Feb 10, 2020

Narcolepsy is a chronic, debilitating neurological disorder of sleep-wake state instability. This instability underlies all narcolepsy symptoms, including excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), symptoms ...

Feb 10, 2020

Nutritional impairment is common in cancer patients and adversely affects quality of life (QoL). The aim of this study was to investigate the association between nutritional status and QoL in incurabl...

Feb 10, 2020

Fluctuating asymmetry represents the degree to which the right and left side of the body are asymmetrical, and is a sign of developmental instability. Higher levels of fluctuating asymmetry have been ...

Feb 10, 2020

There has been evidence that the disturbances of TNF-α and the oxidative stress (OxS) status are involved in the mechanism of schizophrenia. However, the results of their levels in schizophrenia are ...

Feb 10, 2020

Drug abuse is one of the most severe global social and public health problems, especially in China. However, objective blood biomarkers that are easy to detect are still in great need. This study was ...

Feb 10, 2020

To evaluate the effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) compared to placebo TENS and a control group on pain, pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength, and analgesic medic...

Feb 10, 2020

Neurocognitive deficits are associated with impaired global functioning and psychotic symptoms. However, whether symptoms can mediate the relationship between neurocognition and global functioning in ...

Feb 10, 2020

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. Although the standard dopamine replacement therapy can alleviate motor symptoms, presently there...

Feb 10, 2020

Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal-dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by an increased and unstable CAG DNA expansion in the Huntingtin (HTT) gene, resulting in an elongated polyglutamin...

Feb 10, 2020

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder, and the pathological mechanism of the disease is still far to understand. According to the amyloid cascade hypothesis in AD, Amyloid-β (Aβ) ...

Feb 10, 2020

Alterations in psychomotor dimension cut across different psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD). This preliminary study aimed to investigate the organization of ...

Feb 10, 2020

Acute agitation in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder may require pharmacologic management before it progresses to aggressive behavior. Ideal medication characteristics for this indicatio...

Feb 10, 2020

The development of the modern concept of mania is explored by a review and analysis of 28 psychiatric texts in English, French, and German published in Western Europe and North America from 1780 to 19...

Feb 10, 2020

Studies from several countries have reported occurrence of the highs (hypomanic symptoms) immediately after childbirth; however, questions remain about the relationship of the highs with mood disorder...

Feb 10, 2020

The BDS (Bipolar Disorder Symptom Scale) is a brief self-report instrument designed for repeated measurement of bipolar disorder (BD) symptoms over time. Previous research indicates that the BDS measu...

Feb 10, 2020

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programs are commonly prescribed for patients with severe respiratory disorders, but little is known about how the patient's personality traits influence PR outcomes. We ...

Feb 10, 2020

Anhedonia, a core symptom of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), manifests as a lack or loss of motivation as reflected by decreased reward responsiveness, at both behavioral and neural (i.e., striatum) ...

Feb 10, 2020

This study tested the causal link between Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Internet addiction (IA) and investigated motivational and executive dysfunction as explanatory mechanisms ...

Feb 10, 2020

Treatment of compulsive exercise is recognized as a key unmet challenge in the treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN). To address this challenge, we developed the manualized group intervention "healthy ex...

Feb 10, 2020

Transdermal delivery is an alternative to oral routes of drug administration and has made considerable contributions to the treatment of various medical diseases. With the advent of new transdermal de...