The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
- Volume 4
- Number 2
- May 1992
Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages125–133Fundamental problems in the analysis of functional and structural imaging data include data transport, boundary identification (including manual tracing, edge detection, and tissue segmentation), volume estimation, three-dimensional reconstruction and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.4.2.125Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages134–139The authors examined a consecutive series of 50 patients for the presence of apathy, depression, anxiety, and neuropsychological deficits using a neuropsychological battery that included a recently designed apathy scale. This scale was found to be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.4.2.134Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages140–144Medical records were retrospectively reviewed for 20 medically ill geriatric patients who received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for post-stroke depression from January 1982 to January 1991 at Massachusetts General Hospital. Of the 19 patients (95%) who ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.4.2.140Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages145–151Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been used effectively in treating depressed patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). However, several reports have observed that some patients with MS may suffer neurological deterioration during ECT. The authors describe ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.4.2.145Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages152–158The authors examined whether specific neuropsychological abnormalities in multiple sclerosis (MS) are associated with focal lesion areas detected by MRI. Lesion area, regardless of distribution, correlated with performance on the vast majority of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.4.2.152Regional cerebral glucose utilization in chronic organic mental disorders associated with alcoholism
Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages159–167Localized cerebral utilization rates for glucose (CMRglu) were determined in 10 detoxified patients with alcoholic organic mental disorders and in 7 age-equivalent normal volunteers using [18F]2-fluoro- 2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.4.2.159Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages168–173Immunocytochemical staining for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) allows more specific identification of astrocytes and their processes than classical histochemical techniques and has therefore recently been used by some investigators to quantify ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.4.2.168Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages174–178Previous studies of the frequency of high-signal lesions in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have had methodological weaknesses regarding lack of control groups, differing machine strengths, and biased subject selection. To obtain a more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.4.2.174Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages179–184The Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and dementia screening measures developed by Benton (temporal orientation, oral word association, and visual reconstruction tasks) were compared for diagnostic efficacy with geriatric inpatients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.4.2.179Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages185–187A case of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is described in a congenitally brain-damaged deaf patient. The literature suggests that NMS in patients with organic brain syndrome is induced by a reduction of marginal stores of dopamine in the hypothalamus ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.4.2.185Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages187–189Depressive symptoms were rated during a double-blind placebo-controlled trial of nadolol for chronic aggression. Depressive symptoms were not significantly different in nadolol and placebo groups during any phase of the drug trial.
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.4.2.187Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages189–194The authors report four instances of significant, essentially unprovoked aggressive behavior, including two homicides, following exposure to cholinesterase inhibitors. No subject had a history of violent behavior, antisocial personality, or major ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.4.2.189Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages195–197The authors report two patients with prolonged metabolic delirium presumably initiated by systemic absorption of homatropine from a topical ophthalmologic solution. Anticholinergic toxicity was confirmed by muscarinic radioreceptor assay in both cases and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.4.2.195Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages214–219We continue our examination of diagnostic tests that are used to assign individuals to one of two mutually exclusive categories, those having or not having a particular disorder. Our last article showed how the information yielded by a test depends on the ...
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