Abstract Purpose of Review While the treatment addictive disorders proves to be challenging, new approaches that evolved around concepts mindfulness and acceptance have been utilized investigated in recent years. Our goal is summarize efficacy possible underlying mechanisms mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) disorders. Recent Findings Various meta-analyses suggested MBIs show clinical Consid...

Respiratory acidosis and alkalosis are associated with compensatory physiological changes, including extracellular and intracellular buffering, and altered renal ion handling. In clinical practice, mixed acidbase disturbances may be misdiagnosed if the expected magnitude of compensation for a primary respiratory disorder is not known. The ability to assess physiological compensation rapidly for...

Among the studies of systemic hormonal and physiological abnormalities associated with anxiety disorders, the most consistent and extensive findings suggest (a) peripheral adrenergic hyperactivity (including increases in norepinephrine but not epinephrine) and functional dysregulation, (b) increased incidence of mitral valve prolapse in panic patients, and (c) normal suppressibility of the hypo...

Neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), are defined by core behavioral impairments; however, subsets of individuals display a spectrum of gastrointestinal (GI) abnormalities. We demonstrate GI barrier defects and microbiota alterations in the maternal immune activation (MIA) mouse model that is known to display features of ASD. Oral treatment of MIA offspring wit...

Bananas are cultivated in more than 120 countries and on the five continents in tropical and subtropical areas [7]. Bananas production is the fourth most significant of the world in terms of tonnage, after rice, wheat and maize. In 2013, world production was estimated at more than 106 million tons, of which 2 million produced in Caribbean [8]. However, only a small part is produced for commerci...

OBJECTIVES In order to clarify the involvement in the nervous system by cervico-brachial disorders (CBD), we performed neurophysiological tests on the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and the central nervous system (CNS) in patients with CBD, subclinicals and healthy controls. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We employed antidromic sensory nerve conduction velocities (SCV) in the hands and fingers for PNS...

Received: Revised: Accepted: September 18, 2014 September 27, 2014 October 15, 2014 In this study, the effect of fermentative disorders such as acid and alkaline indigestion was investigated in buffaloes. Six buffaloes each suffering from acid and alkaline indigestion was chosen and various physiological parameters were compared with six healthy buffaloes Clinical examination was carried out to...

A model was developed assuming that the occurrence and the development of physiological disorders are effects of a balance between processes of disorder formation and scavenging of initiating compounds. Based on this (simplified) mechanism and applying the fundamental rules of chemical kinetics, the differential equations can be derived. The observed effects depend on initial levels of some nut...

Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated skin condition with a high rate of psychiatric comorbidity, which often goes unrecognized. Beyond the negative consequences of mood disorders like depression and anxiety on patient quality of life, evidence suggests that these conditions can worsen the severity of psoriatic disease. The mechanisms behind this relationship are not entirely understood, but ...

Based on genetic and biochemical advances on the molecular mechanism of circadian rhythms, a computational model for the mammalian circadian clock is used to examine the dynamical bases of circadian-clock-related physiological disorders in humans. Entrainment by the light-dark cycle with a phase advance or a phase delay is associated with the Familial advanced sleep phase syndrome (FASPS) or th...