The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Volume 16
- Number 1
- February 2004
Windows to the Brain
Special Article
Publication date: 01 February 2004
Pages8–18Psychosis in Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a major source of distress to patients and caregivers. Although the advent of atypical antipsychotic agents has, to some extent, resolved a clinical dilemma by preserving motor function while treating psychosis, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.1.8Publication date: 01 February 2004
Pages19–28The response to acupuncture of 18 anxious adult subjects who complained of insomnia was assessed in an open prepost clinical trial study. Five weeks of acupuncture treatment was associated with a significant (p = 0.002) nocturnal increase in endogenous ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.1.19Regular Article
Publication date: 01 February 2004
Pages29–36The authors investigated the prevalence of DIS-ascertained DSM-III psychiatric disorders occurring in 28 patients with dystonia and 28 patients with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). In patients with dystonia, lifetime prevalences of major depression (25.0%), ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.1.29Publication date: 01 February 2004
Pages37–40The authors describe hypersexuality following atypical right pallidotomy for intractable Parkinson’s Disease (PD). This patient and literature review suggest important roles for the pallidum in sexual behavior and dopamine in sexual arousal.
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.1.37Publication date: 01 February 2004
Pages41–46Thirty-two female (mean age=52.9 years [SD=9.2]) patients with a diagnosis of residual schizophrenia and 19 female (mean age=51.1 years [SD=12.7]) control subjects were studied through cerebral Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Along the entire surface of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.1.41Publication date: 01 February 2004
Pages47–56The striatum is known to play a primary role in procedural learning. In this study, the authors simultaneously assessed the effects of two antipsychotic drugs on procedural learning and on striatal dopamine (D2) receptor occupancy. Twenty-seven patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.1.47Publication date: 01 February 2004
Pages57–62OBJECTIVE: Both early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (EOAD) and late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (LOAD) present with cognitive and psychiatric features. Some studies suggest that EOAD patients are more likely than LOAD patients to have psychiatric symptoms. If ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.1.57Publication date: 01 February 2004
Pages63–69Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and neuropsychological testing were conducted on 8 children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD-H), with no learning disabilities or comorbidities and 8 controls. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.1.63Publication date: 01 February 2004
Pages70–82Cross-sectional quantitative electroencephalogram (qEEG) study (1996–2001) among Chernobyl accident survivors, who had confirmed acute radiation sickness and were irradiated in dose of 1–5 Gy, revealed the neurophysiological markers of ionizing radiation. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.1.70Publication date: 01 February 2004
Pages83–92We used perfusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine relative regional cerebral blood volume (rCBV) in regions of white matter hyperintensity (WMH) in 28 elderly stroke patients and 27 healthy comparison subjects, using T2-weighted ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.1.83Publication date: 01 February 2004
Pages93–101The case report of a family with coexistence of hypotension, recurrent respiratory infection, motor tics, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), major depressive disorder, early onset osteoporosis, low body mass index, bulimia nervosa, and healthy aging ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.1.93Publication date: 01 February 2004
Pages102–108Fourteen veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and 14 without PTSD participated in a contingent negative variation (CNV)-distraction paradigm. Subjects were instructed to press a button after hearing a high-pitched tone (S2) preceded by a low-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.1.102Clinical and Research Reports
Publication date: 01 February 2004
Pages109–112The authors performed a chart review to determine the frequency with which neurologists detect cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in patients with cerebellar degeneration. Psychopathology, including depression, personality change, cognitive impairment, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.1.109Publication date: 01 February 2004
Pages113–115The authors describe three schizophrenic patients who suffered from panic attacks and experienced marked improvement of these episodes after switching to quetiapine from their previous antipsychotics (haloperidol, bromperidol, and risperidone), which have ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.1.113Letter
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