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Mythological worldview of fear and horror in ancient period
The problem of the place and significance of the phenomena of fear and horror in the world-view of man has a long but unexplored history in science. Since ancient philosophy, these phenomena (especially fear) have been regarded as feelings that depend on
O.S. Turenko
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The transcutaneous electrical diaphragmatic stimulation (TEDS) is a technique of respiratory muscle activation that affects breathing pattern and rhythm.
Luana Godinho Maynard +5 more
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Embodied stress: The physiological resonance of psychosocial stress [PDF]
Psychosocial stress is a ubiquitous phenomenon in our society. While acute stress responses are necessary and adaptive, excessive activation of neurobiological stress systems can predispose an individual to far-reaching adverse health outcomes. Living in
Engert, V., Grant, J., Linz, R.
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Gaseous neurotransmitter nitric oxide: Its role in experimental models of epilepsy [PDF]
Epilepsy is one of the leading neurological disorders and affects 1-2% of the world’s population. Generally, it is a result of an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory phenomena in the central nervous system (CNS), but the mechanisms of its ...
Hrnčić D. +6 more
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Until the beginning 1930s the traditional dogma that the human central nervous system did not possess any abilities to adapt functionally to degenerative processes and external injuries loomed large in the field of the brain sciences (Hirnforschung ...
Frank W Stahnisch
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STUDIES IN THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. XI.: IMMEDIATE REFLEX PHENOMENA IN THE SIMPLE REFLEX [PDF]
1. In this paper the mutual relations of two antagonists at the ankle‐joint‐tibialis anticus and gastrocnemius—are examined during the occurrence of simple reflex stimuli and in different reflex preparations and conditions.2. The two conditions used are the normal—that is, the condition with intact muscle afferents—and the de‐afferented, in which the ...
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The Meanings of ‘Life’:Biology and Biography in the Work of J.S. Haldane (1860-1936) [PDF]
In the course of his somewhat unorthodox career in science, the physiologist John Scott Haldane occasionally turned to biography to portray the aims and values that he associated with such a career.
Sturdy, Steven
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The “Connectivome Theory”: A New Model to Understand Autism Spectrum Disorders
The classical approach to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is often limited to considering their neuro-functional aspects. However, recent scientific literature has shown that ASDs also affect many body systems and apparatuses such as the immune system ...
Leonardo Zoccante +7 more
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Hidden hearing loss: current perspectives and potential therapies
. Hidden hearing loss (HHL), an auditory dysfunction that has gained much recent attention, has the hallmarks of speech discrimination and intelligibility deficits with normal or near-normal hearing thresholds.
Diyan Chen +3 more
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STUDIES IN THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. IX.: REFLEX TERMINAL PHENOMENA—REBOUND—RHYTHMIC REBOUND AND MOVEMENTS OF PROGRESSION [PDF]
1. In the experiments here described reflex terminal phenomena have been examined in individual antagonistic muscles during the flexion‐ and extension‐reflexes of the hind limb.2. The phenomena have been investigated in the “normal” and in the “de‐afferented” low spinal, high spinal, and decerebrate preparations of the cat.
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