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Neuro endo. lett. - 2009

Vol. 30 (6) 2009 Neuro endocrinology letters

Can increased use of ART retrieve the Czech Republic from the low fertility trap?

Kocourkova J, Fait T.

Journal Article 2009; 30(6): 739-748 PubMed PMID: 20038934 Keywords: Adult, Birth Rate:trends, Contraception:utilization, Czech Republic:epidemiology, Europe:epidemiology, Female, Humans, Infertility, Female:epidemiology, Maternal Age, Pregnancy, Registries, Reproductive Techniques, Assisted:utilization, Risk Factors, Trip.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate the importance of increased use of assisted reproduction technologies (ART) for the fertility trends in the Czech Republic.

DATA AND METHODS: Comparative analysis based on demographic and ART data was used. Demographic data have been published by EUROSTAT and the Cz.....

Alcohol use and discounting of delayed and probabilistic gain and loss.

Takahashi T, Ohmura Y, Oono H, Radford M.

Journal Article 2009; 30(6): 749-752 PubMed PMID: 20038936 Keywords: Alcohol Drinking:psychology, Behavior, Addictive:psychology, Decision Making, Female, Humans, Impulsive Behavior:psychology, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Probability, Risk-Taking, Young Adult,.

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Bilateral neurogenic hip arthropathy. A case report.

Kopec K, Kusz D, Cielinski L, Wojciechowski P, Hajduk G.

Case Reports 2009; 30(6): 709-714 PubMed PMID: 20038935 Keywords: Arthropathy, Neurogenic:diagnostic imaging, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip, Female, Hip Joint:diagnostic imaging, Humans, Intervertebral Disc Displacement:complications, Middle Aged, Radiculopathy:complications, Spondylosis:complications, Tomography, X-Ra.

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COMT polymorphisms in impulsively violent offenders with antisocial personality disorder.

Vevera J, Stopkova R, Bes M, Albrecht T, Papezova H, Zukov I, Raboch J, Stopka P.

Journal Article 2009; 30(6): 753-756 PubMed PMID: 20038933 Keywords: Antisocial Personality Disorder:genetics, Catechol O-Methyltransferase:genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genotype, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, Polymorphism, Genetic, Prisoners, Violence,.

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Dissociative disorder and dissociation - comparison with healthy controls.

Pastucha P, Prasko J, Grambal A, Latalova K, Sigmundova Z, Tichackova A.

Comparative Study 2009; 30(6): 769-773 PubMed PMID: 20038932 Keywords: Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety:complications, Depression:complications, Dissociative Disorders:complications, Female, Humans, Linear Models, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Inventory, Severity of Illness Index, Young Adult,.

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Is combined treatment more effective than switching to monotherapy in patients with resistant depression? A retrospective study.

Bares M, Novak T, Kopecek M, Stopkova P, Sos P.

Journal Article 2009; 30(6): 723-728 PubMed PMID: 20038931 Keywords: Adult, Antidepressive Agents:administration & dosage, Depressive Disorder, Major:diagnosis, Drug Resistance, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Retrospective Studies, Secondary Prevention, Sever.

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Professor Franz Halberg - the grand democrat in the global science. From the molecule to cosmos and back.

Mikulecký M.

Biography 2009; 30(6): 675-676 PubMed PMID: 20038930 Keywords: Chronobiology Discipline:history, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century, Molecular Biology:history, Neuroendocrinology:history, Romania, United States,.

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Lymphocytic hypophysitis with dacryoadenitis in a male patient: non-invasive diagnosis and high-dose methylprednisolone pulse therapy.

Lu Z, Li J, Ba J, Yang G, Dou J, Mu Y, Lu J.

Case Reports 2009; 30(6): 700-704 PubMed PMID: 20038929 Keywords: Dacryocystitis:drug therapy, Glucocorticoids:administration & dosage, Humans, Hypopituitarism:drug therapy, Lymphocytes:pathology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Methylprednisolone:administration & dosage, Middle Aged, Pulse Therapy, Drug, Treatment Ou.

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Maternal plasma cytokines concentrations and insulin resistance in first trimester in relation to fetal growth.

Bomba-Opon D, Wielgos M, Horosz E, Bartkowiak R, Szymusik I, Mazanowski N, Bochenska K.

Journal Article 2009; 30(6): 729-732 PubMed PMID: 20038928 Keywords: Adiponectin:blood, Adult, Blood Glucose:metabolism, Female, Fetal Development:physiology, Humans, Insulin:blood, Insulin Resistance, Leptin:blood, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Trimester, First:metabolism, Ultrasonography, Prenatal,.

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Mild postnatal separation stress reduces repeated stress-induced immunosuppression in adult BALB/c mice.

Kiank C, Mundt A, Schuett C.

Journal Article 2009; 30(6): 761-768 PubMed PMID: 20038927 Keywords: Acoustic Stimulation, Age Factors, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Anxiety, Separation:immunology, Apoptosis:immunology, Body Weight, Cells, Cultured, Corticosterone:blood, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Immune Tolerance:physiology, Lymphocytes:cytology, Male.

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Panic disorder and dissociation - comparison with healthy controls.

Pastucha P, Prasko J, Grambal A, Latalova K, Sigmundova Z, Sykorova T, Tichackova A.

Comparative Study 2009; 30(6): 774-778 PubMed PMID: 20038926 Keywords: Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Agoraphobia:complications, Anxiety:complications, Depression:complications, Dissociative Disorders:complications, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Panic Disorder:complications, Personality Inventory, Severity of Illness Index, Y.

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REM sleep without atonia in narcolepsy.

Buskova J, Nevsimalova S, Kemlink D, Sonka K.

Journal Article 2009; 30(6): 757-760 PubMed PMID: 20038925 Keywords: Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Muscle Tonus:physiology, Muscle, Skeletal:physiology, Narcolepsy:physiopathology, Polysomnography, REM Sleep Parasomnias:physiopathology, Retrospective Studies, Sleep, REM:physiology,.

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Self-harm in adolescence: a girl who swallowed needles.

Kocourkova J, Koutek J, Hrdlicka M.

Case Reports 2009; 30(6): 705-708 PubMed PMID: 20038924 Keywords: Adolescent, Deglutition, Family Conflict:psychology, Female, Foreign Bodies:diagnosis, Humans, Needles, Self-Injurious Behavior:diagnosis, Suicide, Attempted:psychology,.

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Significance of the plasma membrane for the nerve cell function, development and plasticity.

Mourek J, Langmeier M, Pokorny J.

Journal Article 2009; 30(6): 694-699 PubMed PMID: 20038923 Keywords: Animals, Cell Membrane:physiology, Humans, Lipid Bilayers, Membrane Proteins:physiology, Neuronal Plasticity:physiology, Neurons:physiology, Synapses:physiology,.

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Value of amniotic fluid interleukin-8 for the prediction of histological chorioamnionitis in preterm premature rupture of membranes.

Kacerovsky M, Drahosova M, Hornychova H, Pliskova L, Bolehovska R, Forstl M, Tosner J, Andrys C.

Journal Article 2009; 30(6): 733-738 PubMed PMID: 20038922 Keywords: Adult, Amniotic Fluid:metabolism, Biomarkers:metabolism, Chorioamnionitis:diagnosis, Female, Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture:diagnosis, Gestational Age, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Premature, Interleukin-8:metabolism, Predictive Value of Tests, Pr.

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Why myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) may kill you: disorders in the inflammatory and oxidative and nitrosative stress (IO&NS) pathways may explain cardiovascular disorders in ME/CFS.

Maes M, Twisk F.

Journal Article 2009; 30(6): 677-693 PubMed PMID: 20038921 Keywords: Animals, Cardiovascular Diseases:immunology, Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic:immunology, Humans, Oxidative Stress:physiology, Reactive Nitrogen Species:metabolism, Reactive Oxygen Species:metabolism,.

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Increased 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine, a marker of oxidative damage to DNA, in major depression and myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome.

Maes M, Mihaylova I, Kubera M, Uytterhoeven M, Vrydags N, Bosmans E.

Journal Article 2009; 30(6): 715-722 PubMed PMID: 20035260 Keywords: Adult, Biomarkers:blood, Cardiovascular Diseases:epidemiology, Creatinine:urine, DNA Damage:physiology, Depressive Disorder, Major:epidemiology, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic:epidemiology, Female, Guanine:analogs & derivativ.

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