Neuropsychiatric Disorders following Stroke

Gut Microbiota and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Bilingualism and neuropsychiatric disorders

A range of psychotic manifestations (including auditory hallucinations, delusions, conceptual disorganization, anxiety, and depression) have been reported to occur in either one or all of a patient’s languages. The reasons why one of the patient’s languages may be more affected than others is investigated. Whether a particular language should be used in psychotherapy, and if so, which one, is a...

Non-breathing-related sleep disorders following stroke.

INTRODUCTION It has been shown that sleep-related breathing disorders, especially sleep apnea, are very common in patients who have had a stroke, and that they also reduce the potential for neurological recovery. Nevertheless, other sleep disorders caused by stroke (excessive daytime sleepiness, insomnia, sleep related movement disorders) can also cause or increase stroke-related disability, an...

Neuropsychiatric outcomes of stroke.

The most common neuropsychiatric outcomes of stroke are depression, anxiety, fatigue, and apathy, which each occur in at least 30% of patients and have substantial overlap of prevalence and symptoms. Emotional lability, personality changes, psychosis, and mania are less common but equally distressing symptoms that are also challenging to manage. The cause of these syndromes is not known, and th...

Reelin and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Proper neuronal migration and laminar formation during corticogenesis is essential for normal brain function. Disruption of these developmental processes is thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of some neuropsychiatric conditions. Especially, Reelin, a glycoprotein mainly secreted by the Cajal-Retzius cells and a subpopulation of GABAergic interneurons, has been shown to play a critical r...