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Immigration detention centers as torturing environments: Ethical reckonings, radical refusals, and implications for a psychology of resistance

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines psychologists' ethical dilemmas in immigration detention centers. Using critical psychology, border, and detention scholarship, it highlights psychologists' historical complicity in state violence, from the U.S. Enhanced Interrogation Program to current border regimes.
Francesca Esposito, Federica de Cordova, Julia Manek, Sara Buckingham, Camilla Ponti, Francesco Tommasi, Bradley Olson   +6 more
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Cortical Thickness and White Matter Surface Morphology in Tourette Syndrome: A Cohort Study

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective To examine cortical thickness and white matter surface morphology in a large sample of individuals with Tourette syndrome (TS) and neurotypical controls across the lifespan, and to assess associations with symptom severity, comorbidities, and medication use.
Sahar Delavari, Adam C. Frank, Ravi Bansal, Flora M. Vaccarino, Robert A. King, Paul Lombroso, Lawrence Scahill, James F. Leckman, Bradley S. Peterson   +8 more
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Characterization of Anticholinergic Medication Use and Its Associations With Everyday Memory Problems and Cognitive Decline in Autistic Adults With Higher Support Needs

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Among older adults in the general population, medications with anticholinergic (AC) effects are associated with declines in cognitive functioning and with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Autistic people have high rates of co‐occurring medical conditions and polypharmacy across the lifespan; thus, they may be at particularly high risk of ...
Goldie A. McQuaid, Nancy Raitano Lee, Gregory L. Wallace   +2 more
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Gut microbes–spinal connection is required for itch sensation

Gut Microbes
The gut microbiota has been linked to a number of neurological disorders. However, it is unclear whether the gut microbiota is involved in the genesis of chronic itch, a refractory condition that afflicts patients both physically and mentally.
Tong Jin, Si-Yuan Li, Hong-Li Zheng, Xiao-Dan Liu, Yue Huang, Gan Ma, Ya-Xuan Zhao, Xiao-Tian Zhao, Li Yang, Qi-Hui Wang, Hong-Jun Wang, Chengyong Gu, Zhiqiang Pan, Fuqing Lin   +13 more
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High prevalence of prescription of psychotropic drugs for older patients in a general hospital

BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2017
Background Many elderly patients receive psychotropic drugs. Treatment with psychotropic agents is associated with serious side effects including an increased risk of falls and fractures.
Inken Arnold, Kati Straube, Wolfgang Himmel, Stephanie Heinemann, Vivien Weiss, Laura Heyden, Eva Hummers-Pradier, Roland Nau   +7 more
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Effects of Cannabidiol‐Rich Cannabis Oil on Facial Expression Recognition and Theory of Mind in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To evaluate, in a post hoc subanalysis, the effects of cannabidiol (CBD)‐rich cannabis oil on facial expression recognition and theory of mind in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This post hoc subanalysis included children from a double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled trial who completed social cognition assessments at ...
Wandersonia Moreira Brito Medeiros, Estácio Amaro da Silva Junior, Katy Lísias Gondim Dias de Albuquerque, Marine Diniz da Rosa, Amanda Gleiciane de Lima Oliveira, Maycon Jônatas da Silva, João Vitor Andrade Fernandes, Emily Caroline Costa Vieira, João Paulo Mendes dos Santos, Thais Cavalcanti Borges, Ana Hermínia Andrade e Silva, Carlos Espínola Neto Segundo, Nelson Torro‐Alves   +12 more
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Regulation of glycolysis-derived L-lactate production in astrocytes rescues the memory deficits and Aβ burden in early Alzheimer’s disease models

Pharmacological Research
Aberrant energy metabolism in the brain is a common pathological feature in the preclinical Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Recent studies have reported the early elevations of glycolysis-involved enzymes in AD brain and cerebrospinal fluid according to a ...
Xiu Yang, Yuan-Hao Chen, Le Liu, Zheng Gu, Yue You, Jing-Ru Hao, Nan Sun, Can Gao   +7 more
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Antidepressant Prescribing Trends for Adults With and Without Autism in the United Kingdom From 1997 to 2023: A Population‐Based Cohort Study Using Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Antidepressant prescribing and autism diagnoses have increased in recent years. We aimed to describe and compare trends in antidepressant prescribing, indications, doses and durations in autistic and non‐autistic males and females in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1997 to 2023.
Aws Sadik, Golam M. Khandaker, Antonio F. Pardiñas, Michael Lundberg, Brian K. Lee, Cecilia Magnusson, Dheeraj Rai, Paul Madley‐Dowd   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

RNF168 dephosphorylation ameliorates cognitive decline in Aβ-based mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease

Acta Neuropathologica Communications
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder among the elderly, with limited effective treatments available in clinical practice.
Miao-Jin Ji, Yun Li, Jiao Yang, Kangjunjie Wang, Shuning Sang, Hong Yang, Chenhao Tian, Xin Tang, Ji-Heng Cai, Tianhan He, Cheng Zhang, Huanyao Tang, Tiantao Cui, Xinran Meng, Xiang Cao, Jiaqi Zhu, Jie Wang, Jun-Li Cao, Daming Gao, Chao Liu   +19 more
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Metabolic fate of drugs of abuse and new psychoactive substances: A pilot study on a novel workflow using a zebrafish embryo model combined with human microdosing

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim The aim of this study was to develop a novel workflow to identify human urine biomarkers for drugs of abuse and new psychoactive substances. Metabolites of amphetamine, cocaine, LSD, MDMA, methamphetamine, THC, MDMB‐CHMICA, and MDPPP were first identified in a zebrafish embryo (ZE) metabolism study followed by comparison to most abundant human ...
Simon K. Wellenberg, Tanja M. Gampfer, Lea Wagmann, Philip Schippers, Jennifer Herrmann, Rolf Müller, Folker Westphal, Markus R. Meyer   +7 more
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