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examine the relationship between neuropsychological performances and subjective complaints of
postconcussion symptoms. These reviewed findings provide empirical guidelines for clinicians to
judge whether the postconcussion symptoms complaits made by the clinical groups are causally
related to the neuropsychological deficits observed.
2028.142 Present condition and progress of research on brain plasticity, Yapeng Wang, Qi Dong,
BeiJing Normal University, China
Plasticity is one of main natures of brain. Central nervous systems own potentials of plasticity
during life-span courses of animal and human development. This paper briefly sums up exhibition
forms of brain plasticity, reviews present condition and progress of brain plasticity of animal and
human, and briefly introduces mechanisms and influenced factors of brain plasticity, finally the
paper points out current faced issues and future trends of research on brain plasticity. This paper
argues that, only experts of different fields unite to tackle key problems, can we really open out
the mechanisms and influenced factors of brain plasticity.
2028.143 Decreased thalamic D2 dopamine receptor binding in drug-naive patients with
schizophrenia, Mirjam Talvik, Anna-Lena Nordstrom, Lars Farde, Karolinska Institute and
Hospital, Sweden
The thalamus is a neuroanatomic structure that has reciprocal connections with several brain
regions suggested to be involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Recent studies have
reported structural as well as functional abnormalities of the thalamus in schizophrenia. We
examined the thalamic D2 receptors in nine drug-naive patients with schizophrenia and eight
controls using the radioligand [11C]FLB 457 and positron emission tomography. The D2 receptor
binding was significantly lower in the right medial thalamus in the schizophrenic patients
compared to control subjects, supporting the hypothesis that the thalamus is a key region in the
pathophysiology in schizophrenia.
2028.144 The serotonin system and spiritual experiences, Jacqueline Borg 1 , Bengt Andrée 1 ,
Henrik Soderstrom 2 , Lars Farde 1 , 1 Section of Psychiatry, Karolinska Institute, Sweden,
2
Gothenburg University, Sweden
The serotonin system has long been of interest in biological models of human personality. In a
positron emission tomography study of 15 human volunteers, we examined the serotonin 5-HT1A
receptor, a marker for the serotonin system, and assessed personality with the Temperament and
Character Inventory. We found that 5-HT1A receptor density in brain correlated strongly with
scores for Self-Transcendence, a personality trait including religious behaviour and attitudes.
Our findings indicate that the serotonin system may serve as a biological basis for spiritual
experiences and that variability in 5-HT1A receptor density may explain why people vary greatly
in spiritual zeal.
2028.145An fMRI study of the temporal and linguistic factors in prosodic processing, Yue Wang 1 ,
Gui Xue 2 , Jin Hao 3 , Kuncheng Li 3 , Qi Dong 3 , 1 Simon Fraser University, Canada; 2 Beijing
Normal University, China; 3 Beijing Xuanwu Hospital, China
Research has shown different hemispheric processing patterns for linguistic tone and intonation.
This difference may be due to either temporal frame length or linguistic function, with intonation
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