This paper focuses on pragmatic issues in obtaining measures of cardiac vagal control, and
overviews a set of freely available software tools for obtaining several widely used metrics …

The aim of CALL practitioners is to work towards a state where computers are fully integrated
into pedagogy, a state of ‘normalisation’. This article draws on a qualitative research study …

Background Because of the paucity of effective evidence-based therapies for children with
recurrent abdominal pain, we evaluated the therapeutic effect of guided imagery, a well-…

Increased vagal tone has been associated with treatment success using pharmacological
agents and cognitive-behavioral treatment in major depression, but not using …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the efficacy of acupuncture for depression during pregnancy in a
randomized controlled trial. METHODS: A total of 150 pregnant women who met Diagnostic …

Historically, insomnia has been viewed as a symptom of depressive illness that is expected
to resolve with adequate treatment of the depressive disorder. This article reviews the …

Background The anti-tumor immunity of natural killer (NK) cells can be paralyzed by the
CD73-induced generation of immunosuppressive adenosine from precursor ATP within the …

Objective: To assess the efficacy of acupuncture as an intervention for major depressive
disorder (MDD). Method: Acupuncture was examined in 151 patients with MDD (DSM-IV) who …

Adenosine is a potent immunosuppressive purine metabolite contributing to the pathogenesis
of solid tumors. Extracellular adenosine signals on tumor-infiltrating NK cells to inhibit their …

NK cell infiltration into solid tumors is often low and is largely represented by the poorly-cytotoxic
CD56 bright subset. Numerous studies have demonstrated that CD73, overexpressed …