Breast milk production and emotional state in mothers of very low birth weight infants.

Introduction: There is little evidence regarding the influence of emotional variables on breastfeeding among mothers of very low birth weight infants (VLBWIs). The objective of this study was to measure breast milk production (BMP) at two points in time during neonatal hospitalization and its association with anxiety, depression, and breastfeeding self-efficacy levels among mothers of VLBWIs.

Population And Methos: Prospective, observational, and multicenter study in mothers of VLBWIs (500-1500 g) from 9 NEOCOSUR Network centers.

Optical Properties Influence Visual Cortical Functional Resolution After Cataract Surgery and Both Dissociate From Subjectively Perceived Quality of Vision.

Purpose: To investigate the relation between optical properties, population receptive fields (pRFs), visual function, and subjectively perceived quality of vision after cataract surgery.

Methods: The study includes 30 patients who had recently undergone bilateral sequential cataract surgery. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging and pRF modelling methods to assess pRF sizes across visual cortical regions (V1-V3).

Functional magnetic resonance imaging to assess neuroadaptation to multifocal intraocular lenses.

Purpose: To evaluate the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess neuroadaptation to multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs).

Setting: Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

Design: Prospective case study.

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Assess the Neurobehavioral Impact of Dysphotopsia with Multifocal Intraocular Lenses.

Purpose: To investigate the association between dysphotopsia and neural responses in visual and higher-level cortical regions in patients who recently received multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) implants.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Participants: Thirty patients 3 to 4 weeks after bilateral cataract surgery with diffractive IOL implantation and 15 age- and gender-matched control subjects.

Classification of Huntington's disease stage with support vector machines: A study on oculomotor performance.

Alterations in oculomotor performance are among the first observable physical alterations during presymptomatic stages of Huntington's disease (HD). Quantifiable measurements of oculomotor performance have been studied as possible markers of disease status and progression in presymptomatic and early symptomatic stages of HD, on the basis of traditional analysis methods. Whether oculomotor performance can be used to classify individuals according to HD disease stage has yet to be explored via the application of machine-learning methods.