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Residual tail twisting in ascidian larvae is stabilized by asymmetric myofibrils that resist bilateral symmetry restoration

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Ascidian Ciona larvae initially show strong clockwise tail twisting, which is largely corrected during development. However, a small residual twist remains. This study shows that organized helical myofibrils in tail muscles mechanically stabilize this residual asymmetry, preventing complete restoration of bilateral symmetry and revealing how embryos ...
Yuki S. Kogure   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addictions [Addictions]

open access: yes, 2019
New drugs available in a click, plethora of games, new regulations on cannabis, addiction medicine has a lot to do ! In 2018, Switzerland recognized a training certificate in addiction medicine, pathological gambling entered into ICD-11 and vaping, first considered with suspicion, found a place in the pharmacopoeia of the fight against tobacco.
Daeppen, Jean-Bernard   +8 more
openaire   +1 more source

Treat addicts, not the addiction [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2008
Rehm and Fischer, in calling for what amounts to the legalising of heroin,1 have selected evidence to support their view. They did, however, not include the …
openaire   +1 more source

Online gaming and addiction: a psychosocial investigation using mixed methods [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Online virtual worlds known as Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) have gained increased popularity over the last decade. MMORPGs provide a sophisticated environment that enables complete immersion within the virtual world to the ...
Hussain, Z
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CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Acquired Brain Injury Program; Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Acquired Brain Injury Program

open access: yes, 2021
1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)At head of title: CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction ...

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Biophysical approaches for studying viral entry

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Viruses infect all living organisms and have been responsible for major epidemics and pandemics. Their ongoing evolutionary battle with host defenses creates a constant need for improved tools to study viral behavior. Advancing methods to probe viral attachment, fusion, and genome release deepen our understanding of how infections begin and support the
Inbar Yosibash, Raya Sorkin
wiley   +1 more source

A Theory of Natural Addiction [PDF]

open access: yes
Economic theories of rational addiction aim to describe consumer behavior in the presence of habit-forming goods. We provide a biological foundation for this body of work by formally specifying conditions under which it is optimal to form a habit.
Tasnadi, Attila, Smith, Trenton G.
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Internet Addiction among Greek University Students: Demographic Associations with the Phenomenon, Using the Greek Version of Young's Internet Addiction Test [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Internet addiction (IA) is a new disorder described in 1996 by the psychologist Kimberly Young. The aim of this paper is to estimate the percentage of IA among Greek university students. Results of a sample survey among 1876 Greek university students, 18-
Kiohos, A, Frangos, CC
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The human gut microbiome across the life course

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Despite significant individual variation and continuous change throughout life, the human gut microbiome follows some life stage‐specific trends. This article provides a brief overview of how gut microbiome composition shifts across different phases of life. Created in BioRender. Özkurt, E. (2026) https://BioRender.com/8q4nrnc.
Alise J. Ponsero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nicotine Addiction [PDF]

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 1999
Nicotine maintains tobacco addiction. Nicotine acts on nicotinic cholinergic receptors, which demonstrate diversity in subunit structure, function, and distribution in the nervous system, mediating the multiple actions of nicotine described in tobacco users.
openaire   +3 more sources

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