Background: The role that stress plays in infertility remains controversial and despite medical advances a large percentage of infertility remains unexplained. Clinicians and researchers consistently report that infertile women view infertility and its treatment as extremely stressful. Basic science has elucidated the linkages between the hypothalamic-pituitary axis (HPA) and hypothalamic-pitui...

The distribution of activity in the dominant hemisphere was measured with the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) technique in 27 chronic schizophrenics and 15 non-schizophrenic control subjects (alcoholics) at rest and during phychological testing. In the non-schizophrenics, an increase of rCBF was observed during the test in frontal regions. In the chronic schizophrenics, on the other hand, n...

BACKGROUND The degree of difficulty we experience while learning different concepts and skills depends, among other things, on our psychological features and learning style. This may be particularly true for medical students, whose formation involves the acquisition of multiple cognitive, affective and psychomotor skills. AIM To assess whether the psychological features and learning styles of...