Sexual problems in disorders of the nervous system. II. Psychological reactions.

Sexual dimorphism in the vertebrate nervous system.

Many sex differences in the structure of vertebrate nervous systems have been discovered in the past twenty years. The recency of these discoveries is not due to any technological advance; indeed, many of the most interesting of these neural sexual dimorphisms can be detected with nineteenth century methods. Nor can there be much doubt that when the behavior of the sexes differs markedly, there...

Psychological reactions in the (I.C.U.) Department of Animation

The Psycho-reactive problems affecting patients, relatives and staff in the intensive care unit are discussed in this article. These problems are usually due to the ad­mitting disease itself, ( obvious anxiety of the patient who has just had a coronary infarc­tion agitation of the patient with incipient respiratory failure) or psycho-reactive problems arising directly from the I.C.U. environ­me...

Disorders of the nervous system in malnutrition.

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ADENOSINE IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Besides being a metabolite of nucleotides like ATP, adenosine is a mediator of neuronal function in the central nervous system. Its actions are mediated by at least three extracellular receptors. In this review different aspects of adenosine such as biosynthesis, release, inactivation and its receptors are discussed. It also covers pre- and postsynaptic effects as well as postreceptor mecha...

Sexual Differentiation of the Nervous System