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Extinction is the model used for the inhibition of fear within a laboratory environment. It involves training organisms to fear a conditioned stimulus in a manner described above (Myers, Ressler, & Davis, 2006). While it was previously debated upon it is widely accepted that extinction is a new form of learning and thus the creation of new memories (Burgos-Robles, Vidal-Gonzalez, Santini, & Quirk, 2007). While the two memories of fear and extinction would compete with each other (Royer, & Paré,…

4. Analysis of Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM) [26] The identification and quantification of components of traditional TCM by chromatographic analysis (HPLC) is one of the major challenge. As TCM is a complex matrices in which all the constituents plays specific role for the overall efficacy. So the analysis of all the constituents synchronously is necessary to quality control the TCM. So the new technique UPLC is used for the quality control of the TCM. 5. Multi-residue analysis of…

The Beast The feeling of being lost can be a horrible experience, especially in darkness. This stress is magnified when you realize you’re the prey of an unknown beast you cannot see; only hear its footsteps as it closes in. Author H.P. Lovecraft, in his short story “The Beast in the Cave” takes the readers through a tale of darkness and horror in which a man ends up disconnected from his tour group, lost in a cave, and then realizes he’s not alone. He then goes on to kill a beast with the…

According to Kirova, Bays, and Lagalwar (2015), “Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease marked by deficits in episodic memory, working memory (WM), and executive function” (p. 1). Instances that are classified as executive dysfunction are reduced selective and divided attention, inability to reverse intrusive stimuli, and weak manipulation skills. There is evidence supporting that Alzheimer’s happens because of postmortem recognition of pathology in neural tissue.…

Case Study 1 1. Feliway is a synthetic analogue of the F3 fraction of the feline facial familiarisation pheromone, administered as a spray or as a plug-in diffuser (Bowen & Heath, 2005). Pheromones are detected by the vomeronasal organ, binding to pheromone-binding proteins in the olfactory tract, altering affective state via limbic system stimulation (Landsberg et al., 2013). Feliway diffusers provide reassurance to cats in stressful situations and decrease stress-related behaviours such as…

Drug Policy, 2016). What is more astonishing is that most of them do not receive the treatment they need to recover from their opiate addiction. There are many treatment options available one that is looked at here is Naloxone, which is an opiate antagonist. It reverses the effects of opiates as well as helps those who overdose from opiates. Many factors are looked in this paper such as social impacts, treatment methods,…

esophagus. Treatment for GERD is focused towards lifestyle modification coupled with pharmacologic control of gastric acid secretion. Two pharmacologic approaches are used in GERD is the step-up therapy which is prescription for histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2Ras) and titrate to symptom control. The other is the step-down therapy which indicates once or twice daily proton pump…

medications. Depending on you symptoms, the patient might have taken one or more medication. Some of the drugs that the doctor might want patient to take is Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, Angiotensin II receptor blockers, Beta-blockers, Diuretics, Aldosterone antagonists, inotropes and digoxin. The patient might need to take two or more medication to treat heart failure. The doctor may prescribe other hear medication as well, such as nitrates for chest pain, a statin to lower…

Anxiety is a behavioral response triggered by: stress, fear of outcomes, or apprehension of an imminent event. Symptoms of this response usually include a feeling of nervousness, unease, or worry-some tendencies. Due to the key component of anxiety being stress, there is a state of mental strain among the individuals or organisms enduring this response. In years past, scientists have observed and concluded findings of anxiety-like behaviors in humans and different vertebrae species. For the…

I. Attention Catcher: The number of fatalities related to opioid overdoses has become one, if not the number one, public health emergencies among Americans. II. Listener Relevance Link: Prescription opioid medication had undergone a huge transformation making it more difficult for people to obtain and physicians to prescribe opioid medications to combat pain. III. Thesis Statement: The opioid epidemic is a local, state, and national problem that has caused all areas of government to focus on…