Saffron Extract Attenuates Anxiogenic Effect and Improves Cognitive Behavior in an Adult Zebrafish Model of Traumatic Brain Injury.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has the highest mortality rates worldwide, yet effective treatment remains unavailable. TBI causes inflammatory responses, endoplasmic reticulum stress, disruption of the blood-brain barrier and neurodegeneration that lead to loss of cognition, memory and motor skills. Saffron ( L.

High-Dose Levetiracetam for Neonatal Seizures: A Retrospective Review.

Background: Neonatal seizures are frequently encountered in the neonatal intensive care unit and may be associated with serious long-term neurological sequelae. Response to treatment continues to be modest, and treatment guidelines remain unclear. The use of levetiracetam has been on the rise in the past several years due to its favorable safety profile in the face of limited data on its efficacy and optimal dosing regimens.

Prevalence of comorbidities and correlates of hospital readmission rate in patients with acute mania: A one-year retrospective data from a tertiary care.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of medical comorbidities in acute manic patients over a period of 1 year, and to evaluate correlates of the readmission rate.

Design/methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted on 158 acute manic patients from 2016 to 2017.

Results: The most common physical comorbidity was obesity (36.

Factors associated with anxiety disorders among patients with substance use disorders in Lebanon: Results of a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: Estimate the rate of anxiety disorders (AD) and associated factors among patients with substance use disorder (SUD) in Lebanon.

Methods: A cross-sectional study, conducted between April and September 2017, enrolled 57 inpatients with SUD.

Results: The rate of AD in patients with SUD was 61.

Identification of Factors Affecting the Quality of Life Among Patients With Addiction in Lebanon.

Our objective was to assess factors associated with the physical (Short-Form 12-physical component summary [SF-12-PCS]) and mental (Short-Form 12-mental component summary [SF-12-MCS]) quality of life (QOL) in the Lebanese population. A cross-sectional study, conducted between July and September 2017, enrolled 57 patients with substance use disorder from the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross. The SF-12 scale was used to assess the QOL among participants.

Cognition and physical functioning in patients with schizophrenia: any role for vitamin D?

: The study's objective was to evaluate the relationship between vitamin D (VD) levels and cognitive performance in patients with schizophrenia. : A cross-sectional study, conducted between March and July 2016, recruited 196 patients with schizophrenia. The Brief Cognitive Rating Scale (BCRS) and the Morningside Rehabilitation Status Scale (MRSS) were used to measure the severity of cognitive impairment and the level of general functioning in psychiatric patients.

Cardiovascular events in hospitalised patients with schizophrenia: a survival analysis.

To evaluate the occurrence of cardiovascular (CV), cerebrovascular events and mortality rates, and compare the predictive ability of two scores, Framingham Risk Score (FRS) and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD), of detecting a cardiovascular event in a cohort of schizophrenic patients. A cohort of 329 hospitalised schizophrenic patients is being monitored since 1 January 2013. Patients' file review was performed to detect the CV events of interest.

Affective temperaments in Lebanese people with substance use disorder.

Purpose: To examine these temperaments among patients with substance use disorder (SUD) in the Lebanese population.

Design: Case-control.

Methods: Fifty-seven controls and 57 patients with SUD were enrolled between April and September 2017.

Hypovitaminosis D in a Young Lebanese Population: Effect of GC Gene Polymorphisms on Vitamin D and Vitamin D Binding Protein Levels.

Bioactive vitamin D is a steroid hormone transported in blood via the vitamin D binding protein (DBP). Our study aimed to investigate the vitamin D status in a young Lebanese population and study the association of hypovitaminosis with levels of DBP. Polymorphisms in the GC gene that encodes DBP were also screened.