Innovations in Psychotherapy
Psychological illnesses have serious clinical manifestations that can be debilitating. It has been known for a while now that endogenous derangements in the dopaminergic…
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In rats that are intermittently socially stressed, does viral-mediated knockdown of AKT in the ventral tegmental area block cross-sensitization after administration of amphetamine?
Introduction Social stress is a type of hierarchical stress in which an individual has little or no ability to change his/her circumstances. It is…
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Representation in Evidence-Based Medicine
In our current age of medicine, we often tout the benefits of evidence-based medicine for our patients: better outcomes with fewer unneeded interventions. However,…
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Breathalyzers: Not Just for Blood Alcohol Levels
In continual efforts to improve diagnostic and screening methods, a new emerging tool that is quickly gaining momentum is the “specialized breathalyzer.” An instrument…
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CRISPR/Cas9 Update: Clinical Trials and Research Applications
CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat)/Cas9 is a gene editing technique that utilizes a viral vector to insert segments of viral DNA to…
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TextRad: Analyzing Tissue Heterogeneity
When presented with the opportunity to select a scholarly project, I knew that I wanted it to involve radiology. Knowing this, I immediately went…
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Academic Medicine: Is It for Me?
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix recently celebrated its 10th anniversary and with its 7th Match Day around the corner, the…
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Nanotechnology: Science Fiction Turned Reality
A few years ago, the concept of nanoscience would have seemed so fictional that Steven Spielberg would have done an outstanding job curating it…
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Fatty Acids Induce Inflammation in Blood Vessels
The rising rate of obesity in the United States is a growing concern for American healthcare. The prevalence of obesity from 2011-2014 among U.S….
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Antibiotic-Releasing Nanofiber Coating: An End to Biofilm Infections?
Every year, more than one million knee replacement surgeries are done in the United States, and approximately one to two percent of these procedures…
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