C Andrade

..It is concluded that at least in the dosage schedule used herein, dothiepin does not influence hypoalgesia of diabetic neuropathy...

..The clinical relevance and scope for further research are discussed...

..Nitric oxide mechanisms may underlie the benefits purveyed by nitroprusside...

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..It is suggested that this test will be useful when assessing populations in whom the conventional passages fail to provide adequate dispersion, or result in ceilling effects...

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..It is not known, however, whether this kindling results from the repeated subconvulsive stimulation or from the stress induced by the experimental procedures...

..This article examines the possible etiology, nosology, mechanisms, and other aspects of the syndrome...

..There have been several publications on the subject during recent years. This article summarizes their findings and provides some original thoughts, suggestions, and perspectives...

..Regrettably, most tests that have been standardized for use in India have norms that are decidedly outdated. Restandardization of important IQ tests is urgently required...

..Awareness under anesthesia can be a frightening experience for patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)...

..Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)-induced amnesia may arise from glutamatergic excitotoxicity; if so, COX-2 inhibition may attenuate retrograde amnesia with ECT...

..There is little literature on the depiction of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in movies. In India, Hindi cinema is an important source of public information and misinformation about ECT...

..There is little information on the extent to which variations in these stimulus parameters influence the seizure threshold at constant charge in the context of ECT...

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..Rhinotillexomania is a recent term coined to describe compulsive nose picking. There is little world literature on nose-picking behavior in the general population...

..It has been suggested that melatonin improves sleep functioning, but this possibility has not been studied in medical populations...

..Topiramate, a newer antiepileptic agent, may benefit several neurological and psychiatric states, including bipolar disorder...

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..Although many predictors of ECT-induced amnesia are known, their relative effects have been inadequately researched in the context of the animal models...

..Since phenylephrine increases blood pressure, its cognitive effects also weaken the hypothesis that ECT-induced cognitive impairment results from the seizure-related hypertensive surge...

..These findings suggest new avenues for the study of the neurobiology of ECT-induced amnesia and the attenuation thereof...

..Steroid mechanisms may therefore modulate ECT-induced amnesia...

..We will focus on our own research and insights, with particular emphasis on practical issues...

..The administration of low-dose, once-daily subconvulsive stimuli significantly lowered the seizure threshold; while this kindling effect wore off within 2 weeks, thresholds otherwise identified remained stable at the 2-week time point...

..The use of two substrates with a few more alterations in the experimental conditions increased the validity of this simple and rapid colorimetric method...

..CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest a rationale for optimizing stimulus parameter choices during ECT and provide a framework for the evaluation of electrical aspects of the ECT stimulus...

..While impairment was maximum in the combined treatment group, the statistical significances that emerged to proscribed the combination were but weak...

..Attitudes toward a treatment influence the acceptability of the treatment. There has been no study of how attitudes toward electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are influenced by what ECT is called...

..A formal comparison is desirable because of pharmacokinetic and other differences that could affect safety and efficacy considerations relevant to practice in developing countries...

..Low melatonin levels have also been observed in patients with schizophrenia; however, there is little literature on the efficacy of exogenous melatonin in treating insomnia associated with schizophrenia...

..There is no literature on the safety of repeated courses of ECT in patients with Harrington rod implants...

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..In patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy, as in those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, antiinflammatory drugs may hold promise in the attenuation of cognitive impairments...

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..CONCLUSION: Transient cortical blindness is probably a very rare adverse effect of ECT. The findings are discussed in the context of visual impairment associated with epileptic seizures...