Putting physiology into the Nobel Prize: 2004 marks 100th anniversary of Pavlov's award
...sm." According to Smith: "The insight was that the psychological and the physiolo-gical intermingled in the function of the central gastric secretory neural center, and, therefore, their combined effects were expressed in vagal efferent output and glandular secretion." In the eighth and last in a series of lecture...Researchers find chemosignal that encourages women's sexual desire
...ncrease in sexual desire as reported on a standard psychological survey. Women without partners experienced a 17 percent increase in sexual fantasies after exposure for the period. Women in the control group with partners who were exposed to a neutral substance reported an insignificant decrease in sexual desi...Society for Psychophysiology Research
...h on the connections between the physiological and psychological aspects of behavior. The program features origina...e interrelationships between the physiological and psychological aspects of behavior. To promote this purpose, the Society publishes scientific literature, including...Psychological stress and disease: UCSF-led study suggests connection
...easing scientific evidence suggests that prolonged psychological stress takes its toll on the body, but the exact m...have remained elusive. Now, scientists report that psychological stress may exact its toll, at least in part, by affecting molecules believed to play a key role in c...Your brain and you: Forecasting the ethical challenges ahead for neuroscience and society
...ding, but there are clearly some kinds of personal psychological information that we'll be reading from brain scans in the near future. Certain personality traits, for example, are well enough correlated with patterns of brain activation that one can now pretty well identify extreme extraverts and introverts by i...Animal experiments more stressful than previously recognized
...r disorders, neoplasms, developmental defects, and psychological phenomena are particularly vulnerable to data being contaminated by animals' stress effects," notes Dr. Balcombe. Dr. Balcombe's study follows closely a recent paper in the British Medical Journal, titled "Where Is the Evidence that Animal Res...Animal parenting, personality and pair-ups
...ow human fertility can be influenced by social and psychological factors," she said. Curiously, reproductive suppression doesn't seem to involve stress or aggression between the females, according to Saltzman. In the case of small rodents called voles, researchers have delved deeper into the biological mechanisms ...21st Century model of healthcare focuses on the family before and after genetic testing
...nts the family-centered model created to guide the psychological and social implications of genetic testing. The rapidly growing availability of genetic testing to learn about future disease risk poses a number of clinical and ethical dilemmas for patients, their families and healthcare professionals. "The need f...Childhood deficits in the cerebellum may be linked to adult alcoholism
...een identified with addictive disorders for their psychological effects, such as learned responses or coping mechanisms. However, this evidence suggests that some of these factors may be exacting real physical changes in the brain that place at least some people at increased risk."...Cure no quick fix for cancer survivors on long road to recovery
...thers described the post-cancer phase as a time of psychological and interpersonal growth. Researchers say that's b... found was that a number of the survivors reported psychological growth and that this positive finding might have leavened some of the losses they experienced. For t...Solving sleep problems helps epileptic children
...is vital for good memory, physical performance and psychological well-being, according to the National Institutes of Health. Some experts believe sleep gives brain cells a chance to shut down and repair themselves. Sleep also may allow the brain to exercise important connections that might wither from lack of acti...Scientists making advances receive international awards
...lland's lecture, "Psycho-oncology: Integrating the psychological domain into cancer research and clinical care," is to be presented at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 20, in Ballroom C-E of the Anaheim Convention Center. Gregory J. Hannon, Ph.D., Professor, Watson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor La...Lance Armstrong Foundation supports UHC research
... the impact of exercise on lymphoma survivors, the psychological late effects of cancer and the fertility of women following chemotherapy for early breast cancer. "We are thrilled to be partnering with top-notch institutions and researchers in the early stages of their careers like Dr. von Gruenigen," said Suza...A little stress gives beneficial oomph! to immune system
... backward. This restraint created a brief spell of psychological stress, similar to the kind of stress a person anticipating or undergoing a dental or surgical procedure may feel. The other group of mice the non-stressed group remained in their home cages. Once the stressed mice were removed from the tubes, the ...PNAS highlights for the week of April 18 - 22
...vascular health. These results were independent of psychological distress, the authors say, which implies that positive well-being is directly related to the biological processes relevant to health. Chinese Herbal Medicine Component Arrests Cancer Growth Derivatives of indirubin, the active component of a tradit......on, and a greater understanding of highly adaptive psychological characteristics such as resilience."...Faulty body clock leads to obesity and diabetes
...s, high-fat and fast foods, sugar-laden drinks and psychological trauma -- have been blamed. Now researchers from ... get hungry -- these are biological principles not psychological factors," said Bass. "This internal drive is a fundamental system that is important to health." ...Season of birth influences age of menopause, say Italian researchers
...f birth of the women in the study influenced their psychological profile affecting their susceptibility to conditions such as anxiety and depression, for example. "Results so far seem promising," he said....Fibromyalgia patients may benefit from cough remedy, UF study finds
...cation, exercise, stretching, sleep management and psychological support. Though the UF study did not establish guidelines for using dextromethorphan clinically, it suggests the drug may eventually be an option for treating fibromyalgia and other conditions involving heightened pain sensitivity, said rheumatology...Partnership focuses on compounds to protect against radiation exposure
...heir immune systems, including chronic stress from psychological and environmental factors, military training and combat. Recognizing the potential for nutritional supplements to strengthen immune function, AFRRI and Humanetics expanded their efforts by designing and implementing a unique joint research program wi...