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Metabolic Brain Disease

Ausgabe 2/2014

Special Issue: Neuroscience in Africa

Inhalt (35 Artikel)

Editorial

Highlights of neuroscience research in Africa

Susan J. van Rensburg, Vivienne A. Russell

Original Paper

Systematic review of neuroimaging studies in vertically transmitted HIV positive children and adolescents

Jacqueline Hoare, Gabrielle L. Ransford, Nicole Phillips, Taryn Amos, Kirsten Donald, Dan J. Stein

Original Paper

Alcohol-induced psychotic disorder: a review

Gerhard P. Jordaan, Robin Emsley

Original Paper

Effects of prenatal methamphetamine exposure: a review of cognitive and neuroimaging studies

Maja A. Kwiatkowski, Annerine Roos, Dan J. Stein, Kevin G. F. Thomas, Kirsty Donald

Original Paper

The interaction between stress and exercise, and its impact on brain function

Vivienne A. Russell, Michael J. Zigmond, Jacqueline J. Dimatelis, William M. U. Daniels, Musa V. Mabandla

Original Paper

HIV subtype is not associated with dementia among individuals with moderate and advanced immunosuppression in Kampala, Uganda

Ned Sacktor, Noeline Nakasujja, Andrew D. Redd, Jordyn Manucci, Oliver Laeyendecker, Sarah K. Wendel, Stephen F Porcella, Craig Martens, Daniel Bruno, Richard L. Skolasky, Ozioma C. Okonkwo, Kevin Robertson, Seggane Musisi, Elly Katabira, Thomas C. Quinn

Original Paper

Predictors of neurocognitive outcomes on antiretroviral therapy after cryptococcal meningitis: a prospective cohort study

Renee Donahue Carlson, Melissa A. Rolfes, Kate E. Birkenkamp, Noeline Nakasujja, Radha Rajasingham, David B. Meya, David R. Boulware

Research Article

Intimate partner violence: associations with low infant birthweight in a South African birth cohort

Nastassja Koen, Gail E. Wyatt, John K. Williams, Muyu Zhang, Landon Myer, Heather J. Zar, Dan J. Stein

Original Paper

The effect of childhood trauma on spatial cognition in adults: a possible role of sex

Supriya Syal, Jonathan Ipser, Nicole Phillips, Kevin G. F. Thomas, Jack van der Honk, Dan J. Stein

Open Access Original Paper

Childhood adversity is linked to differential brain volumes in adolescents with alcohol use disorder: a voxel-based morphometry study

Samantha J. Brooks, Shareefa Dalvie, Natalie L. Cuzen, Valerie Cardenas, George Fein, Dan J. Stein

Original Paper

A comparison of spectral quality in magnetic resonance spectroscopy data acquired with and without a novel EPI-navigated PRESS sequence in school-aged children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Aaron T. Hess, Sandra W. Jacobson, Joseph L. Jacobson, Christopher D. Molteno, André J. W. van der Kouwe, Ernesta M. Meintjes

Open Access Original Paper

Haplotype-based study of the association of alcohol and acetaldehyde-metabolising genes with alcohol dependence (with or without comorbid anxiety symptoms) in a Cape Mixed Ancestry population

Andrew Crawford, Shareefa Dalvie, Sarah Lewis, Anthony King, Israel Liberzon, George Fein, Karestan Koenen, Rajkumar Ramesar, Dan J. Stein

Original Paper

Structural brain changes in prenatal methamphetamine-exposed children

Annerine Roos, Gaby Jones, Fleur M. Howells, Dan J. Stein, Kirsten A. Donald

Determinants of cognitive performance in children relying on cyanogenic cassava as staple food

G. M. Bumoko, M. T. Sombo, L. D. Okitundu, D. N. Mumba, K. T. Kazadi, J. J. Tamfum-Muyembe, M. R. Lasarev, M. J. Boivin, J. P. Banea, D. D. Tshala-Katumbay

Original Paper

Mindfulness based cognitive therapy may improve emotional processing in bipolar disorder: pilot ERP and HRV study

Fleur M. Howells, H. G. Laurie Rauch, Victoria L. Ives-Deliperi, Neil R. Horn, Dan J. Stein

Original Paper

Significance of dietary folate intake, homocysteine levels and MTHFR 677 C>T genotyping in South African patients diagnosed with depression: test development for clinical application

Darnielle Delport, Renata Schoeman, Nicole van der Merwe, Lize van der Merwe, Leslie R. Fisher, Dieter Geiger, Maritha J. Kotze

Original Paper

The fear-factor stress test: an ethical, non-invasive laboratory method that produces consistent and sustained cortisol responding in men and women

Christopher du Plooy, Kevin G. F. Thomas, Michelle Henry, Robyn Human, W. Jake Jacobs

Original Paper

The cross-cultural utility of foreign- and locally-derived normative data for three WHO-endorsed neuropsychological tests for South African adolescents

Helen L. Ferrett, Kevin G. F. Thomas, Susan F. Tapert, Paul D. Carey, Simone Conradie, Natalie L. Cuzen, Dan J. Stein, George Fein

Original Paper

The fat mass and obesity-associated FTO rs9939609 polymorphism is associated with elevated homocysteine levels in patients with multiple sclerosis screened for vascular risk factors

Wiliam Davis, Susan J. van Rensburg, Frans J. Cronje, Lindiwe Whati, Leslie R. Fisher, Lize van der Merwe, Dieter Geiger, M. Shafick Hassan, Tandi Matsha, Rajiv T. Erasmus, Maritha J. Kotze

Original Paper

Methamphetamine reversed maternal separation-induced decrease in nerve growth factor in the ventral hippocampus

J. J. Dimatelis, V. A. Russell, D. J. Stein, W. M. Daniels

Original Paper

Acute and sub-chronic effects of purified cathinone from khat (Catha edulis) on behavioural profiles in vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops)

Albert W. Nyongesa, Jemimah A. Oduma, Motohiro Nakajima, Hesbon O. Odongo, Pius A. Adoyo, Mustafa al’Absi

Original Paper

Dose-response inhibitory effects of purified cathinone from khat (Catha edulis) on cortisol and prolactin release in vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops)

Albert W. Nyongesa, Jemimah A. Oduma, Motohiro Nakajima, Hesbon O. Odongo, Pius A. Adoyo, Mustafa al’Absi

Original Paper

Glia activation and its role in oxidative stress

Olalekan Michael Ogundele, Adams Olalekan Omoaghe, Duyilemi Chris Ajonijebu, Abiodun Ayodele Ojo, Temitope Deborah Fabiyi, Olayemi Joseph Olajide, Deborah Tolulope Falode, Philip Adeyemi Adeniyi

Original Paper

Erythrina abyssinica prevents meningoencephalitis in chronic Trypanosoma brucei brucei mouse model

Johnson Nasimolo, Stephen Gitahi Kiama, Peter Karuri Gathumbi, Andrew Ndegwa Makanya, John Maina Kagira

Original Paper

Cerebellar neurohistology and behavioural effects of gongronema latifolium and rauwolfia vomitoria in mice

Moses B. Ekong, Mine D. Peter, Aniekan I. Peter, Mokutima A. Eluwa, Idorenyin U. Umoh, Anozeng O. Igiri, Theresa B. Ekanem

Original Paper

Depo-Provera effects on Wistar rat performance in the Y-maze

A. K. Okojie, O. A. Oyekunle

Original Paper

NMDA-R inhibition affects cellular process formation in Tilapia Melanocytes; a model for pigmented adrenergic neurons in process formation and retraction

Olalekan Michael Ogundele, Adetokunbo Adedotun Okunnuga, Temitope Deborah Fabiyi, Olayemi Joseph Olajide, Ibukun Dorcas Akinrinade, Philip Adeyemi Adeniyi, Abiodun Ayodele Ojo

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