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Psychiatry General

Emerging regulatory roles of opioid peptides, endogenous morphine, and opioid receptor subtypes in immunomodulatory processes: Metabolic, behavioral, and evolutionary perspectives.

Aug 24, 2020

Integrated behavioral paradigms such as nociceptive processing coupled to anti-nociceptive responsiveness include systemically-mediated states of alertness, vigilance, motivation, and avoidance. Withi...

Psychological factors associated with substance use initiation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aug 24, 2020

The 2019 outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has had a devastating impact. Given the on-going nature of the outbreak, the deleterious toll on mental health, including substance use, is unknow...

Increases of iASPP-Keap1 interaction mediated by syringin enhance synaptic plasticity and rescue cognitive impairments via stabilizing Nrf2 in Alzheimer's models.

Aug 24, 2020

Oxidative stress is an important pathogenic manifestation of Alzheimer's disease (AD) that contributes to synaptic dysfunction, which precedes Aβ accumulation and neurofibrillary tangle formation. Ho...

Cortical thinning pattern according to differential nigrosome involvement in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Aug 24, 2020

The pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD) is the progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta, where the dopaminergic neurons form five clusters c...

VEPAD - Predicting the effect of variants associated with Alzheimer's disease using machine learning.

Aug 24, 2020

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex and heterogeneous disease that affects neuronal cells over time and it is prevalent among all neurodegenerative diseases. Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) techniq...

β-cantenin is potentially involved in the regulation of c-Jun signaling following bovine herpesvirus 1 infection.

Aug 24, 2020

C-Jun, activated by various extracellular signals, is important for cell differentiation, proliferation, apoptosis, and inflammatory responses. We have previously reported that bovine herpesvirus 1 (B...

Detection of Ovis aries papillomavirus type 2 DNA sequences in a sarcoid-like mass in the mouth of a pig.

Aug 24, 2020

An oral mass was surgically excised from the gingiva of a pig. As the mass had a similar histological appearance to an equine sarcoid, DNA was extracted and consensus PCR primers used to amplify papil...

Restless legs syndrome in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: prevalence, mimic conditions, risk factors, and association with functional impairment.

Aug 24, 2020

To determine the prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) and RLS-mimic conditions, the risk factors for RLS, and whether RLS contributes to functional impairment in children and adolescents with at...

Heme attenuates beta-endorphin levels in leukocytes of HIV positive individuals with chronic widespread pain.

Aug 24, 2020

The prevalence of chronic widespread pain (CWP) in people with HIV is high, yet the underlying mechanisms are elusive. Leukocytes synthesize the endogenous opioid, β-endorphin, within their endoplasm...

Effect of Maternal Eating Disorders on Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes

Aug 20, 2020

Eating disorders are prevalent among women of reproductive age, but the effects of bad eating habits on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes have not been well studied. The objective of this study is to as...

Lumateperone for the Treatment of Schizophrenia

Aug 20, 2020

There is currently no cure for schizophrenia, but the condition can be treated and managed. Lumateperone is an antipsychotic medication considered to be a potential treatment for schizophrenia. This s...

Psychiatric Disorders and the Risk of Subjection and Perpetration of Violence

Aug 20, 2020

Subjection to violence and perpetration of violence are the key outcomes in persons with psychiatric disorders. However, the occurrence and prevalence of these outcomes are yet to be clarified. This s...

Aripiprazole and the Risk of Adverse Psychiatric Events

Aug 20, 2020

Aripiprazole is an antipsychotic medication used to treat psychotic conditions like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Common side effects of aripiprazole include dizziness and drowsiness, but in som...

High-Potency Cannabis Use and Mental Health Outcomes

Aug 20, 2020

The consumption of cannabis is on the rise, so much so, that several countries across the globe have legalized its sale for personal and medical use. However, the use of high-potency cannabis is conti...

Anticholinergic Drugs and Risk of Dementia

Aug 20, 2020

Anticholinergic drugs block the action of acetylcholine and can treat several conditions like overactive bladder, COPD, and urinary incontinence. The use of anticholinergic drugs is linked with the in...

Paternal Use of Antidepressants and Offspring Outcomes

Aug 20, 2020

The use of antidepressants can cause severe side effects in the patients. However, little is known about the intake of antidepressants by parents and the outcomes in offsprings. The objective of this ...

Development of a Conceptual Model of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia to Better Understand the Patient Experience.

Aug 20, 2020

Understanding the patient experience is important for identifying the unmet need in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The current study aimed to develop a comprehensive chronic lymphocytic leukemia concep...

The effects of bi-anodal tDCS over the prefrontal cortex regions with extracephalic references placement on insight levels, cardio-respiratory and autonomic functions in schizophrenia patients and exploratory biomarker analyses for treatment response.

Aug 20, 2020

We have previously shown the efficacy of bi-anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the prefrontal cortex (PFC) regions with extracephalic references placement in improving negative...

Characteristics of white matter structural networks in chronic schizophrenia treated with clozapine or risperidone and those never-treated.

Aug 20, 2020

Despite its benefits, a major concern regarding antipsychotic treatment is its possible impact on the brain's structure and function. This study sought to explore the characteristics of white matter s...

Effects of haloperidol inhalation on MK-801- and memantine-induced locomotion in mice.

Aug 20, 2020

The administration of therapeutic agents is difficult in many patients, such as patients with post-operative delirium or dementia or patients with schizophrenia, who are upset in an emergency room. Th...

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