A5053739033- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
Azienda Usl Toscana Centro
2025
Regione Toscana
2021-2024
University of Siena
2020-2023
University of Pisa
2015-2023
University of Chieti-Pescara
2005
Background: Emerging aspects of the Covid-19 clinical presentation are its long-term effects, which characteristic so-called “long COVID”. The aim present study was to investigate prevalence physical, psychological, and sleep disturbances quality life in general population during ongoing pandemic. Methods: This study, based on an online survey, collected demographic data, information related COVID-19, disturbances, data from 507 individuals. level assessed through Insomnia Severity Index...
As of March 2020, the respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has been declared a "pandemic" WHO. In an effort to stem spread virus, governments around world have ordered more or less restrictive isolation measures. If lockdown and social proven be quite effective in terms physical containment, mental health appears undermined onset feelings such as uncertainty, fear, despair. Likely, near future, professionals will called face "parallel pandemic" acute stress disorders,...
Hypertension (HT) is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure arterial vessels persistently elevated. Though HT initially presents itself as an asymptomatic condition, it chronically evolves into major risk factor for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and renal diseases that, turn, represent crucial causes of morbidity mortality industrialized countries. complex disorder that estimated to afflict more than quarter world's adult population. It classified both on basis its...
Increasing evidence supports a key role of Oxytocin (OT) as modulator social relationships in mammals.The aim the present study was to investigate possible sex-related differences plasma OT levels human beings.Forty-five healthy men and 45 women (mean age: 34.9 ± 6.2 years), were included study. Plasma preparation, peptide extraction radioimmunoassay carried out according standardized methods.The results showed that (pg / ml, mean SD) significantly higher than (4.53 1.18 vs 1.53 1.19, p ˂...
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COVID-19 outbreak represents a stressful life event that might potentially trigger psychopathological symptoms in people with pre-existing vulnerability. This is particularly relevant for the onset or exacerbation of pathological contamination fears vulnerability to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) those individuals sub-threshold symptoms, who achieved recovery after successful treatment. Strict movement restrictions and hygiene habits are essential limit diffusion delay its progression....
Although the pathophysiology of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is still unclear, growing preclinical evidences suggest that oxytocin (OT), a pleiotropic hormone, possibly involved. However, direct studies on OT levels or clinical trials with this exogenous hormone in patients PTSD led to inconsistent findings. Therefore, aim present study was at exploring and comparing plasma group matched healthy subjects as control group.Twenty-six outpatients (13 men, 13 women, mean age: 40.3 ±...
Recently, vitamin D is considered a pleiotropic hormone, and as such, it has also become topic of renewed interest in neuropsychiatry for its proposed role the aetiology pathophysiology different psychiatric conditions, including mood disorders (MDs). This seems particularly crucial while considering relatively high often neglected prevalence hypovitaminosis general population specific groups, such patients suffering from most common type MDs, which are major depression (MDD) bipolar (BDs)....
The role of dopamine (DA) in romantic love is suggested by different evidence and supported the findings some brain imaging studies. DA transporter (DAT) a key structure regulating concentration neurotransmitter synaptic cleft. Given presence DAT blood cells, present study aimed to explore it resting lymphocytes 30 healthy subjects both sexes early stage (no longer than 6 months), as compared with involved long-lasting relationship.All had no physical or psychiatric illness. was measured...