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Inflammatory neuropsychiatric disorders and COVID-19 neuroinflammation Posted on May 20, 2021 by admin

Abstract Neuropsychiatric sequalae to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection are beginning to emerge, like previous Spanish influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome episodes. Streptococcal infection in paediatric patients causing obsessive compulsive disorder (PANDAS) is another recent example of an infection-based … Continue reading →

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Influenza infection triggers disease in multiple sclerosis model Posted on May 15, 2021 by admin

https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/114/30/E6107.full.pdf

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Global Incidence of Neurological Manifestations Among Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19—A Report for the GCS-NeuroCOVID Consortium and the ENERGY Consortium Posted on May 11, 2021 by admin

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2779759

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Activation of endogenous retroviruses during brain development causes an inflammatory response Posted on May 3, 2021 by admin

https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.15252/embj.2020106423  

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SARS-CoV-2 transmission without symptoms Posted on May 2, 2021 by admin

“Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has a potentially long incubation period and spreads opportunistically among those who are unaware they are infected. Asymptomatic COVID-19 cases are those that do not develop symptoms for the duration of infection, whereas … Continue reading →

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Different social ecologies and conspecific cooperation Posted on April 24, 2021 by admin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaijK-0VHc0 Importance of a species’ socioecology: Wolves outperform dogs in a conspecific cooperation task. Sarah Marshall-Pescini et al (2017), PNAS https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1709027114​ A number of domestication hypotheses suggest that dogs have acquired a more tolerant temperament than wolves, promoting cooperative interactions … Continue reading →

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Point-of-care bulk testing for SARS-CoV-2 by combining hybridization capture with improved colorimetric LAMP Posted on April 19, 2021 by admin

Abstract:”Efforts to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 have spurred the need for reliable, rapid, and cost-effective diagnostic methods which can be applied to large numbers of people. However, current standard protocols for the detection of viral nucleic acids while sensitive, … Continue reading →

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IL-17 controls central nervous system autoimmunity through the intestinal microbiome Posted on April 14, 2021 by admin

IL-17 controls central nervous system autoimmunity through the intestinal microbiome Abstract: : “Interleukin-17A– (IL-17A) and IL-17F–producing CD4+ T helper cells (TH17 cells) are implicated in the development of chronic inflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and its animal model, experimental … Continue reading →

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Epigenetic variance in dopamine D2 receptor: a marker of IQ malleability? Posted on April 12, 2021 by admin

Kaminski, J.A. et al.:  Epigenetic variance in dopamine D2 receptor: a marker of IQ malleability? Translational Psychiatry (2018)8:169 DOI 10.1038/s41398-018-0222-7 Excerpt: “Genetic variance is known to explain a substantial part of variability in cognitive capacity. The largest available study describes … Continue reading →

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Genomic region associated with protection against severe COVID-19 Posted on April 5, 2021 by admin

https://www.pnas.org/content/118/9/e2026309118

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