BACKGROUND Recently, we reported that low reward dependence, and to a lesser extent, low cooperativeness in the Temperature and Character Inventory (TCI) may be risk factors for treatment-resistant depression. Here, we analyzed additional psychological traits in these patients. METHODS We administered Costa and McCrae's five-factor model personality inventory, NEO Personality Inventory-Revise...

Microproblematica are microfossils whose suprageneric taxonomic status is unknown. Many microproblematica display an encrusting way of life and can therefore be included in the group of “micro-encrusters” that during the Upper Jurassic were conspicuous components of microbial carbonate crusts (e.g. LEINFELDER et al., 1993; SCHMID, 1996; DUPRAZ & STRASSER, 1999, 2002). These forms are widespread...

a-Neo-endorphin anddynorphin immunoreactivities in rat brain were visualized by double antibody immunofluorescence of frozen sections. Antibodies were used that were specific for their respective antigens. The pattern of neuronal immunostaining produced by a-neo-endorphin and dynorphin antisera in adjacent serial sections was completely superimposible. No areas were found in which a-neo-endorph...