Publications
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Fragmentation in Sleep and Mind: Linking Dissociative Symptoms, Sleep, and Memory
(2018)
Fragmented, dissociated consciousness can characterize the mind in both wake and sleep states. Dissociative symptoms, during sleep, include vivid dreaming, nightmares, and alterations in objective sleep parameters (e.g., ...
Fungal Jewels: Secondary Metabolites
(2017)
Fungal natural products are friends and foes of humans such as deleterious mycotoxins, cytotoxic, carcinogenic compounds or beneficial compounds such as antibiotics, fungicides, insecticides, antiviral and antitumor ...
Gene Silencing and Editing Strategies for Neurodegenerative Diseases
(2018)
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders affecting the central nervous system. Despite significant differences in their causes, neuropathological abnormalities, and clinical outcomes, some ...
Gene function in schistosomes: recent advances towards a cure
(2015)
Schistosomes are human parasites distributed worldwide in tropical and sub-tropical latitudes, especially in developing countries and impoverished regions. These neglected tropical disease (NTD) pathogens causes debilitating ...
Extracellular Nucleotides in the Regulation of Kidney Functions
(2015)
ATP is normally regarded as the major source of fuel for the energy-demanding processes within cells; however, ATP and other nucleotides (such as ADP, UTP, UDP) can be released from cells, where they act as autocrine or ...
Extinction Learning from a Mechanistic and Systems Perspective
(2016)
Throughout their lifetime, animals learn to associate stimuli with their consequences. Following memory acquisition and consolidation, circumstances may arise that necessitate that initially learned behaviour is no longer ...
Fishing for Human Perceptions in Coastal and Island Marine Resource Use Systems
(2018)
Human perceptions, decision-making and (pro-) environmental behaviour are closely connected. This Research Topic focuses on bringing together perceptions and behaviour for sustainable coastal and island marine resource use ...
Hallucinations: New Interventions Supporting People with Distressing Voices and/or Visions
(2016)
Hallucinations can occur across the five sensory modalities (auditory, visual, olfactory, tactile, and gustatory). Whilst they have the potential to be benign or even highly valued, they can often be devastating experiences ...
Health and Children with Disabilities
(2017)
Articles within this e-book are focused on the health of children with disabilities. Various frameworks have been used to articulate the dynamic interaction of the individual, environment and the task as it relates to child ...
Histamine in the Brain
(2015)
Brain aminergic pathways are organized in parallel and interacting systems, which support a range of functions, from homoeostatic regulations to cognitive, and motivational processes. Despite overlapping functional influences, ...