Cognitive impairments are a core feature in schizophrenia patients (SCZ) and are also observed in first-degree relatives (FR) of SCZ. However, substantial variability in the impairments exists within and among SCZ, FR and healthy controls (HC). A cluster-analytic approach can group individuals based on profiles of traits and create more homogeneous groupings than predefined categories. Here, we...

BACKGROUND Academic achievement of school age children can be affected by several factors such as nutritional status, demographics, and socioeconomic factors. Though evidence about the magnitude of malnutrition is well established in Ethiopia, there is a paucity of evidence about the association of nutritional status with academic performance among the nation's school age children. Hence, this ...

OBJECTIVES To clarify cerebral perfusion distribution and cognitive functions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) according to the hypoxia levels and to assess if there is a relationship between cognitive impairment and cerebral perfusion index. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eight patients with stable hypoxemic COPD (HC), 10 patients with stable nonhypoxemic COPD (NHC), and 1...

OBJECTIVES To use diffusion tensor imaging to assess white matter tract degeneration in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and to investigate correlates between tract integrity and clinical measures. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Tertiary care medical center. PATIENTS/PARTICIPANTS Twenty patients with probable PSP and 20 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were enrolled. All pati...

BACKGROUND Recent findings of neuroimaging studies indicate that reading aloud and arithmetic calculation activate bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of humans. The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of reading aloud and arithmetic calculation, by elderly people who were clinically diagnosed with dementia Alzheimer type, on their brain functions and activities of daily living...

Aim. The purpose of the study was to examine the relation between cognitive functioning in people with borderline personality disorder and their overall functioning level, as well as psychopathology intensification specific for this type of disorders. Method. 64 patients aged 18–55 (M = 30.09) with borderline personality disorder (emotionally unstable personality – borderline type in the ICD-10...

BACKGROUND Patients on neurology wards have been shown to have high rates of psychiatric illness. Prevalence figures of 39-64% have been reported previously. However a low rate of recognition of psychiatric illness is also observed in this population. OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of psychiatric illness in neurology inpatients in a regional neuroscience centre and to assess the sensit...