Publications by authors named "M C Nicodemus"
Article Synopsis
- Psychotherapy incorporating equine interaction (PIE) is being explored as a potential enhancement to traditional treatments for substance use disorder (SUD) by addressing stress through interaction with horses.
- This study measured cortisol levels, a stress hormone, in SUD patients undergoing either PIE or cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) over two weeks.
- Results showed no significant differences in cortisol levels between the two therapy groups, suggesting that short-term interventions might not effectively reduce stress levels, indicating a need for more research on the best therapeutic practices and durations.
Registration numbers for the Palomino Horse Breeders of America (PHBA) have risen with the assistance of new registration guidelines. These changes in guidelines allowed for registration of any horse with a palomino body color, including those with unknown pedigrees. While this promoted registry growth, documenting the breed's orgins from those known pedigrees making up the breed's foundation is important with the introduction of unknown pedigrees.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMice offer a wealth of opportunities for investigating brain circuits regulating multiple behaviors, largely due to their genetic tractability. Social behaviors are of translational relevance, considering both mice and humans are highly social mammals, and disruptions in human social behavior are key symptoms of myriad neuropsychiatric disorders. Stresses related to social experiences are particularly influential in the severity and maintenance of neuropsychiatric disorders like anxiety disorders, and trauma and stressor-related disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMental health concerns are common among college students and more prevalent during examination periods when stress and anxiety are heightened. While the benefits of equine interaction have been reported, the impact of short-term equine interaction on coping skills valuable for managing test anxiety have yet to be studied. Therefore, the purpose of this preliminary study was to evaluate the impact of short-term equine interaction during the college examination period on development of coping skills and anxiety levels associated with testing, both self-reported and those reflected in physiological measures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Newly developed wearable fabric sensors (WFS) can increase the ease and accuracy of sweat sodium measurements by performing simultaneous sampling and analysis on the body during exercise.
Purpose: Determine the accuracy of a WFS for measurement of sodium concentration in sweat.
Methods: Subjects wore a WFS prototype and sweat collectors on their forearm during cycle ergometry.