Prefrontal Cortex

Treatment-Enhanced Paired Action Contributes Substantially to Change Across Multiple Health Behaviors: Secondary Analyses of Five Randomized Trials.

Treatment-enhanced paired action contributes substantially to change across multiple health behaviors: secondary analyses of five randomized trials.

Transl Behav Med. 2013 Mar 1; 3(1): 62-71
Yin HQ, Prochaska JO, Rossi JS, Redding CA, Paiva AL, Blissmer B, Velicer WF,… Continue reading

THE SERTRALINE VERSUS ELECTRICAL CURRENT THERAPY for TREATING DEPRESSION CLINICAL STUDY (SELECT-TDCS): RESULTS of the CROSSOVER and FOLLOW-UP PHASES.

THE SERTRALINE VERSUS ELECTRICAL CURRENT THERAPY FOR TREATING DEPRESSION CLINICAL STUDY (SELECT-TDCS): RESULTS OF THE CROSSOVER AND FOLLOW-UP PHASES.

Depress Anxiety. 2013 Apr 26;
Valiengo L, Benseñor IM, Goulart AC, de Oliveira JF, Zanao TA, Boggio PS, Lotufo PA,… Continue reading

Cannabinoid and Opioid Interactions: Implications for Opiate Dependence and Withdrawal.

Cannabinoid and opioid interactions: implications for opiate dependence and withdrawal.

Neuroscience. 2013 Apr 24;
Scavone JL, Sterling RC, Van Bockstaele EJ

Withdrawal from opiates, such as heroin or oral narcotics, is characterized by a host of aversive physical and… Continue reading

Inhibition of Kv4.3 Potassium Channels by Trazodone.

Inhibition of Kv4.3 potassium channels by trazodone.

Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2013 Apr 25;
Chae YJ, Choi JS, Hahn SJ

Trazodone, a triazolopyridine antidepressant, is commonly used in the treatment of depression and insomnia. Kv4.3 channels are transiently, and… Continue reading

Issues in the Evaluation and Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Migrant Women in the Perinatal Period.

Issues in the evaluation and treatment of anxiety and depression in migrant women in the perinatal period.

Australas Psychiatry. 2013 Apr 24;
Neale A, Wand A

OBJECTIVES: Perinatal depression and anxiety are prevalent in migrant women. The main aims… Continue reading

Gestational Nicotine Exposure Modifies Myelin Gene Expression in the Brains of Adolescent Rats With Sex Differences.

Gestational nicotine exposure modifies myelin gene expression in the brains of adolescent rats with sex differences.

Transl Psychiatry. 2013; 3: e247
Cao J, Wang J, Dwyer JB, Gautier NM, Wang S, Leslie FM, Li MD

Myelination defects in the… Continue reading

Agomelatine: A Review of Adverse Effects.

Agomelatine: a review of adverse effects.

Prescrire Int. 2013 Mar; 22(136): 70-1

More pharmacovigilance data on agomelatine became available in 2012. The main sources of information were surveillance data from the French national monitoring system, EU periodic safety update… Continue reading

Neurological Soft Signs in Individuals With Pathological Gambling.

Neurological Soft Signs in Individuals with Pathological Gambling.

PLoS One. 2013; 8(4): e60885
Elman I, Gurvits TV, Tschibelu E, Spring JD, Lasko NB, Pitman RK

Increased neurological soft signs (NSSs) have been found in a number of neuropsychiatric syndromes,… Continue reading

Systems Level Neuroplasticity in Drug Addiction.

Systems Level Neuroplasticity in Drug Addiction.

Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2013 Apr 11;
Feltenstein MW, See RE

Drug addiction is a chronic relapsing disorder for which research has been dedicated to understand the various factors that contribute to… Continue reading

Molecular Aging of the Brain, Neuroplasticity, and Vulnerability to Depression and Other Brain-Related Disorders.

Molecular aging of the brain, neuroplasticity, and vulnerability to depression and other brain-related disorders.

Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2013 Mar; 15(1): 53-65
Sibille E

The increased risk for neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders associated with extended lifespan has long suggested mechanistic… Continue reading