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Macroevolutionary patterns of sexual size dimorphism in copepods.
(2014-08)
Major theories compete to explain the macroevolutionary trends observed in sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in animals. Quantitative genetic theory suggests that the sex under historically stronger directional selection will ...
Discovery of a novel neurophysin-associated neuropeptide that triggers cardiac stomach contraction and retraction in starfish.
(2013-11-01)
Feeding in starfish is a remarkable process in which the cardiac stomach is everted over prey and then retracted when prey tissue has been resorbed. Previous studies have revealed that SALMFamide-type neuropeptides trigger ...
The Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in the Long-Lived Naked Mole-Rat.
(2015-12-22)
Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) (NMRs) are the longest living rodents known. They show negligible senescence, and are resistant to cancers and certain damaging effects associated with aging. The insulin-like growth ...
Effects of Genotype and Sleep on Temperament.
(2015-07-16)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Sleep problems are frequent in young children; however, children vary in the degree to which they are affected by poor sleep quality. We investigated whether a polymorphism in the serotonin ...
Acute hospital service utilization by inpatients in psychiatric hospitals.
(2015-11)
OBJECTIVE: Standardized mortality ratios are twice the population average in the year following a mental health admission, yet there is a relative paucity of research on uptake of general medical care in psychiatric ...
Early-life nutrition modulates the epigenetic state of specific rDNA genetic variants in mice.
(2016-07-07)
A suboptimal early-life environment, due to poor nutrition or stress during pregnancy, can influence lifelong phenotypes in the progeny. Epigenetic factors are thought to be key mediators of these effects. We show that ...
Pain is independently associated with reduced health related quality of life in people with psychosis.
(2015-10-09)
The objective was to investigate the relationship between pain and health related quality of life (HRQOL) in people with psychosis. The study utilised a cross-sectional design including individuals with established psychosis ...
Cone of direct gaze as a marker of social anxiety in males.
(2013-05)
The fear of being scrutinised is a core feature of social anxiety disorder and socially anxious individuals overestimate being 'looked at'. A recent development in the vision sciences is a reliable psychophysical index of ...
Humans have an expectation that gaze is directed toward them.
(2013-03)
Many animals use cues from another animal's gaze to help distinguish friend from foe. In humans, the direction of someone's gaze provides insight into their focus of interest and state of mind and there is increasing ...
Dual-route model of the effect of head orientation on perceived gaze direction.
(2014)
Previous studies on gaze perception have identified 2 opposing effects of head orientation on perceived gaze direction-1 repulsive and the other attractive. However, the relationship between these 2 effects has remained ...
