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Substance P and affective disorders: new treatment opportunities by neurokinin 1 receptor antagonists?Klaus Lieb
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Medical School, Germany
Neuropsychobiology 45:2-6. 2002..It also reviews current treatment approaches with neurokinin 1 receptor antagonists which appear to be promising drugs for the future treatment of affective disorders...
Increased diurnal salivary cortisol in women with borderline personality disorderKlaus Lieb
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstr 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 38:559-65. 2004..Increased adrenal activity and lowered feedback sensitivity of the HPA-axis may characterise BPD. Further studies have to reveal reasons of heightened adrenal activity in these patients...
Inhibition of LPS-induced iNOS and NO synthesis in primary rat microglial cellsKlaus Lieb
Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg Medical School, D 79104, Freiburg, Germany
Neurochem Int 42:131-7. 2003....
[Substance P-antagonists as a new class of antidepressant drugs]K Lieb
Abteilung Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, , Germany
Dtsch Med Wochenschr 127:2563-5. 2002
Borderline personality disorderKlaus Lieb
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstrasse 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Lancet 364:453-61. 2004..Current strategies are focusing on the neurobiological underpinnings of the disorder and the development and dissemination of better and more cost-effective treatments to clinicians...
Effects of the neuropeptide substance P on sleep, mood, and neuroendocrine measures in healthy young menKlaus Lieb
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstr 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Neuropsychopharmacology 27:1041-9. 2002..These effects can be interpreted as evidence for a central arousing effect of SP. Further studies should focus on the effects of substance P in patients with depressive or other psychiatric disorders...
[Acute treatment of psychiatric excitation. What to do when the patient is out of control?]K Lieb
Abtlg Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Univ Klinikum Freiburg
MMW Fortschr Med 145:49-51. 2003
Valproic acid inhibits substance P-induced activation of protein kinase C epsilon and expression of the substance P receptorKlaus Lieb
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Germany
J Neurochem 86:69-76. 2003..Whether both mechanisms contribute to the mood-stabilizing properties of VPA has to be evaluated in further studies...
[Management of acute suicidality]K Lieb
Abteilung Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie,
MMW Fortschr Med 146:51-2. 2004
[Unresponsive patient. What should be done in stupor?]K Lieb
Abtlg Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Univ Klinikum Freiburg
MMW Fortschr Med 145:42-44. 2003
[Accelerating consult letter time in inpatient psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care]K Lieb
Abteilung Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitatsklinikum Freiburg, Hauptstrasse, Freiburg
Nervenarzt 78:322-7. 2007..In our own department, ward-specific consult letter efficiency has become an important quality indicator...
No modulatory effect of neurokinin-1 receptor antagonists on serotonin uptake in human and rat brain synaptosomesKlaus Lieb
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstr 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 15:641-6. 2005..These results show that in humans, as in rodents, inhibition of the 5-HT transporter is probably not the underlying mechanism of the assumed antidepressant activity of NK-1-RA...
[Substance P receptor antagonists--a new antidepressive and anxiolytic mechanism?]K Lieb
Abt Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitatsklinik Freiburg
Nervenarzt 71:758-61. 2000..Although these findings are promising, further studies are necessary to prove the hypothesis that substance P receptor antagonists represent a new class of antidepressants or anxiolytics. Respective studies are currently underway...
Predictors of dropout from inpatient dialectical behavior therapy among women with borderline personality disorderNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 39:497-503. 2008..Experiential avoidance and anxiety may be associated with dropout in inpatient DBT. Low life-time suicidality and high anger could reflect a subtype at risk for discontinuation of inpatient treatment...
Gender differences in axis I and axis II comorbidity in patients with borderline personality disorderAndre Tadic
Department of Psychiatry, University of Mainz, Germany
Psychopathology 42:257-63. 2009..The purpose of this study was to investigate gender differences in axis I and axis II comorbidity and in diagnostic criteria in BPD patients...
The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on dysfunctional implicit and explicit emotions among women with borderline personality disorderNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:537-9. 2007..Self-reported guilt proneness and implicit anxiety may mediate the negative impact of comorbid PTSD on women with BPD...
Shame and implicit self-concept in women with borderline personality disorderNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Am J Psychiatry 164:500-8. 2007....
Time course of response to antidepressants: predictive value of early improvement and effect of additional psychotherapyDietrich van Calker
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Freiburg, Germany
J Affect Disord 114:243-53. 2009..We have analysed in more severely depressed inpatients treated with antidepressants i) the predictive value of early improvement for later response and ii) the impact of additional psychotherapy on the time course of response...
Ascorbic acid enhances the inhibitory effect of aspirin on neuronal cyclooxygenase-2-mediated prostaglandin E2 productionEduardo Candelario-Jalil
Neurochemistry Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstrasse 5, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
J Neuroimmunol 174:39-51. 2006....
Extraction of prefronto-amygdalar pathways by combining probability mapsTobias Bracht
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
Psychiatry Res 174:217-22. 2009..We believe that our approach provides a promising tool to assess the integrity of specific structural connections in patients with neuropsychiatric disorders...
Substance P induces expression of the corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 by activation of the neurokinin-1 receptorMaike Hamke
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Germany
Brain Res 1102:135-44. 2006..Further studies are needed to substantiate this link in vivo...
Association analysis between gene variants of the tyrosine hydroxylase and the serotonin transporter in borderline personality disorderAndre Tadic
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
World J Biol Psychiatry 11:45-58. 2010....
Effects of substance P on memory and mood in healthy male subjectsInga Herpfer
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Hum Psychopharmacol 22:567-73. 2007..The results may be interpreted as evidence for an anxiogenic and memory-disturbing effect of SP. Further studies will focus on the effects of SP in patients with depression, anxiety and cognitive disorders...
Sleep in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a controlled polysomnographic study including spectral analysis of the sleep EEGAlexandra Philipsen
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Germany
Sleep 28:877-84. 2005..We investigated objective and subjective sleep quality in adultADHD, including an electroencephalogram spectral power analysis...
Self-stigma in women with borderline personality disorder and women with social phobiaNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:766-73. 2006..This may reflect intense labeling processes as being mentally ill due to repeated hospitalizations, frequent interpersonal difficulties, and visible scars...
Increased delta power and discrepancies in objective and subjective sleep measurements in borderline personality disorderAlexandra Philipsen
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Haupt strasse 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 39:489-98. 2005..Earlier findings in sleep EEG abnormalities in BPD may have been confounded by concomitant depressive symptoms...
Time course of anger and other emotions in women with borderline personality disorder: a preliminary studyGitta A Jacob
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 39:391-402. 2008..The BPD group showed also stronger negative emotions over the whole experiment. The study is the first to demonstrate prolonged anger reactions in BPD patients in an experimental setting...
Interaction between gene variants of the serotonin transporter promoter region (5-HTTLPR) and catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) in borderline personality disorderAndre Tadic
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Mainz, Germany
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 150:487-95. 2009....
Regulation of prostaglandin E2 synthase expression in activated primary rat microglia: evidence for uncoupled regulation of mPGES-1 and COX-2Antonio Carlos Pinheiro de Oliveira
Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg Medical School, Freiburg, Germany
Glia 56:844-55. 2008....
Borderline typical symptoms in adult patients with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorderAlexandra Philipsen
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Germany
Atten Defic Hyperact Disord 1:11-8. 2009..Females with ADHD and BPD share more clinical features than males. However, symptoms of self-destruction and affect dysregulation appear to be more severe in BPD patients...
Neural correlates of interference inhibition, action withholding and action cancelation in adult ADHDAlexandra Sebastian
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany
Psychiatry Res 202:132-41. 2012....
Early reactions of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in plasma (pBDNF) and outcome to acute antidepressant treatment in patients with Major DepressionNadine Dreimüller
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Untere Zahlbacher Str 8, Germany
Neuropharmacology 62:264-9. 2012..This has to be confirmed in further investigations. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'Anxiety and Depression'...
Small amygdala-high aggression? The role of the amygdala in modulating aggression in healthy subjectsSwantje Matthies
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
World J Biol Psychiatry 13:75-81. 2012..In order to better understand the physiological role of the amygdala in modulating aggressive behaviour we investigated the relationship between amygdala volumes and lifetime aggression in healthy subjects...
Serotonin via 5-HT7 receptors activates p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and protein kinase C epsilon resulting in interleukin-6 synthesis in human U373 MG astrocytoma cellsKlaus Lieb
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Freiburg, Germany
J Neurochem 93:549-59. 2005..This study shows, for the first time, a central role of 5-HT7 receptor linked to p38 MAPK and PKC epsilon for the induction of cytokine synthesis in astrocytic cells...
An intensive treatment program of interpersonal psychotherapy plus pharmacotherapy for depressed inpatients: acute and long-term resultsElisabeth Schramm
University Medical Center Freiburg, Department of Psychiatry, Hauptstrasse 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Am J Psychiatry 164:768-77. 2007..The purpose of this article was to determine the relative efficacy of a psychotherapy program when combined with pharmacotherapy versus medication and clinical management in more severely depressed patients...
Cognitive impairment in patients with chronic hepatitis treated with interferon alpha (IFNalpha): results from a prospective studyKlaus Lieb
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstr. 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Eur Psychiatry 21:204-10. 2006..We suggest close monitoring of cognitive function during IFN-alpha treatment of chronic hepatitis...
Peripheral blood and neuropsychological markers for the onset of action of antidepressant drugs in patients with Major Depressive DisorderAndre Tadic
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre, Mainz, Germany
BMC Psychiatry 11:16. 2011..Peripheral blood markers and executive functions are particularly promising candidates as markers for the onset of action and thus the prediction of final treatment outcome in MDD...
Signal transduction pathways regulating cyclooxygenase-2 in lipopolysaccharide-activated primary rat microgliaRavi Shankar Akundi
Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg Medical School, Freiburg, Germany
Glia 51:199-208. 2005..This detailed view of the intracellular signaling pathway in microglial activation and COX-2 expression opens a new therapeutic window in the search for new and more effective central anti-inflammatory agents...
Group therapy module to enhance self-esteem in patients with borderline personality disorder: a pilot studyGitta A Jacob
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical Centre, Germany
Int J Group Psychother 60:373-87. 2010..Results showed a greater improvement in self-esteem in the intervention group. The findings suggest that the therapy module is an effective adjunctive treatment in increasing self-esteem in BPD...
Neurochemical alterations in women with borderline personality disorder and comorbid attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
World J Biol Psychiatry 11:372-81. 2010..Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is associated with structural and functional brain changes. Recent models and findings refer to alterations of glutamate and total N-acetylaspartate (tNAA) in this condition...
Clonidine in acute aversive inner tension and self-injurious behavior in female patients with borderline personality disorderAlexandra Philipsen
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Freiburg, Germany
J Clin Psychiatry 65:1414-9. 2004..Further placebo-controlled studies with larger populations are needed to confirm this finding...
Reduced interhemispheric structural connectivity between anterior cingulate cortices in borderline personality disorderNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany
Psychiatry Res 181:151-4. 2010..Decreased interhemispheric structural connectivity between both ACCs may be a structural correlate of BPD...
Association analysis of SCN9A gene variants with borderline personality disorderAndre Tadic
Department of Psychiatry, University of Mainz, Untere Zahlbacher Strasse 8, 55131 Mainz, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 43:155-63. 2008....
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder as a potentially aggravating factor in borderline personality disorderAlexandra Philipsen
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
Br J Psychiatry 192:118-23. 2008..Clinical experience suggests that people with borderline personality disorder often meet criteria for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, empirical data are sparse...
Inhibition of LPS-induced p42/44 MAP kinase activation and iNOS/NO synthesis by parthenolide in rat primary microglial cellsBernd L Fiebich
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
J Neuroimmunol 132:18-24. 2002..The data suggest that parthenolide might have a potential in the treatment of CNS diseases where NO is part of the pathophysiology...
The early non-increase of serum BDNF predicts failure of antidepressant treatment in patients with major depression: a pilot studyAndre Tadic
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Mainz, Germany
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 35:415-20. 2011..If replicated, this combined marker could be considered useful for prospective confirmatory trials in patients with MDD...
Corpus callosum abnormalities in women with borderline personality disorder and comorbid attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderNICOLAS RUSCH
Rüsch, Zahn, Ebert, Tebartz van Elst Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, and the South German Brain Imaging Center, Freiburg, Germany
J Psychiatry Neurosci 32:417-22. 2007..Recent models suggest impaired structural and functional connectivity in this condition. To investigate this, we studied the thickness of the corpus callosum, the largest connecting fibre bundle in the human brain...
Elevated pain thresholds correlate with dissociation and aversive arousal in patients with borderline personality disorderPetra Ludäscher
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Germany
Psychiatry Res 149:291-6. 2007..Measuring electric pain thresholds is a valid and reasonable method for larger studies...
Rationale and design of the randomised clinical trial comparing early medication change (EMC) strategy with treatment as usual (TAU) in patients with major depressive disorder--the EMC trialAndre Tadic
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Mainz, Germany
Trials 11:21. 2010..Even more important, non-improvement (HAMD decrease <20%) after 14 days of treatment was found to be highly predictive for a poor final treatment outcome...
Evaluation of the efficacy and effectiveness of a structured disorder tailored psychotherapy in ADHD in adults: study protocol of a randomized controlled multicentre trialAlexandra Philipsen
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
Atten Defic Hyperact Disord 2:203-12. 2010..The trial is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (01GV0606) and is part of the German network for the treatment of ADHD in children and adults (ADHD-NET)...
Emotional reactions to standardized stimuli in women with borderline personality disorder: stronger negative affect, but no differences in reactivityGitta A Jacob
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
J Nerv Ment Dis 197:808-15. 2009..Extreme negative affectivity may be a more appropriate description of BPD-related emotional problems than emotional hyperreactivity...
Impulsivity in borderline personality disorder: impairment in self-report measures, but not behavioral inhibitionGitta A Jacob
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
Psychopathology 43:180-8. 2010..However, previous clinical and experimental studies investigating impulsivity in BPD rendered mixed results. In this study, impulsivity was assessed by self-report scales and behavioral inhibition tasks to compare different data levels...
Association analysis of serotonin receptor 1B (HTR1B) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene polymorphisms in Borderline personality disorderAndre Tadic
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
J Neural Transm 116:1185-8. 2009..Logistic regression analyses revealed an over-representation of the BDNF 196A allele in HTR1B A-161 allele carrying BPD patients...
Psychological therapies for people with borderline personality disorderJutta M Stoffers
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 8:CD005652. 2012..In recent years, several disorder-specific interventions have been developed. This is an update of a review published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews in 2006...
Comparison of different strategies to decrease negative affect and increase positive affect in women with borderline personality disorderGitta A Jacob
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
Behav Res Ther 49:68-73. 2011..In this study we compared the effect of different emotion regulation strategies on positive and negative emotions in patients with borderline personality disorder...
Reliability of three alternate forms of the trail making tests a and BStefanie Wagner
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre, Mainz, Germany
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 26:314-21. 2011..76 and 0.89 and between 0.86 and 0.94, respectively. Because of their identical difficulty and high reliability, the herein described versions of the TMT A and B are suitable for sequential testing of executive functioning...
Effectiveness of inpatient dialectical behavioral therapy for borderline personality disorder: a controlled trialMartin Bohus
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy with Polyclinic, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Medical School, Hauptstrasse 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Behav Res Ther 42:487-99. 2004..Within a relatively short time frame, improvement was found across a broad range of psychopathological features. Stability of the recovery after one month following discharge, however, was not evaluated and requires further study...
Increased nocturnal interleukin-6 excretion in patients with primary insomnia: a pilot studyIvonne Burgos
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Brain Behav Immun 20:246-53. 2006..This might also implicate a higher risk for inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases in patients with chronic insomnia...
Measuring shame and guilt by self-report questionnaires: a validation studyNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Psychiatry Res 150:313-25. 2007..The discriminant validity of the TOSCA-3 to distinguish between shame- and guilt-proneness may be diminished in clinical samples. The measure of state shame (ESS) showed a large overlap with state anxiety...
Transient total sleep loss in cerebral Whipple's disease: a longitudinal studyUlrich Voderholzer
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
J Sleep Res 11:321-9. 2002..The extent of sleep disruption in this case of organic insomnia was similar to cases of familial fatal insomnia, but was at least partially reversible with treatment...
Substance P receptor antagonists in psychiatry: rationale for development and therapeutic potentialInga Herpfer
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Freiburg, Germany
CNS Drugs 19:275-93. 2005..These compounds may be more efficacious in antagonising the effects of SP than compounds that only block the NK1R...
World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for biological treatment of personality disordersSabine C Herpertz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Rostock University, Rostock, Germany
World J Biol Psychiatry 8:212-44. 2007....
Dopamine D2/D3 receptor availability and venturesomenessNina Bernow
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Psychiatry Res 193:80-4. 2011..Our results suggest the involvement of extrastriatal dopaminergic neurotransmission in venturesomeness, a component of impulsivity...
Effects of substance P and its antagonist L-733060 on long term potentiation in guinea pig hippocampal slicesJens M Langosch
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Hauptstr 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 29:315-9. 2005..In conclusion, SP has excitatory effects in the hippocampus and is able to facilitate LTP via activation of the NK-1 receptor...
Substance P and Substance P receptor antagonists in the pathogenesis and treatment of affective disordersInga Herpfer
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany
World J Biol Psychiatry 4:56-63. 2003..Key words: substance P, neurokinin1-receptor, affective disorders, depression, review...
Self-stigma, empowerment, and perceived legitimacy of discrimination among women with mental illnessNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany
Psychiatr Serv 57:399-402. 2006..The authors hypothesized that a high level of perceived discrimination, little sense of identification with the group of people with mental illness, and a high level of perceived legitimacy of discrimination lead to self-stigma...
Synergistic inhibitory effect of ascorbic acid and acetylsalicylic acid on prostaglandin E2 release in primary rat microgliaBernd L Fiebich
Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg Medical School, Germany
J Neurochem 86:173-8. 2003..Our results show that ascorbic acid and acetylsalicylic acid act synergistically in inhibiting PGE2 synthesis, which may help to explain a possible protective effect of ascorbic acid in various brain diseases...
Inhibition of substance P-induced cytokine synthesis by St. John's wort extractsB L Fiebich
Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg Medical School, Germany
Pharmacopsychiatry 34:S26-8. 2001..John's wort, but also lend support to the hypothesis that the antidepressant effect of St. John's wort is, at least in part, a result of its inhibitory effects on SP-induced protein synthesis...
The neuropeptide substance P activates p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase resulting in IL-6 expression independently from NF-kappa BB L Fiebich
Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg Medical School, Freiburg, Germany
J Immunol 165:5606-11. 2000..Drugs targeting this MAPK may therefore interfere with SP-correlated neuropsychiatric disorders and may represent a therapeutic approach in these disorders...
Pathways of inflammatory activation in Alzheimer's disease: potential targets for disease modifying drugsM Hull
Department of Psychiatry, Neurochemistry Research, University of Freiburg, Medical School, Hauptstr 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Curr Med Chem 9:83-8. 2002..Inhibitors of p38MAPK and PPAR gamma agonists may be suitable agents to suppress inflammatory activation in AD...
Subtle prefrontal neuropathology in a pilot magnetic resonance spectroscopy study in patients with borderline personality disorderL T van Elst
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 13:511-4. 2001..01) compared with control subjects...
Anti-inflammatory drugs: a hope for Alzheimer's disease?M Hull
Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstr 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Expert Opin Investig Drugs 9:671-83. 2000....
Pain perception during self-reported distress and calmness in patients with borderline personality disorder and self-mutilating behaviorM Bohus
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstr 5, D 79104, Freiburg, Germany
Psychiatry Res 95:251-60. 2000..This may reflect a state-independent increased pain threshold which is further elevated during stress. Interpretation of these findings is limited by their reliance upon self-reports...
The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug tepoxalin inhibits interleukin-6 and alpha1-anti-chymotrypsin synthesis in astrocytes by preventing degradation of IkappaB-alphaB L Fiebich
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Germany
Neuropharmacology 38:1325-33. 1999....
Effects of caffeine and paracetamol alone or in combination with acetylsalicylic acid on prostaglandin E(2) synthesis in rat microglial cellsB L Fiebich
Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstr 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Neuropharmacology 39:2205-13. 2000..Furthermore, these results may help explain the clinical experience of an adjuvant analgesic effect of caffeine and paracetamol when combined with acetylsalicylic acid...
Evidence of disturbed amygdalar energy metabolism in patients with borderline personality disorderL Tebartz van Elst
South German Brain Imaging Center, and Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical School, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Neurosci Lett 417:36-41. 2007..This pilot study of simultaneous amygdalar morphometry and spectroscopy in BPD reveals a possible link between amygdalar volume loss, psychopathology and neurochemical abnormalities in terms of creatine signals...
Frontolimbic brain abnormalities in patients with borderline personality disorder: a volumetric magnetic resonance imaging studyLudger Tebartz van Elst
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 54:163-71. 2003....
Subtype differentiation of patients with borderline personality disorder using a circumplex model of interpersonal behaviorFlorian Leihener
1 Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstr. 5, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
J Nerv Ment Dis 191:248-54. 2003..Implications of these findings for future research and management of BPD are discussed...
Effects of substance P and selected other neuropeptides on the synthesis of interleukin-1 beta and interleukin-6 in human monocytes: a re-examinationK Lieb
Abteilung Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, , Germany
J Neuroimmunol 67:77-81. 1996....
Naloxone in the treatment of acute dissociative states in female patients with borderline personality disorderA Philipsen
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany
Pharmacopsychiatry 37:196-9. 2004..Further studies will investigate whether patients benefit from naloxone in a higher dose or whether subgroups of patients with BPD profit from naloxone in acute dissociative states...
Positron emission tomography in female patients with borderline personality disorderF D Juengling
Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET Group, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hugstetterstr. 55, D-79106, Freiburg, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 37:109-15. 2003..Dysfunction in this network of brain regions, which has been implicated in the regulation of emotion, may underlie symptoms of BPD...
Inferior frontal white matter microstructure and patterns of psychopathology in women with borderline personality disorder and comorbid attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderNICOLAS RUSCH
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany
Neuroimage 35:738-47. 2007....
1-trichloromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-beta-carboline-induced apoptosis in the human neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-SHRavi Shankar Akundi
Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg Medical School, Freiburg, Germany
J Neurochem 91:263-73. 2004....
Pharmacotherapy for borderline personality disorder: Cochrane systematic review of randomised trialsKlaus Lieb
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Mainz, Untere Zahlbacher Str 8, D 55131 Mainz, Germany
Br J Psychiatry 196:4-12. 2010..Many patients with borderline personality disorder receive pharmacological treatment, but there is uncertainty about the usefulness of such therapies...
The catechol o-methyltransferase (COMT) val(158)met polymorphism modulates the association of serious life events (SLE) and impulsive aggression in female patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD)S Wagner
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
Acta Psychiatr Scand 122:110-7. 2010....
Neurotransmitter changes by interferon-alpha and therapeutic implicationsM Schaefer
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte CCM, Berlin, Germany
Pharmacopsychiatry 36:S203-6. 2003..We review recent research about IFN-associated neurotransmitter changes in the central nervous system and discuss treatment strategies...
Interferon alpha (IFNalpha) and psychiatric syndromes: a reviewMartin Schaefer
Department of Psychiatry, Charit, Humboldt University, Humboldt, Germany
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 26:731-46. 2002..Future research should improve our understanding of the role of IFNalpha for the etiopathology of psychiatric syndromes and has an impact on treatment of IFNalpha-induced psychiatric syndromes...
The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism modulates the association of serious life events (SLE) and impulsivity in patients with Borderline Personality DisorderStefanie Wagner
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 43:1067-72. 2009..On the other hand, serious life events (SLE) are of major importance in the development of BPD. However, the inter-relations between SLEs, impulsivity, and 5-HTTLPR are not understood...
Deep brain stimulation for treatment of refractory depressionThomas E Schlaepfer
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, 53105 Bonn, Germany
Lancet 366:1420-2. 2005
A voxel-based morphometric MRI study in female patients with borderline personality disorderN Rusch
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Neuroimage 20:385-92. 2003..Our findings support the hypothesis that temporolimbic abnormalities play a role in the pathophysiology of BPD. Prefrontal structural alterations in BPD were not observed in this study...
Borna disease virus--does it infect humans and cause psychiatric disorders?K Lieb
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Hermann Herder Strasse 11, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
J Clin Virol 21:119-27. 2001..We conclude that there is presently no strong experimental evidence supporting the notion that BDV is a human pathogen. The possibility remains, however, that an antigenically related agent is associated with human psychiatric disorders...
Modulatory role of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism on the effects of serious life events on impulsive aggression in borderline personality disorderS Wagner
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Genes Brain Behav 9:97-102. 2010..The interrelations between serious life events, impulsive aggression and the BDNF Val(66)Met polymorphism as well as their implication for BPD are far from understood and require further investigations...
State affective instability in borderline personality disorder assessed by ambulatory monitoringUlrich W Ebner-Priemer
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Psychol Med 37:961-70. 2007..Furthermore, the pattern of instability that characterizes BPD has not yet been identified...
Increased plasma concentration of maprotiline by coadministration of risperidoneClaus Normann
J Clin Psychopharmacol 22:92-4. 2002
Neurokinin-1 receptor expression and its potential effects on tumor growth in human pancreatic cancerHelmut Friess
Department of General Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Lab Invest 83:731-42. 2003..These findings illustrate that the NK-1R pathway is activated in human pancreatic cancer and has the potential to contribute to cancer cell growth, thus suggesting the existence of a neuro-cancer cell interaction in vivo...
Differential nociceptive deficits in patients with borderline personality disorder and self-injurious behavior: laser-evoked potentials, spatial discrimination of noxious stimuli, and pain ratingsChristian Schmahl
Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mannheim, Germany
Pain 110:470-9. 2004..These findings suggest that hypoalgesia in BPD may primarily be due to altered intracortical processing similar to certain meditative states...
Substance P in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of depressed patients: no effect of antidepressant treatmentMichael Deuschle
Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, J 5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany
Psychiatry Res 136:1-6. 2005..Serum SP concentrations were not related to treatment response or the class of antidepressant administered. Our data do not support the hypothesis that changes in SP levels in serum or CSF are related to antidepressant response...
Neural correlates of antinociception in borderline personality disorderChristian Schmahl
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:659-67. 2006..We predicted that heat stimuli in patients with BPD would activate brain areas concerned with cognitive and emotional evaluation of pain...
No response of plasma substance P, but delayed increase of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist to acute psychosocial stressNicolas Rohleder
Department of Psychology, Dresden University of Technology, Zellescher Weg 17, D 01069 Dresden, Germany
Life Sci 78:3082-9. 2006..Further studies have to reveal the mechanisms involved in the stress-induced up regulation of IL-1ra...
Affective dysregulation and dissociative experience in female patients with borderline personality disorder: a startle response studyUlrich W Ebner-Priemer
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Postfach 12 21 20, 68072 Mannheim, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 39:85-92. 2005..Furthermore, it highlights the importance of assessing present-state dissociation in basic research as well as psychotherapy...
[University privatization as a prospect or nightmare]Josef Aldenhoff
, , ZIP gGmbH, Niemannsweg, Kiel
Nervenarzt 77:1393-8. 2006
