abstract：:The primary objective of this study was to describe the pharmacokinetics of oral pergolide in patients with mild to moderate Parkinson disease using a new high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay. A secondary objective was to investigate the relationship between plasma concentrations and e...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Thalamas C,Rajman I,Kulisevsky J,Lledó A,Mackie AE,Blin O,Gillespie TA,Seger M,Rascol O

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The pathophysiology of hallucinations in Parkinson disease is poorly understood. This study investigated the relation between visual hallucination and visual evoked potentials (VEPs) in Parkinson disease. METHODS:Nineteen patients with Parkinson disease were studied. The authors divided patients into 2 group...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Matsui H,Udaka F,Tamura A,Oda M,Kubori T,Nishinaka K,Kameyama M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Persistent sequelae of lithium intoxication gained clinical attention in the 1980s and were named Syndrome of Irreversible Lithium-Effectuated Neurotoxicity (SILENT). The authors review the published cases of SILENT reported in the literature and discuss various clinical manifestations. METHODS:The authors'...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Adityanjee,Munshi KR,Thampy A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levodopa (LD) is one of the most effective drugs for clinical symptoms in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). Most PD patients are advanced in age and may have trouble with LD absorption because aging influences drug absorption processes. Previous reports have indicated that ascorbic acid (AsA) can reduce LD dosage ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Nagayama H,Hamamoto M,Ueda M,Nito C,Yamaguchi H,Katayama Y

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to add to the growing number of reports about kleptomania occurring in relation to brain injury as well as to present the authors' findings regarding treatment strategies. The authors present two case reports of patients who developed the new onset of kleptomania after closed head trauma. ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Aizer A,Lowengrub K,Dannon PN

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although hormone replacement therapy (HRT) improves menopausal depressive symptoms, women unresponsive to HRT need an antidepressant drug as an effective adjunctive therapy. The aim of this study was to assess whether the herbal medicine Unkei-to has an impact on HRT-resistant menopausal depressive symptoms a...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Koike K,Ohno S,Takahashi N,Suzuki N,Nozaki N,Murakami K,Sugiura K,Yamada K,Inoue M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prion diseases are invariably fatal. Recently, quinacrine and chlorpromazine have been suggested as immediate candidates for the treatment of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other prion diseases. The objective of this paper was to report on 2 fatal familial insomnia patients whose overall condition worsened despite quin...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Benito-León J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon (IFN) is the most widely prescribed drug of choice for chronic hepatitis B infection, which is a common health problem in our country. Therapy with IFN-alpha may be associated with a number of neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as Parkinsonism, akathisia, seizure, and depressive disorders. In this case report,...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Atasoy N,Ustundag Y,Konuk N,Atik L

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 78-year-old gentleman who, following bilateral above-knee amputations, developed symptoms of restless legs syndrome in the absent portions of his lower extremities. These symptoms improved with dopamine agonist therapy. In addition, he later developed parkinsonism with prominent rest tremor on metoclopra...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Hanna PA,Kumar S,Walters AS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the frequencies of the symptoms such as "ataxia, depression, insomnia, anorexia, and pain," that have been reported to be associated with 5-HT1A receptor, and the effect of tandospirone citrate (tandospirone: 5-HT1A agonist) in patients with Machado-Joseph disease (MJD). METHODS:Ten MJD pati...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Takei A,Fukazawa T,Hamada T,Sohma H,Yabe I,Sasaki H,Tashiro K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate clinical aspects of the neutropenia induced by high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG) we performed serial hematology, including differentiation of white blood cells (WBC), before and after 22 instances of IVIG in 16 patients with neuroimmunologic disorders. WBC and neutrophils showed a sign...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Matsuda M,Hosoda W,Sekijima Y,Hoshi K,Hashimoto T,Itoh S,Ikeda S

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies assessing the effect of transdermal nicotine in Parkinson's disease (PD) have generated mixed results regarding its efficacy to treat motor and cognitive deficits. These studies generally reported good tolerability in nonsmoking PD patients. The authors report the tolerability data of an open trial with transd...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Lemay S,Blanchet P,Chouinard S,Masson H,Soland V,Bédard MA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors compared the two portions of the OFF period in patients with Parkinson disease and response fluctuations: time to ON (the latency from levodopa intake to turning ON) and wearing off (time from termination of the beneficial dose effect until the time when the next dose was taken). Time to ON was more than t...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Merims D,Djaldetti R,Melamed E

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety, tolerability, maximum tolerated dose, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of five fixed doses of ganstigmine (CHF 2819) in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD). This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluated five dose levels (5, 7...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Jhee SS,Fabbri L,Piccinno A,Monici P,Moran S,Zarotsky V,Tan EY,Frackiewicz EJ,Shiovitz T

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic strategies in the treatment of dystonia consist primarily of pharmacologic, surgical, and supportive approaches. Many recent advances have been made in the treatment of dystonia with newer medications, availability of different botulinum toxins, and surgical procedures. However, these treatment modalities ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Goldman JG,Comella CL

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) can experience cognitive impairment. There are currently no medications indicated for the treatment of cognitive impairment in PD. Clinicians are faced with the dilemma as to whether or not to treat patients with PD with the acetylcholinesterase inhibitors that are currently appr...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Richard IH,Justus AW,Greig NH,Marshall F,Kurlan R

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful combination therapy with atypical antipsychotics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors has been reported for several psychiatric conditions. However, great attention should be paid to the possible adverse effects. In this retrospective chart review, we focused on the drug-drug interaction of paroxetin...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Fukui H,Murai T

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiepileptic drugs might be effective in the treatment of patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, a condition with unmet pharmacologic needs. We review the literature on the efficacy and tolerability of antiepileptic drugs in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, both case reports and open studies, as well as controlle...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Iancu I,Rosen Y,Moshe K

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile spasms are the main feature in West syndrome, an age-related epilepsy syndrome that affects 1 in every 2,000-4,000 infants. The authors provide a comprehensive review of the literature about infantile spasms and their therapy. In the United States, the drug of choice for infantile spasms, at least the crypto...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Mikati MA,Lepejian GA,Holmes GL

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of amantadine sulfate infusion on the N30 component of the median nerve short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Twenty patients with advanced PD and severe motor fluctuations received a 6-day course of amantad...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Bostantjopoulou S,Katsarou Z,Georgiadis G,Zafiriou D,Kazis A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily 20-mg doses of Copolymer 1 have been shown to significantly decrease the relapse rate in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). In the present open-label study, patients with relapsing MS were treated with the same dose of Copolymer 1 administered on alternate days. Sixty-eight patients were recruited: fifty-one...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Flechter S,Kott E,Steiner-Birmanns B,Nisipeanu P,Korczyn AD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newly introduced dopamine agonists, such as ropinirole, may offer advantages compared to such older drugs as bromocriptine in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) with response oscillations or waning efficacy. Dose equivalence of these two drugs, however, has not been well established, which may complicate ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Giménez-Roldán S,Esteban EM,Mateo D

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating and common neurologic disorder that has profound influences on modern society from physical, psychosocial, and socioeconomic perspectives. Accordingly, the present decade has been labeled the Decade of the Spine to emphasize the importance of SCI and other spinal disorders. Sp...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Dumont RJ,Okonkwo DO,Verma S,Hurlbert RJ,Boulos PT,Ellegala DB,Dumont AS

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a brain disorder with recognizable periods of onset, course, familial occurrence, epidemiology, phenomenology, and treatment response. Several manifestations of pathophysiology are beginning to be defined, although they may represent intermediate pathophysiology rather than prima...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Micallef J,Blin O

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard therapy for myasthenia gravis (MG) includes steroids and immunosuppressants, which have delayed onset of action and significant side effects. Plasmapheresis and intravenous immunoglobulin have been used mostly for the treatment of severe exacerbations. In the present study we examined the use of intraveno...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Hilkevich O,Drory VE,Chapman J,Korczyn AD

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate is the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter of the basal ganglia, where it acts on ionotropic and metabotropic receptors. In the best studied of the basal ganglia disorders, Parkinson's disease, there is compelling evidence that the activities of glutamatergic pathways are altered. Of particular importanc...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Greenamyre JT

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clozapine is known to be beneficial for the treatment of dopamine agonist-induced psychotic states in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Many reports have suggested that it may also be efficacious for the treatment of parkinsonian tremor. We describe a patient with schizophrenia in whom early-onset PD appeared af...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Orr G,Munitz H,Hermesh H

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The latency of P300 "cognitive" event-related potentials changes if cholinergic activities of the central nervous system are pharmacologically manipulated. We tested the hypothesis that the new cholinesterase inhibitors donepezil (DPZ) and rivastigmine (Riv) may have an effect on the frequently abnormal P300 component...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Thomas A,Iacono D,Bonanni L,D'Andreamatteo G,Onofrj M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tremors other than those associated with Parkinson's disease are commonly encountered in clinical practice. The differentiation of tremor subtypes depends primarily on the presence of distinct clinical characteristics and is facilitated by the use of consistent nomenclature. Such differentiation can be helpful in dete...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： O'Sullivan JD,Lees AJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality risk associated with cardiovascular disease is significantly increased in patients with major depression and panic disorder. The mechanism of this phenomenon is unclear. Thrombin is responsible for platelet aggregation and shape change, and it plays a significant role in the development of thromboembolic...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Berk M,Plein H

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old man with cervical dystonia developed an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuritis after botulinum toxin type A treatment. Some cases of idiopathic brachial plexopathy and polyradiculoneuritis have been reported to date. Although a causal relationship is not firmly established, the clinical te...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Burguera JA,Villaroya T,López-Alemany M

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a 67-year-old woman with a sporadic form of hyperekplexia, who experienced 8-10 excessive startle responses to unexpected stimuli per month. Therapy with fluoxetine had a definite beneficial effect. This finding supports the hypothesis that serotonergic mechanisms play a role in this disorder. ...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Sechi G,Sotgiu S,Valenti MP,Pitzolu MG,Peterlongo P,Larizza L,Rosati G

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect and clinical significance of tolcapone withdrawal on erythrocyte catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) activity, levodopa pharmacokinetics, and levodopa requirements were investigated in 59 patients with fluctuating parkinsonism who were randomized to receive placebo or tolcapone 100 or 200 mg three times dai...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Jorga KM,Davis TL,Kurth MC,Saint-Hilaire MH,LeWitt PA,Fotteler B,Zürcher G,Rabbia M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of gabapentin in the treatment of muscle cramps, we engaged an open-label trial with a group of 30 patients with frequent (> 5 cramps/week), stable, long-lasting cramps, associated with different diseases. Gabapentin was effective in reducing the frequency and severity of muscle cra...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Serrao M,Rossi P,Cardinali P,Valente G,Parisi L,Pierelli F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tiagabine (TGB), a recently approved antiepileptic drug (AED), has a specific mechanism of action that is unique among AEDs. A potent AED with linear, predictable pharmacokineties, it inhibits gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) reuptake into neurons and glia. Tiagabine does not have any clinically relevant effects on hepa...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Schachter SC

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sargramostim (GM-CSF) therapy was instituted in a 49-year-old woman with hepatitis C on chronic interferon alpha-2b therapy. Within two weeks, she developed progressive confusion, lethargy, and gait disturbance. At autopsy 4 months later, diffuse perivascular nonmonoclonal lymphoid infiltrates were demonstrated throug...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Riggs JE,Mansmann PT,Cook LL,Schochet SS Jr,Hogg JP

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypersialorrhea is frequently reported in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's Disease (PD). Excessive production of saliva, swallowing difficulties, or both could explain this complaint. Dopamine (DA) has been shown to modulate salivary secretion in a number of vertebrate and invertebrate species. The present study w...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Bagheri H,Damase-Michel C,Lapeyre-Mestre M,Cismondo S,O'Connell D,Senard JM,Rascol O,Montastruc JL

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anticonvulsant potential of lamotrigine (LTG) has been extensively assessed in open and double-blind clinical trials including patients with different types of epilepsy. In this review, the neurophysiologic and neuropsychologic profile of LTG is discussed. The electroencephalographic (EEG) findings reveal that the...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Marciani MG,Spanedda F,Mattia D

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporine A (CsA) neurotoxicity is an iatrogenic disease with significant morbidity and occasional mortality. We retrospectively reviewed the cases of CsA neurotoxicity among bone marrow transplant recipients at our institution, and summarized the current literature on the subject. The neurologic presentation is va...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Shah AK

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolcapone, a central and peripheral catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor, reduces the conversion of L-Dopa into 3-O-methyl-Dopa (3-OMD), thus leading to more stable and sustained L-Dopa plasma levels. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of acute and 6-week tolcapone administration on L-Dopa pharma...

journal_title：Clinical neuropharmacology

authors： Napolitano A,Del Dotto P,Petrozzi L,Dell'Agnello G,Bellini G,Gambaccini G,Bonuccelli U

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00