The phenomenon of bullying has multidimensional character: it involves young people above all, but it is amplified by hush and passivity of the adults. Main objective of our research is to explore the several factors of this phenomenon, in order to identify prevention strategies and to increase the awareness among scholastic authorities.

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Despite all the recent progress in neuroscience, we still do not understand the basic principles according to which the brain functions. This may be due, at least in part, to our lack of knowledge how the brain's intrinsic activity, the brain's input, impacts stimulus-induced changes in the brain. We here discuss the neuronal, experimental and methodological relevance of the brain's resting sta...

An epitope present in the 71-90 sequence of basic protein (BP) has been identified as the dominant epitope recognized by most Lewis rat encephalitogenic T cells isolated during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). In the present study, we investigated the BP epitopes recognized by Lewis rat T cells in naive rats, in rats suffering from acute EAE, and in recovered rats. T cells isola...

Introductory biology courses provide an important opportunity to prepare students for future courses, yet existing cookbook labs, although important in their own way, fail to provide many of the advantages of semester-long research experiences. Engaging, authentic research experiences aid biology students in meeting many learning goals. Therefore, overlaying a research experience onto the exist...

PURPOSE To study the expression of stress-response proteins in the inflamed iris of rats with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). METHODS EAE was induced in Lewis rats by immunization with homogenized spinal cord of the guinea pig emulsified in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) (group EAE). Control rats included those immunized with only CFA (group CFA) and those that were untreat...

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, inflammatory, and demyelinating disease of the central nervous system characterized by the pathological infiltration of autoreactive leukocytes. Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis serves as a disease model for human multiple sclerosis in mouse and rat (Conlon et al., 1999). Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis is induced through sensitization with ne...