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Paul Newhouse and his colleagues at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, are studying nicotine drugs as potential therapeutic agents for cognitive dysfunction.
Upon release into constant darkness cry1,2 -/-mice immediately become arrhythmic at the behavioral level [ 22 23 ] , at the level of SCN electrophysiology [ 28 ] , and at the cellular/molecular level [ 23 ] . Of the available mouse models for circadian dysfunction, only per1,2 double mutant mice [ 29 ] , bmal1 knockout mice [ 30 ] , and mice with an ablation of the SCN [ 31 ] show a similarly dramatic phenotype.
Smoking incites an immunologic response to vascular injury, described as oxidative stress leading to lipid peroxidation, endothelial cell dysfunction, and foam cell proliferation in the tunica media [1,2].
Potential advantages of SCH over TAH include decreased operative morbidity and reduced risk of urinary and sexual dysfunction [ 5 6 7 8 9 10 ] . Patient concerns about sexual functioning after hysterectomy may also play a role in the decision to undergo a supracervical hysterectomy versus total abdominal hysterectomy.
The frequency of neuromuscular/musculoskeletal dysfunction terms is presented in Table 5. Of the 22 dysfunction terms used in the search strategies, only Low Back Pain and Back Pain were used relatively frequently by authors in titles (5/38) and in abstracts (8/37).