Speech Mismatch Negativity (MMN) in Schizophrenia with Auditory Verbal Hallucinations.

Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) are experienced by many individuals with schizophrenia (SZ), a neurodevelopmental disease that encumbers the quality of life and psychosocial outcome of those afflicted by it. While many hypotheses attempt to better define the etiology of AVHs in SZ, their neural profile and its moderation by current neuroleptics remains limited. The Mismatch Negativity (MMN) is an event related potential (ERP) measured from electroencephalographic (EEG) activity during the presentation of a deviance detection auditory paradigm.

Equine intraocular melanocytic neoplasia.

Objective: To describe the clinical appearance, histopathology, and treatment of equine intraocular melanocytic neoplasia in adult horses.

Animals And Procedure: A retrospective review of medical records was conducted. Data recorded included signalment, ocular examination findings, physical examination findings, therapeutic interventions, and case outcomes.

Adjunctive methylphenidate extended release in patients with schizophrenia: Protocol of a single-centre fixed dose cross-over open-label trial to improve functional and cognitive outcomes.

Background: Cognitive symptoms, among the core symptoms of schizophrenia, are associated with poor functional outcome and burden of illness. To date, there is no effective pharmacological treatment for these symptom clusters. Augmentation with psychostimulants has been proposed as a potential treatment option.

The Role of Natural Background Radiation in Maintaining Genomic Stability in the CGL1 Human Hybrid Model System.

Natural background ionizing radiation is present on the earth's surface; however, the biological role of this chronic low-dose-rate exposure remains unknown. The Researching the Effects of the Presence and Absence of Ionizing Radiation (REPAIR) project is examining the impacts of sub-natural background radiation exposure through experiments conducted 2 km underground in SNOLAB. The rock overburden combined with experiment-specific shielding provides a background radiation dose rate 30 times lower than on the surface.

What Does It Mean to Be White in Veterinary Medicine?

Race is a pseudo-scientific system that was invented to sort people by skin color into different categories. Race has no biologic basis, meaning the phenotype of skin color cannot accurately separate humans into distinct categories. Contemporary Western veterinary medicine was founded by white European men to treat livestock and working horses; 150+ years later, the majority of veterinary graduates are white women working on domesticated family pets.