Alcohol withdrawal syndrome(AWS)refers to a series of symptoms and signs that chronic al-coholics experience when they suddenly stop drinking or reduce their drinking,usually 12 to 24 h later.These in-clude tremors,fatigue,sweating,hyperreflexia,and gas-trointestinal symptoms.This article will analyze the drug treatment of this disease and make a brief review.
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor(BDNF)plays an important role in the growth,develop-ment,differentiation,injury,repair,survival and apoptosis of nerve cells.Precursor of BDNF(proBDNF)is an im-portant regulator of neurodegeneration,long-term hippo-campal inhibition and synaptic plasticity.Alcohol depen-dence syndrome(ADS)is a group of chronic recurrent diseases with unknown etiology.Current studies believe that proBDNF plays an important role in the occurrence,development and outcome of ADS.Alcohol dependence patients,like other neurodegenerative diseases,will also have different degrees of cognitive impairment.This arti-cle reviews the research progress on the relationship be-tween BDNF,proBDNF,alcohol dependence and cogni-tive impairment.
Clozapine has been recognized as the best drug for the treatment of refractory schizophrenia,but its clinical use is very cautious.Clozapine has many side effects,among which agranulocytosis is fatal.And it often causes glucose intolerance,leading to type 2 di-abetes.The treatment plan for elevated blood glucose in clozapine patients is still unclear.This paper will report one case of glucose intolerance caused by clozapine and its alternative treatment,and discuss the treatment plan.
In recent years,non-suicidal self-injury(NSSI)behavior has emerged in a large number of adoles-cent depression.NSSI associated with adolescent depres-sion may be an addictive behavior,which has many sim-ilar neurobiological mechanisms to substance addiction.Brain-derived neurotrophic factor(BDNF)and precursor of BDNF(proBDNF)play an important role in addiction behavior,and they may be related to endogenous opioid receptors.The location and distribution of opioid μ re-ceptors in the brain are related to reward,motivation and emotion regulated by behavioral addiction.The purpose of this paper is to review the general situation,mechanism and relationship between the characteristics of NSSI be-havior addiction and brain-derived nutritional factors in adolescents with depression.
Abstrat Alcohol withdrawal syndrome(AWS)is a serious disorder affecting alcohol-dependent patients who abruptly stop or reduce their drinking.Mild or moderate AWS usually appears within 6 to 24 h after the last drink,and symptoms may include increased blood pressure and rapid pulse,tremors,high fever,irritability,anxiety,headache,nausea,and vomiting.These symptoms may progress to a more severe AWS characterized by delirium tremens,seizures,coma,cardiac arrest,and death.This article will analyze the phenobarbital(PB)treatment of AWS and make a brief review.
Objective:to explore brain-derived neu-rotrophic factor(BDNF)and matrix metalloproteinase-9(MMP9)messenger in peripheral blood lymphocytes of patients with depressive episodes before and after anti-depressant treatment changes in RNA(mRNA)expres-sion levels.Methods:fifteen patients hospitalized with depression in the Affiliated Mental Hospital of Kunming Medical University from December 2021 to June 2022 were collected as research objects.After 4 weeks of anti-depressant treatment,BDNF mRNA and MMP9 mRNA in patients with depression were detected before and af-ter treatment,and statistically analyzed.Results:after 4 weeks of antidepressant treatment,there was no signif-icant difference in BDNF mRNA expression level after treatment compared with before treatment(P>0.05).The mRNA level of MMP9 was higher than that before treatment,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).Conclusion:antidepressant therapy increases the expression of MMP9 mRNA,increasing the conver-sion of BDNF precursor(proBDNF)to mature for BDNF(mBDNF)to relieve depressive symptoms,and the total content of BDNF did not change significantly.