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Autor:
K R, Krishnan, W M, McDonald
Publikováno v:
Medical Hypotheses. 44:111-115
Depression is a psychiatric syndrome seen in about 1-2% of elderly patients. When depression is seen for the first time late in life, genetic and psychosocial factors appear to be less important. Structural changes in the brain appear to be more impo
Autor:
W M, McDonald, T R, Thompson
Publikováno v:
Psychopharmacology bulletin. 35(2)
Symptoms of mania have been given inadequate attention as a source of agitated behavior in the dementia patient. Characterized by elevation in mood or grandiosity, pressured speech, and impulsivity, mania is common among the elderly population, with
Autor:
W M, McDonald
Publikováno v:
The Journal of clinical psychiatry.
Few prospective studies have focused on elderly patients with mania, despite the rapidly aging population and the difficulties encountered in treating older patients with manic symptoms. Retrospective studies generally have found that the number of n
Publikováno v:
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society. 15(2)
To assess the long-term outcome following unilateral pallidotomy for advanced Parkinson's disease, we performed nonblinded Core Assessment Program for Intracerebral Transplantations protocol assessments in 10 of the original 15 patients in our pilot
Autor:
W M, McDonald, C B, Nemeroff
Publikováno v:
Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. 60(2)
Mania in late life is often complicated by comorbid medical conditions, medication intolerance, and inadequate medication response. Lithium remains the primary medication in the acute and prophylactic treatment of mania in the elderly. However, certa
Publikováno v:
Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology. 7(1)
The bicaudate and bifrontal indices have been used in prior computed tomographic studies to investigate atrophy of the caudate nuclei in patients with Huntington's chorea and cerebral atrophy. However, the relationship between these indices and cauda
Autor:
P M, Doraiswamy, W M, McDonald, L, Patterson, M M, Husain, G S, Figiel, O B, Boyko, K R, Krishnan
Publikováno v:
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
PURPOSE: To assess the effects of age and gender on the interuncal distance measured from MR images. METHODS: High-field strength MR images (axial) of 75 volunteers, 21-82 years old and free of neurologic disorders, were used to measure the interunca
Publikováno v:
The American journal of psychiatry. 149(2)
Clinical reports over the last 60 years suggest that the amobarbital interview is effective in relieving catatonic symptoms. This has never been substantiated with methodologically sound trials. The authors postulated that a randomized blind comparis
Autor:
P M, Doraiswamy, C, Na, M M, Husain, G S, Figiel, W M, McDonald, E H, Ellinwood, O B, Boyko, K R, Krishnan
Publikováno v:
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
PURPOSE: To determine the effects of age on estimated midbrain volume. PATIENTS AND METHODS: T2-weighted MR imaging and an unbiased stereologic method were used in 75 volunteers; the subjects ranged in age from 21 to 82 years and were without any sig
Autor:
W M, McDonald, C B, Nemeroff
Publikováno v:
The Psychiatric clinics of North America. 14(2)
The neurotransmitter and neuropeptide changes in Alzheimer's disease are outlined in Table 1. Many of the changes, such as decreases in CSF ACh and SRIF, are well documented and correlate with the severity of the dementia; however, they are relativel