Purpose. A case of malabsorption-associated warfarin resistance is reported. Summary. A 42-year-old, 111-kg, Caucasian man arrived at the emergency department with atypical pleuritic chest pain. The chest pain was associated with shortness of breath,…
Advances in breast cancer research have confirmed that this malignancy is not a single disease, but rather a collection of genetically distinct diseases with different treatment requirements. In recent years, several studies have confirmed the…
BACKGROUND: Deficient levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] have been associated with increased fracture risk. Racial differences in fracture risk may be related to differences in bioavailable vitamin D due to single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)…
The locomotor stimulatory effects of nicotine (0.4 and 0.8 mg/kg) and cathinone (0.5 and 1.0 mg/kg) were assessed in alcohol-preferring (P) and -nonpreferring (NP) rats. Whereas P rats demonstrated enhanced (0.8 mg/kg) or no change (0.4 mg/kg) in…
We reported previously that mice lacking one brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) allele demonstrate elevated striatal dopamine (DA) concentrations but impaired behavioral responses involving the nigrostriatal dopaminergic (NSDA) system. To test…