BACKGROUND We investigated coping strategies and communication strategies as predictors of fertility problem stress 12 months after start of fertility treatment. METHODS We used a prospective, longitudinal cohort design including 2250 people beginning fertility treatment with a 12-month follow-up. Data were based on self-administered questionnaires measuring communication with partner and wit...

Introduction Food avoidance is still considered the gold-standard treatment for food allergy (FA). However, recently it has been consolidating the theory that, where possible, the food intake might facilitate the induction of desensitization and tolerance, resulting more effective and safer -if we consider the possibility of accidental ingestionthan a strict avoidance diet [1]. Furthermore, spe...

This paper deals with the problem of active target tracking with obstacle avoidance for multi-robot systems. A nonlinear model predictive formation control is presented which uses potential functions as terms of the cost function. These terms penalize the proximity with mates and obstacles, splitting the problem of obstacle avoidance into two repulse functions. Experimental results with real ro...

A substantial body of evidence has correlated the human body burdens of some polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants with cognitive and other behavioral deficits. Adult zebrafish exhibit testable learning and memory, making them an increasingly attractive model for neurotoxicology. Our goal was to develop a rapid throughput means of identifying the cognitive impact of developmenta...

For a full exposition of this theoretical model, see Barlow () and Zinbarg (). In brief, interactions among the following factors are recognized in the genesis of GAD: negative affectivity or neuroticism; attentional vigilance and narrowing to signals of potential threat; a tendency toward interpreting ambiguous situations as threatening; passive avoidance, overcautiousness, or procrast...

The current prevalence of diet-induced overweight and obesity in adolescents and adults is continuously growing. Although the detrimental biochemical and metabolic consequences of obesity are widely studied, its impact on stress-coping behavior and its interaction with specific exercise doses (in terms of intensity, duration and frequency) need further investigation. To this aim, we fed adolesc...

Memory-enhancement effects of norepinephrine (NE) were investigated by infusing NE into the central amygdala (CEA) of Roman high-avoidance (RHA) and low-avoidance (RLA) rats after training on active and passive behaviors in the defensive-burying paradigm. During acquisition, both lines spent comparable time in burying behavior. RLA rats, but not RHA rats, also displayed substantial immobility. ...

The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that, during adulthood, the offspring of adolescent rats differ in emotionality, learning and memory from the offspring of adult rats. The behavior of the offspring of adolescent (age, 50-55 days) and adult rats (age, 90-95 days) was tested in the open field, activity cage, and passive and active avoidance apparatus. The latencies during training...

Antipsychotic drugs selectively suppress conditioned avoidance response. Using a two-way active avoidance response paradigm, we examined the role of drug-induced interoceptive state in the mediation of avoidance-suppressive effect. In Experiment 1, we found that rats intermittently treated with olanzapine (OLZ) (1.0 mg/kg, s.c.) or haloperidol (0.03 mg/kg, s.c.) on the 1st day of a 3-day cycle ...