18 articles in this issue
Agata Asofroniei
First Pages of BRAIN, Volume 10, Special Issue
Pascu Loredana Sabina,Domenico Perri,Bradeanu Andrei Vlad,Anamaria Ciubara,Marin Marilena,Marina Virginia
In the past, more than 150 years ago, incandescent bulb light appeared with red light emitters but technology has evolved to the present and scientist people discovered and promoted ecological lighting by compact fluorescent lamps and light emitting diode... see more
Laura Elisabeta Checherita,Anamaria Ciubara,Lucian Stefan Burlea,Daniela Manuc,Ovidiu Stamatin,Elena Mihaela Carausu
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) imbalances and dysfunctions can lead to a group of different affections named temporomandibular disorders (TMDs). Elderly with TMDs are experiencing severe phenomena due to instability centric relationship, craniomandibul... see more
Oana Chico?,Domenico Perri,Liliana Capri?,Andra Irina Bulgaru Iliescu,Kantor Cristina
Due to the fact that crime is a social phenomenon, we consider necessary to analyze it as an individual action committed by a real person in an actual circumstance. We mention that crime is a human action, determined by certain psychological elements, nec... see more
Monica Laura Zlati,Salvatore Vendemmia,Eva Maria Elkan,Valentin Marian Antohi,Iuliana Petru?a Moraru
Encephalitis represents a major risk factor through its virulent outcome and the probability of great complications which can generate encephalopathy and whose clinical picture can lead to psychiatric complications and consequently to a socio-financial im... see more
Alina Ple?ea-Condratovici,Simona Lungu,Mihai Mutica,Catalin Ple?ea-Condratovici
Background: Both psychotropic medication and antibiotic therapy are extensively prescribed. In many cases, these medications are concurrent and the necessity to analyze this particular drug interaction appears.Aims: To identify in specialized medical data... see more
Maria Vendemmia,Anamaria Ciubara,Francesco Raimondi
Neurological development is a complex process in which the nervous system reaches its fullness in adulthood stage. This development begins before birth, continues in both the last months of gestation and in the first months after birth, in response to a c... see more
Paduraru Marius Ionu?,Jan Vollmer,Diana Precupanu,Alexandru Bogdan Ciubara,Calin Tudor Hozan,Dorel Firescu,Anamaria Ciubara
Depression is among the leading causes of disability worldwide, leading in some cases, to suicide and it is considered to be the disease of the millennium. Clinical depression is a common disease, and yet frequently overlooked, source of suffering among p... see more
Razvan Cosmin Tudor,Nicola Vendemmia,Mihaela Pertea,Viola Badulescu,Aurel Nechita,Anamaria Ciubara
Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder in the elderly, as well as one of the most common comorbidities in patients with hip fracture. Although many authors have confirmed that clinically recognized depressive symptomatology after hip fracture ... see more
Paul Dan Sîrbu,Norin Forna,Drago? Cristian Popescu,Razvan Tudor,Wilhelm Friedl,Anamaria Ciubara,Bogdan Mihnea Ciuntu,Grigore Berea
Dementia and hip fractures are two crucial problems in the elderly and the associations of these pathologies increase substantial morbidity and mortality. 178 patients with dementia (average age 81.5 years) were operated with an uncemented bipolar prosthe... see more
Anton Knieling,Tatiana Iov,Alexandru Bogdan Ciubara,Gina Toma,Diana Bulgaru Iliescu
Given the increasing complexity of the modern health care environment and the increasing number of patients, reducing medical errors is a priority task for health as well as for policy and medical decision-makers.Forensic psychiatry as subspecialty of cli... see more
Laura Rebegea,Dorel Firescu,Ginel Baciu,Anamaria Ciubara
Background: Malignant diseases represent one of the most important worldwide morbidity and mortality causes. In Romania, the number of new cancer cases is 78800/year and the number of cancer deaths is 48300/year. In Galati County the number of oncology pa... see more
Golchin Shahijani,Ahmad Ghadami,Mahnaz Shakerian
Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are of the most important occupational injuries and diseases, in which the work environment and individual activities play an essential role in their prevalence. Since laparoscopy has become a preferred approach to tr... see more
Amin Sedigh,Ahmad Ghadami,Arash Najimi,Masood Sayyadi
One of the main challenges of the educational centers is the introduction of modern teaching methods. Using the simulation devices in training is getting increasingly popularity. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of appendectomy surgical... see more
Alireza Takzare,Maziar Maghsudlou,Ebrahim Espahbodi,Shahram Bagheri Hariri
As an anesthetic agent, ketamine is associated with a number of adverse psychological reactions after patient recovery (Motamed et. al., 2012). Midazolam is currently used to mitigate such adverse reactions. However, they still cause discomfort in patient... see more
Hamidehalsadat Asarian,Hossein Eskandari,Ahmad Borjali,Payman Dadkhah
Introduction: Pain-related mental images have an important role in pain experience of the patients and processing of sensory information through cognitive and emotional processes. The treatment protocol for rescripting of pain mental image has recently be... see more
Elaheh Mirmiran,Gholamreza Lotfi,Farzaneh Hatami
The instructional guidelines play an important role in transmitting target information, and educators usually use them to teach and improve motor function of individuals at all skill levels. Directing the focus of attention is one of the important factors... see more
Ameneh Sadat Kazemi,Zahra Mohammadi
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is among developmental disorders that has taken the attention psychologists and psychiatrics from a long time ago. The present study aims to investigate the effect of attention and working memory improvement... see more