Issue 2/2014
Special Issue: Neuroscience in Africa
Content (35 Articles)
Bridging the Gap: establishing the necessary infrastructure and knowledge for teaching and research in neuroscience in Africa
Sadiq Yusuf, Tom Baden, Lucia L. Prieto-Godino
Systematic review of neuroimaging studies in vertically transmitted HIV positive children and adolescents
Jacqueline Hoare, Gabrielle L. Ransford, Nicole Phillips, Taryn Amos, Kirsten Donald, Dan J. Stein
Effects of prenatal methamphetamine exposure: a review of cognitive and neuroimaging studies
Maja A. Kwiatkowski, Annerine Roos, Dan J. Stein, Kevin G. F. Thomas, Kirsty Donald
The interaction between stress and exercise, and its impact on brain function
Vivienne A. Russell, Michael J. Zigmond, Jacqueline J. Dimatelis, William M. U. Daniels, Musa V. Mabandla
HIV subtype is not associated with dementia among individuals with moderate and advanced immunosuppression in Kampala, Uganda
Ned Sacktor, Noeline Nakasujja, Andrew D. Redd, Jordyn Manucci, Oliver Laeyendecker, Sarah K. Wendel, Stephen F Porcella, Craig Martens, Daniel Bruno, Richard L. Skolasky, Ozioma C. Okonkwo, Kevin Robertson, Seggane Musisi, Elly Katabira, Thomas C. Quinn
Predictors of neurocognitive outcomes on antiretroviral therapy after cryptococcal meningitis: a prospective cohort study
Renee Donahue Carlson, Melissa A. Rolfes, Kate E. Birkenkamp, Noeline Nakasujja, Radha Rajasingham, David B. Meya, David R. Boulware
Intimate partner violence: associations with low infant birthweight in a South African birth cohort
Nastassja Koen, Gail E. Wyatt, John K. Williams, Muyu Zhang, Landon Myer, Heather J. Zar, Dan J. Stein
The effect of childhood trauma on spatial cognition in adults: a possible role of sex
Supriya Syal, Jonathan Ipser, Nicole Phillips, Kevin G. F. Thomas, Jack van der Honk, Dan J. Stein
Childhood adversity is linked to differential brain volumes in adolescents with alcohol use disorder: a voxel-based morphometry study
Samantha J. Brooks, Shareefa Dalvie, Natalie L. Cuzen, Valerie Cardenas, George Fein, Dan J. Stein
A comparison of spectral quality in magnetic resonance spectroscopy data acquired with and without a novel EPI-navigated PRESS sequence in school-aged children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Aaron T. Hess, Sandra W. Jacobson, Joseph L. Jacobson, Christopher D. Molteno, André J. W. van der Kouwe, Ernesta M. Meintjes
Haplotype-based study of the association of alcohol and acetaldehyde-metabolising genes with alcohol dependence (with or without comorbid anxiety symptoms) in a Cape Mixed Ancestry population
Andrew Crawford, Shareefa Dalvie, Sarah Lewis, Anthony King, Israel Liberzon, George Fein, Karestan Koenen, Rajkumar Ramesar, Dan J. Stein
Structural brain changes in prenatal methamphetamine-exposed children
Annerine Roos, Gaby Jones, Fleur M. Howells, Dan J. Stein, Kirsten A. Donald
Psychiatric disorders in individuals with methamphetamine dependence: prevalence and risk factors
Taiwo Akindipe, Don Wilson, Dan J. Stein
Determinants of cognitive performance in children relying on cyanogenic cassava as staple food
G. M. Bumoko, M. T. Sombo, L. D. Okitundu, D. N. Mumba, K. T. Kazadi, J. J. Tamfum-Muyembe, M. R. Lasarev, M. J. Boivin, J. P. Banea, D. D. Tshala-Katumbay
Mindfulness based cognitive therapy may improve emotional processing in bipolar disorder: pilot ERP and HRV study
Fleur M. Howells, H. G. Laurie Rauch, Victoria L. Ives-Deliperi, Neil R. Horn, Dan J. Stein
Significance of dietary folate intake, homocysteine levels and MTHFR 677 C>T genotyping in South African patients diagnosed with depression: test development for clinical application
Darnielle Delport, Renata Schoeman, Nicole van der Merwe, Lize van der Merwe, Leslie R. Fisher, Dieter Geiger, Maritha J. Kotze
The fear-factor stress test: an ethical, non-invasive laboratory method that produces consistent and sustained cortisol responding in men and women
Christopher du Plooy, Kevin G. F. Thomas, Michelle Henry, Robyn Human, W. Jake Jacobs
The cross-cultural utility of foreign- and locally-derived normative data for three WHO-endorsed neuropsychological tests for South African adolescents
Helen L. Ferrett, Kevin G. F. Thomas, Susan F. Tapert, Paul D. Carey, Simone Conradie, Natalie L. Cuzen, Dan J. Stein, George Fein
The fat mass and obesity-associated FTO rs9939609 polymorphism is associated with elevated homocysteine levels in patients with multiple sclerosis screened for vascular risk factors
Wiliam Davis, Susan J. van Rensburg, Frans J. Cronje, Lindiwe Whati, Leslie R. Fisher, Lize van der Merwe, Dieter Geiger, M. Shafick Hassan, Tandi Matsha, Rajiv T. Erasmus, Maritha J. Kotze
Episodic memory impairment in Addison’s disease: results from a telephonic cognitive assessment
Michelle Henry, Kevin G. F. Thomas
Erratum to: Episodic memory impairment in Addison’s disease: results from a telephonic cognitive assessment
Michelle Henry, Kevin G. F. Thomas, Ian L. Ross
Methamphetamine reversed maternal separation-induced decrease in nerve growth factor in the ventral hippocampus
J. J. Dimatelis, V. A. Russell, D. J. Stein, W. M. Daniels
Acute and sub-chronic effects of purified cathinone from khat (Catha edulis) on behavioural profiles in vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops)
Albert W. Nyongesa, Jemimah A. Oduma, Motohiro Nakajima, Hesbon O. Odongo, Pius A. Adoyo, Mustafa al’Absi
Dose-response inhibitory effects of purified cathinone from khat (Catha edulis) on cortisol and prolactin release in vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops)
Albert W. Nyongesa, Jemimah A. Oduma, Motohiro Nakajima, Hesbon O. Odongo, Pius A. Adoyo, Mustafa al’Absi
The effects of prenatal methylmercury exposure on trace element and antioxidant levels in rats following 6-hydroxydopamine-induced neuronal insult
Zulfiah Mohamed Moosa, Willie M. U. Daniels, Musa V. Mabandla
Effects of acute and chronic inhalation of paint thinner in mice: behavioral and immunohistochemical study
Karim Fifel, Mohamed Bennis, Saâdia Ba-M’hamed
Glia activation and its role in oxidative stress
Olalekan Michael Ogundele, Adams Olalekan Omoaghe, Duyilemi Chris Ajonijebu, Abiodun Ayodele Ojo, Temitope Deborah Fabiyi, Olayemi Joseph Olajide, Deborah Tolulope Falode, Philip Adeyemi Adeniyi
Changes in behavior and ultrasonic vocalizations during antidepressant treatment in the maternally separated Wistar-Kyoto rat model of depression
P. J. van Zyl, J. J. Dimatelis, V. A. Russell
Erythrina abyssinica prevents meningoencephalitis in chronic Trypanosoma brucei brucei mouse model
Johnson Nasimolo, Stephen Gitahi Kiama, Peter Karuri Gathumbi, Andrew Ndegwa Makanya, John Maina Kagira
Cerebellar neurohistology and behavioural effects of gongronema latifolium and rauwolfia vomitoria in mice
Moses B. Ekong, Mine D. Peter, Aniekan I. Peter, Mokutima A. Eluwa, Idorenyin U. Umoh, Anozeng O. Igiri, Theresa B. Ekanem
Depo-Provera effects on Wistar rat performance in the Y-maze
A. K. Okojie, O. A. Oyekunle
Identifying the optimal dose of ritonavir in the treatment of malignancies
Emad Y. Moawad
NMDA-R inhibition affects cellular process formation in Tilapia Melanocytes; a model for pigmented adrenergic neurons in process formation and retraction
Olalekan Michael Ogundele, Adetokunbo Adedotun Okunnuga, Temitope Deborah Fabiyi, Olayemi Joseph Olajide, Ibukun Dorcas Akinrinade, Philip Adeyemi Adeniyi, Abiodun Ayodele Ojo