Background: Many studies report a positive association between smoking and mental
illness. However, the literature remains mixed regarding the direction of this association. We …

Germline CDH1 mutations confer a high lifetime risk of developing diffuse gastric (DGC) and
lobular breast cancer (LBC). A multidisciplinary workshop was organised to discuss genetic …

Objective The aim of this review was to investigate whether e-cigarette use compared with
non-use in young non-smokers is associated with subsequent cigarette smoking. Data …

Tobacco and alcohol use are leading causes of mortality that influence risk for many
complex diseases and disorders. They are heritable, and etiologically related, behaviors that …

A new task goal elicits a feeling of pride in individuals with a subjective history of success,
and this achievment pride produces anticipatory goal reactions that energize and direct …

Large-scale cross-sectional and cohort studies have transformed our understanding of the
genetic and environmental determinants of health outcomes. However, the …

This study investigated sex differences in young children's spatial skill. The authors
developed a spatial transformation task, which showed a substantial male advantage by age …

Learning a novel motor skill is associated with well characterized structural and functional
plasticity in the rodent motor cortex. Furthermore, neuroimaging studies of visuomotor …

Background: Measures of regional adiposity have been proposed as alternatives to the
measurement of body mass index (BMI) for identifying persons at risk of future disease …

DNA methylation, a key epigenetic driver of transcriptional silencing, is universally
dysregulated in cancer. Reversal of DNA methylation by hypomethylating agents, such as …