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Reply to commentaries and future directions
(2021-01-01)
Here I summarize the theory of consciousness that is proposed in the target taper and that is translated there into various implications for medical practice, and then I go on to reply to each commentary on, and criticism ...
Reply to Commentaries and Future Directions
(Imprint Academic, 2021-01-01)
Here I summarize the theory of consciousness that is proposed in the target taper and that is translated there into various implications for medical practice, and then I go on to reply to each commentary on, and criticism ...
The Role of Sentience in the Theory of Consciousness and Medical Practice
(Imprint Academic, 2021-01-01)
In this target paper, I focus on the concept of sentience in relation to the theory of consciousness and to practice in the medical sciences, neurology, and psychiatry, regarding both diagnostics and therapy. Following ...
The geroscience agenda: Toxic stress, hormetic stress, and the rate of aging
Geroscience offers a counterpoint to the challenged pursuit of curing diseases of aging, by focusing on slowing
the biological aging process for extended healthspan earlier in life. Remarkable progress has led this field ...
The selfish brain hypothesis for metabolic abnormalities in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
(Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul, 2012-09-01)
Metabolic abnormalities are frequent in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD), leading to a high prevalence of diabetes and metabolic syndrome in this population. Moreover, mortality rates among patients ...
Fructose rich diet-induced high plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) production in the adult female rat: Protective effect of progesterone
(MDPI, 2012-08)
The effect of progesterone (P4) on fructose rich diet (FRD) intake-induced metabolic, endocrine and parametrial adipose tissue (PMAT) dysfunctions was studied in the adult female rat. Sixty day-old rats were i.m. treated ...
Fructose rich diet-induced allostasis aggravates metabolic syndrome development in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Rat Phenotype
(Nature Publishing Group, 2010-12)
Hyperandrogenemia predisposes an organism toward developing impaired insulin sensitivity. The aim of our study was to evaluate endocrine and metabolic effects during early allostasis induced by a fructose-rich diet (FRD) ...
Allostatic load and stress biomarkers in a sample of community-dwelling older adults
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrasilEEF - DEPARTAMENTO DE FISIOTERAPIAUFMG, 2019)
Background: The idea that cumulative levels of stress can have deleterious effects on health and longevity has led investigators to discuss individual differences in the accumulation of Allostatic Load (AL) during life. ...