The rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis(Willd.Ex Adr.De Juss.)Müell Arg.]is an important source of latex for the production natural rubber.Natural rubber is an important biopolymer used in various industries,but aspects r...
BACKGROUND:The widespread use of recreational drugs has raised concerns regarding their eff ects on various organ systems.The use of cannabis and opioids in chronic pain management increases their prevalence among pat...
Trigeminal-specific stimulants have been shown to activate different receptors preferentially and this likely accounts for variation in sensory perception.It is unclear whether trigeminal sensitivity is similar across...
NRF(South Africa)/FWO(Belgium)Joint Science and Technology Research Collaboration for the Project“Electrochemistry,nanostructured electrocatalysts for tackling substance abuse,and DSI-NRF-Wits SARChI Chair in Materials Electrochemistry and Energy Technologies”(MEET,UID#132739);National Metrology Institute of South Africa(NMISA).The views expressed here are of the authors and not of any of the organizations mentioned in this acknowledgment.
Drug abuse has proliferated at an unprecedented rate worldwide,posing significant public health challenges that directly impact society,criminality,and the economy.This review presents the application of nanomaterials...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 31670512);Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China(No. 2018JM3039)。
The activated sludge process is characterized by high microbial density and diversity,both of which facilitate antibiotic resistance gene transfer.Many studies have suggested that antibiotic and non-antibiotic drugs a...
jointly supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFB1501802);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41902309);funded by the Engineering Research Center of Geothermal Resources Development Technology and Equipment,Ministry of Education,Jilin University。
The Enhanced Geothermal System(EGS) is an artificial geothermal system that aims to economically extract heat from hot dry rock(HDR) through the creation of an artificial geothermal reservoir. Chemical stimulation is ...
supported by Egas Moniz Cooperativa de Ensino Superior.ST was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia project 02/SAICT/2017/029656 and iNOVA4Health-UIDB/04462/2020;a program financially supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia/Ministério da Educação e Ciência,Portugal,through national funds and co-funded by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement.
Epidemiological studies have reported an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease(PD)development in amphetamine-type stimulant users during their lifetime(Garwood et al.,2006;Rumpf et al.,2017).Protein inclusions mainly...
by the Direccion General de Investigacion y Posgrado from the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes.PB-I was supported by the PRODEP program and an early career research grant from the International Association for the Study of Pain.AM-P was supported by the“Instituto Polit6cnico Nacional”(SIP-IPN 20200241);PV-L was supported by a CONACyT Postdoctoral Fellowship(406562);Figure 1 was partially drawn using biorender.com.BAM-C,PB-I,PV-L and JC-R are current fellows of the**Sistema Nacional de Investi-gadores”from CONACYT.
The periaqueductal gray(PAG)is a complex mesencephalic structure involved in the integration and execution of active and passive self-protective behaviors against imminent threats,such as immobility or flight from a p...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(grant no.2018YFA0701400);Q.L.was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(grant no.2018YFC0910503);National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.81873909);Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(grant no.2018SHZDZX01);Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(grant no.20ZR1404900);the Zhangjiang Laboratory.The authors thank all volunteers for their participation in this study.The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Background:Amphetamine-type stimulants(ATS)have become a critical public health issue.Animal models have indicated a clear neurotoxic potential of ATSs.In humans,chronic use has been associated with cogni-tive deficit...
For several years,the misuse of stimulant substances is increasingly observed both in the field of sport,to improve the functions of the body and therefore to be more performant,and also by non-athletes to make life m...