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Sleep Disorders in Neuroacanthocytosis
Sleep disorders are a well known feature of extrapyramidal disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and Huntington disease. In neuroacanthocytosis (NA), data on the sleep-wake cycle deregulation are limited. Here...
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Poster abstracts
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Improvement of cognitive functions in chronic schizophrenic patients by recombinant human erythropoietin
Schizophrenia is increasingly recognized as a neurodevelopmental disease with an additional degenerative component, comprising cognitive decline and loss of cortical gray matter. We hypothesized that a neuropr...
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Lower CSF orexin A (hypocretin-1) levels in patients with schizophrenia treated with haloperidol compared to unmedicated subjects
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Effect of coadministration of clozapine and fluvoxamine versus clozapine monotherapy on blood cell counts, plasma levels of cytokines and body weight
Rationale: Clozapine treatment is associated with side-effects such as blood cell dyscrasias and weight gain. Increased plasma levels of the cytokines and soluble cytokine receptors lept...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Psychische Einflüsse auf die Endotoxinwirkung beim Menschen
Mentaler Streß, z. B. bei depressiven Störungen, ist durch eine Aktivierung verschiedener Streßhormonsysteme, insbesondere durch eine zentrale Enthemmung des Hypothalamus-Hypophysenvorderlappen-Nebennierenrind...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Somnopolygraphische Befunde bei pharmakologisch noch nie behandelten Patienten mit einer paranoid-halluzinatorischen Schizophrenie
Das Interesse am Schlaf schizophrener Patienten wurde nicht erst durch die Möglichkeiten der modernen Schlafforschung geweckt, sondern reicht bereits über hundert Jahre zurück, als man auf die phänomenologisch...
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Flumazenil exerts intrinsic activity on sleep EEG and nocturnal hormone secretion in normal controls
The physiological function of benzodiazepine (BDZ) receptors includes regulation of sleep and neuroendocrine activity. Most of the pharmacological effects of BDZ are blocked by flumazenil. However, recent neur...