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Gene–Environment Interaction: Definitions and Study Design

Gene–Environment Interaction: Definitions and Study Design

Stephen B. Manuck, Jeanne M. McCaffery
Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 65, pp. 41-70, 2014
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Nardilysin prevents amyloid plaque formation by enhancing α-secretase activity in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model

Mikiko Ohno, Yoshinori Hiraoka, Stefan F. Lichtenthaler, Kiyoto Nishi, Sayaka Saijo, Tatsuhiko Matsuoka, Hidekazu Tomimoto, Wataru Araki, Ryosuke Takahashi, Toru Kita, Takeshi Kimura, Eiichiro Nishi
Neurobiology of Aging, Volume 35, Issue 1, Pages 213–222, January 2014

Another look at ‘being there’ experiences in digital media: Exploring connections of telepresence with mental imagery

Inma Rodríguez-Ardura, Francisco J. Martínez-López
Computers in Human Behavior, Volume 30, Pages 508–518, January 2014

Reassessment of the Psychometric Characteristics and Factor Structure of the ‘Perceived Stress Questionnaire’ (PSQ): Analysis in a Sample of Dental Students

Jesús Montero-Marin, Marcelo Marcos Piva Demarzo, Joao Paulo Pereira, Marina Olea, Javier García-Campayo
January 23, 2014

Development and Validation of a Tool to Measure Incivility in Clinical Nursing Education

Maureen Anthony, PhD, RN, Joanne Yastik, PhDc, RN, Douglas A. MacDonald, PhD, Katherine A. Marshall, MS, RN, PMHCNS-BC
Journal of Professional Nursing, Volume 30, Issue 1, January–February 2014, Pages 48–55

A Virtual Joy-Stick Study of Emotional Responses and Social Motivation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Kwanguk Kim, M. Zachary Rosenthal, Mary Gwaltney, William Jarrold, Naomi Hatt, Nancy McIntyre, Lindsay Swain, Marjorie Solomon, Peter Mundy
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, January 2014

Chimps of a feather sit together: chimpanzee friendships are based on homophily in personality

Jorg J.M. Massen, Sonja E. Koski
Evolution and Human Behavior, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 1–8

Distinguishing Mystical Religious Experience and Psychotic Experience: A Qualitative Study Interviewing Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Professionals

Susan L. DeHoff
Pastoral Psychology, January 2014

Perceived discrimination, family functioning, and depressive symptoms among immigrant women in Taiwan

Hao-Jan Yang, Jyun-Yi Wu, Sheng-Shiung Huang, Mei-Huei Lien, Tony Szu-Hsien Lee
Archives of Women’s Mental Health, January 2014

Patients’ experience of auricular acupuncture during protracted withdrawal

L. Bergdahl RN PhD Student, A. H. Berman PhD Licensed Psychologist and K. Haglund RN PhD Senior Lecturer
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 21, Issue 2, pages 163–169, March 2014

ADHD and relative risk of accidents in road traffic: A meta-analysis

Truls Vaa
Accident Analysis & Prevention, Volume 62, Pages 415–425, January 2014

Clinical Hypnosis in Pain Therapy and Palliative Care: A Handbook of Techniques for Improving the Patient’s Physical and Psychological Well-being

Dr. Maria Paola Brugnoli, MD.
Published 2014

Status and the True Believer: The Impact of Psychological Contracts on Social Status Attributions of Friendship and Influence

John B. Bingham, James B. Oldroyd, Jeffery A. Thompson, Jeffrey S. Bednar, J. Stuart Bunderson
Organization Science, Volume 25, Issue 1, pp. 73-92, January-February 2014

A socio psychological perspective on community participation in health during the Unidad Popular government: Santiago de Chile, from 1970 to 1973

Esteban Menahem Hadjez Berrios
Journal of Health Psychology, Volume 19: 3-15, January 2014

Seasonal variation in suicidal behavior with prescription opioid medication

Jonathan M. Davis, Veronica B. Searles, S. Geoff Severtson, Richard C. Dart, Becki Bucher-Bartelson
Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 158, Complete , Pages 30-36, April 2014

Suicide from a Public Health Perspective

Said Shahtahmasebi and Joav Merrick
Health and Human Development, 2014

Children in foster care: What behaviours do carers find challenging?

Olivia Octoman, Sara McLean and Julie Sleep
Clinical Psychologist, Special Issue: Working with Challenging Behaviours in Children and Adolescents. Guest Editor: Paul Harnett
Volume 18, Issue 1, pages 10–20, March 2014

Residual Cognitive Disability after Completion of Inpatient Rehabilitation among Injured Children

Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD, MSC, Dennis R. Durbin, MD, MSCE, Flaura K. Winston, MD, PhD, Xuemei Zhang, MS, Margaret G. Stineman, MD
The Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 164, Issue 1 , Pages 130-135, January 2014

How does higher in-group social value lead to positive mental health? An integrated model of in-group identification and support

Ken’ichiro Nakashima, Chikae Isobe and Mitsuhiro Ura
Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 16, Issue 4, pages 271–278, December 2013

p21Cip restrains hippocampal neurogenesis and protects neuronal progenitors from apoptosis during acute systemic inflammation

Svetlana Zonis, Vladimir A. Ljubimov, Michael Mahgerefteh, Robert N. Pechnick, Kolja Wawrowsky and Vera Chesnokova
Hippocampus, Volume 23, Issue 12, pages 1383–1394, December 2013

Paradise Lost: The relationships between neurological and psychological changes in nicotine-dependent patients

Takeshi Isomura, Joji Suzuki & Toshiya Murai
Addiction Research & Theory, Vol. 22, No. 2 , Pages 158-165, 2014