antidepressant/stroke

Aim: The first objective of this project is to test different pain mechanisms that could be involved in the increase of pain thresholds and tolerance in suicidal patients. The second objective is to test whether there's a loss of pleasantness during social touch in suicidal patients. The main aim is

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a malignant tumor originates from colorectal mucosa epithelium. It is one of the most common malignant tumors in the world. Incidence rate of lung cancer is second only to lung cancer and breast cancer worldwide. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of people's

Background. Individuals with post-stroke aphasia frequently experience a profound loss of abilities to engage in social interaction, one major reason for the increased risk of depression after a cerebrovascular accident. Impaired communication skills in aphasia often prevent classical forms of

There is a substantial body of evidenc suggesting a strong relation between neurotrophic factors and depression and anxiety pathogenesis (2,8) Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a member of the neurotrophic family known to regulate neuronal plasticity and survival , may play an important role

STUDY OBJECTIVE The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate feasibility of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) treatment for depression at stimulation frequencies other than 10 Hz. The objectives for this study are: 1. to determine if each subject's frequency response

Cilostazol produces various powerful pleiotropic effects via restoration of intracellular second messenger cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). Treatment with cilostazol against cerebral ischemic injury ameliorates negative effects of cerebral hypoperfusion through the PDE3- cAMP signaling cascade

Clinical characteristics of impaired motor performance on affected upper extremity in stroke patients included muscle weakness, increased muscle tone, contracture, joint instability, or impaired motor control. Poststroke spasticity (PSS) is also a common complication in stroke patients with limbs

OVERVIEW The experiment will consist of four days. Day 1 will include informed consent, questionnaires, a behavioral approach test with a spider, a series of short exposures with a spider, and the first TMS treatment (for a total of approximately 75-90 minutes). Day 2 will occur one to two days

Depression is common and associated with considerable health disability. Traditional antidepressants mainly work by modulating monoamine levels in the synaptic cleft; however, the evidence that depression is caused by impaired serotonin or noradrenaline activity is weak and inconsistent, and indeed

Patients with post-stroke depression (PSD) have more dysfunction, poorer recovery outcomes, and higher morbidity and mortality in the first year after stroke onset than those patients without stroke. Some therapeutic methods have shown to be effective for PSD, including antidepressants, non-drug

Depression is a common and costly disorder with high prevalence rate and high suicide rate. Antidepressants are the first-line treatments for depression. However, approximately 50% to 60% of the patients have not achieved adequate response following antidepressant treatment. A large body of evidence

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive loss of central and peripheral motor neurons. ALS leads to death usually within 3 to 5 years from the onset of the symptoms. Available treatment can prolong the disease duration but cannot modify the

Background & Significance: The history of utilizing the near infrared (NIR) spectrum (650-1000nm) in cognitive studies is chronicled in a recent review. Taking advantage of the facts that human tissue is relatively transparent to NIR and hemoglobin absorbs those wavelengths of light, in 1977, Jobsis

Patients who suffered aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage will be randomly assigned either an oral antidepressant or placebo and evaluated for the preventative treatment of depression and health-related quality-of-life.

Depression is one of the most common forms of mental illness. According to studies by the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank and the European Brain Council [1], depression is the leading disease in Europe and Germany since the early 1990s. Besides drug or psychotherapeutic treatment,