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Neuroendocrine and psychophysiological investigation of the evolutionary roots of gossip

Scientific Reports, 2023
This study investigates an evolutionary hypothesis of gossip postulating that in humans it serves a similar function as social grooming in other primates.
Konrad Rudnicki, Irina Spacova, Charlotte De Backer, Caroline E. M. K. Dricot, Sarah Lebeer, Karolien Poels   +5 more
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Heme-Induced Macrophage Phenotype Switching and Impaired Endogenous Opioid Homeostasis Correlate with Chronic Widespread Pain in HIV

Cells, 2023
Chronic widespread pain (CWP) is associated with a high rate of disability and decreased quality of life in people with HIV-1 (PWH). We previously showed that PWH with CWP have increased hemolysis and elevated plasma levels of cell-free heme, which ...
Tanima Chatterjee, Itika Arora, Lilly B. Underwood, Terry L. Lewis, Juan Xavier Masjoan Juncos, Sonya L. Heath, Burel R. Goodin, Saurabh Aggarwal   +7 more
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A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN HORMONES IN CONSUMER NEUROSCIENCE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR RESEARCH: TRENDS AND INSIGHTS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR MARKETING

Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, 2023
The fields of consumer neuroscience, neuromarketing, human behaviour, and human hormones (such as dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins) have been widely studied.
Ahmed H. Alsharif, Lina Pilelienė
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Information Models of Acupuncture Analgesia and Meridian Channels

Information, 2010
Acupuncture and meridian channels have been major components of Chinese and Eastern Asian medicine—especially for analgesia—for over 2000 years. In recent decades, electroacupuncture (EA) analgesia has been applied clinically and experimentally. However,
Chang Hua Zou, Kang Cheng
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Heme attenuates beta-endorphin levels in leukocytes of HIV positive individuals with chronic widespread pain

Redox Biology, 2020
The prevalence of chronic widespread pain (CWP) in people with HIV is high, yet the underlying mechanisms are elusive. Leukocytes synthesize the endogenous opioid, β-endorphin, within their endoplasmic reticulum (ER).
Saurabh Aggarwal, Jennifer J. DeBerry, Israr Ahmad, Prichard Lynn, Cary Dewitte, Simran Malik, Jessica S. Merlin, Burel R. Goodin, Sonya L. Heath, Sadis Matalon   +9 more
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Mother's hand tool as a skin-to-skin contact simulation instrument decreases pain levels in newborns

Universa Medicina, 2021
BACKGROUND Sensory stimulation activates the gate control mechanism, raises the level of beta endorphins, and the secretion of beta endorphins increases the pain threshold, reducing or eliminating the feeling of pain.
Yesim Ceylantekin, Nuriye Buyukkayaci Duman, Dilek Ocalan, Senay Topuz, Betul Yildiz Ucar   +4 more
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Why Can't I Cry [PDF]

, 2017
This paper won a honorable mention writing flag award in the creative/reflective category. Che, writing for Kathleen Stewart’s ANT 325L class, “Ethnography of Emotion”.Stewart, KathleenUndergraduate ...
Che, James
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Effect of Laughter Therapy on the Psychological and Physiological State of a Person

Psichologija
The study of laughter therapy can help people better understand how laughter can reduce stress, boost mood, and improve the immune system and overall physical condition, so this topic is quite relevant and necessary in the modern world. The influence of
Liana Spytska
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Music and social bonding: ‘self-other’ merging and neurohormonal mechanisms

Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
It has been suggested that a key function of music during its development and spread amongst human populations was its capacity to create and strengthen social bonds amongst interacting group members. However, the mechanisms by which this occurs have not
Bronwyn eTarr, Jacques eLaunay, Robin eDunbar   +2 more
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Evaluation of the effects of dexmedetomidine and midazolam on plasma and cerebrospinal fluid beta-endorphin levels in rats

Medicine Science, 2021
Endorphins are endogenous peptides that play a role in the regulation of pain, behavior, neuroendocrine and autonomic functions. In our study, we aimed to investigate the role of β endorphins in these effects of midazolam and dexmedetomidine.
Canan Kucuk, Nihal Kadiogullari
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