Predictors for the functional incapacity of the elderly in primary health care.

Objectives:: to assess the predictors for the functional incapacity of the elderly in primary health care.

Method:: cross-sectional study, of which 388 older people participated, conducted in three Primary health care Units, using the Katz index and Lawton's scale. The research project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee.

Cancer patients with oral mucositis: challenges for nursing care.

Objective: to analyze nursing care provided to cancer patients with oral mucositis based on the Nursing Process (NP).

Method: this exploratory, descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study was conducted with 213 patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy in two cancer facilities: one philanthropic and one private service.

Results: the participants were mainly female, aged 45.

5-HT1A Receptor-Mediated Autoinhibition and the Control of Serotonergic Cell Firing.

The idea that serotonergic synaptic transmission plays an essential role in the control of mood and the pharmacotherapy of anxiety and depression is one of the cornerstones of modern biological psychiatry. As a result, there is intense interest in understanding the mechanisms controlling the activity of serotonin-synthesizing (serotonergic) neurons. One of the oldest and most durable ideas emerging from this work is that serotonergic neurons are capable of autonomously regulating their own basal firing rate.