P sychosocial stress could lead to a wide range of possible physiological reactions, due to both the total burden of stress as well as individual susceptibility. Two useful Swedish registers to investigate early life influences on stress susceptibility are the Swedish Medical Birth Register (MBR) and the Military Service Conscription Register (MSCR). In a previous study we showed a positive rel...

However, some HIV-induced defects in the functioning of the immune system persist despite the use of ART. For instance, continuous immune system activation and inflammation occur even under treatment. Another issue is that HIV-positive people are often co-infected with other viruses that have the ability to cause abnormal development of cells, in some cases triggering affected cells to transfor...

Background: NO and CO dynamics are compared in soluble guanylate cyclase and isolated heme domain. Results: CO geminately rebinds to the isolated heme domain β1(190), contrary to entire sGC. Photo-oxidation of β1(190) heme may occur. Conclusion: The isolated heme domain β1(190) has a different reactivity than full-length sGC. Significance: The structural strains between domains in the full-leng...

The effect of resource history on the functioning of soil microbial communities is maintained across time A. D. Keiser, M. S. Strickland, N. Fierer, and M. A. Bradford School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA Cooperative Institute for Research in Environ...

The present study used data from the Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Risk and Adaptation (MLSRA) to investigate how multiple dimensions of childhood abuse and neglect predict romantic relationship functioning in adulthood. Several dimensions of abuse and neglect (any experience, type, chronicity, co-occurrence, and perpetrator) were rated prospectively from birth through age 17.5 years. Multime...

Tourette Syndrome (TS) or Tourette’s disorder (DSM IV-TR) is a childhood onset, brain-based disorder characterized by persistent motor and vocal tics that last for more than one year. Tics are brief, meaningless movements or sounds, but can be more complex and appear purposeful. In addition, many people with TS have other problems that might include one or more of the following: difficulties wi...

Thesis under the direction of Professor Sohee Park Schizophrenia (SZ) patients exhibit deficits in recognition and identification of facial emotional expressions but it is unclear whether these deficits result from abnormal affective processing or an impaired ability to process complex visual stimuli such as faces. SZ and matched healthy controls (CO) participated in two computerized visual mat...

Obesity is a leading cause of preventable death in America and its prevalence is increasing at an alarming rate. While it is known that individuals with specific obesity-related medical conditions perform poorly on neuropsychological tasks, recent evidence suggests that cognitive dysfunction in obese individuals may occur independently of medical co-morbidities. This study examined neuropsychol...