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J Neurochem
December 2024
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
This preface introduces the Journal of Neurochemistry Special Issue on Advances in Epilepsy Research. Epilepsy is a devastating disease characterized by recurrent seizures. Despite the addition of numerous therapeutics over the last few decades epilepsy patients resistant to standard of care treatments remains stubbornly high.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHum Factors
September 2024
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
With vehicle automation becoming more commonplace, the role of the human driver is shifting from that of system operator to that of system supervisor. With this shift comes the risk of drivers becoming more disengaged from the task of supervising the system functioning, thus increasing the need for technology to keep drivers alert. This special issue includes the most up-to-date research on how drivers use vehicle automation, and the safety risks it may pose.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pediatr Rehabil Med
October 2021
School of Nursing, Minnesota State University e Mankato, Mankato, MN, USA.
"Guidelines for the Care of People with Spina Bifida" provide the best, most up-to-date recommendations for care across the lifespan, from newborn to adult. This special issue of the Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine is a collection of key sections of the 2018 Guidelines. The sections of the Guidelines published herein have been expanded from their original format to include more background information about key topics and why they are important in the care of people with SB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAm J Kidney Dis
November 2019
Department of Health Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, American University, Washington, DC; Biomedical Sciences, Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Total-body potassium (K) content and appropriate distribution of K across the cell membrane is vitally important for normal cellular function. Total-body K content is determined by changes in excretion of K by the kidneys in response to intake levels. Under normal conditions, insulin and β-adrenergic tone also make important contributions in maintaining internal distribution of K.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Study of urine from the outset has always aroused the interest of scientists and physicians all over the world, from ancient Greeks and Romans to Hindus , Hulcos in Mexico, Australian native etc. The urine in such case was considered not only as a waste product but also as a therapeutic product. In the late XIX century scientific knowledge had already identified the function of substances that favor the increase of urinary output, and physicians over the centuries have always tried to analyze urine in various ways.
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