Background The retina is recognized as an approachable part of the brain owing to their
common embryonic origin. The electroretinogram (ERG) has proved to be a valuable tool to …

Background: Millions of children are born to parents affected by major psychoses. Cognitive
dysfunctions seen in patients are already detectable in these children. In parallel, childhood …

… Isabel Moreau designed and undertook the statistical analysis and the Tables production.
Isabelle St-Amour took part in the data analysis, data interpretation and manuscript writing. …

The CD40 surface membrane molecule plays an important role in the activation of mature
human B cells, but its role in earlier stages of B lineage development is unknown. Here, we …

Background Recombination between hepatitis C single stranded RNA viruses is a rare event.
Natural viable intragenotypic and intergenotypic recombinants between 1b-1a, 1a-1c and …

Background. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype is an important determinant of virological
response to antiviral therapies. Currently, there are no data available on the molecular …

Numerous studies have shown that interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) inhibits the proliferative
effects of colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) on human bone marrow cells. In the present …

This study introduces a novel way to use the lifetime ratings of symptoms of psychosis, mania
and depression in genetic linkage analysis of schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BP)…

Objective Neurocognitive dysfunctions analogous to those of adult patients have been
detected in children at risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. This led to the following …

Normal human bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) were isolated from Dexter- type long-term
cultures according to their capacity to adhere to plastic and to their lack of hematopoietic …