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A digital intervention using virtual reality helmets to reduce dental anxiety of children under local anesthesia and primary teeth extraction: A randomized clinical trial

open access: yesBrain and Behavior, 2022
Introduction Behavior management of children during dental treatment is an important but challenging issue. As a new technique, VR has been applied in pediatric dental anxiety. But there is no final conclusion whether VR reduces children's dental anxiety.
Qin Du   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genes, inflammatory response, tolerance, and resistance to virus infections in migratory birds, bats, and rodents

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2023
Normally, the host immunological response to viral infection is coordinated to restore homeostasis and protect the individual from possible tissue damage. The two major approaches are adopted by the host to deal with the pathogen: resistance or tolerance.
Patrick Douglas Corrêa Pereira   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

Liver hydrolysate attenuates the sickness behavior induced by concanavalin A in mice

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2015
Liver hydrolysate (LH) is used as a pharmaceutical agent in Japan, to enhance liver function. However, the effects of LH on sickness behavior are unknown.
Osamu Nakagawasai   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vortioxetine Prevents Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Memory Impairment Without Inhibiting the Initial Inflammatory Cascade

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
Vortioxetine is a novel multimodal antidepressant that modulates a wide range of neurotransmitters throughout the brain. Preclinical and clinical studies have shown that vortioxetine exerts positive effects on different cognitive domains and ...
S. Alboni   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Self-rated health in response to experimental manipulations of inflammation is mediated by sickness behavior as assessed by the sickness questionnaire [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Factors that influence subjective health ratings (e.g. pain, tiredness, lack of energy) resemble immune activated sickness behavior. Accordingly, previous research has shown a relation between inflammatory cytokines and poor self-rated health.
Andreasson, AN   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Changes in self-rated health after endotoxin stimulation correlate with changes in cytokines and sickness behavior [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
We have previously shown that acute inflammatory response causes robust alterations of state and trait dimensions of self-rated health. Here, we repeat the previous study using a higher dose of endotoxin and investigate consequences of inflammation that ...
B. Karshikoff   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Pain and Sickness Behaviors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
This chapter describes behavioral assessment and approaches to management of acute pain, chronic pain, and sickness behaviors. Acute pain behaviors in cats can be evaluated using a range of behavioural and physiological variables. Chronic primary pain is multifactorial: biological psychological and social factors contribute to the pain syndrome. Scales
Stella, JL, Buffington, CA Tony
openaire  

The Combined Effect of Obesity and Contraceptive Use on Pulmonary Embolism in Adolescent Females Residing in the United States

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use in obese adult women dramatically increases the relative risk of developing a pulmonary embolism (PE). The risk of a PE in obese adolescent females taking contraceptives is currently unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) and contraceptive
John Puetz, Joanne Salas
wiley   +1 more source

Health seeking behavior during sickness. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Health seeking behavior during sickness.
Mohammad Iqbal (655671)   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Sickness behavior is not all about the immune response : Possible roles of expectations and prediction errors in the worry of being sick [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
BackgroundPeople react very differently when sick, and there are only poor correlations between the intensity of the immune response and sickness behavior.
Petrovic, Predrag   +6 more
core   +1 more source

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