Background: A high percentage of the patients referred to dermatologic clinics are either suffer from self inflicted disorders or from misinterpretation about their own health and organ integrity and or may suffer from different skin sensations including itching, pain, and burning; all of which may develop as a result of their underlying psychopathologies. Objective: Identification of underlyin...

Learning disabilities are serious societal problems contributing to a loss of quality of life for affected individuals and their families. We hypothesized that the learning disability in Down Syndrome and perhaps in other neurodegenerative disorders is due to an imbalance between inhibitory and excitatory tone in the CNS. Specifically, we predicted that reduction of GABA related inhibition woul...

Background: This research aimed to estimate the effect of instructional multimedia on communicational skills learning of autism students at 3rd grade elementary school in Tehran. Methods: The method of this research was quasi- experimental and population was all the autism students at 3rd grade elementary school in Tehran.16 students were chosen by accessible sampling and they were randomly div...

Background. Tinospora cordifolia, an Indian medicinal plant, has been reported to have beneficial effects on disorders like peptic ulcer, hepatobiliary disorders, rheumatism, infectious diseases etc. It enhances cognition in normal rats and successfully overcomes cyclosporine induced memory deficit. Methods. Thirty healthy volunteers of age 18-30 years received Tinospora cordifolia (500 mg of p...

Acquired disorders of language represent loss of previously acquired skills, usually with relatively specific impairments. In children with developmental disorders of language, we may also see selective impairment in some skills; but in this case, the acquisition of language or literacy is affected from the outset. Because systems for processing spoken and written language change as they develo...