Steven Lippmann, M.D. Could healthy eating habits be bad? Good nutrition and careful food selection sounds just great and indeed they are. We all applaud healthy eating. However, like any behavior, too much of it, can become counter-productive or even dangerous. Excessive adherence to an overly rigid diet can become physically unhealthy and hamper social […]
Steven Lippmann, M.D. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a progressive dementing illness starting during middle to older life. This neurodegenerative brain disease of the frontal and temporal lobes results in personality, behavioral, and language alterations. These clinical features are much more prominent than the forgetfulness and diminished cognition of most other dementing illnesses.
Leo Sher, M.D. The 67th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP) was held on May 3-5, 2012 in Philadelphia. The announced theme of the meeting was “Systems Neurosciences: Applications to Psychiatric Illnesses.”
Matthews S, Spadoni A, Knox K, Strigo I, Simmons A.Psychosom Med. 2012 Apr 17. [Epub ahead of print] Objective. Suicide is a significant public health problem. Suicidal ideation (SI) increases the risk for completed suicide. However, the brain basis of SI is unknown. The objective of this study was to examine the neural correlates of […]
Bangasser DA, Valentino RJ.Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2012 Apr 10. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractWomen are twice as likely as men to suffer from stress-related psychiatric disorders, like unipolar depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Although the underlying neural mechanisms are not well characterized, the pivotal role of stress in the onset and severity of these diseases […]
Hillege S, Beale B, McMaster R.Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2011 Dec;25(6):e57-67 AbstractAnxiety, depression, and eating disorders are higher in adolescents and young adults with diabetes than in their unaffected counterparts worldwide. This descriptive qualitative research paper, using secondary analysis, described the experiences of adolescents and young adults living with depression and Type 1 diabetes. The study […]
Panagioti M, Gooding PA, Tarrier N.Compr Psychiatry. 2012 Apr 5. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractOBJECTIVE: A considerable number of studies have reported an increased frequency of suicidal behaviors among individuals diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study aims, first, to provide a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between a PTSD diagnosis […]
Rice TR, Sher L.Expert Rev Neurother. 2012 May;12(5):611-24. AbstractMilitary veterans represent a unique, heterogeneous population with suicide prevalence rates, risk factors and preventative management needs that differ from those of the rest of community. Veterans worldwide receive high proportions of their healthcare from community providers, and sensitivity to these distinct needs is required for optimized […]
Eid T, Behar K, Dhaher R, Bumanglag AV, Lee TS.Neurochem Res. 2012 Apr 10. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractGlutamine synthetase (GS, E.C. 6.3.1.2) is a ubiquitous and highly compartmentalized enzyme that is critically involved in several metabolic pathways in the brain, including the glutamine-glutamate-GABA cycle and detoxification of ammonia. GS is normally localized to the […]
A GFP-lacZ Bicistronic Reporter System for Promoter Analysis in Environmental Gram-Negative BacteriaSilva-Rocha R, de Lorenzo V.PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e34675. AbstractHere, we describe a bicistronic reporter system for the analysis of promoter activity in a variety of Gram-negative bacteria at both the population and single-cell levels. This synthetic genetic tool utilizes an artificial operon comprising the gfp […]
