by Ket Patel | Sep 5, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Schizophrenia
The rs1344706 SNP on the ZNF804a gene was found to correlate with the volume of cortical white matter in schizophrenia patients and healthy control subjects, according to a report published Sept. 3 in Archives of General Psychiatry. This SNP also correlated with...
by Ket Patel | Sep 4, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke
Oral relaxin therapy resulted in significantly improved cognitive and functional recovery in poststroke patients participating in a randomized controlled trial. “We speculate that in the near future, relaxin hormone could represent a new therapeutic and...
by Ket Patel | Sep 3, 2012 | All Articles For Psychiatry, Sleep Disorders
The promise of shorter time to sleep, longer sleep duration, and fewer side effects associated with the experimental sleep drug suvorexant has sleep medicine clinicians and their patients eagerly anticipating the approval of the first-in-class agent. Suvorexant’s...
by Ket Patel | Sep 3, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Movement Disorders
Nocturnal sleep enhances working memory training in patients with Parkinson’s disease but not in those with Lewy body dementia, results from a novel study demonstrated. The observed performance improvements “are striking because working memory capacity is...
by Ket Patel | Sep 1, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease
The vast majority of patients with Alzheimer’s disease will show agitation, delusion, and other disruptive behaviors during the course of their illnesses. These behaviors cause suffering and distress for patients and for caregivers and families, often diminishing...
