Invitation to my Grand Rounds Talk at Mount Sinai, Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 8am

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Please join us for our next Neurology Grand Rounds on Wednesday, October 9th at 8 AM in Davis Auditorium (Hess Center for Science and Medicine) at 1470 Madison Ave between 101st and 102nd streets. Refreshments will be served at 7:30 AM so please feel free to arrive early.

Title: “Panic, Separation Anxiety, Suffocation False Alarms and Endogenous Opioids: Can panic research inform clinical neurology?”

Presenter: Dr. Maurice Preter, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry,
Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons;
Associate Professor of Neurology (Adj.),
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
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Flatworms Recall Familiar Environs, Even after Losing Their Heads: Scientific American

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Flatworms Recall Familiar Environs, Even after Losing Their Heads: Scientific American. Highly recommended reading. As it turns out, one does not have to go all the way down the evolutionary ladder to be reminded that even brain-impaired or brain-damaged individuals … Continue reading →

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Efficacy and Safety of Curcumin in Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Phytother Res. 2013 Jul 6. doi: 10.1002/ptr.5025. [Epub ahead of print] Efficacy and Safety of Curcumin in Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Sanmukhani J, Satodia V, Trivedi J, Patel T, Tiwari D, Panchal B, Goel A, Tripathi CB. … Continue reading →

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Job creation (paying jobs, that is) anyone? Suicide Among Adults Aged 35–64 Years — United States, 1999–2010

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Job creation (paying jobs, that is) anyone? From the CDC: Suicide Among Adults Aged 35–64 Years — United States, 1999–2010. Suicide Among Adults Aged 35–64 Years — United States, 1999–2010 Weekly May 3, 2013 / 62(17);321-325 Suicide is an increasing … Continue reading →

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Panic Developments – An Interesting Editorial by Donald F. Klein in the Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Maurice Preter MD

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria 2012;34(Supl1):S01-S04 Panic Developments This editorial permits personal conclusions and questions, hoping to stimulate relevant research. Klein, in 1959, serendipitously found that imipramine blocked the apparently spontaneous panic attack in non-depressed inpatients, later considered agoraphobic.Later it was … Continue reading →

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