Proteins
February 1, 2026
Syeda Sumayya Tariq, Urooj Qureshi, Mamona Mushtaq et al.
Bromo-DragonFLY (BDF), a potent designer psychedelic drug with hallucinogenic properties, has recently emerged as a significant recreational substance. Named for its dragonfly-like molecular structure, BDF induces prolonged psychedelic effects, with hallucinations lasting several days. Clinical reports highlight severe toxicity, including confusion, tachycardia, hypertension, seizures, renal...
Asian Journal of Psychiatry
June 1, 2025
Mingrui Chen, Jingyan Jin, Hongsheng Bi et al.
12 citations
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDA receptors) play a crucial role as ionotropic glutamate receptors in regulating neuroplasticity, learning, memory, and a range of psychiatric disorders. Studies indicate that dysfunction of NMDA receptors is a key pathological mechanism in depression, where abnormal activation can result in neuronal excitotoxicity, excessive extracellular calcium ion...
Smart health
June 1, 2025
Honglu Li, Bin Han, Cong Shi et al.
Cannabis use has become increasingly prevalent due to evolving legal and societal attitudes, raising concerns about its influence on public safety, particularly in driving. Existing studies mostly rely on simulators or specialized equipment, which do not capture the complexities of real-world driving and pose cost and scalability issues. In this paper, we investigate the effects of cannabis on...
AIDS Care
2025
Yan Wang, Carla J. Berg, Yeycy Donastorg et al.
2 citations
Female sex workers (FSW) living with HIV experience greater depression and worse HIV outcomes than people living with HIV (PLHIV) overall. Mindfulness is related to lower depression and higher ART adherence in PLHIV. Few studies have assessed these relationships among FSW, especially longitudinally. This study assessed the temporal relationship between mindfulness, mental health and HIV...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
January 22, 2023
Yan Wang, Si-Man Lei, Jing-Jing Fan
In recent years, mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been widely applied in competition sports with respect to athletic performance and mental health promotion, whereas evidence of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) has not been well summarized. Therefore, this study aimed to systematically review and meta-analyze the existing evidence on the effects of MBIs on improving athletic...
BMJ Open
April 22, 2022
Bin Chen, Ting Yang, Lin Tao et al.
Introduction: Existing studies have shown that mobile-based mindfulness meditation (MMM) can have a certain impact on nurses' mental health problems, but its specific effect and the effect on specific mental health problems such as stress, anxiety, depression, mindfulness, well-being and resilience are not clear. Methods and analysis: This study protocol follows the Preferred Reporting Items...
September 4, 2020
Edward Hoffman, Shan Jiang, Yan Wang et al.
Humanistic psychology has pioneered in investigating travel as a contributor to personality growth. In this study, 182 native Chinese undergraduates responded to a survey inquiring if they had ever experienced “wonderful happiness” while engaged in tourism, and if so, to indicate the purpose of their travel, how recently and where their peak-experience occurred, whether they were alone or with...
Behavioural Brain Research
November 6, 2019
Mei-Dan Wei, Yuhong Wang, Kun Lu et al.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic and disabling condition arising after exposure to a severe traumatic event, which affects approximately eight percent of the population. The underlying neurobiology of PTSD, however, has only been partially understood. The exploration of fear memory and its extinction has been the subject to increase our understanding of PTSD. Our previous...
Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
August 1, 2017
Si-Jie Tan, Yan Wang, Ke Chen et al.
The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether ketamine's rapid antidepressant effects were associated with its anti-inflammatory actions and to explore the underlying molecular mechanism. Depressive-like behaviors was induced in mice using chronic restraint stress (CRS) method. Anti-depressive effects of ketamine were evaluated by forced swimming tests (FST) and sucrose preference...
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
2015
Xiaoqian Ding, Yi-Yuan Tang, Chengyue Cao et al.
Meditation has been shown to improve creativity in some situation. However, little is known about the brain systems underling insight into a problem when the person fails to solve the problem. Here, we examined the neural correlation using Chinese Remote Association Test, as a measure of creativity. We provide a solution following the failure of the participant to provide one. We examine how...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
June 2, 2009
Yi-Yuan Tang, Yinghua Ma, Yaxin Fan et al.
Five days of integrative body-mind training (IBMT) improves attention and self-regulation in comparison with the same amount of relaxation training. This paper explores the underlying mechanisms of this finding. We measured the physiological and brain changes at rest before, during, and after 5 days of IBMT and relaxation training. During and after training, the IBMT group showed significantly...
Noise and Health
Tao Chen, Haolei Niu, Yan Wang
Patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) frequently experience cancer-related fatigue (CRF), anxiety and depression during chemotherapy, significantly impairing their quality of life. This study evaluates the efficacy of the five-element music therapy combined with mindfulness meditation in alleviating CRF and psychological distress amongst DLBCL patients who are undergoing...