Daily social interactions that are negative and competitive are associated prospectively with heightened proinflammatory cytokine activity.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Feb 7;109(6):1878-82. Epub 2012 Jan 23. Negative and competitive social interactions are related to heightened proinflammatory cytokine activity. Chiang JJ, Eisenberger NI, Seeman TE, Taylor SE. Source Department of Psychology, David Geffen … Continue reading

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Social pain–the painful feelings associated with social disconnection–rely on some of the same neurobiological substrates that underlie experiences of physical pain

Nat Rev Neurosci. 2012 May 3;13(6):421-34. doi: 10.1038/nrn3231. The pain of social disconnection: examining the shared neural underpinnings of physical and social pain. Eisenberger NI. Source University of California, Department of Psychology, 4444 Franz Hall, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. … Continue reading

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An endogenous opioid deficiency/expanded suffocation false alarm theory model of panic disorder.

These are the slides from my  talk at the First International Symposium on Translational Models of Panic Disorder. Vitoria, ES, Brazil, November 16-18, 2012.

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Michael Holick MD’s Vitamin D lecture – essential viewing

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Neonatal maternal separation disrupts regulation of sl… [Sleep. 2009] – PubMed – NCBI

Listening to fascinating data by Richard Kinkead at http://www.simposiodopanico.com.br/site/?lang=en. Here is a relevant abstract: Sleep. 2009 Dec;3212:1611-20. Neonatal maternal separation disrupts regulation of sleep and breathing in adult male rats. Kinkead R, Montandon G, Bairam A, Lajeunesse Y, Horner R.SourceCentre … Continue reading

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