The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Volume 13
- Number 4
- November 2001
Windows to the Brain
Special Article
Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages441–458Prospective conventional EEG study was carried out 3–5 and 10–13 years after the Chernobyl accident (1986) in patients who had acute radiation sickness and in emergency workers in 1986 (“liquidators”). Control groups comprised healthy volunteers; veterans ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.13.4.441Regular Article
Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages459–470Relative regional brain blood flow was measured in 23 clinically depressed adults by using ECD SPECT at baseline and again during actual prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) following 5 daily sessions of TMS. TMS over prefrontal cortex ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.13.4.459Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages471–485The relations between age-related changes in brain structure and neuropsychological test performance in 320 elderly nonclinical volunteers (ages 66–90) were examined by using quantitative MRI data and measures of attention, information processing speed, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.13.4.471Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages486–491This study evaluates electroencephalography (EEG) and positron emission tomography (PET) in the same subjects. Fourteen murderers were assessed by using both PET (while they were performing the continuous performance task) and EEG during a resting state. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.13.4.486Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages492–499Postictal psychosis (PIP) is a common and clinically significant sequela of inpatient epilepsy monitoring. A series of 622 patients with complex partial epilepsy undergoing video-EEG evaluations as candidates for epilepsy surgery were evaluated, by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.13.4.492Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages500–507Although neurologic Lyme disease is known to cause cognitive dysfunction in adults, little is known about its long-term sequelae in children. Twenty children with a history of new-onset cognitive complaints after Lyme disease were compared with 20 matched ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.13.4.500Clinical and Research Reports
Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages508–510Set-shifting ability and therapeutic response to serotonin reuptake inhibitors were investigated in 20 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. A clear relationship was found between impaired performance on two Wisconsin Card Sorting subtests (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.13.4.508Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages511–514The authors examined the brains of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) by using short echo time single voxel spectroscopy and found a significant 19% reduction of absolute N-acetylaspartate concentrations in the dorsolateral prefrontal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.13.4.511