Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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4 papers

Muscle fatigue: what, why and how it influences muscle function

Roger M. Enoka, Jacques Duchateau
The Journal of Physiology Summary & key facts 2007 1,374 citations

This review explains that muscle fatigue can come from many different causes and that there is no single global cause. Fatigue is usually measured as a drop in the maximum force or power a muscle can make, but people can still do less-demanding tasks after that drop begins. Which processes…

Motor Control and Adaptation Muscle activation and electromyography studies Sports Performance and Training

Attachment Studies with Borderline Patients: A Review

Hans R. Agrawal, John G. Gunderson, Bjarne Holmes, Karlen Lyons‐Ruth
Harvard Review of Psychiatry Summary & key facts 2004 483 citations

This review looked at 13 studies of attachment in people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) or BPD traits. Every study found a strong link between BPD and insecure attachment. The insecure types most often seen were labeled unresolved, preoccupied, and fearful. The authors note that differences in how attachment was…

Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Personality Disorders and Psychopathology Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

Exploring the impact of xenobiotic drugs on forensic entomology for accurate post-mortem interval estimation

Sapna Jain, Jonathan J. Parrott, Gulnaz T. Javan
Frontiers in Insect Science Summary & key facts 2025 10 citations

Researchers looked through past studies to see how drugs and poisons in a dead body change how insects grow. They followed a standard process for reviewing studies called PRISMA. Overall, they found that common drugs like morphine, heroin, other opiates, and cocaine usually do not change the time from a…

Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies Insect and Pesticide Research Insect behavior and control techniques Other
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