To find a candidate gene, researchers first identify the area of a particular chromosome which they believe is involved in the process of a genetic condition. Then, they look for specific genes within that area to see if they can find a gene which might be a likely suspect. Researchers may...
Journal of Child Psychology & PsychiatryMoore SR: Commentary: What is the case for candidate gene ap- proaches in the era of high-throughput genomics? A response to Border and Keller (2017). J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2017; 58: 331-334...
However, substantial unanswered questions remain about the biological mechanisms underlying AN and EDs; this gap in our understanding is a key contributor to the lack of effective, personalized treatments. ED science faces an uphill battle in replacing decades of myths, misunderstandings, and ...
AI in drug discovery might have some fundamental shortcomings in its current state, but it has only been able to advance to where it is today as a result of the contribution of aspects of human psychology, some of which are summarized in Box 2. Given that the future opportunities of a pa...
” Dr. Rodgers adds. Triple-negative breast cancer means the cancer does not have receptors for estrogen or the related hormone progesterone and is also negative for overexpression of the HER2 protein, a type of protein fueled by a certain gene, also calledHER2, that contributes to cancer cell...
1). In the context of clinical disorders, FC is most commonly investigated in a wakeful 'resting state' condition (task-free, revealing 'intrinsic' or 'spontaneous' FC, (Biswal et al., 1995)), but can technically be investigated in a variety of contexts and brain states (e.g., task,...
The “bright side” is the one shining star on the background of theHopepainting. A law student named Barack Obama was in the audience the day of Wright’s sermon. As the presidential candidate in 2004, Obama delivered his campaign address and changed Wright’s “Audacity to hope” to “...
To do this, however, I propose we need to carve out what each of us sees as a theory, how theories relate to each other, and their larger embeddings in science and society. This will be unpacked in the section: 'Metatheory, Theory, and Calculi Thereof'. A formalisable way of looking...
What is emotion dysregulation? The term “emotion dysregulation” has proliferated in child psychology and psychiatry (Althoff & Ametti, 2021; Freitag et al., 2023). However, different emphases across – and within – subfields produce differences in its meaning. Summarizing its prevailing uses wil...
A person or thing having the features of a group or class:He is the type of person that is bound to get into trouble. Symbol (Psychology) An object or image that an individual unconsciously uses to represent repressed thoughts, feelings, or impulses A phallic symbol. Type An example or a...