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Health-related quality of life and functioning in remitted bipolar I outpatientsArmando Piccinni
Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
Compr Psychiatry 48:323-8. 2007..An affectively biased cognition may explain the gap between patient's perception of functioning and estimated functional adjustment, as assessed by clinicians...
Clinical significance of lifetime mood and panic-agoraphobic spectrum symptoms on quality of life of patients with rheumatoid arthritisArmando Piccinni
Department of Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Biotechnology, Psychiatry II Unit, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
Compr Psychiatry 47:201-8. 2006....
Methodological approach to depressive symptoms in fibromyalgia patientsAntonello Veltri
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, University of Pisa, Italy
Clin Exp Rheumatol 30:136-42. 2012..Moreover, we aimed to discuss the possible approach to mood symptoms in FM patients according to the mood spectrum model...
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor plasma levels in patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorderLiliana Dell'Osso
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56100 Pisa, Italy
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 33:899-902. 2009..001), although obtained in a small sample size, would suggest that this NT may be involved in the pathophysiology of PTSD...
Diurnal variation of plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in humans: an analysis of sex differencesArmando Piccinni
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Chronobiol Int 25:819-26. 2008..These findings support the concept of rhythmic variation in plasma BDNF regulation that seems to be sex-related...
Depressive symptoms in Parkinson's diseaseArmando Piccinni
Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, and Biotechnologies, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Compr Psychiatry 53:727-31. 2012..We aimed to investigate the relationship between the presence and severity of depression and the degree of motor and functional disability in Parkinson's disease (PD)...
Plasma Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in treatment-resistant depressed patients receiving electroconvulsive therapyArmando Piccinni
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa, Italy
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 19:349-55. 2009..These findings would suggest the potential usefulness of baseline plasma BDNF levels as predictors of response to ECT in treatment-resistant depressed patients...
Plasma β-amyloid peptides levels: a pilot study in bipolar depressed patientsArmando Piccinni
Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnologies, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56126 Pisa, Italy
J Affect Disord 138:160-4. 2012..The aim of the present study was to compare the plasma levels of Aβ40 and Aβ42 in patients with bipolar depression and healthy subjects, and to correlate them with the characteristics of clinical course...
Plasma fluvoxamine levels and OCD symptoms/response in adult patientsDonatella Marazziti
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Hum Psychopharmacol 27:397-402. 2012..In this study, we explored the possible relationships between plasma fluvoxamine levels and clinical features and/or response in adult obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients treated with this drug for 6 months...
Romantic attachment in patients with mood and anxiety disordersDonatella Marazziti
Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, Italy
CNS Spectr 12:751-6. 2007..The aim of the present study was to compare romantic attachment styles among patients with different mood and anxiety disorders and control subjects...
BDNF level in the rat prefrontal cortex increases following chronic but not acute treatment with duloxetine, a dual acting inhibitor of noradrenaline and serotonin re-uptakeClaudio Mannari
Department of Neuroscience, Sect Pharmacology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Cell Mol Neurobiol 28:457-68. 2008..We investigated the effects of acute and chronic treatment with Duloxetine, a new drug blocking the re-uptake of serotonin and noradrenaline (SNRI), on BDNF level in the prefrontal cortex, cerebrospinal fluid, plasma, and serum...
Plasma and serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in depressed patients during 1 year of antidepressant treatmentsArmando Piccinni
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
J Affect Disord 105:279-83. 2008..The aim of this study was to assess the possible relationships between depressive symptoms and serum and/or plasma BDNF levels during 1 year of antidepressant treatment...
Associations between brain-derived neurotrophic factor plasma levels and severity of the illness, recurrence and symptoms in depressed patientsLiliana Dell'Osso
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa, Italy
Neuropsychobiology 62:207-12. 2010..The aim of the present study was to measure BDNF plasma levels in patients affected by major depression and to explore the possible relationship between the biological parameter and characteristics of the illness...
Relationship between bipolar illness and binge-eating disordersCarla E Ramacciotti
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy
Psychiatry Res 135:165-70. 2005..Given differences in gender distribution and family history, cultural and familial influences may also be significant in the minority of BP binge-eating patients who develop BN...
