Category Archives: Psychiatry/Neurology
Acquired synesthesia?
I came across this interesting article Colizoli O, Murre JM, and Rouw R (2012). Pseudo-Synesthesia through Reading Books with Colored Letters. PloS one, 7 (6) PMID: 22761905 posted at http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-you-learn-to-be-synaesthetic.html I agree with the blogger and some real syn-esthetics who commented … Continue reading
Pain affect in the absence of pain sensation: evidence of asomaesthesia after somatosensory cortex lesions in the rat.
Pain. 2012 Feb 23. [Epub ahead of print]Pain affect in the absence of pain sensation: evidence of asomaesthesia after somatosensory cortex lesions in the rat.Uhelski ML, Davis MA, Fuchs PN.Source Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota Twin … Continue reading
Psychosocial stress and cardiovascular risk : current opinion.
Swiss Med Wkly. 2012 Jan 20;142:0. doi: 10.4414/smw.2012.13502.Psychosocial stress and cardiovascular risk : current opinion.von Känel R.Source Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, Switzerland. roland.vonkaenel@insel.chAbstract Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is … Continue reading
Psychoneuroimmunology meets neuropsychopharmacology: translational implications of the impact of inflammation on behavior.
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012 Jan;37(1):137-62. doi: 10.1038/npp.2011.205. Epub 2011 Sep 14.Psychoneuroimmunology meets neuropsychopharmacology: translational implications of the impact of inflammation on behavior.Haroon E, Raison CL, Miller AH.Source Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.Abstract … Continue reading
Inflammatory biomarkers in depression: an opportunity for novel therapeutic interventions.
Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2011 Oct;13(5):316-20.Inflammatory biomarkers in depression: an opportunity for novel therapeutic interventions.Li M, Soczynska JK, Kennedy SH.Source Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, University Health Network/Princess Margaret Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 2M9, Canada. madeline.li@uhn.on.caAbstract Currently … Continue reading
Maurice Preter, MD
Maurice Preter, MD is a European and U.S. educated psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, neurologist, and medical-legal expert in private practice in Manhattan. He is also the principal of Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, a medical concierge service and health advisory for select individuals and families.