The Relationship between the Depression and Anxiety Stress Survey Questionnaire, Salivary Cortisol and Heart Rate Variability by Fateme Sangtarash, Haniyeh Choobsaz, Milad Zarrin, Sousan Salari, Ehsan Mokari Manshadi, Ali Akbar Esmaeili, Sayyed Hossein Mozaffari, Boshra Hatef

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Neurophysiological Effects of Chronic Indoor Environmental Toxic Mold Exposure on Children by Ebere C. Anyanwu, Andrew W. Campbell, Aristo Vojdani

“…There were significant delays in waveform V in a majority of the patients representing dysfunctional cognitive process and conductive hearing loss in both ears. …”
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The research progress on effective connectivity in adolescent depression based on resting-state fMRI by Xuan Deng, Jiajing Cui, Jinyuan Zhao, Jinji Bai, Junfeng Li, Kefeng Li

“…We first introduce some common EC analysis methods, discuss their application background and specific characteristics.ResultsEC analysis reveals information flow problems between different brain regions, such as the default mode network, the central executive network, and the salience network, which are closely related to symptoms of depression, such as low mood and cognitive impairment. This review discusses the limitations of existing studies while summarizing the current applications of EC analysis methods. …”
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Attitudes and knowledge for CBT-based psychotherapy among medical students and residents in China: a survey study by Yinan Ding, Tao Pei, Pu Peng, Jiashu Yao, Jinsong Tang, Yanhui Liao

“…Methods One hundred and forty-nine participants, including medical students, residents, and other health providers (HCPs), self-reported their understanding of 18 types of psychotherapy, negative attitude towards cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and their attitude towards psychological interventions and counseling in primary care (APIC-PC) through an online survey. …”
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Investigating the Activity Status of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and its Related Factors: A Study Protocol by Mehrnaz Asgharnezhad, Ehsan Amini-Salehi, Niloofar Faraji, Soheil Hassanipour, Saman Maroufizadeh, Adele Isanazar, Marjan Mahdavi-Roshan, Zahra Hedayatzadeh, Farahnaz Joukar, Fariborz Mansour Ghanaei

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S100A8-CAMKK2-AMPK axis confers the protective effects of mild hypothermia against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats by Dandan Zhang, Yuting Dai, Xiaoyan Xu, Fuguo Ma, Mingshan Wang, Weiwei Qin

“…Similarly to MH, knock-down of S100A8 significantly reduced neuronal oxidative stress, attenuated mitochondrial damage, inhibited apoptosis, and improved cognitive function in IR rats. Conversely, over-expression of S100A8 attenuated MH’s protective effect and aggravated brain IR injury. …”
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Psychological and pedagogical readiness of a guide to work with disabled people by O. V. Zaslavskaya, A. S. Malafiy

“…The specifics of excursion and cognitive tourism for disabled persons and persons with special educational needs are described. …”
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Fostering transformative learning and whole patient care among teaching hospital staff through artistic creation: a qualitative study by Kang-Ju Chou, Ying-Yao Cheng, Wen Cheng, Hsueh-Hua Chuang, Chun-Teng Tsai, Hua-Chang Fang

“…Overall, our findings demonstrate how artistic expression facilitated TL among healthcare professionals, allowing them to reflect on their identities, relationships, and professional responsibilities. These cognitive exercises foster active learning, WPC, and promote an awareness of the meaning and value of life in teaching hospitals.…”
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Association of Family Well-Being Parenting Style and Child Care in Southern Division Kabale District. by Niyomigisha, Saviour

“…Research findings showed that family well-being includes the safety, health, and financial stability of all family members, promoting well-being involves understanding and addressing child, youth, and caregiver functioning in physical, behavioral, social, and cognitive areas, clearly the most important characteristic is the health status of the parents, which declines with age, that marital status, employment, and the presence of young children in the household are three factors that often are thought to be associated with a decreased ability or willingness of daughters to provide care, Parents/caregivers have been forced to figure out ways to meet their families' most basic needs despite job insecurity, income loss, acute concerns about health and safety, emotional distress among both parents/caregivers and their children is higher in families facing more material hardship. …”
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Relevance of anxiety in clinical practice of Guillain-Barré syndrome: a cohort study by Raphaël Porcher, Djillali Annane, Andrea Polito, Tarek Sharshar, Takoua Merhbene, Morgane Blanc, Marion Antona, Marie-Christine Durand, Diane Friedman, David Orlikowski, Marie-Hélène Marcadet

“…Either language barrier or cognitive decline that precluded understanding was considered as exclusion criteria.Primary outcome Acute respiratory failure.Interventions At admission, anxiety and clinical factors (including known predictors of respiratory failure: delay between GBS onset and admission, inability to lift head, vital capacity (VC)) were assessed and related to subsequent need for mechanical ventilation (MV). …”
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The effect of caregiver opinion leaders to increase demand for evidence-based practices for youth anxiety: A cluster randomized controlled trial by Margaret E. Crane, Marc S. Atkins, Sara J. Becker, Jonathan Purtle, Gillian C. Dysart, Sydney Keller, Olivia Brauer, Sirina E. Tiwari, Thomas M. Olino, Lara Baez, John Lestino, Philip C. Kendall

“…Background Dissemination initiatives have the potential to increase consumer knowledge of and engagement with evidence-based treatments (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy [CBT]). Opinion leaders (OLs) have been used in public health campaigns, but have not been examined for the dissemination of mental health treatments. …”
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Sex-dependent efficacy of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonist FTY720 in mitigating Huntington’s disease by Jingyun Wu, Irene Santos-Garcia, Ivan Eiriz, Thomas Brüning, Aleš Kvasnička, David Friedecký, Tuula A. Nyman, Jens Pahnke

“…Huntington's disease (HD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder characterized by severe motor deficits, cognitive decline and psychiatric disturbances. An early and significant morphological hallmark of HD is the activation of astrocytes triggered by mutant huntingtin, leading to the release of inflammatory mediators.Fingolimod (FTY), an FDA-approved sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor agonist is used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS), a neuroinflammatory disease, and has shown therapeutic promise in other neurological conditions.Our study aimed to investigate the therapeutic potential of FTY for treating HD by utilizing a well-characterized mouse model of HD (zQ175dn) and wild-type littermates.The study design included a crossover, long-term oral treatment with 1 mg/kg to 2 mg/kg FTY from the age of 15–46 weeks (n = 128). …”
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A surveillance study to determine the accuracy of mild traumatic brain injury diagnosis in an emergency department: protocol for a retrospective cohort study by Ian D Cameron, Ilaria Pozzato, Ashley Craig, Bamini Gopinath, Mark Gillett, Annette Kifley, Kim Van Vu, Susanne Meares, Anthony Liang

“…Introduction Previous literature confirms that a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) may result in long-term emotional impacts and, in vulnerable subgroups, cognitive deficits. The accurate diagnosis of mTBI and its written documentation is an important first step towards providing appropriate and timely clinical care. …”
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Association of handgrip strength asymmetry and weakness with intrinsic capacity impairment among older adults in China by Decheng Li, Yunhe Wang, Shuai Guo, Ziyang Ren, Binbin Su, Lichuan Zhang, Zuliyaer Talifu, Xiaoying Zheng

“…IC was evaluated across cognitive, locomotion, psychological, sensory, and vitality domains. …”
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Beta-alanine supplementation in patients with COPD receiving non-linear periodised exercise training or neuromuscular electrical stimulation: protocol of two randomised, double-bli... by Martijn A Spruit, Emiel F M Wouters, Eline bij de Vaate, Peter Klijn, Frits M E Franssen, Wim Derave, Chris Burtin, Florence N Schleich, Roy Meys, Anouk A F Stoffels, Jana de Brandt, Hieronymus W H van Hees, Maurice J H Sillen, Bram van den Borst, Jacqueline M Otker, Jos Donkers, Maurice Hayot, Pascal Pomiès, Inge Everaert

“…Furthermore, quadriceps muscle strength and endurance, cognitive function, carnosine levels (in muscle), BA levels (in blood and muscle), markers of oxidative stress and inflammation (in blood, muscles and lungs), physical activity and quality of life will be measured.Ethics and dissemination Both trials were approved by CMO Regio Arnhem-Nijmegen, The Netherlands (NL70781.091.19. and NL68757.091.19).Trial registration number NTR8427 (BASE-TRAIN) and NTR8419 (BASE-ELECTRIC).…”
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Study protocol for a randomised-controlled study on emotion regulation training for adolescents with major depression: the KONNI study by Ellen Greimel, Lisa Feldmann, Charlotte Piechaczek, Frans Oort, Jürgen Bartling, Martin Schulte-Rüther, Gerd Schulte-Körne

“…One important factor for the development and maintenance of adolescent MD are disturbances in emotion regulation and the underlying neural processes. Cognitive reappraisal (CR) is a particular adaptive emotion regulation strategy. …”
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Protocol for Rhapsody: a longitudinal observational study examining the feasibility of speech phenotyping for remote assessment of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders by Allan H Young, Rebecca Strawbridge, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Dag Aarsland, Aleksandra Podlewska, Ray Chaudhuri, Elliot Hampsey, Marton Meszaros, Caroline Skirrow, Rosie H Taylor, Lazarus Chok, Jack Weston, Emil Fristed, Olabisi Awogbemila

“…The feasibility of collecting speech data remotely in those with NPDs should be established.Methods and analysis The present study will assess the feasibility of obtaining speech data, collected remotely using a smartphone app, from individuals across three NPD cohorts: neurodegenerative cognitive diseases (n=50), other neurodegenerative diseases (n=50) and affective disorders (n=50), in addition to matched controls (n=75). …”
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Effect of enhanced recovery after surgery on older patients undergoing transvaginal pelvic floor reconstruction surgery: a randomised controlled trial by Xuezhu Huang, Sisi Deng, Xiaofeng Lei, Shentao Lu, Ling Dai, Chunyan She

“…The secondary outcomes encompassed other post-operative recovery metrics, post-operative pain within 30 days, the occurrence of complications, the peri-operative blood test and cognitive function. Results A cohort of 100 patients was enrolled. …”
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Should we consider microbiota-based interventions as a novel therapeutic strategy for schizophrenia? A systematic review and meta-analysis by Lucas Hassib, Alexandre Kanashiro, João Francisco Cordeiro Pedrazzi, Bárbara Ferreira Vercesi, Sayuri Higa, Íris Arruda, Yago Soares, Adriana de Jesus de Souza, Alceu Afonso Jordão, Francisco Silveira Guimarães, Frederico Rogério Ferreira

“…Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder characterized by a variety of symptoms broadly categorized into positive, negative, and cognitive domains. Its etiology is multifactorial, involving a complex interplay of genetic, neurobiological, and environmental factors, and its neurobiology is associated with abnormalities in different neurotransmitter systems. …”
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Effects of a novel non-pharmacological intervention based on respiratory biofeedback, neurofeedback and median nerve stimulation to treat children with ADHD by Eduardo Santamaría-Vázquez, Eduardo Santamaría-Vázquez, Eduardo Santamaría-Vázquez, Anayali Estudillo-Guerra, Lna Ali, Diana Martinez, Roberto Hornero, Roberto Hornero, Leon Morales-Quezada

“…IntroductionAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects cognitive, academic, behavioral, emotional, and social functioning, primarily in children. …”
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