The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Volume 16
- Number 2
- May 2004
Windows to the Brain
Editorial
Special Article
Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages135–147Following exposure to trauma, a large number of survivors will develop acute symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which mostly dissipate within a short time. In a minority, however, these symptoms will evolve into chronic and persistent PTSD. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.2.135Regular Article
Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages148–155The authors retrospectively explored cortical differences between 26 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and psychosis of epilepsy (POE), 24 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) alone, and 20 healthy comparison subjects. Using voxel-based ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.2.148Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages156–162Seventy patients with one brain infarct on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were studied 3 months after ischemic stroke by a standardized protocol to detail side, site, type, and extent of the brain infarct, as well as severity of white matter lesions and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.2.156Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages163–169The authors investigated the hypothesis that dissociation may represent a functional dysconnectivity syndrome using a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) approach. Transcranial magnetic stimulation investigations that included motor thresholds and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.2.163Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages170–175The present study investigated functional changes of brain oxygenation in prefrontal brain areas of nine depressed patients and nine age- and sex-matched healthy comparison subjects by using near-infrared spectroscopy. During a verbal fluency task, the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.2.170Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages176–184To determine the specificity of cognitive impairments in patients with cerebellar degeneration (CD), the neuropsychological test performance of 31 CD patients was compared to that of 21 patients with Huntington’s disease (HD) and 29 normal adults. The CD ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.2.176Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages185–191Trials with interferon-alpha (IFN-α) have provided contradictory findings regarding the presence of cognitive side effects. The development of depression in some patients also raises questions about whether cognitive dysfunction might be secondary to an ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.2.185Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages192–198The authors aimed to examine the difference in 24-hour rhythms of sleep-wake cycle and temperature between Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and elderly comparison subjects. The continuous measuring of wrist activity and skin temperature was conducted for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.2.192Neuropsychiatric Practice and Opinion
Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages199–213Family history studies of autism consistently reveal a large subgroup with a high incidence of major mood disorder in family members, suggesting the two entities are related clinically and genetically. This review examines this concept, comparing current ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.16.2.199Abstracts
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