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17. Unawareness of Illness in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Phenomenological Certainty versus Etiopathogenic Vagueness

Author

Orfei, Maria D., Robinson, Robert G., Bria, Pietro, Caltagirone, Carlo, and Spalletta, Gianfranco

Subjects
Dementia -- Care and treatment -- Diagnosis -- Research, Brain -- Injuries, Neuropsychiatry -- Research, Psychology and mental health, Diagnosis, Care and treatment, Research
Abstract

Byline: Maria D. Orfei (IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy); Robert G. Robinson (Department of Psychiatry, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City); [...]

Published
2008
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19. Chronic heroin and cocaine abuse is associated with decreased serum concentrations of the nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor

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Angelucci, Francesco, Ricci, Valerio, Pomponi, Massimiliano, Conte, Gianluigi, Mathe, Aleksander A., Attilio Tonali, Pietro, and Bria, Pietro

Subjects
Neurotrophic functions -- Research -- Physiological aspects -- Health aspects, Drug abuse -- Research -- Health aspects, Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries, Psychology and mental health, Physiological aspects, Research, Health aspects
Abstract

Keywords: heroin; cocaine; NGF; BDNF; human 820 Original PapersChronic heroin and cocaine abuse is associated with decreased serum concentrations of the nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor SAGE Publications, [...]

Published
2007
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20. Bipolar disorder and epilepsy: a bidirectional relation? Neurobiological underpinnings, current hypotheses, and future research directions

Author

Mazza, Marianna, Di Nicola, Marco, Marca, Giacomo Della, Janiri, Luigi, Bria, Pietro, and Mazza, Salvatore

Subjects
Bipolar disorder -- Research, Ion channels -- Chemical properties -- Research, Neurotransmitters -- Research -- Chemical properties, Neurobiology -- Chemical properties -- Research, Epilepsy -- Research, Psychology and mental health, Chemical properties, Research
Abstract

A number of studies have demonstrated that affective disorders in epilepsy represent a common psychiatric comorbidity; however, most of the classic neuropsychiatric literature focuses on depression, which is actually prominent, [...]

Published
2007

29. Thalamic dysfunction in schizophrenia suggested by whole-night deficits in slow and fast spindles

Author

Ferrarelli, Fabio, Peterson, Michael J., Sarasso, Simone, Riedner, Brady A., Murphy, Michael J., Benca, Ruth M., Bria, Pietro, Kalin, Ned H., and Tononi, Giulio

Subjects
Schizophrenia -- Diagnosis, Spindle (Cell division) -- Properties, Thalamic diseases -- Diagnosis, Health, Psychology and mental health
Abstract

Objective: Slow waves and sleep spindles are the two main oscillations occurring during non-REM sleep. While slow oscillations are primarily generated and modulated by the cortex, sleep spindles are initiated by the thalamic reticular nucleus and regulated by thalamo-reticular and thalamo-cortical circuits. In a recent high-density EEG study, the authors found that 18 medicated schizophrenia patients had reduced sleep spindles, compared with healthy and depressed subjects, during the first non-REM episode. In the present study, the authors investigated whether spindle deficits were present in a larger sample of schizophrenia patients, were consistent across the night, were related to antipsychotic medications, and were suggestive of impairments in specific neuronal circuits. Method: Whole-night high-density EEG recordings were performed in 49 schizophrenia patients, 20 nonschizophrenia patients receiving antipsychotic medication, and 44 healthy subjects. In addition to sleep spindles, several parameters of slow waves were assessed. Results: Schizophrenia patients had whole-night deficits in spindle power (12-16 Hz) and in slow (12-14 Hz) and fast (14-16 Hz) spindle amplitude, duration, number, and integrated activity in the prefrontal, centroparietal, and temporal regions. Integrated spindle activity and spindle number had the largest effect sizes (effect size: [greater than or equal to] 2.21). In contrast, no slow wave deficits were found in schizophrenia patients. Conclusions: These results indicate that spindle deficits can be reliably established in schizophrenia, are stable across the night, are unlikely to be due to antipsychotic medications, and point to deficits in the thalamic reticular nucleus and thalamo-reticular circuits. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09121731

Published
2010

40. Functional neuroimaging: points of intersection between biology and psychotherapy

Author

Marano, Giuseppe, Traversi, Gianandrea, Nannarelli, Carola, Pitrelli, Stefania, Bria, Pietro, Mazza, Salvatore, and Mazza, Marianna

Subjects
Psychotherapy, Settore M-PSI/07 - PSICOLOGIA DINAMICA, Settore MED/25 - PSCHIATRIA, Functional Neuroimaging, Mental Disorders, Humans, Biology, Neural mechanisms, Settore MED/36 - DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI E RADIOTERAPIA
Abstract

In the evaluation of the biological basis of psychotherapeutic changes many researches have noticed potential effects of psychotherapeutic interventions on the neural correlates of mental illness. In a psychotherapeutic setting, modifications in individual thoughts and feelings can restore brain functioning at physiological levels. This paper gives an overview about neurobiological methods and their potential to support psychotherapy research and to examine psychotherapy effects across a number of psychiatric disorders.Relevant informations are identified through searches of MEDLINE and Current Contents/Clinical Medicine.Studies demonstrate that it is important to consider putative neural mechanisms of psychotherapy, changes in the brain associated with psychotherapy on a global and molecular level, intervention-specific effects and prediction of outcome. Pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy converge in a common change of neuronal functions that might be detected by imaging techniques and might resemble correlates of clinical improvement.Neuroimaging techniques applied to psychotherapy research are relevant for further understanding neurobiological underpinnings of psychotherapy processes and predicting treatment outcome in order to improve clinical decision-making and treatment.

Published
2013

42. »Denken, Fühlen, Sein« -- Die Forschung über das Unbewusste von Ignacio Matte Blanco.

Author

Bria, Pietro

Abstract

The author introduces the concept of the unconscious as developed by Matte- Blanco. Matte-Blanco departs from Freud's hint of a differentiation between a repressed and a structural unconscious and posits an isomorphism between the logic of the unconscious, the logic of emotions, and the logic of infinity. Matte-Blanco shows that an isomorphism exists between the logic of the unconscious, the logic of emotions, and the logic of infinity. In contrast to the asymmetry of classical logic which rules in the physical world, the unconscious works in a symmetric mode which is characterized by an identity of part and whole. If the symmetric logic comes into play within the classical logic, a bi-logical structure emerges which is based on both logics. The symmetric logic is also one of emotions. The unconscious simultaneously engages more than three dimensions, that is, it has other means of presentation. In analogy to the relation between conscious and unconscious processes, the dialectic between finite and infinite becomes the object of psychoanalytic research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018

44. Enhanced BDNF serum levels in patients with severe pathological gambling

Author

Angelucci, F, Martinotti, Giovanni, Gelfo, F, Righino, Elisabetta, Conte, Gianluigi, Caltagirone, C, Bria, Pietro, and Ricci, Valerio

Subjects
Analysis of Variance, Settore MED/25 - PSCHIATRIA, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Dopamine, pathological gambling, SOGS, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Severity of Illness Index, serum levels, pathologic gambling, BDNF, Reward, Video Games, Case-Control Studies, Gambling, Humans, ELISA
Abstract

Although the pathophysiology of gambling is unknown, an involvement of midbrain dopaminergic pathway has been hypothesized. In this study, the association between brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and pathological gambling was investigated. We measured BDNF serum levels in (1) video players (n=10); (2) card players (n=9); (3) mixed players (n=21; both video and card players) and (4) age-matched controls (n=18). Mixed players had increased BDNF serum levels as compared to controls and higher South Oaks Gambling Screen score as compared to card or video players. Thus, the data demonstrate that patients affected by severe pathological gambling show enhanced BDNF serum levels.

Published
2011

45. Immune-inflammatory response changes in patients with major depressive disorder

Author

Camardese, Giovanni, Pizi, G., Marino, Mariapaola, Bartoccioni, Emanuela, Grillo, R. L., Mattioli, B., Leone, B., De Risio, Luisa, Pucci, L., Bria, Pietro, and Janiri, Luigi

Subjects
Depression, Settore MED/25 - PSCHIATRIA, Neuroimmunology, C-reactive protein, Settore MED/05 - PATOLOGIA CLINICA
Published
2011

49. Correlations Between Striatal Dopamine Transporter (DAT) Availability and Psychiatric Symptoms in Movement Disorders: A 123I-FP-CIT SPECT Study

Author

Di Giuda, Daniela, Fasano, Alfonso, Camardese, Giovanni, Cocciolillo, Fabrizio, Bruno, Isabella, Guidubaldi, Arianna, Caldarella, Carmelo, Pucci, L, Bentivoglio, Anna Rita, Fortini, Danilo, Nicoloso, V, Bria, Pietro, Tonali, Pietro Attilio, and Giordano, Alessandro

Subjects
DATSCAN, Settore MED/25 - PSCHIATRIA, ANXIETY, MOVEMENT DISORDERS
Published
2010

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