymia Scale, the Symptom Checklist-Revised, the Dissoc...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Evren C,Sar V,Evren B,Semiz U,Dalbudak E,Cakmak D

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporadic temporal slow waves are considered to be associated with mild cerebrovascular dysfunction. However, electroencephalogram (EEG) changes have not been consistently described by some investigators and correlations inferred on the basis of such data remain inconclusive. In the present study, we examined previousl...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Inui K,Motomura E,Kaige H,Nomura S

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity of two kinds of brief intelligence tests for patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) was investigated. In study 1, five short forms of the Japanese Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (JWAIS-R) were administered to 102 AD patients. The results showed that the intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Nakamura H,Nakanishi M,Furukawa TA,Hamanaka T,Tokudome S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although atypical antipsychotics have been associated with improvements in cognitive function in schizophrenia, the neurochemical basis for such effects is not well understood. Candidate neurotransmitter systems primarily involve dopamine and serotonin. The current study explored this issue by examining the cognitive ...

journal_title：Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences

authors： Tyson PJ,Laws KR,Flowers KA,Tyson A,Mortimer AM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00