The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Volume 26
- Number 2
- April 2014
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Windows to the Brain
Publication date: 01 April 2014
Pagesiv–113Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a recurrent seizure disorder secondary to traumatic brain injury. Five percent of all epilepsy and 20% of structural epilepsy in the general population is PTE. PTE is also the most common cause of new-onset epilepsy in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.260201Special Articles
Publication date: 01 April 2014
Pages114–125Executive functioning (EF) is an important cognitive domain that is negatively affected in a number of neuropsychiatric conditions. The authors found that the frontal, parietal, and cerebellar lobes were most frequently associated with EF when comparing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12070176Regular Articles
Publication date: 01 April 2014
Pages126–133Deep brain stimulation of the subgenual cingulate gyrus is a promising investigational intervention for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), but long-term outcome data are limited. Serial neuropsychological evaluations, using a comprehensive battery, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12110287Departments
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Publication date: 01 April 2014
Pages134–141An fMRI study was launched to understand mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients with apathy. The authors reviewed seven AD patients with apathy and six AD patients without apathy. Under “sad versus neutral” stimulation, non-apathetic AD patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12110261Publication date: 01 April 2014
Pages142–149The authors conducted a subcortical analysis of first-episode, medication-naÏ ve patients with major depressive disorder comorbid with panic disorder. The patient group had smaller volumes of left hippocampus, thalamus, and putamen. Subcortical and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12090230Publication date: 01 April 2014
Pages150–154Subcortical ischemic vascular disease (SIVD) is characterized by extensive white-matter lesions and lacunar infarcts in deep gray matter. The aim of this study was to investigate patterns of cognitive impairment in patients with SIVD. In a retrospective ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12050117Publication date: 01 April 2014
Pages155–163The authors examined the neural correlates of emotion processing and how they relate to individual differences in optimism among older adults. Brain response during processing of fearful faces was measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging in 16 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12090231Publication date: 01 April 2014
Pages164–168Perianal streptococcal dermatitis is an infection caused by group A streptococcus (GAS). Children with a pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) phenotype may have tics or obsessive compulsive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12050126Clinical and Research Reports
Publication date: 01 April 2014
Pages169–171The Dandy-Walker variant is a milder form of the Dandy-Walker complex and is characterized by normal-sized posterior fossa, mild vermian hypoplasia, and a cystic lesion that communicates with the fourth ventricle. This syndrome has been described in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13040097Clinical And Research Reports
Publication date: 01 April 2014
Pages172–175The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned that patients being treated for smoking cessation with varenicline may develop depression. A case of successful treatment for depression with varenicline is described. The patient’s depression recurred ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13030045Clinical and Research Reports
Publication date: 01 April 2014
Pages176–178The authors report two unusual cases of Bickerstaff encephalitis that presented with encephalopathy and severe agitation. Management with neuroleptics typically used for management of delirium was not effective and worsened agitation. Valproic acid was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13040078Departments
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