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A voxel-based morphometry study of gray matter correlates of facial emotion rec...

Facial emotion recognition (FER) is one of the many cognitive deficits reported in bipolar disorder (BD) patients. The aim of this study was to investigate neuroanatomical correlates of FER impairments in BD type I (BD-I). Participants comprised 21 euthymic BD-I patients without Axis I DSM IV-TR comorbidities and 21 healthy controls who were assessed using magnetic resonance imaging and the Penn Emotion Recogni...

Neural correlates of hallucinations in bipolar disorder

Approximately one-half of all patients affected by bipolar disorder present with psychotic features on at least one occasion. Several studies have found that alterations in the activity of mesolimbic and prefrontal regions are related to aberrant salience in psychotic patients. The aim of the present study was to investigate the structural correlates of a history of hallucinations in a sample of euthymic patien...

Sensorimotor performance in euthymic bipolar disorder: the MPraxis (PennCNP) an...

Sensorimotor deficits are an important phenomenological facet observed in patients with bipolar disorder (BD). However, there is little research on this topic. We hypothesize that the MPraxis test can be used to screen for motor impairments in BD aiming movements. The MPraxis, which is a quick and easy-to-apply computerized test, measures sensorimotor control. During the test, the participant must move the comp...

Association between the Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) val158Met polymorph...

Prefrontal dopamine is catabolized by the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) enzyme. Current evidence suggests that the val/met single nucleotide polymorphism in the COMT gene can predict the efficiency of executive cognition in humans. Individuals carrying the val allele perform more poorly because less synaptic dopamine is available. We investigated the influence of the COMT polymorphism on motor performance...

Sexual abuse and suicide attempt in bipolar type I patients

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Neural correlates of hallucinations in bipolar disorder

A voxel-based morphometry study of gray matter correlates of facial emotion rec...

Neuropsychological assessment of the decision making process in children and ad...

OBJECTIVE: Nowadays there has been growing interest in the "hot" aspects of the executive functions related to the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), in particular in the affective decision-making process in children and adolescents. We reviewed the available literature about the evaluation of decision making in children and adolescents. METHOD: We searched for papers published from 2000 to 2009 that studied children ...

Psychometric properties of a brief neuropsychological protocol for use in geria...

BACKGROUND: The increase in life expectancy and proportion of elderly in the population is causing an increase in dementia prevalence rates. The correct, early dia gnosis of dementia is very important to clinical treatment and to improved prognosis. Therefore, it is necessary to adapt and develop assessment tools for the differential diagnosis between pathological and normal aging processes. OBJECTIVE: Assess t...

Atypical antipsychotics and suicidal behavior in esquizophrenic or schizo-affec...

BACKGROUND: The literature concerning the net effect of atypical antipsychotic medication on suicidality is not consistent. OBJECTIVES: The empirical literature relating to the efficacy of pharmacological intervention with atypical antipsychotics in esquizophrenic or schizo-affective patients is comprehensively reviewed. METHODS: MEDLINE, LILACS and Cochrane Library were used to search for articles from 1964 to...