[Contribution of equine therapy in the management of post-traumatic stress disorder].

For several years, animal-mediated therapies have been used in the treatment of psychiatric patients. Post-traumatic stress disorder has the particularity of being generated by an external event in a person a priori free of mental pathology. In this disorder, various so-called targeted psychotherapies have proven to be effective, including equine therapy.

Type 0 Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Further Delineation of Prenatal and Postnatal Features in 16 Patients.

Background: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by homozygous inactivation of the SMN1 gene. The SMN2 copy number modulates the severity of SMA. The 0SMN1/1SMN2 genotype, the most severe genotype compatible with life, is expected to be associated with the most severe form of the disease, called type 0 SMA, defined by prenatal onset.

The French version of the autism-spectrum quotient in adolescents: a cross-cultural validation study.

We assessed the accuracy of the French version of the Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) in adolescents with Asperger syndrome (AS) and high-functioning autism (HFA) compared to healthy controls and adolescents with psychiatric disorders (PDs). Three groups of adolescents, aged 11-18, were assessed: 116 with AS/HFA (93 with IQ ≥ 85 and 20 with 70 ≤ IQ < 85), 39 with other PDs, and 199 healthy controls. The AS/HFA group scored significantly higher than the healthy control and PD groups.

Knowledge-based analysis of multi-potent G-protein coupled receptors ligands.

A large number of chemical structures that interact with G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) have been disclosed in patents or published papers. Most of these compounds are selective for a given protein target; however, it is well recognized that some GPCR-drugs interact with multiple targets. Using a literature database, we have identified compounds that act on different GPCRs.