MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'bpr3'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:51:06 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349071&cid=t_154218_122_f&fid=35372&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSomatopsychic%2F%7E3%2FlFnbG1muHZc%2Fhomework-from-macguffin.html Recently The MacGuffin asked for evidence of peer-review of a 2007 JAMA article showing the efficacy of Topiramate in treating alcohol dependence. I ran down 10 quotes from some papers citing the work."Topiramate has demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of alcohol dependence in two placebo-controlled trials." (Garbutt 2009; Johnson et al., 2003; Johnson et al., 2007)"a 14-week placebo-controlled trial of 300 mg per day of the anticonvulsant topiramate reported up to a 16% reduction in heavy drinking days, although the rate of modest side-effects was high." (Schuckit 2009; Johnson et al., 2007)"Medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone are beneficial for the treatment of heroin addiction and naltrexone and topiramate for the treatment of alcoholism." (Chandler, Fletcher... Somatopsychic blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349071 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:18:00 +0100 2349071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2233231&cid=t_154218_122_f&fid=35372&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSomatopsychic%2F%7E3%2FdOmm1ghEtUU%2Freading-list-evolutionary-psychology.html I've always been suspicious about Evolutionary Psychology, and David Buller is as well. Let me be clear, I don't doubt evolution; I doubt in the methods and results ascribed to evolutionary psychology. So in short this paper is preaching to the choir. Prepare for some rah-rah in this post.Tangent: I think the title of this article is inflammatory, just as much as "Voodoo Correlations in Social Neuroscience." It comes as no surprise to me that when scientists engage in tearing down other scientists research, we do so with no lack of venom. Criticizing (destructive or otherwise) the science of others is half of what science is (the other 90% is statistical errors), and we need to have a thick skin about it."Evolutionary psychology is an approach to psychology, in which knowledge and principl... Somatopsychic blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2233231 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:06:00 +0100 2233231 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523465&cid=t_154218_122_f&fid=35372&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSomatopsychic%2F%7E3%2FokyeUdkIJVA%2Fgonadal-hormones-humour-brain.html This article is the summary of a conference held in Paris to discuss the endocrinology and the brain. The crux of the matter is that endocrinology is very complicated.The first complexity examined is that of the multiple molecular pathways by which Activin and Inhibin stimulate and inhibit Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) secretion. Inhibin and Activin are peptide hormones produced in the ovaries and pituitary. Activin, binds to a activin receptor (ACTIIR), which conjugates with ALK4 (another type of activin receptor) stimulating a serine kinase activity, which via intracellular Smad proteins regulate the activities of target genes. Ultimately resulting in the release of FSH. Of course, inhibin can bind to ACTIIR to arrest this process, but unfortunately inhibin has a lower affinity than... Somatopsychic blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523465 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:47:00 +0100 2523465 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2177607&cid=t_154218_122_f&fid=35372&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSomatopsychic%2F%7E3%2F535980305%2Fgonadal-hormones-humour-brain.html This article is the summary of a conference held in Paris to discuss the endocrinology and the brain. The crux of the matter is that endocrinology is very complicated.The first complexity examined is that of the multiple molecular pathways by which Activin and Inhibin stimulate and inhibit Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) secretion. Inhibin and Activin are peptide hormones produced in the ovaries and pituitary. Activin, binds to a activin receptor (ACTIIR), which conjugates with ALK4 (another type of activin receptor) stimulating a serine kinase activity, which via intracellular Smad proteins regulate the activities of target genes. Ultimately resulting in the release of FSH. Of course, inhibin can bind to ACTIIR to arrest this process, but unfortunately inhibin has a lower affinity than... Somatopsychic blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2177607 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:47:00 +0100 2177607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1964600&cid=t_154218_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2Fv1PX-vIx6ag%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. 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(Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1701781 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:37:42 +0100 1701781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1672161&cid=t_154218_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F351674497%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Other Articles You May LikeIncreased Coffee Consumption Associated with Lower Risk of Liver CancerDid You Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables Today?More Education Decreases the Risk of Death Remembering Lunch Can Help Reduce the Desire to SnackTired? You May Not Be Getting Enough Sleep (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1672161 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:19:42 +0100 1672161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1646713&cid=t_154218_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F342732935%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. 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Related articlesOvereating Fast Food Carbs Causes Signs of Liver DamageLiving Healthy Isn’t Cost Saving, It’s Cost EffectiveOverweight Kids and TV: An Advertising EpidemicHEALTH Highlights - June 26th, 2007Cancer Research Carnival #7 (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1429595 Thu, 08 May 2008 04:55:34 +0100 1429595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1278044&cid=t_154218_122_f&fid=35372&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSomatopsychic%2F%7E3%2F245575167%2Flnaa-treatment-of-pku.html I think I'll take a cue from this paper and summarize the abbreviations that'll be used right up front:CSFcerebrospinal fluidBBBBlood Brain Barrier5-HIAA5-hydroxyindolacetic acidLNAAlarge neutral amino acidPhephenylalaninePKUphenylketonuriaVILvaline, isoleucine and leucineSo maybe that'll help.So remember last week, in the PKU description post I talked about how Phe crosses the BBB the same way as all the other LNAAs; via LNAA transporters. And this is one of the reasons that PKU can cause a variety of symptoms, because the LNAA transporters area limiting factor and can only transport so many LNAAs across the BBB, and when Phe uses too many, other LNAAs don't make it across. Well there is a similar mechanism in the gut.In your guts are mucosa which allow the core components (proteins, fats... Somatopsychic blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1278044 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:40:00 +0100 1278044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1243622&cid=t_154218_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F237977491%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. 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SM has been studied quite thoroughly in the male rat and countless hours have been spent counting rat intromissions, and we know that Testosterone is the key player here. However, in this 2003 article from Roselli, Cross, Poonyagariyagorn, and Stadelman SP is the focus. In particular the role of armoitization in the maintenance of SP. Aromitization is the process by which testosterone is changed into estrodiol (an estrogen) by an enzyme (aromatase). Inte... Somatopsychic blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1229334 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:58:00 +0100 1229334 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1169682&cid=t_154218_132_f&fid=35028&url=http%3A%2F%2Flurena.vox.com%2Flibrary%2Fpost%2Fresearchbloggingorg-now-available.html%3F_c%3Dfeed-rss An article from the BPR3.org website announcing the ResearchBlogging.org website appeared today in my RSS reader. 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