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Psychiatry General

Improving social functioning in community-dwelling patients with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled computer cognitive remediation therapy trial with six months follow-up.

Mar 24, 2020

Computerized cognitive remediation therapy (CCRT) has been found to generally improve cognition among patients with schizophrenia, but its effect on functioning has not been extensively studied. This ...

Thioredoxin-1 blocks methamphetamine-induced injury in brain through inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in mice.

Mar 24, 2020

Methamphetamine (METH) has been reported to induce endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and neuronal apoptosis in the central nervous system (CNS) during the development of addiction. Thioredoxin-1 (Trx-...

Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Depression-Like Behaviors Is Ameliorated by Sodium Butyrate via Inhibiting Neuroinflammation and Oxido-Nitrosative Stress.

Mar 24, 2020

Depression is a common disease that afflicts one in 6 people. Numerous hypotheses have been raised in the past decades, but the exact mechanism for depression onset remains obscure. Recently, the neur...

Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) blocking agents are associated with lower risk for Alzheimer's disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.

Mar 24, 2020

This large, retrospective case-control study of electronic health records from 56 million unique adult patients examined whether or not treatment with a Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) blocking agent is a...

Basal forebrain volume reliably predicts the cortical spread of Alzheimer's degeneration.

Mar 24, 2020

Alzheimer's disease neurodegeneration is thought to spread across anatomically and functionally connected brain regions. However, the precise sequence of spread remains ambiguous. The prevailing model...

Long-term post-mortem studies following neurturin gene therapy in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease.

Mar 24, 2020

We performed post-mortem studies on two patients with advanced Parkinson's disease 8 and10 years following AAV2-neurturin (CERE120) gene therapy, the longest post-mortem trophic factor gene therapy ca...

Synchronous measuring of triptolide changes in rat brain and blood and its application to a comparative pharmacokinetic study in normal and Alzheimer's disease rats.

Mar 24, 2020

Triptolide, a major active ingredient of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F, provides anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective activities. In this study, a microwave-assisted stable isotope labeling derivatiz...

Higher vitamin B12 level at Parkinson's disease diagnosis is associated with lower risk of future dementia.

Mar 24, 2020

To determine whether vitamin B12 level at Parkinson's disease (PD) diagnosis predicts time to develop dementia.We utilized a population-based cohort of Parkinsonism patients to examine the relationshi...

The Korean Medication Algorithm Project for Bipolar Disorder (KMAP-BP): Changes in preferred treatment strategies and medications over 16 years and five editions.

Mar 24, 2020

The Korean Medication Algorithm Project for Bipolar Disorder (KMAP-BP) is based on expert consensus and has been revised five times since 2002. The present study evaluated the changes in treatment str...

Programmed cell death 4 as an endogenous suppressor of BDNF translation is involved in stress-induced depression.

Mar 24, 2020

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a growth factor that plays vital roles in the neuron survival, growth, and neuroplasticity. Alteration to BDNF expression is associated with major depressiv...

Anxiety, distress, and pain in pediatric urodynamics.

Mar 24, 2020

No one has assessed urodynamic studies (UDS) to determine those steps that elicit the greatest anxiety, distress, and pain in children. We sought to systematically evaluate a child's UDS experience to...

Neuropsychiatric profile of patients with craniocervical dystonia: A case-control study.

Mar 24, 2020

Depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder have been widely reported in patients with dystonia. On the other hand, cognitive impairment, frontal lobe function, impulsiveness and pseudobulb...

Prevalence of comorbid psychiatric disorders among people with autism spectrum disorder: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Mar 24, 2020

With ever-increasing prevalence of various mental disorders worldwide, a comprehensive evaluation of the prevalence of co-occurring psychiatric disorders among individuals with autism spectrum disorde...

Alterations of the HPA Axis Observed in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder and Their Relation to Early Life Stress: A Systematic Review.

Mar 24, 2020

Alterations of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis are common in patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD). Nevertheless, these alterations are not found in every patient. Ther...

Hearing and speech benefits of cochlear implantation in children: A review of the literature.

Mar 24, 2020

Cochlear implantation is a safe and reliable treatment for children with severe to profound hearing loss. The primary benefit of these medical devices in children is the acquisition of hearing, which ...

Reframing human excreta management as part of food and farming systems.

Mar 24, 2020

Recognition of human excreta as a resource, rather than as waste, has led to the emergence of a range of new and innovative nutrient recovery solutions. Nevertheless, the management of human excreta r...

Multigenerational exposure to TiO nanoparticles in soil stimulates stress resistance and longevity of survived C. elegans via activating insulin/IGF-like signaling.

Mar 24, 2020

With increasing release of nanoparticles (NPs) into the environment, soil organisms likely suffer from high dose and long duration of NPs contamination, while the effect of NPs across multiple generat...

In vitro quantification: Long-term effect of glucose deprivation on various cancer cell lines.

Mar 24, 2020

Although metabolic treatment of highly glycolytic cancers and metastases is becoming an important research field, the effects of such treatments are not fully quantified yet. In this article we attemp...

Overt planning behaviors during writing in school-age children with autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Mar 24, 2020

The planning behaviors of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during writing remain overlooked. Targeted examination of planning behaviors ...

Nutritional implications of opioid use disorder: A guide for drug treatment providers.

Mar 24, 2020

The number of Americans seeking treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) continues to increase. However, there are important nutritional implications of having OUD that often get overlooked by drug tre...

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