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Violence in first-episode psychosis: evidence from an early intervention in psychosis programme
(Cambridge University Press, 2023-09)
Background
Psychotic disorders are frequently associated with a public perception of dangerousness and belligerence. This situation has contributed to the social stigmatisation of people with severe mental illness and ...
A validated WAIS-IV short-form to estimate intellectual functioning in myotonic dystrophy type 1
(Elsevier, 2022-09)
Currently, no rapid and specific instrument is available to briefly estimate intelligence in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), a multisystemic disease that involves the CNS and is associated with cognitive ...
Plasma and serum alpha-synuclein as a biomarker in Parkinson's disease: A meta-analysis
(Elsevier, 2022-06)
Background
Reliable biomarkers for Parkinson's disease (PD) diagnosis are urgently needed. Alpha-synuclein (α-syn) and its proteoforms play a key role in PD pathology but in vivo measurements have raised conflicting ...
Age‐related cognitive decline in myotonic dystrophy type 1: An 11‐year longitudinal follow‐up study
(Wiley, 2020-03)
Background Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is an inherited multi-systemic disease involving the central nervous system (CNS) and is consequently characterized by a range of cognitive impairments. However, whether this ...
Retinal thickness as a biomarker of cognitive impairment in manifest Huntington’s disease
(Springer Nature, 2023)
Background
Cognitive decline has been reported in premanifest and manifest Huntington’s disease but reliable biomarkers are lacking. Inner retinal layer thickness seems to be a good biomarker of cognition in other ...
Isolation and Differentiation of Neurons and Glial Cells from Olfactory Epithelium in Living Subjects
(Springer Nature, 2023)
The study of psychiatric and neurological diseases requires the substrate in which the disorders occur, that is, the nervous tissue. Currently, several types of human bio-specimens are being used for research, including ...