Proteomics in neuropsychiatric disorders.

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN THE OLDEST MEDICAL TEXTBOOK IN PERSIAN WRITTEN AROUND 990 A.D.

Written around 990 A.D Hidayat-Motaallemin Fil Tibb (Students’ Guide in Medicine) is the oldest general medical Text known to have been written in modern Persian. Little is known of the author other than the fact that he was apparently a well experienced practicing physician by t he name of Abu Bakr Rabi'bin Ahmadal-Akhawaini from Bukhara who claimed to be a second generation student of R...

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN THE OLDEST MEDICAL TEXTBOOK IN PERSIAN WRITTEN AROUND 990 A.D.

Written around 990 A.D., Hidayat-MllIaallemill Fit Tibb (Student's Guide ill Medicine) is the oldest general medical text known to have been written in modern Persian. Little is known of the author other than the fact that he was apparently a well experienced practicing physician by the name of Abu Bah Rabi' bin Ahmad al-Akhawaini from Bukhara who claimed to bea second generation student o...

Catatonia: extinct, lost, or forgotten?

Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome that occurs in some primary psychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, mood disorders), or due to general medical conditions (e.g., neurological disorders, drug poisoning, metabolic disorders) (1). Although it is uncommon, but if it goes unrecognized in medical and surgical units (2), it can increase morbidity and mortality. Moreover, making a connectio...

Letter to Editor: Neuropsychiatric Consequences of Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients with Chronic Movement Disorders

Neuropsychological and Neuropsychiatric Deficits Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Common Patterns and Neuropathological Mechanisms

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in all degrees of injury severity mainly induces deviant cognitive, emotional and behavioral alterations that lead to their respective disorders. This brief overview strives to define the variables that determine the risk of occurrence of these disorders and to describe the common patterns of these disorders and their relevant neuropathogenetic mechanism(s). In addi...

Mass spectrometric analysis of prefrontal cortex proteins in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

BACKGROUND Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are the two most serious and debilitating neuropsychiatric disorders that share many characteristics, both symptomatic and epidemiological. There has yet to be a single diagnostic biomarker discovered for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Proteomics holds promise in elucidating the pathophysiology of these neuropsychiatric disorders from each othe...