... suggested that increased hippocampal expression of SK3 channels in aged mice may represent a mechanism that contributes to age- dependent decline inlearningand memory and synaptic plasticity In the ... input, modulating locomotion and emotional behavior to the induction of synaptic plasticity entailed in memory and cognition, temporally integrated with circadian cues, as well as in the antinociceptive ... process of learningand the strength of associations will be determined by the intrinsic morphology and kinetics as http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/4/1/15 well as the density and distribution...
... in the anterior cingulate gyrus (ACC) [15] It has also been proposed that the agerelated decline in set-shifting ability is associated with alterations in glutamate receptor binding in the cingulate ... alterations in serum concentrations of glutamatergic amino acids (glutamate, glutamine, glycine, L-serine and D-serine) would be observed in individuals with AN and those with recovered AN and, secondly, ... http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/9/1/29 bined measure of glutamate and glutamine (Glx) and of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) in the frontal grey matter [14] Furthermore, executive functioning assessed using the Wisconsin Card Sorting...
... area would be helpful in providing information about intellectual functioning in AN, investigating how comparable neuropsychological studies from different academic groups are in the context of IQ ... to find any systematic review summarising research on intelligence in AN Therefore, the question about IQ in AN remains unanswered It is expected that examining the available literature in this ... opening the question about the influence of this factor on treatment and recovery We think that exploring IQ in the context of treatment and recovery may provide useful information for clinicians...
... The NH and BCAA/AAA levels remained normal during our patient’s coma and afterward, and the blood sugar remained close to her usual level (Table 1) TPN and enteral tube feeding were administered ... failure AN is an eating disorder, affecting mainly young women with a distorted body image and a overwhelming desire to be slim Minor degrees of liver injury have been reported in up to 40% of patients ... [10] Starvation-induced autophagy of hepatocytes [11] and enhanced starvation-induced hepatocyte oxidative stress may be a leading mechanism resulting in liver dysfunction in AN [12] In the latter...
... seen in more than one setting in each and every applicable setting (valid percentages of respondents) Page of 14 (page number not for citation purposes) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental ... Psychiatrists Competing interests There are no competing financial or non-financial interests JT, AS and TH are members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and JT and AS are members of its Eating Disorders ... respondent category and the p-value after adjusting for all other respondent categories in a multiple linear regression model Significant differences are indicated in bold Page 11 of 14 (page number not...
... 1) training basic brain processes via the proliferation and refining of neural connections and 2) teaching adaptive strategies Thus, the primary function of CRT is to improve the thinking process ... order, taking a different route to proposed destination, using a different mobile phone ring-tone, changing their night time routine, cleaning their teeth with their non dominant hand and, making-up ... different length lines to encourage estimating), Token Towers (shape sorting task), Hand Tasks (switching between different sequences of hand movements), Maps (finding alternate and quickest routes...
... C2, C3, factor B, b leutenizing hormone (b-LH), C3b inactivator, properdin, and C4 binding protein [22] After initiation of alimentation, b-LH, C3b inactivator, C3, and factor B rapidly returned ... between body mass index (BMI) and complement C3 serum levels in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and healthy controls in response to therapy [22] In line with these findings, Sigal and colleagues ... determined low C3 levels in anorexic patients, which is in line with those previous findings However, while our findings suggest complement consumption secondary to increased activation in anorexic...
... Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2008, 3:12 http://www.jbppni.com/content/3/1/12 Examination of the lumbar spine and lower limbs revealed no clinical abnormalities in the joints and there ... such an injection, which can be helpful in defining the zone of injury and expected relief from surgical release or excision Entrapment of the superficial peroneal nerve has traumatic and non ... Nerve Injury 2008, 3:12 http://www.jbppni.com/content/3/1/12 or certain positions like prolonged kneeling and squatting, which cause perineural fibrosis [17,18] Oedema after trauma may result in...
... metabolite, 2-amino-5-chloropyridine, in the urine [9] Benzodiazepines were also present in the urine of just under 70% of this group, none of whom were currently being prescribed these drugs In a systematic ... varying lengths of abstinence; relapses being due to life events or trauma She also has a history of self-harm, overdosing, burning Page of and lacerating; her last admission to Accident and ... taking zolpidem equivalent to 200 and when abruptly discontinuing the drug, suffered withdrawal seizures [16] In the Dublin sample, the mean age of onset and duration of zopiclone use was 28 and...
... patient and her mother, it was discovered that she had deliberately eliminated fat and meat from her diet and increased the amount of exercise she engaged in, including playing soccer and running ... reported taking in approximately 900 calories per day and exercising more vigorously: she was running 3.5 miles three times a week and engaged in yoga for 1.5 hours a day on non-running days and was ... subspecialists, nursing, discharge planning and insurance companies is now part and parcel of patient care In this case, the members of the interdisciplinary team benefited from an actively involved discharge...
... variant with all eating disorder subtypes including AN, AN-restricting type, AN-binge-eating/purging type and BN [53] However, not all studies were able to confirm this finding [55] http://www.capmh.com/content/2/1/33 ... the endocannabinoid anandamide are increased in anorexia nervosa andin binge-eating disorder, but not in bulimia nervosa Neuropsychopharmacology 2005, 30:1216-1221 Bulik CM, Hebebrand J, Keski-Rahkonen ... dopamine D-1 and D-2 receptors in diazepam-induced hyperphagia in rats Fundam Clin Pharmacol 1991, 5:677-693 Naruse T: Effects of repeated intravenous administration of diazepam on food intake in...
... was below 60 ml/ minute Hepatitis cytolysis was defined by transaminase increasing to three times the normal Acute lung injury was defined by PaO2/FIO2 ratio between 200 and 300, and acute respiratory ... kcal/kg/d, falling to as low as kcal/kg/d in patients considered to be at extreme risk A gradual increase in calorie intake, particularly during the first week of refeeding, in combination with ... physicians to find a compromise between low nutritional input, with the risk of insufficient weight gain, and higher nutritional input, causing refeeding syndrome Hemodynamic and electrocardiographic...
... forward when eating or drinking Stay sitting or standing upright for at least 30 minutes after eating u Do not use tobacco products These include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, and chewing tobacco All ... not eating problems themselves, strong feelings like these can affect your interest in food, shopping, and cooking Fatigue can also make it harder to cope Coping with your feelings during cancer ... and easy snack ideas on page 57 u Add extra protein and calories to your diet You can find ways to add protein on page 59 and calories on page 63 12 - 0 - - C AN CER ( -8 0 -4 2 -6 237) u Drink...
... and herbalist, trained in the United States and I also completed advanced training and an internship in China I am the President of the Illinois Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine ... physicians and was already premed myself and I understand things like bacteria and viruses; but the Chinese talk about things like “wind-cold invading the lung” and Qi It was all so foreign and different ... trying to understand the hand by chopping off the arm and studying the hand alone on a table It would not make a whole lot of sense without knowing about the muscles and nerves and tendons and...
... screening instrument for psychiatric morbidity and validated in a number of studies in Nigeria.[12,13] Fifty-six of the subjects whose scores indicated no psychiatric morbidity were included in ... of 69 consecutive and consenting attendees of the outpatient endocrinology clinic of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, suffering from diabetes mellitus were initially recruited ... attitude, and risk behaviors of schizophrenic patients in regard to HIV/AIDS Methods Subjects Ninety-eight consecutive and consenting patients aged 1950 years who reported at the outpatient clinic...
... http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/5/1/15 In the obese population, binge eaters differ from non binge eaters in aspects of eating disorder psychopathology and psychiatric co-morbidity [8,9] Increased perception of poor body image and ... participate in the study Controls consisted of clinic workers, informed through local advertising Results An initial exploratory analysis involved calculation of means and standard deviation for age, ... age, gender and BMI Differences between the groups were tested using Kruskall-Wallis nonparametric test (for ageand BMI) and chi-square tests (for gender) Group differencesin the BED and the BS...
... irritation and trauma to the esophagus leading to dysplasia and ultimately tumorgenesis It is difficult to determine BN's exact prevalence due to changes in definition and difficulty in obtaining accurate ... the lower esophageal sphincter and risk for esophageal adenocarcinoma Ann Intern Med 2000, 133(3):165-175 Cameron AJ, Ott BJ, Payne WS: The incidence of adenocarcinoma in columnar-lined (Barrett's) ... power and low power images from endoscopic biopsy are shown above Invasive adenocarcinoma and glandular metaplasia can be seen beneath the intact squamous epithelium on the lower power image Signet...
... points Three out of four of the random parameter estimates were significant, indicating that there was still unexplained intraindividual variation in BF% and interindividual variation in baseline ... still unexplained intraindividual variance in energy intake as well as interindividual variance in baseline energy intake An independent samples t-test that was done on energy intake averaged over ... the role of restrained eating as a moderator in stressinduced eating, no studies have examined the moderating influence of restrained eating in the relationship between stress and exercise behavior...
... cancer includes choosing a diet rich in plant-based foods, eating plenty of vegetables and fruits and choosing foods low in salt and fat In addition, maintaining a healthy body weight, drinking ... adopt the nutritional guidelines in this report and should insist on them being maintained in residential and nursing homes with which they contract for long-term care, andin the provision of community ... sclerosis Swallowing difficulties may make eating or drinking more difficult Lack of co-ordination in chewing and swallowing can result in choking, which can be a very frightening experience It...
... vomiting, abdominal cramping and bloating, mucositis, and paralytic ileus Several antineoplastic agents such as fluorouracil, adriamycin, methotrexate, and cisplatin may induce severe gastrointestinal ... Convergent information suggests that CRF may be involved in triggering changes in gastrointestinal motility observed during stress exposure CRF may induce delayed gastric emptying and gastric ... feeding systems are dysfunctional in anorectic tumor-bearing rats NPY injected intrahypothalamically stimulated feeding less potently in rats bearing methylcholanthrene-induced sarcoma than in...