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Noradrenaline effects on social behaviour, intergroup relations, and moral decisions
Recent research has begun to elucidate the neural basis of higher order social concepts, such as the mechanisms involved in intergroup relations, and moral judgments. Most theories have concentrated on higher order emotions, such as guilt, shame, or empathy, as core mechanisms. Accordingly, psychopharmacological and neurobiological studies have investigated the effects of manipulating serotonin or oxytocin activity on moral and social decisions and attitudes. However, recently it has been determined that changes in more basic emotions, such as fear and anger, might also have a significant role in social and moral cognition. This article summarizes psychopharmacological and fMRI research on the role of noradrenaline in higher order social cognition suggesting that indeed noradrenergic mediated affective changes might play key – and probably causal – role in certain social attitudes and moral judgments. Social judgments may also be directly influenced by numerous neurotransmitter manipulations but these effects could be mediated by modulation of basic emotions which appear to play an essential role in the formation of social concepts and moral behaviour
Initiating human articular chondrocyte re-differentiation in a 3D system after 2D expansion
The thrombotic potential of oral pathogens
In recent times the concept of infectious agents playing a role in cardiovascular disease has attracted much attention. Chronic oral disease such as periodontitis, provides a plausible route for entry of bacteria to the circulation. Upon entry to the circulation, the oral bacteria interact with platelets. It has been proposed that their ability to induce platelet aggregation and support platelet adhesion is a critical step in the pathogenesis of the infection process. Many published studies have demonstrated multiple mechanisms through which oral bacteria are able to bind to and activate platelets. This paper will review the various mechanisms oral bacteria use to interact with platelets
Inhibition of heparin activity in plasma by soluble fibrin: evidence for ternary thrombin-fibrin-heparin complex formation
Inhibition of heparin activity in plasma by soluble fibrin: evidence for ternary thrombin-fibrin-heparin complex formation
Translators of Catalan as activists during the Franco dictatorship
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Palgrave Macmillan (Springer) via the DOI in this record