Development and reliability of the coding system evaluating maternal sensitivity to social interactions with 34- to 36-week postmenstrual age preterm infants.

Unlabelled: Maternal sensitivity (MS), the ability to perceive and synchronously respond to the social signals (SSs), is affected by prematurity. The development of early supportive psychotherapy to foster MS, before discharge of the infant from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a major challenge in the prevention of subsequent developmental and mental disorders in the child. There are currently no reliable methods for evaluating MS to social interactions with very to moderate preterm infants.

Increased advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) assessed by skin autofluorescence in schizophrenia.

Background: Oxidative stress has been intensively studied as a key biochemical system in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. However, little is known about the implication of oxidative stress in the development of physical illnesses in schizophrenia patients, who are characterized by high cardiovascular risk and decreased life expectancy. Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) are considered to be markers of oxidative stress and are linked to the development of atherosclerosis.