Mood congruent alterations in information processing such as an impaired memory bias for emotional information and impaired inhibitory functions are prominent features of a major depressive disorder (MDD). Furthermore, in MDD patients hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunctions are frequently found. Impairing effects of stress or cortisol administration on memory retrieval as well as impai...

AIM Inflammatory bowel disease is characterized by the presence of gastrointestinal motility disturbances; however alterations in the gastric myoelectrical activity have not been characterized. In this study we have recorded the gastric myoelectrical activity in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) during their clinical remission. MATERIALS AND METHODS Gastric activi...

Dermatofibroma (DF) is histologically characterized by proliferation of fibroblasts in the dermis. Multiple DFs occasionally develop in patients with autoimmune disorders under immunosuppressive therapy; however, the pathogenesis of DF is still unclear. To elucidate immunological involvement in the mechanism of the fibrosis in DF, we studied the role of interleukin-1 (IL-1), which has a number ...

BACKGROUND Recently, it has focused the role of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in the etiology of dental caries, so we plan to evaluate the association between environmental tobacco smoke inhalation and caries experience in 10-15-years-old children. METHODS A transversal descriptive study was designed. Carried out in the Primary Dentistry Unit. 9th Health Department. Valencian Countr...

Transient working memory requires attention and temporary storage of information, whereas executive function working memory requires additional mental manipulation of that information. Working memory impairment is common in schizophrenia patients, but only some studies have found differential impairment in executive function working memory compared to transient working memory. We measured both ...

Dengue fever (DF) is mosquito born disease infecting 390 million individuals globally. It may present with several classical DF, dengue hemorrhagic (DHF) or shock syndrome. Clinical symptoms included headache, fever, bone pain some time flue like symptoms. commonly diagnosed by serological detection of IgM, NS1 antigen in patients’s serum. The progression and management monitored a simple compl...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between a variable number of tandem repeats polymorphism at the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) and the performance of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a continuous performance test (CPT). METHODS This study included 72 ADHD children (mean age=9.39+/-2.05 years) who were recruited from one child p...