Previous research has shown that when subjects search for a particular target object the sudden appearance of a new object captures the eyes on a large proportion of trials. The present study examined whether the onset affects the oculomotor system even when the eyes move directly towards the target. Using a modified version of the oculomotor paradigm (see Theeuwes, Kramer, Hahn, & Irwin, 1998)...

Rats exposed to restraint stress for 3 h on each of 3 days lose weight and do not return to the weight of their non-stressed controls for extended periods of time. Studies described here demonstrate that the initial weight loss is associated with increased energy expenditure and reduced food intake on the days of restraint but that there is no difference between stressed and control rats once s...

AIM KCNJ6 coding for potassium inwardly rectifying channels (Kir3.2, GIRK2) is important for opioid receptor transmission. The KCNJ6 rs2070995 AA genotype has been associated with increased opioid analgesic requirements in Japanese. We analyzed its consequences for other opioid effects. METHODS Genotyping was done in 85 methadone-substituted former heroin addicts, 352 opioid-treated chronic p...

El artículo presenta tres estadíos consecutivos que van relacionando el imaginario propuesto por D-H. Pageaux desde la Imagología literaria francesa con teoría de literatura como polisistema Even Zohar y luego geocrítica Bertrand Westphal. A través esta reflexión, avalada numerosos ejemplos bibliografía, se ofrecen propuestas detalladas, minuciosas útiles para investigación comparatista, a vez ...

El presente trabajo propone una “lectura sintomal” de la ciudad en las novelas Lucía Guerra Muñeca Brava (2015 [1993]), Travesías del hombre Lobo (2015) y el libro cuentos Las pistas Lucifer (2014). Utilizando los aportes conceptuales geocrítica literaria por B. Westphal R. Tally, se analiza obra pensadora imaginarios urbanos como cartografía. La autora realiza un mapeo cuya dinámica construye ...

Huntington's disease is rare, genetically determinated, neurodegenerative disorder. It is determined by dynamic mutation of IT15 gene on short arm of 4 chromosome. Characteristic symptomatology include involuntary movements, cognitive decline and wide spectrum of mood and behaviour disorders. It typically becomes noticeable in mid-adult life, but there are reported cases of appaers of symptoms ...