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Dextromethorphan for Tardive Dyskinesia

Jungjin Kim, James Donovan & Thomas L. Schwartz · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Aims: To report three cases of successful treatment of tardive dyskinesia (TD) with dextromethorphan. Study Design:  Retrospective chart review. Place and Duration of Study: Private outpatient practice in Syracuse, NY. Methodology: A retrospective chart review of patients with TD...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/7970

Social History Matters–The Impact of Illicit Drug Use on tPA Use and In-Hospital Mortality in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Matthew H. M. Marx, Karen C. Albright, Amir Shaban, Amelia K. Boehme, T. Mark Beasley & Sheryl Martin-Schild · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Aims: The objective of this descriptive study was to compare time to medical evaluation, intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV tPA) use, and short-term outcomes in illicit drug users compared to non-users presenting with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Study Design: This is a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/7708

Soluble Cytokine Receptor Subunits Modulate Catecholaminergic Cell Activity

Ankur Patel, Jagadeesh Batana, Ishdeep Narang & Steven S. Zalcman · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Soluble cytokine receptors (SCR) modulate cytokine signaling and are increased in states of abnormal immune activation. SCR’s are also increased in psychiatric and neurological disorders associated with altered brain catecholaminergic activity; although, there is no evidence that...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/7231

Comparison between the First and Sixth Year Medical Students in the Arabian Gulf University of Bahrain Regarding Anxiety and Depression

Hasfa M. Ali, Duaa M. Attar, Fatma Al-Abdulwahid, Fatema A. Juma, Hussah I. Al-Mezail, Jawaher A. Al-Jalahma, Raneem R. Al-Shaikh, Samar S. Hussain, Sara A. A. Al-Mail, Wafa A. T. Al-Omari & Amer Kamal · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

A cross sectional study involving all year 1 and 6 medical student of Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain in the year 2011-2012 was performed by self reporting anxiety and depression using HADS forms. The results showed that 33.96 % of year 1 and 55.07% of year 6 students showed a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/8048

Normative Minor Childhood Stress and Risk of Later Adult Psychopathology in Saudi Arabia

Michael E. Hyland, Ahmed M. Alkhalaf & Ben Whalley · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Chronic minor childhood stress in the form of corporal punishment predicts adult psychopathology in the United States but has not been demonstrated in a country where corporal punishment is normative. We tested whether adult psychopathology was predicted by recalled frequency of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/7997

The Involvement of the Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal, Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and Somatotrophic Axes in the Development and Treatment of Schizophrenia

T. Gleich, J. B. Deijen & M. L. Drent · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2013

In the present review, organizational and activational hormonal effects are proposed to be dysfunctional in schizophrenia and psychosis. Specifically, organizational effects are held responsible for the long-lasting anatomical and functional changes in brain development associate...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/6842

Possible Effect of COMTVal158Met Polymorphism on the Association between Childhood Maltreatment and Externalizing Behavior: A Preliminary Study

Valentina Bianchi, Rita Galluzzi, Angelo Massagli, Roberto Giorda, Massimo Molteni & Maria Nobile · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2013

Aims: Over the course of the past decades, studies on child maltreatment have increasingly adopted multiple levels of analysis (particularly by the inclusion of genetics factors) on the basis of the variability in children’s responses to stressful life events. This is a prelimina...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/7092

A Rare Case of Third Ventricular Epidermoid Cyst as Seen by Newer MRI Sequences

Ralph Xiu-Gee Man, Avinash Kumar Kanodia, Richard Stephen Nicholas & Gavin Main · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2013

Aim: We describe a 52 year old gentleman who had a third ventricular lesion, presumed to be epidermoid cyst, which is very rare. We also describe the appearances of this rare condition on newer MRI sequences. Presentation of Case: Third ventricle is a rare site of epidermoid cyst...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/7009

Spontaneous Enlargement then Regression of a Colloid Cyst of the III Ventricle

Gillian Duncan, Avinash Kumar Kanodia & Sam El Jamel · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2013

Aim: We describe a case of a 22 year old pregnant female patient who was found to have a small colloid cyst that increased spontaneously, followed by spontaneous significant reduction in size. Presentation of Case: The patient’s colloid cyst was picked up incidentally in late pre...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/7342

Novel GLRB Gene Mutation in a Saudi Baby with Hyperekplexia

Tamer Mohamed Rizk & Adel Ahmed Hassan Mahmoud · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2013

Aim: We aim to describe a case of hyperekplexia in a Saudi neonate due to Novel mutation in GLRB. Case Presentation: One month old Saudi neonate with hypertonicity, repetitive episodes of jitteriness and exaggerated startle reflex. Discussion: Hyperekplexia (OMIM:149400, 138492 &...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/5368

Sub-acute Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Associated with Extrapyramidal Signs Induced by Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Case Report and a Revision of Literature

L. Giani, C. Lovati, C. Bana, I. Cova, F. De Angeli, C. Mariotti, D’Alessandro . & C. Mariani · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2013

Aims: We present the case of a subacute psycho-motor deterioration in the context of a hypercalcemic state due to primary hyperparathyroidism inducing a posterior reversible encephalopathy. Presentation of Case: a 78 year-old man, affected by parkinsonism, developed a subacute ps...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/6366

Roles of PI3K/AKT/PTEN Pathway in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease and the Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

Yasuko Kitagishi, Yoko Wada & Satoru Matsuda · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2013

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder associated with loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantianigra caused by severe neuro-degeneration, which is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease.Parkinson's disease has a high prevalence...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/5691