The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Volume 12
- Number 1
- February 2000
Windows to the Brain
Regular Article
Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages4–15Knowledge of the relationship between specific cognitive abnormalities and the clinical symptoms of schizophrenia could give insight into the nature of their underlying pathophysiology. Composite scores were generated for negative, disorganized, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.4Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages16–24To investigate the differences between schizophrenic subjects with and without obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the authors systematically assessed 76 schizophrenic subjects for OCD. Subjects with and without OCD were then compared with regard to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.16Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages25–28In this study of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), patients with visual hallucinations were compared with patients who did not have visual hallucinations to determine if selective occipital lobe atrophy is associated with visual hallucinations. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.25Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages29–33The present study was conducted to cross-validate and extend the hypothesis that olfactory dysfunction could discriminate between groups of patients with Alzheimer's disease and major depression. Forty patients meeting the DSM-IV criteria for either ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.29Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages34–39Neurobehavioral disturbances often coexist with extrapyramidal signs (EPS) in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the present study, we examined the relationships between delusions and hallucinations and EPS by using standard observer ratings and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.34Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages40–43The authors describe the use of gabapentin in the treatment of 4 outpatients with dementia-associated agitation. On the basis of clinical case reports and the Overt Agitation Severity Scale, all 4 patients had reduced agitation with gabapentin. Three of 4 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.40Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages44–50This study investigated which cognitive deficits are associated with chronic alcoholism. Neuropsychological profiles and MRI brain structure volumes of 14 patients with Korsakoff's syndrome, 15 patients with chronic alcoholism, and 16 healthy control ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.44Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages51–56For 46 patients with delirium who were consecutive referrals to a consultation-liaison psychiatry service, the authors describe the relationships between symptoms, as rated on the Delirium Rating Scale, and delirium motoric subtypes, as defined by Liptzin ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.51Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages57–63The authors studied interrelationships between plasma levels of amino acids, physical condition (as apparent from cortisol, albumin, and thyroid hormone concentrations), and postoperative delirium in 296 patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery. Both ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.57Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages64–70The neuropsychological performance of 18 older inpatients with major depression who were admitted following a suicide attempt was compared with that of 29 older depressed inpatients who had never attempted suicide. There was an interactive effect of age ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.64Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages71–76Paraphilias may occur with brain disease, but the nature of this relationship is unclear. The authors report 2 patients with late-life homosexual pedophilia. The first met criteria for frontotemporal dementia; the second had bilateral hippocampal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.71Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages77–85Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can produce persistent attention and memory impairment that may in part be produced by impaired auditory sensory gating. The P50 evoked waveform response to paired auditory stimuli appears to be a useful measure of auditory ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.77Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages86–90The authors studied daytime sleepiness and alertness (based on the Multiple Sleep Latency Test [MSLT] and Maintenance of Wakefulness Test [MWT]) and nocturnal sleep in 22 patients with depression/anxiety and in 47 nondepressed patients with sleep apnea. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.86Clinical and Research Reports
Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages91–94This pilot study compared characteristics of obsessive-compulsive (OC) schizophrenic patients and a matched non-OC schizophrenic control group. The OC-schizophrenic group required more intensive clinical interventions and had a poorer clinical course, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.91Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages95–97Single-voxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy was performed in 64 medicated schizophrenic patients and 51 healthy subjects. Spectra were obtained from a voxel in the left medial temporal lobe by using a 2.0-tesla whole-body magnetic resonance ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.95Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages98–99This study assessed 51 college students for associations between Continuous Performance Test performance and schizotypy scale scores. Results suggest that perceptual aberration scores, while generally correlated with overall schizotypy scores, may not be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.98Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages100–102Pathological laughing and crying (PLC) is increasingly recognized to accompany diverse neurologic conditions, although it remains poorly understood. The authors describe 3 cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with an unusual change from a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.100Classic Articles
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Introduction
Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages123–130A joint meeting with the Behavioral Neurology SocietySunday–Tuesday, February 20–22, 2000Sanibel Harbour Resort and Spa, Fort Myers, FL
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.12.1.123Abstracts
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