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Neuroscience Of Object Relations In Health And Disorder: A Proposal For An Integrative Model, Dragan M Svrakic, Charles F Zorumski

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Recent advances in the neuroscience of episodic memory provide a framework to integrate object relations theory, a psychoanalytic model of mind development, with potential neural mechanisms. Object relations are primordial cognitive-affective units of the mind derived from survival- and safety-level experiences with caretakers during phase-sensitive periods of infancy and toddlerhood. Because these are learning experiences, their neural substrate likely involves memory, here affect-enhanced episodic memory. Inaugural object relations are encoded by the hippocampus-amygdala synaptic plasticity, and systems-consolidated by medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Self- and object-mental representations, extracted from these early experiences, are at first dichotomized by contradictory affects evoked by …

Cerebrospinal Fluid Ncam-1 Concentration Is Associated With Neurodevelopmental Outcome In Post-Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus Of Prematurity, David D. Limbrick, Diego M. Morales, Et Al.

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OBJECTIVE: Efforts directed at mitigating neurological disability in preterm infants with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH) are limited by a dearth of quantifiable metrics capable of predicting long-term outcome. The objective of this study was to examine the relationships between candidate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers of PHH and neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants undergoing neurosurgical treatment for PHH.

STUDY DESIGN: Preterm infants with PHH were enrolled across the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. CSF samples were collected at the time of temporizing neurosurgical procedure (n = 98). Amyloid precursor protein (APP), L1CAM, NCAM-1, and total protein (TP) were compared …

Get Privacy Trending: Best Practices For The Social Media Educator, Sara W. Dong, Nathanial S. Nolan, Miguel A. Chavez, Yijia Li, Gerome V. Escota, Wendy Stead

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Social media is an increasingly popular forum for medical education. Many educators, including those in infectious diseases, are now creating and sharing unique and educational patient cases online. Unfortunately, some educators unknowingly threaten patient privacy and open themselves to legal liability. Further, the use of published figures or tables creates risk of copyright infringement. As more and more infectious diseases physicians engage in social media, it is imperative to create best practices to protect both patients and physicians. This summary will define the legal requirements of patient de-identification as well as other practical recommendations as they relate to use of …

Clinical Prediction Rule For Sars-Cov-2 Infection From 116 U.S. Emergency Departments 2-22-2021, Jeffrey A. Kline, Stacey House, Et Al.

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OBJECTIVES: Accurate and reliable criteria to rapidly estimate the probability of infection with the novel coronavirus-2 that causes the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) and associated disease (COVID-19) remain an urgent unmet need, especially in emergency care. The objective was to derive and validate a clinical prediction score for SARS-CoV-2 infection that uses simple criteria widely available at the point of care.

METHODS: Data came from the registry data from the national REgistry of suspected COVID-19 in EmeRgency care (RECOVER network) comprising 116 hospitals from 25 states in the US. Clinical variables and 30-day outcomes were abstracted from medical records …

Genetic Association Analysis Of The Cardiovascular Biomarker: N-Terminal Fragment Of Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (Nt-Probnp), Yuan Yang, Joseph M. Zmuda, Mary K. Wojczynski, Bharat Thyagarajan, Kaare Christensen, Ryan K. Cvejkus, Allison L. Kuipers

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BACKGROUND: NT-proBNP is a biomarker of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Little is known about the heritability and genetic variants associated with NT-proBNP. Therefore, we estimated the heritability of and examined genetic associations of SNPs in the BNP gene region with circulating NT-proBNP and prevalent CVD in 4,331 participants from the Long Life Family Study (LLFS).

METHODS AND RESULTS: Genotypes of 10 SNPs from the NPPB and NPPA regions that encode BNP and A-type natriuretic peptide, respectively, were tested for association with NT-proBNP and prevalent cardiovascular disease and risk factors. We performed analyses using the Sequential Oligogenic Linkage Analysis (SOLAR) program to …

Acute Symptoms Of Mild To Moderate Covid-19 Are Highly Heterogeneous Across Individuals And Over Time, Thomas L. Rodebaugh, Madelyn R. Frumkin, Angela M. Reiersen, Eric J. Lenze, Michael S. Avidan, J. Philip Miller, Jay F. Piccirillo, Charles F. Zorumski, Caline Mattar

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Background: The symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) appear to be heterogenous, and the typical course of these symptoms is unknown. Our objectives were to characterize the common trajectories of COVID-19 symptoms and to assess how symptom course predicts other symptom changes as well as clinical deterioration.

Methods: One hundred sixty-two participants with acute COVID-19 responded to surveys up to 31 times for up to 17 days. Several statistical methods were used to characterize the temporal dynamics of these symptoms. Because 9 participants showed clinical deterioration, we explored whether these participants showed any differences in symptom profiles.

Results: Trajectories varied …

Correspondence Between Perceived Pubertal Development And Hormone Levels In 9-10 Year-Olds From The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, Megan M. Herting, Andrey P. Anokhin, Deanna M. Barch, Nico Dosenbach, Paul E.A. Glaser, Andrew C. Heath, Nicole R. Karcher, Et Al

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Cxcl17 Is A Specific Diagnostic Biomarker For Severe Pandemic Influenza A(H1n1) That Predicts Poor Clinical Outcome, Jose Alberto Choreño-Parra, Shabaana A Khader, Et Al

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The C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 17 (CXCL17) is chemotactic for myeloid cells, exhibits bactericidal activity, and exerts anti-viral functions. This chemokine is constitutively expressed in the respiratory tract, suggesting a role in lung defenses. However, little is known about the participation of CXCL17 against relevant respiratory pathogens in humans. Here, we evaluated the serum levels and lung tissue expression pattern of CXCL17 in a cohort of patients with severe pandemic influenza A(H1N1) from Mexico City. Peripheral blood samples obtained on admission and seven days after hospitalization were processed for determinations of serum CXCL17 levels by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The …

Mr-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy For Bladder Cancer, Adham Hijab, Boris Tocco, Ian Hanson, Hanneke Meijer, Christina Junker Nyborg, Anders Smedegaard Bertelsen, Robert Jan Smeenk, Gillian Smith, Jeff Michalski, Brian C Baumann, Shaista Hafeez

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Radiotherapy has an important role in the curative and palliative treatment settings for bladder cancer. As a target for radiotherapy the bladder presents a number of technical challenges. These include poor tumor visualization and the variability in bladder size and position both between and during treatment delivery. Evidence favors the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as an important means of tumor visualization and local staging. The availability of hybrid systems incorporating both MRI scanning capabilities with the linear accelerator (MR-Linac) offers opportunity for in-room and real-time MRI scanning with ability of plan adaption at each fraction while the patient …

Gestational Age-Specific Complete Blood Count Signatures In Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Julia M Pantalone, Silvia Liu, Oluwabunmi O Olaloye, Erica C Prochaska, Toby Yanowitz, Melissa M Riley, Justin R Buland, Beverly S Brozanski, Misty Good, Liza Konnikova

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Machine Learning Analytics Of Resting-State Functional Connectivity Predicts Survival Outcomes Of Glioblastoma Multiforme Patients, Bidhan Lamichhane, Andy G S Daniel, John J Lee, Daniel S Marcus, Joshua S Shimony, Eric C Leuthardt

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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most frequently occurring brain malignancy. Due to its poor prognosis with currently available treatments, there is a pressing need for easily accessible, non-invasive techniques to help inform pre-treatment planning, patient counseling, and improve outcomes. In this study we determined the feasibility of resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) to classify GBM patients into short-term and long-term survival groups with respect to reported median survival (14.6 months). We used a support vector machine with rsFC between regions of interest as predictive features. We employed a novel hybrid feature selection method whereby features were first filtered using correlations between …

Ontogenetic Oxycodone Exposure Affects Early Life Communicative Behaviors, Sensorimotor Reflexes, And Weight Trajectory In Mice, Elena Minakova, Simona Sarafinovska, Marwa O Mikati, Kia M Barclay, Katherine B Mccullough, Joseph D Dougherty, Ream Al-Hasani, Susan E Maloney

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Nationwide, opioid misuse among pregnant women has risen four-fold from 1999 to 2014, with commensurate increase in neonates hospitalized for neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). NAS occurs when a fetus exposed to opioids

Mitofusin Activation Enhances Mitochondrial Motility And Promotes Neuroregeneration In Cmt2a, Gerald W. Dorn Ii

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Brain Volumetric Deficits In Mapt Mutation Carriers: A Multisite Study, Stephanie A. Chu, Nupur Ghoshal, Et Al

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Defining Intermediates And Redundancies In Coenzyme Q Precursor Biosynthesis, Kyle P. Robinson, Adam Jochem, Sheila E. Johnson, Thiruchelvi R. Reddy, Jason D. Russell, Joshua J. Coon, David J. Pagliarini

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The Position Of Single-Base Deletions In The Vntr Sequence Of The Carboxyl Ester Lipase (Cel) Gene Determines Proteotoxicity, Anny Gravdal, Xunjun Xiao, Miriam Cnop, Khadija El Jellas, Stefan Johansson, Pål R. Njølstad, Mark E. Lowe, Bente B. Johansson, Anders Molven, Karianne Fjeld

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Generation Of A Gene-Corrected Human Isogenic Ipsc Line From An Alzheimer’S Disease Ipsc Line Carrying The London Mutation In App (V717i), Damian Hernandez, Stephanie Morgan Schlicht, Maciej Daniszewski, Celeste M. Karch, Dominantly Inherited Network (Dian), Alison M. Goate, Alice Pebay

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Resting-State Functional Connectivity Disruption As A Pathological Biomarker In Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer Disease, Robert X. Smith, Jeremy F. Strain, Aaron Tanenbaum, Anne M. Fagan, Jason Hassenstab, Eric Mcdade, Suzanne E. Schindler, Brian A. Gordon, Chengjie Xiong, Celeste Karch, David M. Holtzman, Daniel S. Marcus, John C. Morris, Tammie L.S. Benzinger, Randall J. Bateman, Beau M. Ances, Et Al.

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Brd4-Bound Enhancers Drive Cell-Intrinsic Sex Differences In Glioblastoma, Najla Kfoury, Zongtai Qi, Briana C. Prager, Michael N. Wilkinson, Lauren Broestl, Kristopher C. Berrett, Arnav Moudgil, Sumithra Sankararaman, Xuhua Chen, Jason Gertz, Jeremy N. Rich, Robi D. Mitra, Joshua B. Rubin

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Apathy, Cognitive Impairment, And Social Support Contribute To Participation In Cognitively Demanding Activities Poststroke, Amy Ho, Marjorie L. Nicholas, Chaitali Dagli, Lisa Tabor Connor

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Cisplatin +/− Rucaparib After Preoperative Chemotherapy In Patients With Triple-Negative Or Brca Mutated Breast Cancer, Maitri Kalra, Yang Tong, David R. Jones, Tom Walsh, Michael A. Danso, Cynthia X. Ma, Paula Silverman, Mary-Claire King, Sunil S. Badve, Susan M. Perkins, Kathy D. Miller

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Dnmt3a Deficiency In The Skin Causes Focal, Canonical Dna Hypomethylation And A Cellular Proliferation Phenotype, David Y. Chen, Ian M. Ferguson, Krista A. Braun, Leslie A. Sutton, Nichole M. Helton, Sai Mukund Ramakrishnan, Amanda M. Smith, Christopher A. Miller, Timothy J. Ley

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Monocyte Progenitors Give Rise To Multinucleated Giant Cells, Anne Kathrin Lösslein, Micah D. Dunlap, Shabaana A. Khader, Et Al.

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The Sars-Cov-2 Nucleocapsid Protein Is Dynamic, Disordered, And Phase Separates With Rna, Jasmine Cubuk, Jhullian J. Alston, J. Jeremías Incicco, Sukrit Singh, Melissa D. Stuchell-Brereton, Michael D. Ward, Maxwell I. Zimmerman, Neha Vithani, Daniel Griffith, Jason A. Wagoner, Gregory R. Bowman, Kathleen B. Hall, Andrea Soranno, Alex S. Holehouse

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Crispri Screens Reveal A Dna Methylation-Mediated 3d Genome Dependent Causal Mechanism In Prostate Cancer, Musaddeque Ahmed, Hyung Joo Lee, Ting Wang, Et Al.

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African Americans Have Differences In Csf Soluble Trem2 And Associated Genetic Variants, Suzanne E. Schindler, Carlos Cruchaga, Amulya Jospeh, Lena Mccue, Fabiana H.G. Farias, Consuelo H. Wilkins, Yuetiva Deming, Rachel L. Henson, Robert J. Mikesell, Laura Piccio, Jorge J. Llibre-Guerra, Krista L. Moulder, Anne M. Fagan, Beau M. Ances, Tammie L.S. Benzinger, Chengjie Xiong, David M. Holtzman, John C. Morris

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Cohort Study Protocol To Characterize The Incidence And Severity Of Neuropathic Pain In Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection, Chioma U. Odozor, Kristen Roles, Carrie Burk, Thomas Kannampallil, David B. Clifford, Jay F. Piccirillo, Simon Haroutounian

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Genetics Of Substance Use Disorders: A Review, Joseph D Deak, Emma C Johnson

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Substance use disorders (SUDs) are prevalent and result in an array of negative consequences. They are influenced by genetic factors (h2 = ~50%). Recent years have brought substantial progress in our understanding of the genetic etiology of SUDs and related traits. The present review covers the current state of the field for SUD genetics, including the epidemiology and genetic epidemiology of SUDs, findings from the first-generation of SUD genome-wide association studies (GWAS), cautions about translating GWAS findings to clinical settings, and suggested prioritizations for the next wave of SUD genetics efforts. Recent advances in SUD genetics have been facilitated by …

Long-Term Intake Of Gluten And Cognitive Function Among Us Women, Yiqing Wang, Benjamin Lebwohl, Raaj Mehta, Yin Cao, Peter H.R. Green, Francine Grodstein, Manol Jovani, Paul Lochhead, Olivia I. Okereke, Laura Sampson, Walter C. Willett, Qi Sun, Andrew T. Chan

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Importance: Gluten avoidance has been suggested as having a benefit to cognitive health among the general population, given the link between gluten and cognitive impairment in patients with celiac disease. However, data are lacking in individuals without celiac disease.

Objective: To examine whether gluten intake is associated with cognitive function in women without celiac disease.

Design, Setting, and Participants: This cohort study included US women who participated in the longitudinal, population-based Nurses' Health Study II and had not previously or subsequently been diagnosed with celiac disease. Dietary data were collected from 1991 to 2015, and data on cognitive function were …

Tim4 Expression By Dendritic Cells Mediates Uptake Of Tumor-Associated Antigens And Anti-Tumor Responses, Nicoletta Caronni, William Vermi, Et Al.

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