Adipokines: mechanisms of metabolic and behavioral disorders

ASD: Biochemical Mechanisms behind Behavioral Disorders

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are complex neurobio-logical disorders of development characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication, together with restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped interests/behavior. There has been a dramatic increase in the reported rates of ASD over the last 40 years which has risen in USA from 1 in 5000 in the mid-1970s to 1 in 88 in 2012. Howev...

Adipokines, Metabolic Syndrome and Rheumatic Diseases

The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of cardiometabolic disorders that result from the increasing prevalence of obesity. The major components of MetS include insulin resistance, central obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. MetS identifies the central obesity with increased risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Patients with rheumatic diseases, su...

Role of three adipokines in metabolic syndrome.

Editorial: Leptin Resistance in Metabolic Disorders: Possible Mechanisms and Treatments

Assessment of Relationship between Behavioral Disorders and Emotional Intelligence

Introduction: Emotional intelligence as an aspect of social intelligence determines the individual’s ability in encountering with psychic pressures and adopting with them. Based on previous studies deficiency of emotional intelligence has a relation with disruptive behaviors in adolescents. The purpose of this research was to find the relationship between behavioral disorders and emotional inte...