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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Guilherme Brockington, Ana Paula Gomes Moreira, Maria Stephani Buso, Sergio Gomes da Silva, Edgar Altszyler, Ronald Fischer, Jorge Moll
Summary: Storytelling has a positive impact on the physiological and psychological well-being of children in intensive care units, leading to increased oxytocin levels, decreased cortisol levels, reduced pain perception, and improved psychological state when describing their hospital experience.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Giovanni Romito, Carlo Guglielmini, Helen Poser, Marco Baron Toaldo
Summary: The Lorenz plot (LP), a geometrical method to assess heart rate variability, has been poorly studied in dogs. This study described the graphic features of LP in dogs and analyzed the usefulness of its pattern recognition. Distinct cardiac rhythms imprint distinct and reproducible LP patterns in dogs.
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Clinical Neurology
Marisol J. Voncken, Corine Dijk, Felix Stohr, Isabella J. M. Niesten, Koen Schruers, Kim P. C. Kuypers
Summary: Research has shown that patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) exhibit social performance deficits, but administration of oxytocin can improve their performance in certain social situations, although this improvement is not perceived by the patients themselves.
EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Michael H. Erhard, Dorothea Doring, Emilie M. Y. Bidoli
Summary: This study examined whether dogs experienced elevated stress levels during animal-assisted education. The results showed that dogs classified as problematic displayed higher heart rates compared to innocuous dogs. The study also provided insights into heart rate variability and canine features associated with artifacts in the data.
APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE
(2022)
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Veterinary Sciences
C. Partington, H. Hodgkiss-Geere, G. R. T. Woods, J. Dukes-McEwan, J. Flanagan, V Biourge, A. J. German
Summary: This prospective study aimed to assess the cardiovascular effects of obesity and weight reduction in dogs. The study found that obesity in dogs leads to diastolic dysfunction and left ventricular hypertrophy, which can be improved with significant weight and fat mass reduction. However, there was no evidence of decreased heart rate variability and no change in cardiac biomarker concentrations with weight reduction.
BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH
(2022)
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Veterinary Sciences
Phurion Chueainta, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Weerapongse Tangjitjaroen, Wanpitak Pongkan, Chavalit Boonyapakorn
Summary: This study demonstrated the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating tracheal collapse in small breed dogs. Acupuncture was shown to alleviate clinical signs, reduce oxidative stress, and improve sympathovagal balance.
VETERINARY SCIENCES
(2022)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Kaat Alaerts, Aymara Taillieu, Jellina Prinsen, Nicky Daniels
Summary: Shifts in peak frequencies of neural oscillations play a key role in cross-frequency coupling in the brain, where harmonic 2:1 relationships promote synchronization while non-harmonic relationships lead to desynchronization. Administering oxytocin through nasal spray increased non-harmonic cross-frequency configurations, reducing spurious synchronizations in the resting brain and balancing heart rate variability.
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
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Clinical Neurology
M. M. E. Riem, L. E. Kunst, W. J. Kop
Summary: This study found that oxytocin may enhance attentional states in individuals receiving social support, but did not increase the pain-relieving effects of support. For insecurely attached individuals, oxytocin may exacerbate pain intensity.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rekha S. Patel, Ashley Lui, Charles Hudson, Lauren Moss, Robert P. Sparks, Shannon E. Hill, Yan Shi, Jianfeng Cai, Laura J. Blair, Paula C. Bickford, Niketa A. Patel
Summary: The study shows that lncRNA GAS5 is reduced in aging and Alzheimer's disease brain, and the frontier lncRNA-targeting therapeutic NPC86 is used to elucidate the role and targets of GAS5 in the aging brain. The study demonstrates the importance of GAS5 in maintaining healthy neurons and the safety and efficacy of intranasal NPC86 treatment in improving cellular functions.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Felipe Sampaio-Jorge, Anderson Pontes Morales, Rafael Pereira, Thiago Barth, Beatriz Goncalves Ribeiro
Summary: This study compared the effects of different caffeine dietary strategies on athletic performance and cardiac autonomic response, finding that acute caffeine intake can improve performance and have a cardioprotective effect through increased vagal tone.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Neurosciences
Zhijun Liao, Liqin Huang, Siyang Luo
Summary: Oxytocin has been found to have an impact on self-oriented learning, potentially decreasing self-oriented reward learning performance and choice variability during the learning process. The effects of oxytocin on self-processing may occur early in the learning process and be influenced by individual factors such as social value orientation. These findings highlight the importance of considering individual factors in future research on oxytocin's effects on self-oriented learning.
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shohei Matsushita, Miho Nagasawa, Takefumi Kikusui
Summary: This study examined whether dogs show emotional response to social stimuli presented in videos and explored their self-recognition ability. The results indicated that dogs displayed different heart rate variability in response to different video stimuli, but failed to distinguish themselves from other dogs. However, the level of attachment between dogs and their owners was correlated with their emotional response to the difference in video stimuli.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Grace Guan, Merav Mofaz, Gary Qian, Tal Patalon, Erez Shmueli, Dan Yamin, Margaret L. Brandeau
Summary: Wearable devices can detect physiological responses following COVID-19 vaccination that may not be captured by patient self-reporting. These devices are more sensitive than questionnaires in determining when participants returned to baseline levels. This has important implications for gathering improved data on patient health, including active surveillance of vaccine safety.
NPJ DIGITAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yoon Jung Kim, Hyun-Kyu Yoon, Yu Jin Kang, Seung-June Oh, Min Hur, Hee-Pyoung Park, Hyung-Chul Lee
Summary: Comparing autonomic responses during bladder hydrodistention in patients with IC/BPS under general and spinal anesthesia, our study found that spinal anesthesia has advantages over general anesthesia in preventing an abrupt increase in systolic blood pressure and postoperative pain in IC/BPS patients. The findings show significantly greater Delta SBP, significantly lower heart rate variability, and significantly higher postoperative pain scores in the general anesthesia group compared to the spinal anesthesia group.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Clinical Neurology
Weiwei Wang, Hongyi Cheng, Yike Zhang, Chang Cui, Zhiqiao Lin, Yantao Xing, Xiaoyuan Zhong, Xichen Liang, Quan Cao, Yan Chen, Minglong Chen
Summary: This study investigated the prognostic value of heart rate variability (HRV) and skin sympathetic nerve activity (SKNA) in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). The results suggest that reduced HRV and SKNA may be indicators of poor neurological outcomes in ICH patients.
ANNALS OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL NEUROLOGY
(2023)
