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Psychiatry General

History of suicidality and alcohol craving trajectories during inpatient treatment for alcohol use disorder.

Feb 25, 2020

Alcohol use is associated with an increased risk of completed suicide, but it is unclear whether past suicidality affects the course of alcohol use disorder (AUD). We examined whether a history of sui...

Modulation of the antidepressant effects of ketamine by the mTORC1 inhibitor rapamycin.

Feb 25, 2020

Twenty-four hours after administration, ketamine exerts rapid and robust antidepressant effects that are thought to be mediated by activation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1)....

The power of the Functional Activities Questionnaire for screening dementia in rural-dwelling older adults at high-risk of cognitive impairment.

Feb 25, 2020

A simple approach to detecting dementia in its early stages may help improve patient care. We therefore aimed to assess the power of the Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) for screening dementi...

Prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex and P50 gating in aging and Alzheimer's disease.

Feb 25, 2020

Inhibition plays a crucial role in many functional domains, such as cognition, emotion, and actions. Studies on cognitive aging demonstrate changes in inhibitory mechanisms are age- and pathology-rela...

Attenuated baroreflex in a Parkinson's disease animal model coincides with impaired activation of non-C1 neurons.

Feb 25, 2020

Orthostatic hypotension is one of the most common symptoms observed in Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disease caused by death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compac...

Increased miR-34c mediates synaptic deficits by targeting synaptotagmin 1 through ROS-JNK-p53 pathway in Alzheimer's Disease.

Feb 25, 2020

Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cancer have inverse relationship in many aspects. Some tumor suppressors, including miR-34c, are decreased in cancer but increased in AD. The upstream regulatory pathways ...

Delayed sleep timing and circadian rhythms in pregnancy and transdiagnostic symptoms associated with postpartum depression.

Feb 25, 2020

Later sleep timing, circadian preference, and circadian rhythm timing predict worse outcomes across multiple domains, including mood disorders, substance use, impulse control, and cognitive function. ...

Whole-exome sequencing of 81 individuals from 27 multiply affected bipolar disorder families.

Feb 25, 2020

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a highly heritable neuropsychiatric disease characterized by recurrent episodes of depression and mania. Research suggests that the cumulative impact of common alleles explain...

Body Mass Index Status across Different Psychiatric Disorders in a National Survey amongst Children and Adolescents: To Identify the Role of Gender.

Feb 25, 2020

Body mass index undergoes a substantial change in some psychiatric disorders. This study aimed to explore the status of body mass index (BMI) in different psychiatric disorders in a national survey a...

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics, Including Subsyndromal Symptoms Across Bipolar-Spectrum Disorders in Adolescents.

Feb 25, 2020

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a debilitating illness that often starts at an early age. Prevention of first and subsequent mood episodes, which are usually preceded by a period characterized by subthresho...

Differential effects of lithium isotopes in a ketamine-induced hyperactivity model of mania.

Feb 25, 2020

Sub-anesthetic doses of ketamine produce an increase in rodent ambulation that is attenuated by co-administration of naturally-occurring lithium (LiN), the drug most commonly employed in the treatment...

Effects of perceived social status and discrimination on hope and empowerment among individuals with serious mental illnesses.

Feb 25, 2020

Hope and empowerment are key elements of recovery in the context of serious mental illnesses (SMI). We examined predictors of hope among individuals with SMI and tested a hypothesized path model in wh...

Social media surveillance for perceived therapeutic effects of cannabidiol (CBD) products.

Feb 25, 2020

CBD products have risen in popularity given CBD's therapeutic potential and lack of legal oversight, despite lacking conclusive scientific evidence for widespread over-the-counter usage for many of it...

Large scale consumption monitoring of benzodiazepines and z-drugs by hair analysis.

Feb 25, 2020

Benzodiazepines (BDZ) and z-drugs belong to the most frequently prescribed medicines worldwide used for anxiety, epilepsy and sleeping disorders. Due to their pharmacology, they have a high potential ...

Non-motor symptoms and striatal dopamine transporter binding in early Parkinson's disease.

Feb 25, 2020

Non-motor symptoms (NMS) are common in Parkinson's disease (PD), but their relationships to nigrostriatal degeneration remain largely unexplored.We evaluated 18 NMS scores covering 5 major domains in ...

Dizziness in patients with early stages of Parkinson's disease: Prevalence, clinical characteristics and implications.

Feb 25, 2020

The clinical features and implications of dizziness in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) remain little known. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of dizziness, and the as...

Weighty choices: selecting optimal G-CSF doses for stem cell mobilization to optimize yield.

Feb 25, 2020

There are limited data on the effect of donor body mass index (BMI) on peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) mobilization response to granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), especially in unrelated...

Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation of resting-state fMRI in primary nocturnal enuresis and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Feb 25, 2020

Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and nocturnal enuresis (NE) have similar symptoms e.g. inattention and dysfunction of working memory. We investigate disorder-specific abn...

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) regulates astrocyte oxidative metabolism by balancing TCA cycle dynamics.

Feb 25, 2020

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is an important energy sensor located in cells throughout the human body. From the periphery, AMPK is known to be a metabolic master switch controlling the use of e...

A unified framework for assessing the readiness of European Union economies to migrate to a circular modelling.

Feb 25, 2020

Sustainable development demands radical rethinking of national economies, now mainly based on a linear approach. The transition to a circular one requires crucial innovations and disruptive changes an...

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