Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been used widely in various psychiatric disorders like depression and schizophrenia. There have been some reports of its usefulness in alcohol dependence and substance use disorders. The present paper reviews the studies done using rTMS in substance use disorders including alcohol and nicotine dependence. Various studies done have been rev...

Substance P- and cholecystokinin-like immunoreactivities have been shown to coexist in some, but not all, dorsal root ganglion cell bodies of the rat. Quantitative immunofluorescence techniques were used in the present study to describe densities of substance P- and cholecystokinin-like immunoreactive varicosities in several spinal cord nuclei. By combining simultaneous immunofluorescent techni...

The genus Aeromonas comprises Gram negative rods found mainly in aquatical environments that may infect humans and animals (JM Janda 1991 Clin Microbiol Rev 4: 397-410). In humans, some Aeromonas species have been associated with intestinal and extraintestinal infections and enterotoxins, cytotoxins as well as invasive mechanisms have been incriminated in the development of illness in the host ...