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| Maria A RettenbacherSummaryAffiliation: University of Innsbruck Country: Austria Publications
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Early changes of plasma lipids during treatment with atypical antipsychoticsMaria A Rettenbacher
Department of Biological Psychiatry, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 21:369-72. 2006..These results are important with regard to the increased risk for cardiovascular complications in patients with schizophrenia...
Association between antipsychotic-induced elevation of liver enzymes and weight gain: a prospective studyMaria A Rettenbacher
Department of Biological Psychiatry, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse, Innsbruck, Austria
J Clin Psychopharmacol 26:500-3. 2006..We conclude that antipsychotic-induced elevation of liver enzymes is mostly transient and could be associated with weight gain...
Alterations of glucose metabolism during treatment with clozapine or amisulpride: results from a prospective 16-week studyMaria A Rettenbacher
Department of Biological Psychiatry, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
J Psychopharmacol 21:400-4. 2007..None of these parameters increased significantly in patients treated with amisulpride. This study indicates that treatment with clozapine appears to have a higher risk to lead to metabolic disturbances than amisupride...
QTc variability in schizophrenia patients treated with antipsychotics and healthy controlsMaria A Rettenbacher
Department of Biological Psychiatry, Innsbruck University Hospital, A 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
J Clin Psychopharmacol 25:206-10. 2005....
Compliance in schizophrenia: psychopathology, side effects, and patients' attitudes toward the illness and medicationMaria A Rettenbacher
Department of Biological Psychiatry, Innsbruck University Clinics, Innsbruck, Austria
J Clin Psychiatry 65:1211-8. 2004....
Schizophrenia: attitudes of patients and professional carers towards the illness and antipsychotic medicationMaria A Rettenbacher
Department of Biological Psychiatry, Innsbruck University Clinics, Innsbruck, Austria
Pharmacopsychiatry 37:103-9. 2004....
Patient outcomes in schizophrenia I: correlates with sociodemographic variables, psychopathology, and side effectsAlex Hofer
Department of Biological Psychiatry, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Eur Psychiatry 20:386-94. 2005..The present cross-sectional study examined the relationships of psychopathology, side effects, and sociodemographic factors with treatment outcomes in terms of patients' quality of life (QOL), functioning, and needs for care...
Patient outcomes in schizophrenia II: the impact of cognitionAlex Hofer
Department of Biological Psychiatry, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Eur Psychiatry 20:395-402. 2005..Associations have been found between the severity of cognitive deficits and social dysfunction, impairments in independent living, occupational limitations, and disturbances in quality of life (QOL)...
Facial emotion recognition and its relationship to symptomatic, subjective, and functional outcomes in outpatients with chronic schizophreniaAlex Hofer
Department of Biological Psychiatry, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Eur Psychiatry 24:27-32. 2009..These findings suggest that affect recognition is an important aspect of psychosocial functioning in stable outpatients with schizophrenia...
Correlates of subjective and functional outcomes in outpatient clinic attendees with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorderAlex Hofer
Department of Biological Psychiatry, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 256:246-55. 2006..Our observations suggest that subjective and functional outcomes in highly compliant patients are mainly predicted by psychopathological symptoms and unchangeable sociodemographic variables...
The neural regions sustaining episodic encoding and recognition of objectsAlex Hofer
Medical University Innsbruck, Department of Biological Psychiatry, Anichstrasse 35, A 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Brain Cogn 63:159-66. 2007....
Factors influencing the choice of new generation antipsychotic medication in the treatment of patients with schizophreniaMonika Edlinger
University Clinic of Biological Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Schizophr Res 113:246-51. 2009..This prospective, naturalistic study investigated the factors influencing physicians' choice of antipsychotic drug therapy in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia...
Sex differences in brain activation patterns during processing of positively and negatively valenced emotional wordsAlex Hofer
Department of Biological Psychiatry, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
Psychol Med 37:109-19. 2007..In this study, we used event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate gender differences in regional cerebral activity during the perception of positive or negative emotions...
Prolactin levels and sexual adverse effects in patients with schizophrenia during antipsychotic treatmentMaria A Rettenbacher
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Division of Biological Psychiatry, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
J Clin Psychopharmacol 30:711-5. 2010..Thus, we investigated the correlation of SD and serum prolactin level in patients with schizophrenia during antipsychotic treatment...
Neural substrates for episodic encoding and recognition of unfamiliar facesAlex Hofer
Medical University Innsbruck, Department of Biological Psychiatry, Anichstrasse 35, A 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Brain Cogn 63:174-81. 2007..These results support the view that the successful episodic retrieval of newly learned faces is based on a dorsal visual stream mechanism...
Cognitive impairment in schizophrenia: clinical ratings are not a suitable alternative to neuropsychological testingAlex Hofer
Medical University Innsbruck, Department of Biological Psychiatry, Anichstrasse 35, A 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Schizophr Res 92:126-31. 2007..These data clearly show that clinical assessment of cognitive deficits by the PANSS is not a viable alternative to neuropsychological testing to obtain information about cognitive functioning in schizophrenia...
Osteoporosis in patients with schizophreniaMartina Hummer
Department of Biological Psychiatry, Innsbruck University Hospital, Austria
Am J Psychiatry 162:162-7. 2005..The authors' goals were to investigate the association between schizophrenia and a decrease in bone mineral density and to get more insight into potential underlying pathophysiological mechanisms...
Gender differences in regional cerebral activity during the perception of emotion: a functional MRI studyAlex Hofer
Medical University Innsbruck, Department of Biological Psychiatry, Anichstrasse 35, A 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Neuroimage 32:854-62. 2006..Our findings suggest gender-related neural responses to emotional stimuli and could contribute to the understanding of mechanisms underlying gender-related vulnerability of the prevalence and severity of neuropsychiatric disorders...
The soluble leptin receptor in olanzapine-induced weight gain: results from a prospective studyChristoph Ebenbichler
Schizophr Res 75:143-6. 2005
Transient hyperproinsulinemia during treatment with clozapine and amisulprideMaria A Rettenbacher
J Clin Psychiatry 65:878-9. 2004
Improvement of psychosis during treatment with estrogen and progesterone in a patient with hypoestrogenemiaMaria A Rettenbacher
J Clin Psychiatry 65:275-7. 2004
