... series on nutrition, the brain, and behavior, the present book brings new information to the long-debated issue of the benecial and possible negative effects on the brain from the consumption of ... ischemia, and seizures, and on the mostly unknown effects of the chlorogenic acids found in coffee The effects of caffeine on the stress axis and development of the brain are also updated Finally, the ... of these receptors suggests some probable sites of action of caffeine in the brain Included are the striatum and medulla, as well as portions of the basal forebrain, the mesopontine area, and the...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 04:20
... perceptions, the ideas, the recollections, the reasonings, the emotions, the desires, the imaginations, and the acts of attention and of will These appear to be, at the first glance, the elements ... each, other, continue, and arrange themselves logically: in lieu of sensations, there are objects and relations of space between these objects, and the actions which connect them, and the phenomena ... ambition, Notwithstanding the prudence of some and the equivocations in which others have rejoiced, they have drawn their definition in the absolute and not in[34] the relative To take their conceptions...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 12:20
quantum theory and the brain
... testing whether these examples can satisfy the definition given in §5 for a quantum switch One question is whether the states ρ1 and ρ2 are sufficiently different, and the other is whether the quantum ... principle, there is no difficulty with assigning a quantum state to a photographic plate, or to the photographic plate and the electron and the entire camera and the developing machine and so on These ... follow the central arguments CONTENTS Introduction The Problems of Quantum Mechanics and the Relevance of the Brain Quantum Mechanical Assumptions Information Processing in the Brain The Quantum Theory...
Ngày tải lên: 18/04/2014, 15:28
Herbal Supplements and the Brain pdf
... novel, the Enna/ Norton book is certainly the finest volume I know addressing the interface of herbs, the brain, and behavior It will be of value and fun for the educated layperson as well as the ... hot and dry in the 3rd degree These distinctions were made on the basis of the odor and taste of the plant product, not the therapeutic effectiveness or use In fact, no matter how elaborate the ... first with the biochemical identification and characterization of these sites and, subsequently, with their isolation and purification, and the cloning of the genes responsible for their production.9,10...
Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 09:20
spark the revolutionary new science of exercise and the brain by john j ratey
... radiation from the materials they handled, and the other was not The DOE tracked the workers between 1980 and 1988, and what they found shocked everyone involved Radiation made them healthier The twenty-eight ... took the test — not merely the best and the brightest How did they stack up? On the science section of the TIMSS, Naperville’s students finished first, just ahead of Singapore, and then the North ... influences the brain If Titusville can find the spark, so can the rest of us My hope is that we can use these examples as a new cultural model and, ultimately, reconnect the body and the brain As...
Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 20:45
The mind and the brain jeffrey m schwartz
... that the brain has the most power for man… The eyes and ears and tongue and hands and feet whatsoever the brain determines…it is the brain that is the messenger to the understanding [and] the brain ... them the power to strengthen and utilize the healthy parts of their brain in order to resist their compulsions and quiet the anxieties and fears caused by their obsessions And then, despite the ... toilet seats with their hands and then spread—well, then spread whatever they touched all over their hair, face, and clothes They have had patients rub urine over themselves They have had patients...
Ngày tải lên: 27/07/2014, 00:31
Báo cáo y học: "Factor VII and the brain: time to get this research done" potx
... infarcted brain can be identified), and also to some degree on the resolution of the scanner used Second, the thromboembolic risk is closely linked to the anatomic injury itself [4] All of the post-FVIIa ... brain infarcts observed in our series occurred in the presence of severe TBI, just as the majority of all of the complications we found occurred at the site of an identified vascular injury The ... patients, focused on the treatment of hemorrhagic shock, specifically excludes patients with severe TBI There is a clear and urgent need to study this population, however, and to study the very wide...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20
Analysis of Phosphorus Behavior in the Giant Reed for Phytoremediation and the Biomass Production System
... from the fluorescent lamp to the top of the giant reeds was about 0.2 m at the start of the experiment The temperature in the experimental room was kept at about 28 °C The rhizomes and the roots ... cropped before the start of the dying down period Then, after all of the above-ground part has died down, the whole plants including the roots and rhizomes are cropped except for the roots and rhizomes ... rhizomes remaining for the next year Thereafter, the giant reeds grow with the rhizome extension, and the giant reed community in the wetland is regenerated - 152 - Journal of Water and Environment...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38
Factors influencing borrower’s behavior and decision making patterns in the success of a micro finance model
... that they are at the mercy of the MFIs and they not have any idea about the merits of the loan products They will have higher satisfaction and confidence if the said MFIs are supported and recognized ... for their increment at the end of each year On the other hand, lower income group running their own businesses are encouraged by MFIs to obtain loans as the capacity building of the enterprise and ... were doing their own small businesses and require the funds for their recurring inventories to manage their working capital requirement and increase their revenues Their major concern is the time...
Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2013, 05:48
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Neuronal growth-inhibitory factor (metallothionein-3): evaluation of the biological function of growth-inhibitory factor in the injured and neurodegenerative brain pdf
... GIF within the brain Further studies are required to determine the function of GIF within the normal, injured and neurodegenerative brain, and to establish the therapeutic potential of the protein ... deficient in the AD brain There remains no clear consensus on the role of GIF in the pathogenesis of AD, and therefore we will briefly review some of the current thoughts on the role of GIF in AD There ... into the functional roles of this protein in the brain, and in particular its ability to inhibit neurite outgrowth (as described above) The functional role of GIF synthesis and secretion in the brain...
Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 15:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Distribution of class I, III and IV alcohol dehydrogenase mRNAs in the adult rat, mouse and human brain ppt
... provided by the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center (Belmont, MA, USA) and the Netherlands Brain Bank (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Blocks of cortex, anterior amygdala, striatum and midbrain from ... 1C) and human liver (Fig 2B) and moderate expression levels in rat liver (Fig 1A), in accordance with the literature [16–18] The difference in the expression levels in the liver of the ADH4–/– and ... can be oxidized in brain homogenates and that catalase is involved in the accumulation of acetaldehyde in the brain [27], explaining its presence despite the absence of ADH1 and the fact that acetaldehyde...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 00:20
Health-related behavior and quality of life among the elderly: a population-based study pot
... four areas of the state of Sóo Paulo, southeastern Brazil: the cities of Botucatu and Campinas; an area covering the cities of Itapecerica da Serra, Embu, and Taboóo da Serra; and the district ... causality, the elderly with good health and well-being are able to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors There is a need for further investigation to better assess these associations Another limitation ... activity and other healthy behaviors should take into consideration social inequalities in the prevalence of health-related behaviors In view of the demographic and epidemiological transition, the...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20
The Impact of a Corporate Culture of Sustainability on Corporate Behavior and Performance pptx
... emphasis on the long-term versus the short-term (Brochet, Loumioti, and Serafeim, 2011); care more or less about the impact of externalities from their operations on other stakeholders and the environment ... GurhanCanli and Morwitz 2001), the inability to hire the most talented people (e.g., Greening and Turban 2000), and punitive fines by the government Given the nature of such strategic decisions, the ... frequency of adoption of the focal practice within each of the two groups, and the last column presents a significance test of the differences between them As before, the data are for the fiscal year...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 20:21
ONLINE CONSUMER PSYCHOLOGY Understanding and Influencing Consumer Behavior in the Virtual World docx
... because it shifts the RITUAL BEHAVIOR AND COMMUNITY CHANGE 13 focus from the participants and the putative relationships among them to shared artifacts (i.e., rituals) and the way these artifacts ... statements on the importance, the value, and the uniqueness of the board Indeed, groups often develop their conflict-handling norms "on the fly," settling on norms by trial and error and often with ... into the ways the Internet affects our understanding and experience of community as well as the sociology of virtual communities and the precise nature of the communality they claim to embody The...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 04:20
Cancer of the Brain and Other Central Nervous System doc
... patients with other CNS cancer, the spine was the most common primary site (53.9% of total), followed by the brain (41.3% of total) and other (4.8% of total) Other CNS cancers in the brain (malignant ... Malignant brain tumors in the temporal, frontal, parietal lobes and overlapping lesions of the brain were the most common locations in the brain Malignant tumors in cerebrum and tumors in the occipital ... though they both affect the central nervous system; therefore, brain cancer and other CNS cancer were analyzed separately For the brain cancer patients, survival varied only slightly by race and...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 17:20
EVOLUTION OF THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF BRAIN TUMORS AND THE THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS pdf
... of the Molecular Biology of Brain Tumors and the Therapeutic Implications high grade gliomas The structure and compounds of the ECM of the brain tissue have many specific differences from other ... treat primary and metastatic brain tumors, the incidence and mortality rates of these tumors is increasing Particularly affected are young adults and the elderly The present standard treatment ... enviro‐ ment and form it similar to the tumor tissue The process of the peritumoral invasion de‐ pends on the confrontation zone of the tumor cells and the non-neoplastic cells and ECM Glioma...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Galanin-like peptide and the regulation of feeding behavior and energy metabolism pptx
... in which GALPcontaining neurons project from the ARC to the PVN, and the other in which they project to the MPA, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and lateral septal nucleus Central administration ... body weight and stimulates thermogenesis in rodents The short-term orexigenic actions of GALP are mediated via NPY and the orexinergic pathway in the rat The long-term anorectic and thermogenic ... of the cyclooxygenase inhibitor, flurbiprofen, suggesting a dependence on the actions of prostaglandins [47] Astrocytes produce prostaglandins and have been implicated in thermogenesis in the brain, ...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 21:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Characterization of recombinant prolidase from Lactococcus lactis – changes in substrate specificity by metal cations, and allosteric behavior of the peptidase pdf
... site area is the length of the loop structure that is contributed by the other subunit and covers the S1 site (yellow ribbon for P furiosus and cyan ribbon for Lc lactis in Fig 5) The crystal ... d–carbons) are accommodated in the S1 site, and the amino group of the side chain is associated with the negatively charged residues (Asp 36 and Glu39) on the loop structure The constants for known ... and Arg-Pro (Fig 6) The allosteric behavior indicated by the sigmoidal curves was analyzed using the Hill plot, and Hill coefficients of 1.53 and 1.57, respectively, were obtained for LeuPro and...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 04:20
Báo cáo khoa học: acids in the brain: D-serine in neurotransmission and neurodegeneration ppt
... [33,34] The density of d-serine is much lower in the caudal part of the brain, including the adult cerebellum and brainstem (Fig 1) This is because of the emergence of d-amino acid oxidase in adult ... preparations? Glycine and d-serine display comparable affinities to NMDARs, and therefore the difference in their functional efficiency may be related to the availability of the two co-agonists at ... cerebral cortex [25,39], some nuclei of the hindbrain [38,39,66] and in ganglion cells of the retina [67] Fig D-Serine localizes to neurons and astrocytes in the brain Staining for D-serine was performed...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 04:20