OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to follow a cohort of HIV-infected individuals for 2 years to assess changes in depression and neuropsychological performance over time, to explore the relationship between depression, HIV illness and neuropsychological performance, and to examine the natural history of the effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on depression and neurocogni...

RATIONALE Benign rolandic epilepsy (BRE) is a form of partial idiopathic epilepsy according to the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) syndromes classification (1989). Recent studies have identified cases of BRE that do not meet the initial definition of 'benign'; these included reports of cases with specific cognitive deficits. It is still a matter of debate, whether these deficits ar...

Over long delays between events, evidence from computational models suggests that neurogenesis may be important for reducing the potential of interference between overlapping memories. These computational models also suggest that at shorter time scales, within a single memory episode, neurogenesis may play a role in binding together elements that share a common spatiotemporal context. Empirical...

Introduction: Emotion recognition is the main component of social cognition and has various patterns in different cultures nationalities. The present study aimed to investigate emotion among Iranians using Cambridge neuro-psychological test automated battery (CANTAB) as a valid neuropsychological test. Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 117 males females (Mean±SD age 32.1±6.4) were ...

Atomoxetine is efficacious in reducing symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) but its effect on executive functions needs more investigation. We examined the effect of atomoxetine on a wide range of non-verbal executive functions among 30 drug-naive male patients with DSM-IV ADHD, aged 8-16 yr, in an open-label 12-wk atomoxetine treatment trial. Before administration of ato...