Exercise promotes learning and memory formation. These effects depend on increases in
hippocampal BDNF, a growth factor associated with cognitive improvement and the alleviation …

Chronic stress promotes depression in some individuals, but has no effect in others.
Susceptible individuals exhibit social avoidance and anxious behavior and ultimately develop …

The second-generation biofuel strategy aims to fully utilize lignocellulose, which is the
major component of the plant cell wall and the most abundant form of renewable organic …

How individuals respond to chronic stress varies. Susceptible individuals ultimately develop
depression; whereas resilient individuals live normally. In this study, our objective was to …

Background Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) is a rare entity that occurs when
the median arcuate ligament of the diaphragm is low-lying, causing a compression to the …

Exercise promotes learning and memory recall as well as rescues cognitive decline
associated with aging. The positive effects of exercise are mediated by circulatory factors that …

The purpose of this study was to investigate how nicotine in the context of water pipe tobacco
smoking (WTS) affects depression and anxiety-like behaviors associated with chronic …

OBJECTIVES:: This study was performed to report a patient with peritoneal sarcoidosis and
review the literature for similar cases. METHODS:: We described the clinical presentation, …

Rationale Previous studies suggested that methionine (Met) levels are decreased in depressed
patients. However, whether the decrease in this amino acid is important for phenotypic …

AIM: To study the epidemiology of HCC in Lebanon and prognostic factors predictive of early
mortality. METHODS: An observational follow-up cohort study of HCC cases diagnosed …