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Brain activation to high-calorie food images in healthy normal weight and obe...
Abstract Background Understanding how normal weight and obese young children process high-calorie food stimuli may provide information relevant to the neurobiology of eating... -
MRI of trunk muscles and motor and respiratory function in patients with myot...
Abstract Background Myotonic Dystrophy 1 (DM1) causes progressive myopathy of extremity muscles. DM1 may also affect muscles of the trunk. The aim of this study was to... -
Rubidium and potassium levels are altered in Alzheimer’s disease brain and bl...
Abstract Loss of intracellular compartmentalization of potassium is a biochemical feature of Alzheimer’s disease indicating a loss of membrane integrity and mitochondrial... -
18F-VC701-PET and MRI in the in vivo neuroinflammation assessment of a mouse ...
Abstract Background Positron emission tomography (PET) using translocator protein (TSPO) ligands has been used to detect neuroinflammatory processes in neurological disorders,... -
Teaching pain recognition through art: the Ramsay-Caravaggio sedation scale
Abstract Background Clinical observation is a key component of medical ability, enabling immediate evaluation of the patient’s emotional state and contributing to a clinical... -
The association of birth weight and postnatal growth with energy intake and e...
Abstract Background Low and high birth weight and accelerated postnatal weight gain are associated with an increased risk of obesity. Perinatal effects on energy intake and... -
Advanced paternal age as a risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders: a tr...
Abstract Advanced paternal age (APA) is a risk factor for several neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and schizophrenia. The potential mechanisms conferring this risk... -
Optical coherence tomography in myelin-oligodendrocyte-glycoprotein antibody-...
Abstract Background Serum antibodies against myelin-oligodendrocyte-glycoprotein (MOG-IgG) are detectable in a proportion of patients with acute or relapsing neuroinflammation.... -
ICEAGE (Incidence of Complications following Emergency Abdominal surgery: Get...
Abstract Background Postoperative complications and delayed physical recovery are significant problems following emergency abdominal surgery. Physiotherapy aims to aid recovery... -
Erythropoietin as an add-on treatment for cognitive side effects of electroco...
Abstract Background Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most effective treatment for severe depression, but its use is impeded by its cognitive side effects. Novel treatments... -
A video based feedback system for control of an active commutator during beha...
Abstract Background To investigate the relationship between neural function and behavior it is necessary to record neuronal activity in the brains of freely behaving animals, a... -
Cardiovascular health effects following exposure of human volunteers during f...
Abstract Background Firefighters have increased risk of cardiovascular disease and of sudden death from coronary heart disease on duty while suppressing fires. This study... -
Assessment of comorbidities and prognosis in patients with COPD diagnosed wit...
Abstract Background Currently, the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is not uniform, COPD guidelines recommend fixed ratio (FR), whereas ATS and ERS... -
Autonomic nervous system response to remote ischemic conditioning: heart rate...
Abstract Background Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) is a procedure applied in a limb for triggering endogenous protective pathways in distant organs, namely brain or heart.... -
Barriers and facilitators to adherence to group exercise in institutionalized...
Abstract Objectives Research suggests targeted exercise is important for people living with dementia, especially those living in residential care. The aim of this review was to... -
Catching up! The sexual behaviour and opinions of Italian students (2000–2017)
Abstract While sexuality has radically changed across middle–high-income societies in recent years, only outdated studies are available for Italy. We aim to provide novel... -
Gout and the risk of Parkinson’s disease in older adults: a study of U.S. Med...
Abstract Background In the presence of limited available data, our objective was to assess the association of gout with the risk of incident Parkinson’s disease (PD) in adults... -
Eye irritation testing of nanomaterials using the EpiOcular™ eye irritation t...
Abstract Background Assessment of eye irritation hazard has long been a core requirement in any chemical legislation. Nevertheless, publications focussing on the eye damaging... -
Scl-Ab reverts pro-osteoclastogenic signalling and resorption in estrogen def...
Abstract Background Neutralising antibodies to sclerostin (Scl-Ab) have shown significant potential to induce bone formation and decrease bone resorption, increase strength and... -
Ca2+ in the dorsal raphe nucleus promotes wakefulness via endogenous sleep-wa...
Abstract Serotonergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) are involved in the control of sleep-wake states. Our previous studies have indicated that calcium (Ca2+)...
