Neuropeptides play an important role in the integration of dietary signals. Cholecystokinin (CCK) has been implicated in regulating ingestive behavior, particularly satiety. The primary objective of this study was to examine whether the hyperphagia characteristic of obese ( fa/ fa) rats involves impaired neural CCK secretion. Dynamic release of CCK at the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (P...

Disruption of fronto-temporal connections involving the arcuate fasciculus (AF) may underlie language processing anomalies and psychotic features such as auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia. No study to date has specifically investigated abnormalities of white matter integrity at particular loci along the AF as well as its regional lateralization in schizophrenia. We examined white matter ...

BACKGROUND Sexual dimorphism in human brain structure is well recognised, but little is known about gender differences in white matter microstructure. We used diffusion tensor imaging to explore differences in fractional anisotropy (FA), an index of microstructural integrity. METHODS A whole brain analysis of 135 matched subjects (90 men and 45 women) using a 1.5 T scanner. A region of intere...

This paper examines realization of Serbian falling (FA) and rising (RA) pitch accents by Serbian and Russian speakers. The study is based on the analysis of disyllable words in initial and medial position of the statements. For each syllable of the disyllable word the set of pitch parameters was calculated, as well as F0 inter-syllable interval. The main statistical differences between realizat...

In this paper, a decentralized integrated control structure ...

BACKGROUND Food allergy (FA) is a growing condition among children and it's psychological impact over the patients and their caregivers is well known, establishing a vicious circle that perpetuates stress levels. However, psychosocial factors are not commonly included in allergy treatments. Based on the lack of evidence of records about a scale that indicates the level of interaction between bi...