Peter Pregelj

Summary

Affiliation: University Psychiatric Hospital
Country: Slovenia

Publications

  1. ncbi Gene environment interactions in bipolar disorder
    Peter Pregelj
    University Psychiatric Hospital, Studenec 48, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 23:S91-3. 2011
  2. ncbi Single nucleotide polymorphisms and suicidal behaviour
    Peter Pregelj
    University of Ljubljana, Department of Psychiatry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 24:S61-4. 2012
  3. ncbi Safety and tolerability of rivastigmine transdermal patch formulation in newly diagnosed patients with Alzheimer's dementia in naturalistic conditions
    Peter Pregelj
    Murgle Psychiatric Clinic Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychogeriatrics 12:165-71. 2012
  4. ncbi Neurobiological aspects of psychosis and gender
    Peter Pregelj
    University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 21:128-31. 2009
  5. ncbi Psychosis and depression - a neurobiological view
    Peter Pregelj
    University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 21:102-5. 2009
  6. ncbi Involvement of cholesterol in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease: role of statins
    Peter Pregelj
    University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Studenec 48, 1260 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 20:162-7. 2008
  7. ncbi Antidepressants and suicidal behaviour in the Psychiatric Emergency Clinic - preliminary report
    Peter Pregelj
    University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Studenec 48, 1260 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 20:224-6. 2008
  8. ncbi Psychiatry in Slovenia
    Peter Pregelj
    University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Studenec 48, 1260 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 20:113-4. 2008
  9. ncbi Depression and anxiety in Slovenian female cancer patients
    Zvezdana Snoj
    Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 20:157-61. 2008
  10. ncbi TPH2 polymorphisms and alcohol-related suicide
    Tomaz Zupanc
    Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Korytkova ulica 2, SI 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Neurosci Lett 490:78-81. 2011

Collaborators

  • Mark Agius
  • Nela Pivac
  • Marga Kocmur
  • Slavko Ziherl
  • Marjeta Blinc Pesek
  • Tomaz Zupanc
  • Miha Trinkaus
  • Zvezdana Snoj
  • Alja Videtic
  • Alja Videtič Paska
  • Radovan Komel
  • Martina Tomori
  • Janez Sketelj
  • Milica Pjevac
  • Spela Glisović
  • Nusa Segrec
  • Brigita Novak Sarotar
  • Marko Zivin
  • Lea Zmuc Veranic
  • Ilonka Vucko Miklavcic
  • Milan Lièina
  • Joze Balazic
  • Maja Primic Akelj
  • Natasa Debeljak
  • Mirjana Delić
  • Milan Licina
  • Sasa Trkov
  • Janez Mlakar

Detail Information

Publications26

  1. ncbi Gene environment interactions in bipolar disorder
    Peter Pregelj
    University Psychiatric Hospital, Studenec 48, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 23:S91-3. 2011
    ....
  2. ncbi Single nucleotide polymorphisms and suicidal behaviour
    Peter Pregelj
    University of Ljubljana, Department of Psychiatry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 24:S61-4. 2012
    ..However, genes involved in regulation of other factors such as brain-derived neurotropic factor seems to be even more relevant for further research...
  3. ncbi Safety and tolerability of rivastigmine transdermal patch formulation in newly diagnosed patients with Alzheimer's dementia in naturalistic conditions
    Peter Pregelj
    Murgle Psychiatric Clinic Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychogeriatrics 12:165-71. 2012
    ....
  4. ncbi Neurobiological aspects of psychosis and gender
    Peter Pregelj
    University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 21:128-31. 2009
    ..Clinically observed gender differences in schizophrenia are probably influenced by genetic and environmental factors. The interplay between those two sets of factors is mediated by estrogen and epigenetic mechanisms...
  5. ncbi Psychosis and depression - a neurobiological view
    Peter Pregelj
    University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 21:102-5. 2009
    ..It seems that a new classification and research approach will provide better understanding of severe mental disorders and explain the usefulness of some medications in different groups of these disorders...
  6. ncbi Involvement of cholesterol in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease: role of statins
    Peter Pregelj
    University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Studenec 48, 1260 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 20:162-7. 2008
    ..The influence of statins on AD could be indirect through decreasing serum cholesterol levels and the incidence of CVD or direct by influencing cellular mechanisms in the brain involved in Abeta production and apoptosis...
  7. ncbi Antidepressants and suicidal behaviour in the Psychiatric Emergency Clinic - preliminary report
    Peter Pregelj
    University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Studenec 48, 1260 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 20:224-6. 2008
    ....
  8. ncbi Psychiatry in Slovenia
    Peter Pregelj
    University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Studenec 48, 1260 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 20:113-4. 2008
  9. ncbi Depression and anxiety in Slovenian female cancer patients
    Zvezdana Snoj
    Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 20:157-61. 2008
    ..We test the hypothesis that female patients with breast cancer have higher expressed depression and anxiety in comparison to other female cancer patients...
  10. ncbi TPH2 polymorphisms and alcohol-related suicide
    Tomaz Zupanc
    Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Korytkova ulica 2, SI 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Neurosci Lett 490:78-81. 2011
    ....
  11. ncbi No association between polymorphisms in four serotonin receptor genes, serotonin transporter gene and alcohol-related suicide
    Tomaz Zupanc
    Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 22:522-7. 2010
    ....
  12. ncbi The association between brain-derived neurotrophic factor polymorphism (BDNF Val66Met) and suicide
    Peter Pregelj
    Ljubljana University Psychiatric Clinic, Studenec 48, Ljubljana Polje, SI 1260, Slovenia
    J Affect Disord 128:287-90. 2011
    ..The study evaluated the association between BDNF Val66Met variants and suicide, committed with violent or non-violent methods, in victims with or without stressful childhood experience...
  13. ncbi Neural regulation of acetylcholinesterase-associated collagen Q in rat skeletal muscles
    Miha Trinkaus
    Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    J Neurochem 105:2535-44. 2008
    ..The junctional expression of collagen Q in fast muscles is partly nerve-dependent, but does not encompass the Ca(2+)-calcineurin signaling pathway...
  14. ncbi The asymmetric molecular forms of AChE and the expression of collagen Q in mature and immature fast and slow rat muscles
    Spela Glisović
    Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Zaloska 4, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Chem Biol Interact 187:90-5. 2010
    ....
  15. ncbi Suicide, stress and serotonin receptor 1A promoter polymorphism -1019C>G in Slovenian suicide victims
    Alja Videtic
    Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 259:234-8. 2009
    ....
  16. ncbi Alcohol abuse and suicidal behaviour
    Lea Zmuc Veranic
    University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Studenec 48, 1260 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 20:236-8. 2008
    ..The Psychiatric emergency clinic (PEC) was established at University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana in 2004. 2760 patients were examined in the PEC until the end of May 2004...
  17. ncbi Patients with anxiety disorders, stress related disorders and somatoform disorders in the Psychiatric Emergency Out-patient Clinic
    Nusa Segrec
    University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Studenec 48, 1260 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 20:220-3. 2008
    ..To establish possible differences in gender, age and urgency between patients with anxiety disorders, stress related disorders and somatoform disorders and patients with other psychiatric diagnoses...
  18. ncbi Psychosocial correlates of progesterone receptors in breast cancer
    Zvezdana Snoj
    Department of Psychooncology, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Depress Anxiety 26:544-9. 2009
    ..The aim of this study was to investigate demographic characteristics and severity of depression and anxiety as expressed by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale of patients with high or low PR expression in breast cancers...
  19. ncbi Neurobiology of suicidal behaviour
    Milica Pjevac
    University Psychiatric Hospital, Studenec 48, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 24:S336-41. 2012
    ..However, genes and epigenetic mechanisms involved in regulation of other factors such as BDNF seem to be even more relevant for further research...
  20. ncbi Prolonged treatment with donepezil increases acetylcholinesterase expression in the central nervous system
    Marko Zivin
    University of Ljubljana, School of Medicine, Institute of Pathophysiology, Brain Research Laboratory, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 20:168-73. 2008
    ..We hypothesized that prolonged treatment with donepezil could increase AChE mRNA levels and AChE activity in the central nervous system...
  21. ncbi Reduced blood alcohol concentration in suicide victims in response to a new national alcohol policy in slovenia
    Tomaz Zupanc
    Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Eur Addict Res 19:7-12. 2013
    ..Addiction is a major social and health problem. Studies on suicide and alcohol at the individual and aggregated level have confirmed a link between alcohol and suicide...
  22. ncbi Duration of untreated psychosis and it's effect on the functional outcome in schizophrenia - preliminary results
    Brigita Novak Sarotar
    University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Studenec 48, 1260 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 20:179-83. 2008
    ....
  23. ncbi Reciprocal neural regulation of extrajunctional acetylcholinesterase and collagen Q in rat muscles--the role of calcineurin signaling
    Miha Trinkaus
    Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Zaloska 4, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Chem Biol Interact 175:45-9. 2008
    ....
  24. ncbi Validation of the Slovenian version of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in female cancer patients
    Ilonka Vucko Miklavcic
    University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Studenec 48, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 20:148-52. 2008
    ..The present study describes the translation process of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) into the Slovenian language and the testing of its reliability and validity on the psychological morbidity in female cancer patients...
  25. ncbi Role of load bearing in acetylcholinesterase regulation in rat skeletal muscles
    Peter Pregelj
    Institute of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    J Neurosci Res 67:114-21. 2002
    ....
  26. ncbi Case report on the analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms of the serotonergic pathway and array-based comparative genomic hybridisation of a suicide victim
    Alja Videtic
    Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Psychiatr Danub 20:245-8. 2008
    ..Probably the interplay between genes and stressful events jut before suicide, together with mental disorder lead to suicide in the case described...