The word
"pathological" means something that is abnormal or concerning, especially when describing a behavior or condition that is harmful to a person's mental or physical health.
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Cortisol is a hormone that, when released in excess, can create a host
of pathological conditions in the body.
Hollander et al used a double blind, placebo controlled design to examine the efficacy of a 10 week treatment of lithium on the clinical and cognitive features of gambling
in pathological gamblers with bipolar spectrum disorder.
Studies have shown that exercise can have both structural and cognitive benefits in rodent models of
pathological conditions like Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and Alzheimer's disease.
Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) is an evil Hollywood producer who steals the vaguely autobiographical writing assignment of
pathological liar Jason (Frankie Muniz) and turns it into a big - budget blockbuster that shares its name with this film's title.
Temporal tasks may also be good for use as predictors of impulse control disorders such as
pathological gambling in adolescents (Petry, 2001).
These findings indicated that the effect of
pathological gaming on physical aggression was not significantly affected by the violent or non-violent content of games.
Nevertheless, it was at Brecksville, as recently as 1972, that Dr. Robert L. Custer, a psychiatrist who is now chief of treatment services of the Mental Health and Behavioral Science Service of the U.S. Veterans Administration, founded the world's first treatment center for
pathological gamblers.
A wide range of congenital and acquired human diseases are associated
with pathological conditions in heart formation.
Cas9 - expressing mice can dramatically accelerate our understanding of
pathological processes that involve multiple genes or mutations, like tumor development.
For several decades, our lab has studied the molecular and cellular basis for
pathological changes caused by spontaneous mutations that disrupt the development or regulation of the murine hematopoietic and immune systems.
The development of genomics since the 1980s has continuously been accompanied by introducing proteomics, transcriptomics, glycomics, lipidomics, metabolomics and other omics technologies, which are centered to complex samples to generate huge datasets for extracting answers to many biological questions related to physiological as well
as pathological processes.
The study of the effectiveness of treatment
for pathological gambling constitutes a field that is still largely unexplored.
The International Neuroethics Society co-sponsored the evening session that traced the emergence of lying in children, the world of false memories and the state of the science
on pathological lying disorders.
In treating
pathological lying, some therapists have found it can be beneficial to address the lying as an addiction.
Bradshaw (1988) defines this type of shame as «toxic shame» and suggests that toxic shame may be the cardinal feature of
pathological behavior (p. 10).
Iron was chosen for review because it is necessary for human life while seemingly having relationships with numerous
pathological states such as heart disease, cancer, and impaired insulin sensitivity.
A characteristic
pathological feature of PD is the presence of Lewy bodies, which are formed by intracellular deposits of the protein α - synuclein in neurons.
In examination of what early predictors discriminate between those who
become pathological gamers and those who do not (Table 2), several personal characteristics and gaming habits seem to act as risk factors.
I can assure you that the majority of people I mentioned are
not pathological liars and if something conspiracy-wise occurred, there's no government on this planet in this day and age of technology that could keep the mouths of 5000 + sailors shut nor the mouths of the other 5000 + wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, moms and dads..
Also, arthritis in older dogs that involves inflammation of the joints is caused more often
by pathological conditions (disease) and deficiencies.
We've seen each other's progression and shared an unwavering
pathological need for the sweeter things in life, more cake and more beauty.
Mean scores on each measure decreased from
pathological levels at pre-therapy to within normal ranges at post-therapy.
The patterns of results in Tables 2 and 3 demonstrate that many of the relationships
between pathological gaming and other variables are not as simple as first imagined.
In turn, this could provide an alternate explanation for the increase in physically aggressive behavior following
pathological involvement with games, regardless of the violent content.
While there is at this time no clear explanation for chronic pain, recent work on the nervous system suggests that it may result
from pathological changes in the nervous mechanisms that result in pain continuing and non-painful stimuli being perceived as painful.
It is a remarkably fertile perspective to look at science denialism not as
pathological science, but as a form of organized crime — which it is really, political couplings and all just like the regular mob.
The Narcissistic Parent is a guidebook for legal professionals on
pathological narcissism as it influencing parenting practices.
Despite our near
pathological obsession with capitalizing on anything that could turn a profit, the lack of entertainment focused on the fertile ground that Assassin's Creed 3 makes its home is bizarre.
I do nt understand teh almost
pathological hatred teh far right has for he lower economic and social classes.
These 5 major reviews have all come to the conclusion that evidence does not support any direct causal link between wind turbine noise and
pathological effects in humans.
However, it can be difficult to identify correctly the extent of the disease because the cancer cells do not necessarily form one clearly delineated lump, but show up on mammograms and in
pathological specimens as clusters of tiny specks of calcification in a number of ducts.
The seeds might sit in the body for years or decades before spreading into plaques, and perhaps enabling the
other pathological changes needed to induce Alzheimer's disease.
This study has demonstrated a chronological sequence between
pathological use of the Internet and depression in a sample of healthy adolescents.
AEC syndrome caused by
pathological protein aggregates / Research lays groundwork for causal therapies.
Looking forward, the group is co-registering their imaging technique to gross histopathology of freshly excised breast tissue specimens, and creating a database to correlate their imaging technique to breast tissue
pathological diagnoses.
A research team led by Prof. Koji Yamanaka (Nagoya University) found that collapse of the MAM is a common
pathological hallmark to two distinct inherited forms of ALS: SOD1 - and SIGMAR1 - linked ALS.
Oxygen deprivation followed by reoxygenation
causes pathological responses in many disorders, including ischemic stroke, heart attacks, and reperfusion injury.
About 8 percent of 8 - to 18 - year - olds in the United States demonstrate
pathological patterns of video - game play, according to a report published in the April 13 issue of Psychological Science.
This means we are able to tease out the chemistry of bone development through such
pathological studies.
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