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An age-standardised motor function test, NUBU, aids differentiation between ADHD and bipolar disorder (BD) in children, which is often difficult because ongoing neural development causes similar symptoms in both disorders.
Rats made to exercise on a treadmill after spinal transection show improved stepping ability and this is associated with increasing BDNF accumulation in two cell types and changes of innervation indicated by a region-specific increase of presynaptic markers.
According to the literature, the combined use of cannabidiol and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol extracts in multiple sclerosis often results in patients reporting symptom relief, although there is no significant improvement to spasticity as a result of this therapy.
The prevalence of severe medically unexplained physical symptoms is higher in employees on long-term sick leave than in the general working population, and these symptoms are associated with psychiatric morbidity and functional impairment.
The tyrosine kinase receptor for hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), c-Met, is highly expressed on neuroblastoma cells, and a small-molecule inhibitor of c-Met inhibits HGF-induced migration and proliferation of these tumor cells in a dose-dependent manner.
