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iScience, 2023 Summary: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by neurodegeneration, memory loss, and social withdrawal. Brain inflammation has emerged as a key pathogenic mechanism in AD.
Maria Clara Selles +8 more
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, 2021 Oxytocin, an important neuropeptide, exerts a wide influence on the central nervous system and the peripheral tissues. In the central nervous system, the oxytocin gene expression is mainly shown to be present in neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei.
Yuting Cheng +4 more
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To determine the effect of propranolol on myometrial contractions induced by low dose and high dose oxytocin. Design Prospective ex vivo laboratory study. Setting Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto. Population Full‐term parturients who underwent elective caesarean deliveries (CD).
Mrinalini Balki +5 more
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Exploratory study of fathers providing Kangaroo Care in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Aim and Objectives To explore fathers' views and experiences of providing Kangaroo Care (KC) to their baby cared for in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Background Kangaroo Care has been known to improve the health outcome for preterm, low birth weight and medically vulnerable term infants and achieve the optimal perinatal health ...
Qiuxia Dong +3 more
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To compare the effect of luteal‐phase progesterone supplementation in natural cycles to expectant management on live birth rates in women with unexplained infertility (UI). Design An open‐label, parallel‐arm, single‐centre randomised controlled trial. Setting One tertiary NHS‐funded fertility unit.
Claudia Raperport +7 more
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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2014 The neuropeptide, oxytocin, receives increasing attention due to its role in stress regulation and promoting affiliative social behavior. Research across mammals points to a complex pattern whereby social context and individual differences moderate the ...
Catherine eCrockford +3 more
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The Neuroeconomics of Trust [PDF]
The traditional view in economics is that individuals respond to incentives, but absent strong incentives to the contrary selfishness prevails. Moreover, this “greed is good” approach is deemed “rational” behavior. Nevertheless, in daily interactions and
Paul J. Zak
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality. Uterotonics are the mainstay of PPH prevention. Objectives To compare the efficacy of misoprostol and oxytocin for the prevention of PPH and to evaluate the trustworthiness of these randomised controlled trials (RCTs).
Madeline Flanagan +12 more
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Modeling patient access to therapeutic oxytocin in Zanzibar, Tanzania
BMC Health Services Research, 2018 Background Our objective is to estimate the effects of therapeutic oxytocin supply chain factors and social determinants of health on patient access to oxytocin in low-income settings using system dynamics modeling.
Devika Nadkarni +8 more
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