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Objective To study the characteristic of cognitive function impaired and its relationship with the psychiatric symptoms in patients with first-episode schizophrenia.Methods 43 first-episode male schizophrenia patients diagnosed with DSM-Ⅳ were recruited in the study and received the atypical antipsychotics treatment 8weeks.The total score and sub-scores of Chinese Cognitive Ability Scale (CCAS)were obtained for all the patients pre-and post-treatments,and the patients were also assessed by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS).Results The differences of the intelligence quotient(IQ) and its cognitive function factors between pre-and post-treatment of the patients were significant(P＜ 0.01).The total IQ score (85.7 ± 11.5),learning ability (17.9± 2.3),reasoning ability (16.1 ± 3.4),processing speed (16.9 ± 2.1),working memory (13.8 ± 2.6),space/calculate (17.5 ± 2.9),verbal IQ (86.8 ± 11.7),performance IQ (83.9 ± 12.4) before treatment and cognitive score (97.6 ± 14.3) as well as cognitive function factor (learning ability (20.1 ± 2.9),reasoning ability (18.9± 3.1),processing speed (19.7 ± 1.8),working memory (15.7 ± 2.5),space/calculate (20.8 ± 2.5),verbal IQ (98.3 ± 13.7),performance IQ (95.8 ± 14.6) after treatment,there were significant differences pre-and posttreatment (P ＜ 0.01).The difference of IQ pre-and post-treatment was significantly correlated with that of total score and positive score of PANSS(r =0.596 or 0.783).Conclusions (1) This finding supports that the cognitive function impairment exists in the early stage of schizophrenia.(2)The typical antipsychotic drugs can improve the cognitive function impairment and psychiatric symptoms of schizophrenia.(3) The cognitive function impairment of schizophrenia has significant relation to the positive symptoms,but no relation to the negative symptoms.
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To study the possible mechanism of the effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) on injury to neonatal rat cardiomyocytes induced by hypoxia-reoxygenation. Lactate dehydrogenase activity [(210.0±11.5) vs (101.4±6.5) U/L] ,apoptosis rate [(8. 138±1. 512) vs(0. 575±0. 168)%] ,and caspase-3 activity [(44.52± 5.69)vs(19.98±1.97) ,all P<0.01] were all increased after hypoxia-reoxygenation. GLP-1 appears to directly act on cardiomyocytes and to protect them from hypoxia-reoxygenation injury [lactate dehydrogenase (190.2±9.0) U/ L, apoptosis rate (2.688±0.580) %, caspase-3 activity 30.34±4.18] mainly by inhibiting the apoptosis probably via the PBK/Akt signaling pathways.
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Objective To evaluate the efficacy of sequential psychotherapy combined with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors(SSRI) s on refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD). Methods 50 patients with refractory OCD were given to sequential psycho therapy in the original basis of the SSRIs drugs treatment. The patients were given psychoanalysis,cognitive behavioral therapy and reality therapy for 8 weeks at the end of in the first stage, second stage and the third stage. The efficacy was assessed by the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale(Y-BOCS) before treatment,8 weeks, 16 weeks, and 24 weeks after treatment, respectively. Results The total score of the YBOCS before the treatment and at the 24th week after treatment was (21.10 ±4.69) and ( 10.18±6. 14). According to the score-reducing rate of the YBOCS , recovery rate was 34.0%, effective rate was 42.0%. Conclusion Sequential psychotherapy combined with SSRIs is an effective treatment for refractory OCD.
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BACKGROUND:Psychiatric patients are the high risk group of people who are liable to commit suicide.Recently,research on neurobiology and genetics of suicide mainly concentrates in the study of 5 hydroxytryptamine(5 HT) system.It is found that T102C polymorphism of 5 HT2A receptor gene is associated with suicide in depressive patients. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the correlation of A 1438G polymorphism of 5 HT2A receptor gene with attempted suicide in psychiatric patients. DESIGN:An observational comparative study of taking the patients as subjects and healthy physical examinee as the controls. SETTINGS:A psychiatric department in a municipal hospital and a neurological department in a university hospital. PARTICIPANTS:All the samples in the research were collected from the Department of Psychiatry of Yangzhou Wutaishan Hospital from March to September 2002.Analysis of genotype was completed in the Neurobiological Laboratory of Xuzhou Medical Institute from October to December 2002.Inclusive criterion:patients met the diagnostic criteria of schizophrenia or affective disorder in the third edition of the Chinese Classification and diagnostic criteria of Mental Disorders(CCMD 3) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition(DSM IV).Exclusive criterion: parasuicider with idea or behavior of hurting oneself,but without intention to die.According to whether there was suicidal behavior or intention,116 patients were divided into 2 groups:attempted suicide group[n=52,35 males and 17 females,with an average age of (44± 13) years old] and no suicide group [n=64, 44 males and 20 females, with an average age of (48± 15) years old].Other 63 cases were taken as the normal controls[33 males and 30 females, with an average age of (55± 17) years old]. INTERVENTIONS:DNA of all the participants was extracted with the routine method of chloroform saturatedphenol leukocyte pheresis.The polymorphism of 5 HT2A receptor gene was analyzed with the restriction fragment length polymorphism. RESULTS:The G allele frequency of A 1438G polymorphism in the attempted suicide group(0.52) was significantly higher than that in the normal control group(0.39)(χ 2=3.91,P< 0.05).There were significant differences in the distribution of the 3 genotypes of AA, AG and GG between the attempted suicide group(0.23,0.50, 0.27) and normal control group(0.32, 0.59, 0.09)(χ 2=6.12,P< 0.05). CONCLUSION:Attempted suicide of psychiatric patient is associated with A 1438G polymorphism of 5 HT2A receptor gene.G allele may be a risk factor for the attempted suicide of psychiatric patient.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To further investigate whether the functional polymorphisms of dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) and dopamine D3 receptor (DRD3) genes associate with the development of tardive dyskinesia (TD) in schizophrenia, and whether the interactive effects of DRD2, DRD3, 5-hydroxytryptamine 2C receptor (HTR2C) and manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) genes contribute to the severity of TD.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The patients with schizophrenia were assessed for TD by the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS). Eventually, 42 schizophrenics with persistent TD were in the TD group, and 59 schizophrenics without TD were in the non-TD group. The polymorphism of each candidate gene was analyzed using a polymerase chain reaction-based restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The genotype distributions of the candidate genes in the groups were all consistent with the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Allele frequencies for -759C/T and -697G/C polymorphisms in HTR2C gene showed a significant excess of -697 variant (P<0.05) in the patients with TD, compared against those in patients without TD. There were no differences in the distributions of the allelic frequencies and genotypes of Taq I. A polymorphism in DRD2 gene, of Ser/Gly polymorphism in DRD3 gene, and of Ala-9Val polymorphism in MnSOD gene between the TD group and non-TD group (P>0.05). Interestingly, as compared with the other joint allelic types, a significant excess of carrying both DRD3 variant allele (Gly) and MnSOD wild allele (Val) was found in the TD group (P<0.05). However, neither the allele and genotypes nor the clinical demographic characteristics contributed to the higher total AIMS scores in the patients of the TD group. There were no significant differences in any of the clinical demographic characteristics between the subgroups of any genotype in TD and non-TD groups.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The excess of -697 variant in the promoter regulation region of the HTR2C gene may be a risk factor for the susceptibility to the occurrence of TD in Chinese male patients with schizophrenia. A combination of DRD3 variant allele (Gly) and MnSOD wild allele (Val) may increase the susceptibility to the development of TD.</p>
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0.05). A significant excess of C allele was in patients with TD compared to those without TD(? 2 =4.36,?=1,p0.05). Conclusion:Our result suggest that the T102C polymorphism in 5-HT2A receptor gene may be association with TD in chronic male schizophrenic patients