Investigation of Urotensin II expression in placenta and umbilical cord in pregnancies with intrauterine growth restriction by histological and biochemical methods.

Objective: In this study, it was aimed to investigate Urotensin II in intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and its connection to autophagy and/or apoptosis in placenta and umbilical cord by immunohistochemical and biochemical methods.

Materials And Methods: The study included 30 healthy pregnant women and 30 pregnant women with IUGR, aged 19-45, at Atatürk University Gynecology Clinic. Samples were collected from placenta, umbilical cord, maternal blood, and umbilical cord blood during delivery.

Investigation of the effects of astaxanthin in experimental polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in rats.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Astaxanthin (ASX) on ovaries in letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) model in female rats by histopathological, immunohistochemical and biochemical techniques.

Materials And Methods: Seventy two Sprague-Dawley female rats with an average weight of 200-250 gr and 10-12 weeks old were randomly divided into 9 groups. PCOS model was applied to all groups except healthy group.

Factors affecting functional outcome in patients with traumatic brain injury sequelae: Our single-center experiences on brain injury rehabilitation.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effect of rehabilitation on functional level of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients and to examine the associated factors on functional gain in this patient population.

Patients And Methods: Between October 2010 and November 2015, a total of 71 patients (63 males, 8 females; mean age 26.6±8.

The prevalence of childhood psychopathology in Turkey: a cross-sectional multicenter nationwide study (EPICPAT-T).

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of childhood psychopathologies in Turkey.

Method: A nation-wide, randomly selected, representative population of 5830 children (6-13 years-old) enrolled as a 2nd,3rd or 4th grade student in 30 cities were evaluated for presence of a psychiatric or mental disorder by a Sociodemographic Form, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL), and DSM-IV-Based Screening Scale for Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents scales. Impairment criterion was assessed via a 3 point-Likert scale by the parent and the teacher independently.

Are rehabilitation outcomes after severe anoxic brain injury different from severe traumatic brain injury? A matched case-control study.

Many reports have investigated rehabilitation outcomes after a traumatic brain injury (TBI); however, comparably less is known about whether they differ from outcomes of an anoxic brain injury (ABI). Thus, we aimed to compare the rehabilitation outcomes of patients with ABI with control patients who have TBI. Forty participants with ABI and 40 participants with TBI were included in this retrospective study.

Inter-rater agreement of the Turkish version of the Neurobehavioral Rating Scale-Revised form.

Objectives: This study aims to adapt the Neurobehavioral Rating Scale-revised form (NBRS-R) for Turkish traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients and to investigate the inter-rater agreement of the Turkish revised scale.

Patients And Methods: A total of 45 patients (36 males, 9 females; mean age 31.1±13.

Evaluation of the Relationship between Brain-Derived Neurotropic Factor Levels and the Stroop Interference Effect in Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Introduction: Brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) has been suggested to play a role in the pathogenesis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In addition, impairment in executive functions has been reported in children with ADHD. This study investigated the presence of a relationship between Stroop test scores and BDNF levels in children with ADHD.

Assessment of forearm muscle spasticity with sonoelastography in patients with stroke.

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility of sonoelastography to show muscle stiffness in post-stroke spasticity, and the relationship between sonoelastography findings and clinical spasticity scores in the spastic forearm muscles.

Methods: This study was carried out in a university rehabilitation centre. 23 patients with stroke with forearm muscle spasticity (≥1+ using the Modified Ashworth scale score and ≥1 using the Tardieu scale) were included.

Cortisol and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels Prior to Treatment in Children With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Objective: In this study, we investigated serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), and cortisol levels between children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) prior to treatment and healthy controls. In addition, the study aimed to assess any correlations between OCD symptom severity and BDNF, ACTH, and cortisol levels.

Methods: Twenty-nine children, aged from 7 to 17 years (male/female: 21/8) and diagnosed with OCD according to DSM-IV prior to treatment, were compared with 25 healthy control subjects (male/female: 16/9).

Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage in Untreated First-Episode Psychosis in Adolescents.

Objective: Oxidative stress has been reported to play a role in the psychopathology of schizophrenia, though only a few studies have investigated the relationship between early-onset schizophrenia and oxidative stress. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the level of oxidative stress and the presence of DNA damage in first-episode psychosis (FEP) in adolescents.

Methods: This study was conducted in the Department of Child Psychiatry of the Dicle University Hospital.

The Levels of Cortisol, Oxidative Stress, and DNA Damage in the Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Preliminary Study.

In this study we aimed to investigate serum cortisol, oxidative stress, and DNA damage in children who are sexual abuse victims. The study included 38 children who sustained child sexual abuse and 38 age- and gender-matched children who did not have a history of trauma. Cortisol levels reflecting the status of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, anti-oxidant enzymes glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, natural anti-oxidant coenzyme Q, and 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine as the indicator of DNA damage were analyzed in serum samples using the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay method.

Assessment of Spasticity With Sonoelastography Following Stroke: A Feasibility Study.

Objective: To investigate the feasibility of sonoelastography to show muscle stiffness in poststroke spasticity, as well as the relationship between sonoelastography findings and muscle architecture features and clinical spasticity scores in the spastic gastrocnemius.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: University rehabilitation center.

Examining the levels of BDNF and cortisol in children and adolescent victims of sexual abuse--a preliminary study.

Background: Previous reports have suggested the biological and psychological effects of trauma induced by cortisol and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). The present study compared the levels of BDNF, cortisol, and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in children and adolescent victims of sexual abuse to those without a trauma history.

Methods: The study was conducted in the Department of Child Psychiatry at Dicle University.

Botulinum toxin injection for bruxism associated with brain injury: case report.

Bruxism is involuntary grinding of the teeth and can occur as a complication of brain injury. If untreated, bruxism can lead to severe occlusal trauma. Herein, we present a patient with traumatic brain injury and nocturnal bruxism that was treated with botulinum toxin injection.

Intermittent catheterization in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury: obstacles, worries, level of satisfaction.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to examine the obstacles in people with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) face performing intermittent catheterization (IC), also their worries and level of satisfaction.

Methods: Two hundred sixty-nine patients performing IC for at least 3 months were asked to fill-out a questionnaire about their opinions on IC.

Results: In total, 69.

Neurogenic bladder in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury: treatment and follow-up.

Study Design: Multi-center, cross-sectional study.

Objectives: Our aim was to evaluate the treatment methods and follow-up of neurogenic bladder in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury retrospectively using a questionnaire.

Setting: Turkey.

Effects of different bladder management methods on the quality of life in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury.

Study Design: Multi-center, cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of different bladder management methods on the quality of life (QoL) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Setting: Turkey.

The effects of onabotulinum toxin A injection into rectus femoris muscle in hemiplegic stroke patients with stiff-knee gait: a placebo-controlled, nonrandomized trial.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the efficacy of onabotulinum toxin A (onabot) injection into the rectus femoris muscle with that of placebo in the treatment of hemiplegic stroke patients presenting with stiff-knee gait.

Design: Twenty-five chronic hemiparetic stroke patients presenting with a stiff-knee gait were included in this study. Fifteen patients received 100-125 U of onabot, and 10 patients received placebo into the rectus femoris muscle.

Epidemiologic data of the patients with spinal cord injury: seven years' experience of a single center.

Background: We aimed to present the demographic and epidemiologic data on spinal cord injury (SCI) patients who were rehabilitated at our hospital, to identify high-risk groups and etiological factors, and to evaluate the factors that affect the duration of hospitalization (DOH).

Methods: Data on 905 SCI patients treated on an inpatient basis between December 2000 and June 2007 at our hospital were retrospectively evaluated. Patient age, sex, etiology of injury, DOH, neurologic level, and functional grouping were analyzed.

Effects of botulinum toxin-A on the muscle architecture of stroke patients: the first ultrasonographic study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore in vivo the effects of botulinum toxin-A treatment on the muscle architecture of patients with stroke, using musculoskeletal ultrasonography.

Methods: This prospective clinical trial included 26 adult stroke sufferers with a mean age of 55 years (standard deviation 14). Pennation angles between the fascicle path and the deep aponeurosis of the muscle, fascicle length, muscle thickness and muscle compressibility were scanned at the bulkiest part of the medial gastrocnemius on both limbs.

Early rehabilitation outcome in patients with middle cerebral artery stroke.

Although important data on the prognosis and rehabilitation outcome in stroke patients have been reported, data on functional recovery according to stroke subtypes are limited. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate functional outcome in patients with middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke-the most common subtype of ischemic stroke. The records of stroke patients that underwent the rehabilitation program at our brain injury rehabilitation service between January 2007 and December 2008 were reviewed, and those with MCA stroke were included in the study.

Severe heterotopic ossification in the non-affected limbs of a hemiplegic patient with traumatic brain injury.

Background/objective: Heterotopic ossification characterized by new bone formation in the periarticular regions of large joints in patients with neurologic injury most commonly occurs on the neurologically involved side. This study presents a very rare localization of heterotopic ossification that developed in the non-paretic limbs of a hemiplegic patient with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Case Report: A 25-year-old left hemiplegic male with TBI due to a gunshot wound was admitted to the rehabilitation centre after a 2.

Which treatment approach is better for hemiplegic shoulder pain in stroke patients: intra-articular steroid or suprascapular nerve block? A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To determine which injection technique was effective for patients with hemiplegic shoulder pain.

Design: Randomized prospective double-blind study.

Setting: Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit.

Effect of autonomic dysfunction on p-wave dispersion in patients with chronic spinal cord injury.

Objective: To provide information about the effect of autonomic dysfunction on P-wave dispersion, as a predictor of atrial fibrillation, in patients with spinal cord injury.

Design: Thirty patients with chronic traumatic spinal cord injury and 27 healthy controls were included in this study. The initial assessment of the patients included routine physical examination and evaluation of 12-lead electrocardiography.