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Richard A. Brown
Researcher at University of Texas at Austin
Publications - 307
Citations - 18169
Richard A. Brown is an academic researcher from University of Texas at Austin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Smoking cessation & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 67, co-authored 287 publications receiving 16860 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard A. Brown include University of Dundee & Oregon Research Institute.
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Psychosocial correlates of cigarette smoking abstinence, experimentation, persistence and frequency during adolescence.
TL;DR: Both frequent and persistent smoking was associated with higher lifetime prevalence of drug abuse/dependence and having more friends who smoke and smoking persistence was uniquely related to greater conflict with parents and more problematic academic behavior.
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Health risk behaviors in relation to making a smoking quit attempt among adolescents
Ana M. Abrantes,Ana M. Abrantes,Christina S. Lee,Laura MacPherson,David R. Strong,David R. Strong,Belinda Borrelli,Belinda Borrelli,Richard A. Brown,Richard A. Brown +9 more
TL;DR: Examination of youth risk behaviors in relation to making a smoking quit attempt, and successful cessation among adolescent smokers found factors associated with making a quit attempt included depression and participating in sports while high-risk sexual activity and engaging in substance use other than alcohol or marijuana were negatively related.
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Interleukin-15 and interleukin-2 enhance non-REM sleep in rabbits.
TL;DR: Current data support the notion that the brain cytokine network is involved in the regulation of sleep and suggest IL-15 dose dependently increased non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREMS) and induced fever.
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Vagotomy attenuates tumor necrosis factor-α-induced sleep and EEG δ-activity in rats
TL;DR: It is unclear whether peripheral administration of TNF-α induces sleeplessness, but evidence suggests that tumor necrosis factor-α is involved in the regulation of physiological sleep.
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Communication about standard treatment options and clinical trials: can we teach doctors new skills to improve patient outcomes?
TL;DR: The International Breast Cancer Study Group conducted a phase III trial in Australian/New Zealand and Swiss/German/Austrian centres on training doctors in clear and ethical information delivery about treatment options and strategies to encourage shared decision making.