IntroductionSuicide attempt in adolescents is a concern topic that differs greatly between countries because of its cultural specificity.This article reported on the possibility of reducing the risk of suicide attempts in adolescents by practicing Confucian philosophy.MethodsIn this study, Confucian philosophy is approached as an educational philos
Safety Culture in the Maternity Units: a census survey using the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire
Abstract Background Patient safety has been a priority for many societies and health care systems in the last decades.Identification of preventable risks and aversion of potentially unsafe situations and fatal complications in maternity units is life saving.The explicit need to focus on quality of care underpins the aim of the study to initially ev
The Antimalarial Chloroquine Reduces the Burden of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
In clinical practice, reducing the burden of persistent atrial fibrillation by pharmacological means is challenging.We explored if blocking the background and the acetylcholine-activated inward rectifier potassium currents (IK1 and IKACh) could be antiarrhythmic in persistent atrial fibrillation.We thus tested the hypothesis that blocking IK1 and I
Enhancing dopamine tone modulates global and local cortical perfusion as a function of COMT val158met genotype
The cognitive effects of pharmacologically enhancing cortical dopamine (DA) tone are variable across healthy human adults.It Apprendere al museo la musica come storia: didattica museale e costruzione delle conoscenze storico-musicali has been postulated that individual differences in drug responses are linked to baseline cortical DA activity accord
Dopaminergic diseases. Mechanisms of production and therapeutic options
Introduction: Dopamine is a neurotransmitter involved in the regulation of attention, motivation, reward processing and Apprendere al museo la musica come storia: didattica museale e costruzione delle conoscenze storico-musicali motor control.It is produced in several areas of the brain, such as the substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area, and