Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "Anxiety"
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Abdominal Pain, the Adolescent and Altered Brain Structure and Function
(Public Library of Science, 2016)Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder of unknown etiology. Although relatively common in children, how this condition affects brain structure and function in a pediatric population ... -
Association of anxiety with intracortical inhibition and descending pain modulation in chronic myofascial pain syndrome
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: This study aimed to answer three questions related to chronic myofascial pain syndrome (MPS): 1) Is the motor cortex excitability, as assessed by transcranial magnetic stimulation parameters (TMS), related to ... -
Correlations between psychological tests and physiological responses during fear conditioning and renewal
(BioMed Central, 2012)Background: Anxiety disorders are characterized by specific emotions, thoughts and physiological responses. Little is known, however, about the relationship between psychological/personality indices of anxiety responses ... -
Depression, anxiety and quality of life in caregiver spouses of veterans with chronic spinal cord injury
(Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2014)Objective: We were curious about the degree of anxiety and depression and their effect on the quality of life of the caregivers of veterans with spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods: A convenience sample of 72 out of 120 ... -
Ethnic Differences in Physiological Responses to Fear Conditioned Stimuli
(Public Library of Science, 2014)The idea that emotional expression varies with ethnicity is based largely on questionnaires and behavioral observations rather than physiological measures. We therefore compared the skin conductance responses (SCR) of ... -
Intestinal Microbiota, Probiotics and Mental Health: From Metchnikoff to Modern Advances: Part I – Autointoxication Revisited
(BioMed Central, 2013)Mental health disorders, depression in particular, have been described as a global epidemic. Research suggests that a variety of lifestyle and environmental changes may be driving at least some portion of the increased ... -
Intestinal microbiota, probiotics and mental health: from Metchnikoff to modern advances: Part II – contemporary contextual research
(BioMed Central, 2013)In recent years there has been a renewed interest concerning the ways in which the gastrointestinal tract – its functional integrity and microbial residents – might influence human mood (e.g. depression) and behavioral ... -
Intestinal Microbiota, Probiotics and Mental Health: From Metchnikoff to Modern Advances: Part III – Convergence toward Clinical Trials
(BioMed Central, 2013)Rapid scientific and technological advances have allowed for a more detailed understanding of the relevance of intestinal microbiota, and the entire body-wide microbiome, to human health and well-being. Rodent studies have ... -
Joint Effects: A Pilot Investigation of the Impact of Bipolar Disorder and Marijuana Use on Cognitive Function and Mood
(Public Library of Science, 2016)Marijuana is the most widely used illicit substance in those diagnosed with bipolar I disorder. However, there is conflicting evidence as to whether marijuana may alleviate or exacerbate mood symptomatology. As bipolar ... -
Sleep and REM sleep disturbance in the pathophysiology of PTSD: the role of extinction memory
(BioMed Central, 2015)Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is accompanied by disturbed sleep and an impaired ability to learn and remember extinction of conditioned fear. Following a traumatic event, the full spectrum of PTSD symptoms typically ... -
The association of cerebrospinal fluid α-synuclein, level of olfactory disability, and enteric nervous system dysfunction with motor disability, cognitive deficits, and anxiety in Parkinson’s Disease
(2023-05-19)Thesis Overview Parkinsons disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder with clinical symptoms of motor and non-motor dysfunction (1,2) including pathological findings of α-synuclein (SYN) aggregates within the ... -
A two-site, two-arm, 34-week, double-blind, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial of reduced nicotine cigarettes in smokers with mood and/or anxiety disorders: trial design and protocol
(BioMed Central, 2017)Background: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration can set standards for cigarettes that could include reducing their nicotine content. Such a standard should improve public health without causing unintended serious ...