9 results for "Kumar, Adarsh M."
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Protein Quality of the Bacterium Hydrogenomonas eutropha
Hydrogenomonas eutropha cells harvested from semicontinuous autotrophic culture and washed free of substrate contain about 13% of nitrogen on a dry-solids basis. Biological value and digestibility of the bacterial nitrogen were determined in the rat by use of an abbreviated Mitchell-Thomas nitrogen…
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Childhood trauma and METH abuse among men who have sex with men: Implications for intervention
Methamphetamine (METH) has become one of the most widely abused drugs in South Florida, particularly among MSM who may or may not be HIV seropositive. High rates of childhood trauma have been reported among HIV-infected MSM (Chartier et al., 2010), but, the association of childhood trauma, and mood…
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HIV-1 Infection, Injecting Drug Use, and Neuroendocrine Response to Psychological Stress
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested that HIV-1 infection is associated with neuroendocrine abnormalities including alterations in autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity. The norepinephrine (NE) response to cold pressor stress, an α-adrenergic challenge, is blunted in HIV-1 infection. Given…
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Insulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1) Increased in Preterm Neonates
OBJECTIVE: To determine if massage therapy increased serum insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in preterm neonates. STUDY DESIGN: Forty-two preterm neonates who averaged 34.6 weeks (M=29.5 weeks gestational age; M birthweight= 1237 gms) and were in the “grower” (step-down) nursery were…
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in the central nervous system leads to decreased dopamine in different regions of postmortem human brains
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) invades the central nervous system (CNS) shortly after infection and becomes localized in varying concentrations in different brain regions, the most vulnerable is the basal ganglia (BG). It is hypothesized that HIV-1mediated neuropathogenesis involves…
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Mental health in HIV seronegative and seropositive IDUs in South Florida
About one-third of HIV-infected people in the USA have a history of injection-drug use. Injecting drugs are a primary vector for HIV transmission. Drug and alcohol use are significant contributors to sexual transmission of the virus. In South Florida, urban injection-drug users (IDUs) represent a…
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Levels in HIV-1 Seropositive Injecting Drug Users
TNF-α is a highly pleiotropic cytokine and plays an important role in regulating HIV-1 replication. It may compromise the integrity of the blood-brain-barrier and, thus, may contribute to the neurotoxicity of HIV-1-infection. Both intravenous drug abuse (IDU) and HIV infection can increase TNF-α…
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Evaluation of Practice Effect on Neuropsychological Measures among Persons With and Without HIV Infection in Northern India
An evaluation of the effects of HIV infection on neurocognition over time is important for understanding disease progression. Changes in cognitive function can be evaluated longitudinally using neuropsychological testing at repeated intervals. The assessment of change over time, however, is…
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HIV-1 clade C infection and Progressive Disruption in the Relationship Between Cortisol, DHEAS and CD4 cell numbers: A two-year follow-up study
BACKGROUND: It is well established that there is mutual interaction between the neuroendocrines and immune systems and that the disturbance in any one system could affect the function of the other. While there is a large body of evidence suggesting negative impact of human immunodeficiency virus…