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Cannabis use and nonuse in patients with first-episode psychosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing neurocognitive functioning
(Association of European Psychiatrists, 2020-01-31)
BACKGROUND.: The implications of cannabis use in the onset of early psychosis and the severity of psychotic symptoms have resulted in a proliferation of studies on this issue. However, few have examined the effects of ...
Impulse-control disorders in Parkinson's Disease: development of an animal model
(2020-11-12)
El objetivo de la presente tesis es el desarrollo de un modelo animal de parkinsonismo e impulsividad inducido por la administración del agonista dopaminérgico pramipexol (PPX).La enfermedad de Párkinson (EP) es una ...
Cerebro, lipidómica y alzheimer: estudio de biomarcadores y neuroimagen en personas sanas.
(2020-07-16)
El objetivo general de esta tesis es ampliar el conocimiento sobre la fisiopatología de la EA e investigar la posible interrelación existente entre tres hechos biológicos cerebrales que podrían estar involucrados en los ...
Glyceryl trinitrate in first-episode psychosis unmedicated with antipsychotics: A randomised controlled pilot study
(Sage, 2020-08)
There is a pressing need for new classes of treatment for psychosis. A key therapeutic target for novel compounds is the NMDA receptor, which may be modulated by nitric oxide donors such as sodium nitroprusside (SNP). ...
Universal and selective interventions to promote good mental health in young people: Systematic review and meta-analysis
(Elsevier, 2020-12)
Promotion of good mental health in young people is important. Our aim was to evaluate the consistency and magnitude of the efficacy of universal/selective interventions to promote good mental health. A systematic ...
Sephin1 Protects Neurons against Excitotoxicity Independently of the Integrated Stress Response
(MDPI, 2020-08-24)
Sephin1 is a derivative of guanabenz that inhibits the dephosphorylation of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2α) and therefore may enhance the integrated stress response (ISR), an adaptive mechanism against ...
Brain White Matter Correlates of Creativity in Schizophrenia: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study
(Frontiers Media, 2020-06)
The relationship between creativity and psychopathology has been a controversial research topic for decades. Specifically, it has been shown that people with schizophrenia have an impairment in creative performance. However, ...
Expression and Function of GABA Receptors in Myelinating Cells
(Frontiers Media, 2020-08-21)
Myelin facilitates the fast transmission of nerve impulses and provides metabolic support to axons. Differentiation of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) and Schwann cell (SC) precursors is critical for myelination ...
Current Techniques for Investigating the Brain Extracellular Space
(Frontiers Media, 2020-10-14)
The brain extracellular space (ECS) is a continuous reticular compartment that lies between the cells of the brain. It is vast in extent relative to its resident cells, yet, at the same time the nano- to micrometer dimensions ...
Neurodegeneration Trajectory in Pediatric and Adult/Late DM1: a Follow-up MRI Study Across a Decade
(Wiley, 2020-10)
Objective: To characterize the progression of brain structural abnormalities in adults with pediatric and adult/late onset DM1, as well as to examine the potential predictive markers of such progression.
Methods: 21 DM1 ...