Douglas, Ashley E Felicione, Nicholas J Childers, Margaret G Soule, Eric K Blank, Melissa D
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Addictive behaviors
ECIGs differ in their ability to deliver nicotine to the user and, consequently, they may differ in their ability to produce dependence. This study examined individual device characteristics, device type, and user behaviors as predictors of ECIG dependence in a sample of never-smoking ECIG users. Participants (N = 134) completed an online survey th...
Abraham, Olufunmilola Szela, Lisa Feng, Emilie Egbujor, Maryann Gay, Sommer
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Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education
This study aimed to characterize adolescents' perspectives on cancer and cancer prevention and to explore their preferences for cancer education. A total of 188 middle and high school students participated in 25 focus groups. Focus groups were led by study team members and included five to ten participants each. Adolescents were asked to discuss th...
da Costa, Roberta Oliveira Gadelha-Filho, Carlos Vinicius Jataí de Aquino, Pedro Everson Alexandre Lima, Ludmila Araújo Rodrigues de Lucena, Jalles Dantas Ribeiro, Wesley Lyeverton Correia Lima, Francisco Arnaldo Viana Neves, Kelly Rose Tavares de Barros Viana, Glauce Socorro
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Neurochemical research
In the present study, we investigated the effects of physical exercise in the presence of Vitamin D3 (VD3), on 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-lesioned hemiparkinsonian rats. The animals were divided into sham-operated (SO), 6-OHDA-lesioned, and 6-OHDA-lesioned plus VD3 (1 µg/kg, 21 days), in the absence (no exercise, NE) and presence (with exercise, WE...
van der Most, Merel A. Estruch, Ignacio Miro van den Brink, Nico W.
Antidepressant prescriptions are on a rise worldwide and this increases the concerns for the impacts of these pharmaceuticals on nontarget organisms. Antidepressants are neuroactive compounds that can affect organism's behavior. Behavior is a sensitive endpoint that may also propagate effects at a population level. Another interesting aspect of ant...
da Silva, Thayanara Cruz da Silveira, Tássia Limana Dos Santos, Luiza Venturini Arantes, Leticia Priscila Martins, Rodrigo Pereira Soares, Félix Alexandre Antunes Dalla Corte, Cristiane Lenz
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Neurochemical research
Adenosine, a purine nucleoside with neuromodulatory actions, is part of the purinergic signaling system (PSS). Caenorhabditis elegans is a free-living nematode found in soil, used in biological research for its advantages as an alternative experimental model. Since there is a lack of evidence of adenosine's direct actions and the PSS's participatio...
Kadawathagedara, M Muckle, G Quénel, P Michineau, L Le Bot, B Hoen, B Tressieres, B Multigner, L Chevrier, C Cordier, S
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Neurotoxicology
Prenatal lead exposure is known to have neurotoxic effects on the developing fetus, while some viral infections may have a tropism for the central nervous system. Our objective was to study whether the effects of prenatal lead exposure on infant development and behaviors at 18 months of age are modified by the occurrence of a maternal infection to ...
Oliveros, Lina M. Mejía, Andrea Vásquez, Elsa M.
Introduction: Youth represents a period of vulnerability accompanied by physical and psychological changes that predispose individuals to risky sexual behaviors, from a context in which the quality of education in sexual and reproductive health does not meet the needs of the population. Objective: To identify the association between risky sexual be...
Edquen Orrillo, Luz Angelica Salas Tuanama, Sintia López, Gerson Aranda Turpo, Jessica Cjuno, Julio
Addiction to social networks increases the chances of partner infidelity. This research aimed to determine the relationship between unfaithful behavior and addiction to social networks in adults from the commercial areas of Tarapoto, Lamas, San José de Sisa, Moyobamba, and Naranjos, in the Peruvian Amazon region, during the first four-month period ...
Münnich, Jasper Hoppmann, Frederike Berggren, Hanna Nordahl, Oscar Tibblin, Petter
Predator-prey interactions can modify population dynamics and influence ecosystem functioning. An interesting, but less understood, aspect of such species interactions is predator-prey role reversal where a mesopredator can reduce the recruitment success, and ultimately the abundance, of their own predator. Such role reversal is ongoing in the Balt...
Imambocus, Bibi Nusreen Formozov, Andrey Zhou, Fangmin Soba, Peter
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STAR protocols
Two-choice assays allow assessing of different behaviors including light avoidance in Drosophila larvae. Typically, the readout is limited to a preference index at a specific end point. We provide a detailed protocol to set up light avoidance assays and map the temporal distribution of larvae based on analysis of larval intensities. We describe the...
