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Non-Dependent and Dependent Daily Cannabis Users Differ in Mental Health but Not Prospective Memory Ability

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Research suggests that daily cannabis users have impaired memory for past events, but it is not clear whether they are also impaired in prospective memory (PM) for future events.
Ruth Braidwood, Samantha Mansell, Jon Waldron, Peter G. Rendell, Sunjeev K. Kamboj, H. Valerie Curran   +5 more
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Electrophysiological Correlates of Subliminal Perception of Facial Expressions in Individuals with Autistic Traits: A Backward Masking Study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2017
People with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show difficulty in social communication, especially in the rapid assessment of emotion in faces. This study examined the processing of emotional faces in typically developing adults with high and low levels of ...
Svjetlana Vukusic, Joseph Ciorciari, David P. Crewther   +2 more
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Psychopharmacology and memory [PDF]

Journal of Medical Ethics, 2006
Psychotropic and other drugs can alter brain mechanisms regulating the formation, storage, and retrieval of different types of memory. These include “off label” uses of existing drugs and new drugs designed specifically to target the neural bases of memory.
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Methanol extract of semen Ziziphi Spinosae attenuates ethanol withdrawal anxiety by improving neuropeptide signaling in the central amygdala

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019
Background Ethanol withdrawal (EtOHW) anxiety is a crucial risk factor for alcoholic relapse. The neuropeptide nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) acts upon its receptor (NOP) to antagonize corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and elicit anxiolytic actions ...
Li Bo Li, Young Woo Kim, Yu Hua Wang, Li Bai, Xiao Dong Zhu, Zheng Lin Zhao, Chul Won Lee, Yu Jiao, Tong Wu, Zhen Zhen Cai, Sang Chan Kim, Won G. An, Chae Ha Yang, Guang Cheng Cui, Rong Jie Zhao   +14 more
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Pioneers in Psychopharmacology [PDF]

The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 1998
In pursuing the history of any field, even one in which many of the main exponents are still alive, it can be very difficult to establish facts and priorities. Detailed scrutiny of the events leading to the recognition of the antidepressant effects of iproniazid, in which Nathan Kline was involved, may fail to establish the exact sequence of events or ...
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A proof-of-concept investigation into ketamine as a pharmacological treatment for alcohol dependence: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials, 2017
Background Worldwide, alcohol abuse is a burgeoning problem. Abstinence is key to allow recovery of physical and mental health as well as quality of life, but treatment for alcohol dependence is associated with high relapse rates.
Amy McAndrew, Will Lawn, Tobias Stevens, Lilla Porffy, Brigitta Brandner, Celia J. A. Morgan   +5 more
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Safety Profile and Neurocognitive Function Following Acute 4-Fluoroamphetamine (4-FA) Administration in Humans

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
Availability of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) exponentially increased over the last years. Risk evaluations of NPS are hampered by the lack of pharmacological studies in humans on health parameters.
Elizabeth B. de Sousa Fernandes Perna, Eef L. Theunissen, Patrick C. Dolder, Natasha L. Mason, Nadia R. P. W. Hutten, Stefan W. Toennes, Kim P. C. Kuypers, Johannes G. Ramaekers   +7 more
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Mediating Effect of Sex-Related Differences in the Relationship Between Cognitive Functioning and Clinical Symptoms in Patients with Schizophrenia

Neuropsychiatric Investigation
Objective: Sex differences in patients suffering from schizophrenia are well established for clinical symptoms and a number of sociodemographic parameters, but not for cognitive functioning.
Taissia A Lepilkina, Margarita A Morozova, Andrey a Alekseev   +2 more
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Further evidence of the Diagnostic Utility of the Child Behavior Checklist for identifying pediatric Bipolar I Disorder [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, 2019
Amy Yule, Maura Fitzgerald, Timothy Wilens, Janet Wozniak, K. Yvonne Woodworth, Alexa Pulli, Mai Uchida, Stephen V. Faraone, Joseph Biederman   +8 more
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Lithium effects on impulsivity and emotional processing

Scientific Reports
Lithium is an effective treatment for mood disorders. However, its mechanism of action concerning its effect on impulsivity and emotional processing is still unclear.
Fitri Fareez Ramli, Catherine J. Harmer, Philip J. Cowen, Beata R. Godlewska   +3 more
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