... of admission and after 6 weeks of treatment with risperidone. Methods: Plasma BDNF and β-NGF levels were measured in 36 schizophrenia patients and 36 healthy controls. All the patients underwent 6 weeks of treatment with risperidone. The severity of schizophrenia and response to treatment were assessed...

...Hyun-Kook Lim; Chi-Un Pae; Chul Lee; Chang-Uk Lee The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and tolerability of both amisulpride and risperidone for treating the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT). Twenty-eight...

... symptoms W Quetiapine W Risperidone W Olanzapine baseline and endpoint in the DIEPSS score. These data indicate that quetiapine is effective in controlling BPSD with favorable adverse-event profiles. Copyright © 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel Abstract The purpose of this study was to assess the effect...

...A. Ahnaou; A.A.H.P. Megens; W.H.I.M. Drinkenburg The atypical antipsychotics risperidone, clozapine and olanzapine were studied for their ability to antagonise apomorphine-induced stereotypy and to affect electroencephalographic (EEG) activity in rats. The compounds antagonised apomorphine-induced...

...I. Hertling; M. Philipp; A. Dvorak; T. Glaser; O. Mast; M. Beneke; K. Ramskogler; G. Saletu-Zyhlarz; H. Walter; O.M. Lesch Objective: The primary aim of this paper was to compare the effects of flupenthixol and risperidone on subjective quality of life and attitude towards medication in chronic...

...Alina Borkowska; Aleksander Araszkiewicz; Andrzej Rajewski; Janusz K. Rybakowski The aim of the study was to assess the effects of short-term risperidone treatment on schizophrenic symptoms and on neuropsychological frontal tests, and to find an association between the improvements in these two...

...Reiji Yoshimura; Nobuhisa Ueda; Jun Nakamura We investigated the relationships between extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) induced by risperidone, the dosage of risperidone and the combined plasma concentrations of risperidone plus its active metabolite, 9-hydroxyrisperidone, in 20 schizophrenic patients...

...Norito Takahashi; Takeshi Terao; Tetsuo Oga; Masakatsu Okada There is little information regarding the effects of risperidone addition to neuroleptic treatment in chronic schizophrenia. As a preliminary study, 10 neuroleptic-treated schizophrenic inpatients received risperidone (high 5HT 2A /D 2...