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Personality Traits, Depression and Anxiety among Cerebro-vascular Stroke Patients: An Egyptian Study

Ghaydaa A. Shehata & Huda S. Hassan · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Background: Over the past several decades, the relationship between personality traits, depression, anxiety and stroke has interested to clinicians and researchers. Objective: Evaluation of personality traits, depression and anxiety among patients with stroke. Methods: Thirty pat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/9865

Bilateral Thalamic Infarct in Two Unresponsive Octogenarians

Luca Masotti, Gianni Lorenzini, Francesca Gallesi, Daniel Agustin Godoy & Mario Di Napoli · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Bilateral thalamic infarct (BTI) represents an uncommon stroke presentation. Pathophysiology recognizes the occlusion of an anatomic variant of the thalamic blood supply from perforating branches of posterior cerebral arteries. Presentation could be nonspecific and dramatic in th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/9897

Accuracy of Hyperintense Cerebrospinal Fluid Signals (CSF) on Inversion Recovery (IR) Images of Brain in the Diagnosis of Meningitis-a Cost Effective Experience from Third World Country

Fatima Mubarak & Shayan Sirat Maheen Anwer · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Objective: To detect the diagnostic accuracy of inversion recovery sequence in detection of meningitis taking cerebrospinal fluid as the gold standard. Material and Methods: This study was conducted in Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Karachi. Retrospective data was reviewed f...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/10365

Assessment of Cognitive Functions, Psychomotor Performance and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders among Students with Dyslexia

Ghaydaa A. Shehata & Huda S. Hassan · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Aim: The present study presented as a comparison of the cognitive functions, psychomotor performance and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders between dyslexic and control students. Method: This was a randomized study. The participants were 33 dyslexic students and 34 age, ge...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/9868

Fall Related Self-efficacy among Elderly: A Comparison of Resistance Training with Balance Exercise

Abraham M. Joshua, B. Unnikrishnan, Vivian D’souza, Prasanna Mithra, Asha Kamath & Vishak Acharya · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of individualized progressive resistance strength training (PRT) program in improving the confidence level among the institutionalized elderly with balance impairment, in comparison with traditional balance exercise (TBE), and combination of bo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/9396

The Impact of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on the Quality of Life: A Systematic Review

Konstantin Balayan, Maria Kahloon, Gabriel Tobia, Anna Postolova, Holly Peek, Araks Akopyan, Marie Lord, Alexandra Brownstein, Amira Aziz, Uju Nwabueze, Brian Blackmon, Alexander Joseph Steiner, Enrique Lopez & Waguih William IsHak · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Aims: To review the relevant literature on Quality of Life (QOL) impairment in PTSD and the impact of treatment interventions on QOL. Methods: A database search from 1980-2012 was conducted using Medline, PsycINFO, and the PILOTS database using the keywords: “PTSD”, “posttraumati...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/7649

In vitro Measured Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase Activity Correlates with Inflammation and Tryptophan Levels In vivo

Katrin Huesker, Jana Schenk, Stefan Albrecht, Imad Lahdou & Volker von Baehr · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Aims: To evaluate the diagnostic validity of an in vitro assay for indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) activity as indicator for biological alterations that are associated with depressive symptomatologies. Study Design: Retrospective evaluation of a medical database. Place and Dura...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/9065

Association of Waist Circumference, Body Mass Index and Height with Depressive Symptoms in Adult Women

Sorayya Kheirouri, Fatemeh Lohi, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi & Mohammad Alizadeh · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Aims: Recent evidences suggest that individuals’ body composition can related to depression symptoms. We aimed to examine the relationship between depressive symptoms and waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI) and height. Study Design and Methods: This study was carried...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/9044

A Case of Isolated and Prolonged Global Aphasia: Ischemic Stroke or Aphasic Status Epilepticus?

Elisa Giorli, Massimilano Godani, Alessandro Beronio, Andrea Ciarmiello, Cesare Cappellini & Massimo Del Sette · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Introduction: The most common cause of sudden isolated and prolonged global aphasia is acute stroke, affecting the cortical or subcortical language network. However, an aphasic status epilepticus (ASE) has to be considered as a possible differential diagnosis in awake patients pr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/8681

Interleukin-2 Treatment Induces an Acquired Behavioral Response Pattern (Repetitive Stereotyped Movements) Mediated by Dopamine D1 and D2 Receptors

Ankur S. Patel & Steven S. Zalcman · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Interleukin (IL)-2 is implicated in the etiology of psychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, psychosis) involving an increased expression of repetitive stereotyped movements. However, little is known about the underlying pharmacological mechanisms or behavioral processes. Of f...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/7284

Role of 3D FLAIR in Demonstration of Peripheral Lesions of Brainstem and Cranial Neuropathies

Graeme MacKenzie, Avinash Kumar Kanodia, Pheyming Yeap, Jonathan O. Riordan, Richard Stephen Nicholas & Gavin Main · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Aim: We present a pictorial review of 3D FLAIR images depicting its importance in demonstrating the peripheral lesions of brainstem particularly in relation to attachment of cranial nerves and cranial neuropathies and particularly in context of patients with multiple sclerosis (M...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/8190

Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome- A Rare Cause of Refractory Epilepsy

Prerna Malik, Anil kumar D. Gulia, Rajinder Garg & Preeti Singh · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

DDMS is a rare syndrome characterized by seizures, facial asymmetry, contralateral hemiplegia and mental retardation. The characteristic radiologic features are cerebral hemiatrophy with homolateral hypertrophy of the skull and sinuses. Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome (DDMS) is one...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/8675

Sensory Integration Capacity is Diminished in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Patients with Poor Insight But Not in Patients with Intact Insight

Stephanie Mueller, Katarina Stengler, Ina Jahn & Martin Grunwald · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Aims: The aim of the present study was to assess sensory integration ability of OCD patients with poor and good insight using a Haptic Test for adults. Study Design: Experimental design. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, between October...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/8102

Striatal Synaptosomal Dopamine and Serotonin Cross-talk Synthesis in Aging Rat

Azadeh Mesripour & Manoochehr Messripour · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2014

Aims: The existence of a dopamine (DA)-serotonin (5-HT) interaction in the brain has been validated by numerous studies. Nevertheless, interaction between DA- 5-HT synthesis in aging brain has not been highly considered. The central aim of this study was to investigate the intera...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2014/5681