Affective Symptoms - Physiopathology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Early features in frontotemporal dementia.

30 Jul 2009 Frontotemporal dementia is a disorder of paralimbic prefrontal-insular circuitry. The disorder is often sporadic but can be caused by genetic mutations in tau, progranulin, valosin, TDP-43 and CHMP2b. The major clinical manifestations of FTD include ... Read more...

The human mirror neuron system in a population with deficient self-awareness: an fMRI study in alexithymia.

29 Jun 2009 The mirror neuron system (MNS) is considered crucial for human imitation and language learning and provides the basis for the development of empathy and mentalizing. Alexithymia (ALEX), which refers to deficiencies in the self-awareness of emotional ... Read more...

A preliminary longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging study of brain volume and cortical thickness in autism.

9 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Autism is a developmental neurobiologic disorder associated with structural and functional abnormalities in several brain regions including the cerebral cortex. This longitudinal study examined developmental changes in brain volume and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Affective Symptoms - Physiopathology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Early features in frontotemporal dementia. 30 Jul 2009
• The human mirror neuron system in a population with deficient self-awareness: an fMRI study in alexithymia. 29 Jun 2009
• A preliminary longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging study of brain volume and cortical thickness in autism. 9 Jun 2009
• Contextualizing the neurobiology of conduct disorder in an emotion dysregulation framework. 5 Jun 2009
• Neural mechanisms of a genome-wide supported psychosis variant. 29 Apr 2009
• Affect-related behaviors in mice misexpressing the RNA editing enzyme ADAR2. 6 Apr 2009
• The angry brain: neural correlates of anger, angry rumination, and aggressive personality. 30 Mar 2009
• SOD1 and cognitive dysfunction in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 27 Feb 2009
• Neural correlates of alexithymia in response to emotional stimuli: a study of anorexia nervosa patients. 27 Feb 2009
• Variables related to behavioral and emotional problems and gender typed behaviors in female patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. 30 Jan 2009
• Responsiveness to drug cues and natural rewards in opiate addiction: associations with later heroin use. 30 Jan 2009
• CREB regulation of nucleus accumbens excitability mediates social isolation-induced behavioral deficits. 16 Jan 2009
• Alexithymia in fibromyalgia syndrome: associations with ongoing pain, experimental pain sensitivity and illness behavior. 14 Jan 2009
• Alexithymia determines the anxiety experienced in skydiving. 19 Dec 2008
• The efficacy of cognitive behavior therapy in the treatment of emotional distress after acquired brain injury. 29 Nov 2008
• Interictal emotional state and epilepsy. 30 Oct 2008
• Influence of hypothalamic stimulation on the development of status epilepticus in rats. 30 Oct 2008
• The relationship between clinico-biochemical characteristics and psychiatric distress in young women with polycystic ovary syndrome. 30 Oct 2008
• Stress reactions to cognitively demanding tasks and open-plan office noise. 19 Oct 2008
• Review. The incentive sensitization theory of addiction: some current issues. 10 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Affective Symptoms'

Definition: Mood or emotional responses dissonant with or inappropriate to the behavior and/or stimulus.

Descriptor UI: D000342

Alternative terms: Affective Symptoms; Affective Symptom; Symptom, Affective; Symptoms, Affective; Alexithymia; Alexithymias; Emotional Disturbances; Disturbance, Emotional; Disturbances, Emotional; Emotional Disturbance;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F01.145.126.100;

Online Note: use AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS to search AFFECTIVE DISTURBANCES 1969-80

History Note: 81; was AFFECTIVE DISTURBANCES 1969-80

Technical Notes: human only; do not confuse with AFFECTIVE DISORDERS: read MeSH definitions & follow text