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    Association between latent toxoplasmosis and clinical course of schizophrenia - continuous course of the disease is characteristic for Toxoplasma gondii-infected patients
    (Folia Parasitologica, 2015) Celik, Tuncay; Kartalci, Sukru; Aytas, Ozgur; Akarsu, Gulay Aral; Gozukara, Harika; Unal, Suheyla
    The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between various clinical aspects of schizophrenia and seropositivity against Toxoplasma gondii (Nicolle et Manceaux, 1908). We selected 94 patients with schizophrenia and investigated the seropositivity rate for anti-T. gondii IgG antibodies by ELISA. Clinical parameters of schizophrenic patients such as illness type and status, clinical course, awareness of the illness and need for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) were compared with their serological status. Anti-T. gondii IgG antibodies were detected in 43 (46%) of schizophrenic patients. Chronic patients had a rate of 34 (72%) seropositivity, whereas 9 (22%) of the patients with partial remission showed evidence of latent toxoplasmosis. Of continuous patients, 35 (81%) were found to be seropositive and this rate was significantly more than in the other groups. The rate of latent toxoplasmosis was detected significantly higher in patients who lack awareness of schizophrenia (36, i.e. 72%) than the patients who were aware of their illnesses (7, i.e. 16%). Anti-T. gondii IgG antibodies were detected in 38 (70%) of ECT performed patients while this percentage was 13% in the ones who had never been treated with ECT. This difference was also statistically significant. We showed that Toxoplasma-infected subjects had 15x higher probability of having continuous course of disease than Toxoplasma-free subjects. Our results put forth the possibility of latent toxoplasmosis to have a negative impact on the course of schizophrenia and treatment response of schizophrenic patients.
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    The neuropsychological and neurophysiological profile of women with pseudoseizure
    (W B Saunders Co-Elsevier Inc, 2013) Almis, Behice Han; Cumurcu, Birgul Elbozan; Unal, Suheyla; Ozcan, A. Cemal; Aytas, Ozgur
    Objective: Our aim in this study was to compare the assessments of neuropsychological tests and the p50 neurophysiological test of patients with seizure diagnosed as conversion disorder and healthy control subjects, and to investigate the neurological status in conversion disorder with pseudoseizure. Methods: A total of 22 female conversion disorder patients with convulsions diagnosed according to SCID-I/CV and 22 healthy women were included in the assessment. The participants were administered WMS-R, the cancellation test, and the Stroop test as neuropsychological tests and p50 was assessed as a neurophysiological test. Results: The patient's results for the neuropsychological tests were found to be significantly low compared to the control group. The p50 sensory gating ratios of the patient group were statistically significantly lower than the controls. There was no significant correlation between the neuropsychological test scores and gating ratios of the patient and control groups. Conclusions: This study is the first to check sensory gating in conversion disorder patients with pseudoseizure and its most important result is finding reduced p50 sensory gating in patients. Our results suggest that these patients have a neurological tendency to this disease due to functional neurophysiological features. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.