Autoantibodies and neuropsychiatric events in lupus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), commonly known as lupus, can affect nearly any part of the body, including the joints, skin, kidneys, heart, nervous system, and brain. Along with joint pain, muscle pain, unexplained fever, extreme fatigue, and skin rashes, neurologic and psychiatric events of...Blame Myelin for Many Neuropsychiatric Disorders
What makes the human brain unique? Of the many explanations that can be offered, one that doesn’t come readily to mind is — myelin.// Conventional wisdom holds that myelin, the sheet of fat that coats a neuron’s axon — a long fiber that conducts the neuron’s electrical impulses — is akin to t...Study Shows a Link Between Schizophrenia & Genetic Mutations
...dical Genetics with 25 years experience in Clinical Molecular Diagnosis and 300(+ )scientific publications and patents. During the past few years, his neuropsychiatric genetics team helped to define the first genes for which high risk mutations can strongly predispose to schizophrenia or autism. His personalized can...Ridge Diagnostics Wins Growth-Promoting Loan From Biotech Center
...ts are based on a proprietary Human Biomarker Library and Hyper-Mapping(TM) analytical technology. Ridge intends to develop a comprehensive program of neuropsychiatric disease diagnostics. Ridge Diagnostics' tests are provided through its CLIA certified laboratory in North Carolina, with plans for diagnostic test kit...Asthma Drugs Get 'Precaution' Labeling for Possible Psychiatric Side Effects
... the drugs' labeling, warning of the potential for neuropsychiatric events. The drugs in question include the bloc...included in the labeling change. "The reported neuropsychiatric events include postmarket cases of agitation, aggr...al hazard and talk to their doctor if some sort of neuropsychiatric problem occurs. Doctors may then decide to discon...Anxiety and depression lower quality of life in majority of systemic lupus erythematosus patients
...56) of the patients who were diagnosed with SLE had an element of confirmed neuropsychiatric (NP) involvement (including anxiety, depression, mild cognitive deficits an...sion Scale and a neuropsychological battery for testing cognitive deficits. neuropsychiatric and extra-cerebral involvement, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activi...Aethlon Medical Releases Shareholder Letter to Discuss the Treatment of Hepatitis-C Virus (HCV)
...is the effect of stacking new drug toxicity on top of established SOC toxicity, which is known to trigger fatigue, bone marrow suppression, anemia and neuropsychiatric effects. Many patients fail SOC therapy because they are unable to endure the toxicity of the 24-48 week regimen on its own. Based on clinical data,...Early Exercise Boosts Outcomes for ICU Patients
...erapy may lead to better outcomes, a new study suggests. As noted by researchers writing in the May 13 online edition of The Lancet , weakness and neuropsychiatric disease are often complications of the immobilization caused by long-term sedation in the ICU. The new randomized, controlled trial involved 104 pa...ADHD Genes Found; Known to Play Roles in Neurodevelopment
... clinically with slightly different symptoms." ADHD is the most common neuropsychiatric disorder in children, affecting an estimated 1 in 20 children worldwide. It...enes allows us to identify biological pathways that may be involved in this neuropsychiatric disorder." Some of the biological pathways involved in ADHD may also b...Data Suggest Sodium Oxybate Significantly Improves Pain and the Core Symptoms of Fibromyalgia
...verse drug reactions in narcolepsy patients are dizziness, nausea and headaches. Sodium oxybate has the potential to induce respiratory depression and neuropsychiatric events. Sodium oxybate has not been evaluated by regulators for the treatment of fibromyalgia and is not approved for this use. Additional safety info...Ridge Diagnostics, Inc. Awarded Phase 2 National Science Foundation Grant
...rcialization of its blood test for depression, the first blood test for any neuropsychiatric disorder. In January 2009, the company completed the commercial launc...and Hyper-Mapping(TM) technology. Ridge intends to develop a comprehensive neuropsychiatric disease diagnostic franchise. Ridge Diagnostics testing services are provi...22nd Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Sept. 12-16, 2009, Turkey
... the development of new treatments for a series of neuropsychiatric disorders like depression or Alzheimers disease (S...p between basic neurosciences and the treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases. It engages a broad range of professional...a target for novel therapeutic advances in several neuropsychiatric disorders (gren et al., 2008). Furthermore, cognit...Genetic factors may predict depression in heart disease patients
... to depression in heart disease patients. According to the study, published in the April issue of the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: neuropsychiatric Genetics , the genes are related to the vascular system, suggesting that vascular health which includes the body's network of blood vessels, arteries...Ocera Therapeutics licenses novel treatment for acute hepatic encephalopathy from UCLB
...ical Research Council (MRC) in the U.K. Ocera is planning to file an IND in late 2009 and U.S. trials will begin in early 2010. AHE is a reversible neuropsychiatric abnormality frequently seen as a complication of acute liver failure and cirrhosis. With severe liver impairment, toxic substances such as ammonia tha...Chantix side effects no worse with depression history
...er McClure, PhD, Group Health Center for Health Studies' associate director for research. "And concerns have been raised that varenicline may increase neuropsychiatric symptoms including depressed mood in people with prior depression." Yet she and colleagues found using varenicline didn't worsen mood symptoms such as...UMMS researchers publish DNA identification of czar's children
...ic identification in historical case of Nicholas II Royal family" by Evgeny I. Rogaev, PhD, professor of psychiatry at UMass Medical School's Brudnick neuropsychiatric Research Institute and professor of genetics at the Russian Academic Institutions, and his colleagues. Rogaev was asked by the Russian officials t...Stress disrupts human thinking, but the brain can bounce back
...ress. "Stress is doing a whole lot of things in your brain that we don't understand yet, but we know that it is intimately involved in a wide range of neuropsychiatric disorders," Liston says. A mechanistic understanding of stress could lead to insights into associated psychiatric problems, he says. ...Researchers iron out new role for serotonin
...anderbilt University Medical Center investigators have found a surprising link between brain iron levels and serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in neuropsychiatric conditions ranging from autism to major depression. Appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week, the study by Randy ...Studies examine genetic determinants of ADHD
... Boston, Mass. January 07, 2009 A special issue of American Journal of Medical Genetics (AJMG): Part B: neuropsychiatric Genetics presents a comprehensive overview of the latest progress in genetic research of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The issue c...NARSAD announces 2008 Prizes for Outstanding Achievement in Research on Mental Health Disorders
...plinary research group on the childhood problems that lead to poor adult mental health. His interest in childhood hyperkinesis, psychopharmacology and neuropsychiatric conditions has led Dr. Taylor to participate in collaborations involving neuroimaging, experimental psychological studies and molecular genetics. His ...The Rett Syndrome Research Trust launches operations
...beyond classic Rett Syndrome: "Rett Syndrome and MECP2 disorders provide an opportunity to understand the neuronal and molecular basis of a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders. Patients with Rett and related disorders manifest features of so many of the neurological disorders we encounter in the clinic. Thus, under...CNS Response, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Neuropsychiatric Clinic
CNS Response to Establish "Center of Excellence" for rEEG(SM) Application, Research and Development COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CNS Response, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CNSO) announced today has it signed a letter of intent to acquire the Neuro-Th...MEDomics Announces MitoDx(TM), the First NextGen Mitochondrial Genome Diagnostic Test
..., including Kelly Gonzalez, MS, and Bill Scaringe, MS, discovered mutation showers. Mutation showers may occasionally cause cancer in an instant. His neuropsychiatric genetics team, including Carolyn Buzin, PhD, also helped to define the first genes for which mutations strongly predispose to schizophrenia or autism....Cardiff University Becomes a GeneGo Center of Excellence
...rs across Cardiff University who are using our transcriptomics core facility, including major programs in cancer research, infection and immunity, and neuropsychiatric disease," said Professor David Kipling, Director of Operations of Central Biotechnology Services. "We are pleased to add our first GeneGo Cente...Psylin Neurosciences Commences Development of Compound for Depression
...cs to evaluate drug candidates for potential utility across the spectrum of neuropsychiatric disease indications. Working in partnership with pharmaceutical and biotech.... Psylin's mission is to pioneer the development of peptide therapeutics in neuropsychiatric disorders. Psylin has access to molecules in Amylin's PHORMOL library and t...Aethlon Medical Announces Data Supported Strategy to Increase Hepatitis-C (HCV) Cure Rates
... pegylated interferon plus ribavirin. In addition, these therapies have serious side effects that include fatigue, bone marrow suppression, anemia and neuropsychiatric effects. As a result of the limited benefits and serious side effects of existing therapies, significant value is placed on promising antiviral strate...New England Peptide Forms Scientific Advisory Board
...here he leads the peptide chemistry core team with a focus in discovery, synthesis and development of novel peptide hormones for diabetes, obesity and neuropsychiatric therapies. With more than 20 years of experience in drug discovery, and inflammation and metabolic diseases, Srivastava maintains primary emphasis in ...Roskamp Institute Wins Grant for Lung Cancer Research
...s a not-for-profit research Institute located in Sarasota and Tampa, Florida, that is dedicated to understanding the causes of, and finding cures for, neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders and addictions with an emphasis on Alzheimer's disease. Roskamp's Memory Centers also offer comprehensive cognitive an...