Background: Prefrontal cortex deficits have been consistently demonstrated in schizophrenia.The orbitofrontal lobe (OFL), a critical component of the prefrontal cortex, subserves social and neuro-cognitive functions.While these functional impairments are established in schizophrenia, the OFL volume deficits have not been well studied, especially in
Background Bacteria, archaea, viruses and fungi live in various plant compartments including leaves and roots.These plant-associated microbial communities have many effects on host fitness and function.Global climate change is impacting plant species distributions, a phenomenon that will affect plant-microbe interactions both directly and indirectl
Abstract Recent studies have documented among-individual phenotypic variation that emerges in 7gm pravana the absence of apparent genetic and environmental differences, but it remains an open question whether such seemingly stochastic variation has fitness consequences.We perform a life-history experiment with naturally clonal fish, separated direc
People often avoid information and situations that have the potential to contradict previously held beliefs and attitudes (i.e., situations that arouse cognitive dissonance).According to the motivated social cognition model of political ideology, conservatives tend to have stronger epistemic needs to attain certainty and closure than liberals.This