Slow-exploring captive red knots were quicker to find food in a social setting than fast explorers.

Individuals foraging in groups face increased competition but can benefit from social information on foraging opportunities that can ultimately increase survival. Personality traits can be associated with food-finding strategies, such as shyer individuals scrounging on the food discoveries of others. How personality and foraging strategy interact in a social foraging context with different group compositions received less attention.

Breathing control in neurological diseases.

Control of ventilation depends on a brainstem neuronal network that controls activity of the motor neurons innervating the respiratory muscles. This network includes the pontine respiratory group and the dorsal and ventral respiratory groups in the medulla, which contain neurons that fire primarily during inspiration, post-inspiration, or expiration. The ventral respiratory group includes the pre-Bötzinger complex, which contains neurokinin-1 receptor immunoreactive neurons critical for respiratory rhythmogenesis.

Nutritional assessment of patients with neuromuscular diseases.

Objective: To study the nutritional status of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Design: A total of 34 Duchenne muscular dystrophy and seven amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients were studied. Body mass index, patient's body weight for zero muscle mass as a percentage of the theoretical weight for zero muscle mass, and creatinine-height index were calculated.