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Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci 2019;17(2):222-232.

The effects of alpha asymmetry and high-beta down-training neurofeedback for patients with the major depressive disorder and anxiety symptoms.

Background: Alpha-asymmetry neurofeedback (ALAY) was applied to patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) based on the theory of frontal alpha asymmetry. Neurophysiological studies have found a higher high-beta activity of electroencephalography (EEG) at the posterior cortex among patients with comorbid MDD and anxiety symptoms. The present study examined the effects of ALAY and high-beta down-training (Beta) neurofeedback in symptoms of depression and anxiety and EEG parameters.

Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Increased Autonomic Activation and Improved Symptoms of Depression and Insomnia among Patients with Major Depression Disorder.

Objective: Autonomic imbalance is considered a psychopathological mechanism underlying major depressive disorder (MDD). Heart rate variability (HRV) is an index for autonomic activation. Poor sleep quality is common among patients with MDD.

Depressive mood and frontal alpha asymmetry during the luteal phase in premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

Aims: Patients with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) experience moderate to severe physical and mood symptoms during the luteal phase of their menstrual cycle. The purposes of this study were to examine whether there were significant differences in frontal alpha asymmetry between PMDD and non-PMDD women during a depressive induction condition during the luteal and follicular phases and to examine the relations between premenstrual distress and depressive symptoms, and frontal alpha asymmetry.

Material And Methods: The participants included 12 college women with PMDD and 12 without PMDD as controls.

Biomarkers associated with vascular and valvular calcification in chronic hemodialysis patients.

Background: Cardiovascular calcification, including arterial intimal and medial calcification (AIC and AMC) and valvular calcification (VC) are important predictors of outcome in chronic dialysis patients. We aimed to compare their prevalence and analyze respective risk factors in hemodialysis (HD) patients.

Methods: A total of 81 HD patients were enrolled.

Variations in connectivity in the sensorimotor and default-mode networks during the first nocturnal sleep cycle.

The function of sleep in humans has been investigated using simultaneous electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging recordings to provide accurate sleep scores with spatial precision. Recent studies have demonstrated that spontaneous brain oscillations and functional connectivity dissociate during nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep; this leads to spontaneous cognitive processes, such as memory consolidation and emotional modulation. However, variations in network connectivity across the sleep stages or between sleep/wake transitions require further elucidation.

Do age-related changes contribute to the flanker effect?

Objectives: The present study examined age-related changes in the flanker effect and the extent to which age interacts with flanker-induced differences in perceptual processing, which contribute to the flanker effect.

Methods: We adopted a modified flanker-task paradigm that incorporates PRO (i.e.

Association between interleukin-10 gene polymorphism -592 (A/C) and peritoneal transport in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis.

Aim: The aim of this analysis was to know whether these three cytokine polymorphisms, including interleukin-6 (IL-6; -572 G/C), tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α; -308 G/A), and IL-10 (-592 A/C) have an effect on baseline peritoneal transport property and longitudinal evolution of peritoneal function.

Methods: A total of 141 stable peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients with mean treatment duration of 84.4 ± 34.

Activation of intrarenal renin-angiotensin system during metabolic acidosis.

Background: Chronic metabolic acidosis is a common metabolic disturbance and its clinical impact can be severe and extensive. The role and the change of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system (RAS) during metabolic acidosis are uncertain, and whether acidosis can evoke inflammation remains unclear.

Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed with water containing 0.

Proinflammatory cytokines, hepatocyte growth factor and adipokines in peritoneal dialysis patients.

Chronic inflammation is a well-recognized complication in dialysis patients and a potential role of the adipose tissue as an important tissue of origin contributing to inflammation has been proposed. Stable peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients were enrolled to investigate the relationship between serum levels of proinflammatory cytokines and adipokines. Our results revealed that there was a strong association between high sensitivity C-reactive protein and interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) but not with IL-10 and IL-18.

Factors associated with blood concentrations of indoxyl sulfate and p-cresol in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis.

Background: Accumulating evidence supports the important role of protein-bound uremic toxins such as indoxyl sulfate and p-cresol in uremic syndrome. They exert direct deleterious effects on a variety of cells and could link to clinical outcome. Factors relevant to indoxyl sulfate and p-cresol levels in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients have rarely been investigated.

Preserved residual kidney function after twelve years' hemodialysis.

Residual kidney function (RKF) contributes significantly to solute clearance and fluid removal for dialysis patients, and the presence of RKF is associated with less morbidity and better long-term outcome. Most studies demonstrate that peritoneal dialysis preserves RKF better than hemodialysis (HD). Herein, we report a 55-year-old man with end stage renal failure who had been on chronic HD for 12 years.

Factors determining cardiovascular and renal outcomes after adrenalectomy in patients with aldosterone-producing adrenal adenoma.

Primary aldosteronism is an important cause of secondary hypertension, because it is potentially curable, especially in case of unilateral aldosterone-producing adrenal adenoma (APA). However, the information is limited concerning the cardiovascular and renal outcomes in this patient population. We studied 52 patients with APA in order to determine the pre-operative and post-operative factors predicting cardiovascular and renal outcomes.

Clinical interpretation of reticulocyte hemoglobin content, RET-Y, in chronic hemodialysis patients.

Background: Iron deficiency is the most common factor associated with erythropoietin (EPO) hyporesponsiveness. Current iron indices are inadequate to demonstrate the status or utility of iron in erythropoiesis. The aims of this study are to investigate the value of the reticulocyte hemoglobin content, RET-Y, in hemodialysis (HD) patients and compare the levels with conventional iron indices.

Association between C-reactive protein and biomarkers of bone and mineral metabolism in chronic hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: Both chronic inflammation and dysregulation of bone and mineral metabolism are closely related with long-term outcomes of dialysis patients. Our objective was to investigate the relationship between these two abnormalities.

Design: This was a cross-sectional study.

Successful treatment of bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis in a uremic patient without nephrectomy.

Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a severe and complicated renal infection characterized by gas formation within the infected kidney and its surrounding tissues. Early diagnosis with a high index of suspicion and aggressive treatment are important for improving outcome. Bilateral involvement is rare, and surgical intervention is usually required because of its high mortality rate.

Inflammatory marker but not adipokine predicts mortality among long-term hemodialysis patients.

Aims: chronic inflammation contributes significantly to the morbidity and mortality of chronic hemodialysis patients. A recent research has shown that adipokines were associated with inflammation in these patients. We aim to investigate whether biomarkers of inflammation, adipokines, and clinical features can predict the outcome of hemodialysis patients.

Inferior vena cava filter as a preventive device for recurrent pulmonary embolism in a patient with nephrotic syndrome.

Objective: This study describes a patient with nephrotic syndrome who experienced recurrent pulmonary emboli as renal disease relapsed frequently.

Clinical Presentation: A 30-year-old male, who was diagnosed as having nephrotic syndrome at 12, presented with general edema, ascites and hypoalbuminemia. Although the patient responded well to steroid therapy, a common cold frequently caused flare-up of nephrotic syndrome.

Repeated light-dark shifts speed up body weight gain in male F344 rats.

This study is aimed at verifying the causal relationship of chronic circadian desynchronization and changes in body weight control. Eight male albino F344 rats aged between 12-15 wk were subjected to twice weekly 12-h shifts of the daily light-dark (LD) cycle for 13 wk (3 mo). Continuous circadian phase shifts consisting of intermittent phase delay and advance and reduced circadian amplitudes were consistently displayed in all five experimental rats implanted intraperitoneally with heart rate, body temperature, and activity transponders.