[The history of CINP between 1958 and 2000].

Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum (CINP) is an international society which was established to facilitate academic exchange of basic and clinical studies related to psychotropic drugs. The CINP has been devoted to the problems of methodology and to the analysis of the pharmacological and therapeutic results with psychotropic drugs under normal and pathological conditions as well to the medico-social implications of neuropsychopharmacology. The CINP was organized by Prof.

Alterations of growth, blood biochemical components and hormone profiles by intensified nutrition in growth retarded Japanese Black cattle.

In order to determine the clinical conditions of Japanese Black (JB) cattle with growth retardation, we determined the changes of body growth, blood profiles of metabolism and hormones caused by intensified nutrition (sufficient total digestible nutrients and digestible crude protein for a target daily gain set at 1.2-1.3 kg/day) in three cattle.

Improvement of patient attitude toward treatment among inpatients with schizophrenia and its related factors: controlled study of a psychological approach.

A randomized controlled trial was conducted in an acute inpatient setting to test the effects of an intervention based on individual interviews, with the goal to improve patients' attitudes towards their psychiatric situation and understanding of illness and its treatment. In addition, the factors related to the improvement were explored. Fifty eligible male patients with DSM-IV schizophrenia recruited from consecutive admissions were allocated to two groups: weekly sessions plus routine inpatient treatment or routine inpatient treatment only.

P300 and disability of daily life in schizophrenia.

1. The relationship between the P300 component of event-related potentials and disability of daily life was examined in schizophrenia. The subjects were 26 chronic schizophrenic patients.

Calbindin immunoreactivity in the hippocampal formation and neocortex of schizophrenics.

1. The authors studied the morphology of CalbindinD28K (CaBp) immunoreactive cells and processes in the hippocampal formation and the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenics using the immunohistochemical technique of avidin-biotin-complex method (ABC method), and the results were compared with those from normal human brains. 2.