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Investigation of Personality Traits and Frequency of Personality Disorders in individuals with Stimulant and Opiate dependence. [PDF]

Journal of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, 2020
Background & Objective: In conceptualizing addiction, the role of personality elements in the emergence and continuation of dependence to substances has attracted the attention of researchers. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to investigate the
ValiOlah Akbari, Parvin RahmatiNejad, Arman Zarghami, Seyed Davood Mohammadi   +3 more
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A caffeine and theacrine combination improves cognitive performance in tactical personnel under physically fatiguing conditions

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
Background Optimizing human performance under stressful physical and cognitive conditions is paramount during high-stakes military operations. As such, interventions to improve warfighter performance by mitigating task-induced cognitive performance ...
Blaine S. Lints, Adam T. Harrison, Sten O. Stray-Gundersen, Gianna F. Mastrofini, Riccardo F. Romersi, Noah K. Nakagawa, Mackenzie B. Yoder, Chimaobim E. Martin-Diala, Alexa J. Chandler, R. Davis Moore, Shawn M. Arent   +10 more
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LC-QToF-MS Analysis of Stimulant Drugs and Their Metabolites in Wastewater During Football Games

Metabolites
Background: The use of illicit drugs and stimulants is a burgeoning socioeconomic problem, ultimately leading to an increase in street crimes and deteriorating human health.
Brandon J. Stamper, Krishna Chaturvedi, Bharathi Avula, Ji-Yeong Bae, Yan-Hong Wang, Kyle S. Bledsoe, Ikhlas A. Khan, Murrell Godfrey   +7 more
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Roles of the ubiquitin proteasome system in the effects of drugs of abuse

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2015
Because of its ability to regulate the abundance of selected proteins the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) plays an important role in neuronal and synaptic plasticity. As a result various stages of learning and memory depend on UPS activity.
Nicolas eMassaly, Nicolas eMassaly, Nicolas eMassaly, Bernard eFrancés, Bernard eFrancés, Lionel eMoulédous, Lionel eMoulédous   +6 more
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Altered frontocingulate activation during aversive interoceptive processing in young adults transitioning to problem stimulant use

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2013
Problems associated with stimulant use have been linked to frontocingulate, insular, and thalamic dysfunction during decision-making and alterations in interoceptive processing.
Jennifer Lorraine Stewart, Jason M Parnass, April C May, Paul W Davenport, Martin P Paulus, Martin P Paulus   +5 more
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Multidisciplinary cognitive performance optimization for mission-critical decision makers: delivering “the whole pizza”

Frontiers in Neurology
Despite the promise of artificial intelligence, there remains no substitute for human analytical acumen and decision-making. Human cognitive performance is not fixed; it can often be substantially improved through specific interventions.
David L. Brody
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Clinical and Prognostic Findings in Psychotropic Substance Poisoning: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Research
Background: Psychotropic substance poisoning is a growing public health concern.  Objectives: This study aimed to investigate patients with psychedelic poisoning and evaluate the frequency of clinical, preclinical, and prognostic findings.
Hanieh Hatampour, Hamid Reza Jamshidi, Komeil Aghazadeh-Habashi, Sareh Rafatmagham, Farhad Farnaghi, Hamidreza Ghasemirad, Mehrnoush Giahi Yazdi, Mohsen Jabari, Khashayar Moravej, Hamid Owliaey   +9 more
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Development of relative body mass (BMI) of students from Łódź, depending on the selected environmental, psychological and sociological factors

Anthropological Review, 2016
The human height-to-weight ratio is an important parameter of the body homeostasis. Currently, the most popular measurement determining the relationship between body mass and height is the Quetelet II indicator, called Body Mass Index (BMI).
Pruszkowska-Przybylska Paulina, Skowyra Katarzyna, Sękowski Piotr   +2 more
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Differentiation of Therapeutic and Illicit Drug Use via Metabolite Profiling

Metabolites
Objectives: The therapeutic use of controlled substances, particularly opioids, stimulants, and benzodiazepines, has significantly increased in recent decades.
Stanila Stoeva-Grigorova, Nadezhda Hvarchanova, Silvia Gancheva, Miroslav Eftimov, Kaloyan D. Georgiev, Maya Radeva-Ilieva   +5 more
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Risky decisions in a lottery task are associated with an increase of cocaine use

Frontiers in Psychology, 2016
Cocaine use disorder is associated with maladaptive decision-making behaviour, which strongly contributes to the harmful consequences of chronic drug use.
Amrei eWittwer, Lea M Hulka, Hans R. Heinimann, Matthias eVonmoos, Boris B Quednow   +4 more
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