Aims: The expression of gene and gene product is typically inhibited by a small non-coding RNA (microRNA) or DNA methylation. The aim of this study is to investigate mechanisms involving microRNA let-7f by which the repeated cycles of ethanol exposure and withdrawal provoke mitoc...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/11533
Aim: Intellectual disability often referred to as a mental, cognitive or mental retardation is a lifelong condition that affects intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviors. Information about children with intellectual disability attending regular schools is limited in India...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/10610
Background: Over the past several decades, the relationship between personality traits, depression, anxiety and stroke has interested to clinicians and researchers. Objective: Evaluation of personality traits, depression and anxiety among patients with stroke. Methods: Thirty pat...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/9865
Bilateral thalamic infarct (BTI) represents an uncommon stroke presentation. Pathophysiology recognizes the occlusion of an anatomic variant of the thalamic blood supply from perforating branches of posterior cerebral arteries. Presentation could be nonspecific and dramatic in th...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/9897
Objective: To detect the diagnostic accuracy of inversion recovery sequence in detection of meningitis taking cerebrospinal fluid as the gold standard. Material and Methods: This study was conducted in Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Karachi. Retrospective data was reviewed f...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/10365
Aim: The present study presented as a comparison of the cognitive functions, psychomotor performance and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders between dyslexic and control students. Method: This was a randomized study. The participants were 33 dyslexic students and 34 age, ge...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/9868
Aim: Insomnia is subjective perception of dissatisfaction with sleep quality and/or duration. The present study aimed to determine the effects of sleep deprivation on cardiovascular risk factors and health. Design, Place and Duration of Study: A cross-sectional study was conducte...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/10848
Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of individualized progressive resistance strength training (PRT) program in improving the confidence level among the institutionalized elderly with balance impairment, in comparison with traditional balance exercise (TBE), and combination of bo...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/9396
Konstantin Balayan, Maria Kahloon, Gabriel Tobia, Anna Postolova, Holly Peek, Araks Akopyan, Marie Lord, Alexandra Brownstein, Amira Aziz, Uju Nwabueze, Brian Blackmon, Alexander Joseph Steiner, Enrique Lopez & Waguih William IsHak·International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal·2014
Aims: To review the relevant literature on Quality of Life (QOL) impairment in PTSD and the impact of treatment interventions on QOL. Methods: A database search from 1980-2012 was conducted using Medline, PsycINFO, and the PILOTS database using the keywords: “PTSD”, “posttraumati...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/7649
Aims: To evaluate the diagnostic validity of an in vitro assay for indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) activity as indicator for biological alterations that are associated with depressive symptomatologies. Study Design: Retrospective evaluation of a medical database. Place and Dura...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/9065
Aims: Recent evidences suggest that individuals’ body composition can related to depression symptoms. We aimed to examine the relationship between depressive symptoms and waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI) and height. Study Design and Methods: This study was carried...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/9044
Introduction: The most common cause of sudden isolated and prolonged global aphasia is acute stroke, affecting the cortical or subcortical language network. However, an aphasic status epilepticus (ASE) has to be considered as a possible differential diagnosis in awake patients pr...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/8681
Interleukin (IL)-2 is implicated in the etiology of psychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, psychosis) involving an increased expression of repetitive stereotyped movements. However, little is known about the underlying pharmacological mechanisms or behavioral processes. Of f...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/7284
Aim: We present a pictorial review of 3D FLAIR images depicting its importance in demonstrating the peripheral lesions of brainstem particularly in relation to attachment of cranial nerves and cranial neuropathies and particularly in context of patients with multiple sclerosis (M...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/8190
DDMS is a rare syndrome characterized by seizures, facial asymmetry, contralateral hemiplegia and mental retardation. The characteristic radiologic features are cerebral hemiatrophy with homolateral hypertrophy of the skull and sinuses. Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome (DDMS) is one...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2014/8675