Body image perception among men in three countries.

Objective: The authors tested the hypothesis that men in modern Western societies would desire to have a much leaner and more muscular body than the body they actually had or perceived themselves to have.

Method: The height, weight, and body fat of college-aged men in Austria (N=54), France (N=65), and the United States (N=81) were measured. Using the somatomorphic matrix, a computerized test devised by the authors, the men chose the body image that they felt represented 1) their own body, 2) the body they ideally would like to have, 3) the body of an average man of their age, and 4) the male body they believed was preferred by women.

Synaptic loss reflected by secretoneurin-like immunoreactivity in the human hippocampus in Alzheimer's disease.

Secretoneurin is a recently described peptide derived by endoproteolytic processing from secretogranin II, previously named chromogranin C. In this study, we have investigated the distribution of secretoneurin-like immunoreactivity in the human hippocampus in controls and in Alzheimer's disease patients, and compared the staining pattern to that of calretinin. Secretoneurin-like immunoreactivity is present throughout the hippocampal formation.

Risk factors for the development of neuroleptic induced akathisia.

Neuroleptic induced akathisia (NIA) is a common and distressing side effect of antipsychotic treatment. Incidence rates are reported to be between 25% and 75%, depending on criteria used for diagnosis. The results of our four week prospective naturalistic study are based on the assessment of 73 inpatients, which were started on antipsychotic medication in one of the inpatient units of the Department of Psychiatry.