Publications by authors named "Aviv Halfon"
To explore reconstructed identities of dancers who experienced an injury, using a model of identity reconstruction post-injury. An online questionnaire study with 145 dancers who had experienced a significant dance-related injury. Measures included a questionnaire measuring dancers' reconstructed identities, injury perceptions and injury centrality to self-concept.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObesity and hyperglycemia are risk factors for cognitive decline and for the development of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for obesity that was shown to improve cognitive decline in obese patients. Bariatric surgery was shown to exert weight loss independent effects on metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes.
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- * Retinoic acid (RA) is crucial for developing BBB models in the lab, but the pathways it influences and its physiological relevance are not completely understood.
- * Research on P450 oxidoreductase (POR) deficiency, which is linked to cognitive issues, reveals that POR is vital for regulating RA levels in brain endothelial cells; its absence disrupts tight junction formation, leading to barrier dysfunction.