Bicuspid Aortic Valve: An Update in Morphology, Genetics, Biomarker, Complications, Imaging Diagnosis and Treatment.

abstract：:The rare opportunity to study a human fetus showing bilateral clefting of the lower lip along with other associated anomalies resembling those of the equally rare Pena-Shokeir phenotype prompts this report. The scarcity of reports on bilateral clefts of the lower lip has strengthened the conventional understanding or,...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Vastardis H,Spyropoulos MN,Burdi AR

更新日期：2012-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior peripheral hypoxia induced via remote ischemic preconditioning (IPC) can improve physical performance in male athletes through improved O2 delivery and utilization. Since females may have an innate protective mechanism against ischemia-reperfusion injury, and since muscle metabolism during contraction differs be...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Paradis-Deschênes P,Joanisse DR,Billaut F

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Carotenoids are almost universally distributed in living organisms. The oxidative metabolism by carotene oxygenase contributes to the metabolic processes of carotenoids. 15,15'-beta-carotene oxygenase (BCO1) and 9',10'-beta-carotene oxygenase (BCO2) are two important carotenoid oxygenases. In order to understand the f...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Jin Y,Yu Y,Zhang C,Li S,Zhang X,Li F

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Neuromuscular injury prevention programs (IPP) can reduce injury rate by about 40% in youth sport. Multimodal IPP include, for instance, balance, strength, power, and agility exercises. Our systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effects of multimodal IPP on neuromuscular performance in yo...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Faude O,Rössler R,Petushek EJ,Roth R,Zahner L,Donath L

更新日期：2017-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Severely affected patients with autonomic failure require pressor agents to counteract the blood pressure fall and improve presyncopal symptoms upon standing. Previous studies suggest that combination ergotamine and caffeine may be effective in the treatment of autonomic failure, but the efficacy of this drug has not ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Arnold AC,Ramirez CE,Choi L,Okamoto LE,Gamboa A,Diedrich A,Raj SR,Robertson D,Biaggioni I,Shibao CA

更新日期：2014-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbiopsies of human skeletal muscle are increasingly adopted by physiologists for a variety of experimental assays given the reduced invasiveness of this procedure compared to the classic Bergstrom percutaneous biopsy technique. However, a recent report demonstrated lower mitochondrial respiration in saponin-permea...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Hughes MC,Ramos SV,Turnbull PC,Nejatbakhsh A,Baechler BL,Tahmasebi H,Laham R,Gurd BJ,Quadrilatero J,Kane DA,Perry CG

更新日期：2015-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Milk and dairy products are relevant components of daily diet and are part of dietary recommendation in many countries due to their content of key nutrients. However, the relatively high content of saturated fat of the milk and its extensive usage for every age group raises concerns about its potential negative health...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Trinchese G,Cavaliere G,Penna E,De Filippo C,Cimmino F,Catapano A,Musco N,Tudisco R,Lombardi P,Infascelli F,Messina G,Muredda L,Banni S,Monda M,Crispino M,Mollica MP

更新日期：2019-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the key defining features of an endogenous circadian clock is that it can be entrained or set to local time. Though a number of cues can perform this role, light is the predominant environmental signal that acts to entrain circadian pacemakers in most species. For the past 20 years, a great deal of work has bee...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Steindal IAF,Whitmore D

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Elderly healthy individuals have a reduced exercise tolerance and a decreased left ventricle inotropic reserve related to increased vascular afterload, arterial-ventricular load mismatching, physical deconditioning and impaired autonomic regulation (the so called "β-adrenergic desensitization"). Adrenergic responsiven...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Ferrara N,Komici K,Corbi G,Pagano G,Furgi G,Rengo C,Femminella GD,Leosco D,Bonaduce D

更新日期：2014-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus is an important site for autonomic and neuroendocrine regulation. Experiments in anesthetized animals and in vitro indicate an interaction among gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), nitric oxide (NO), and glutamate in the PVN. The cardiovascular role of the PVN and inte...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Martins-Pinge MC,Mueller PJ,Foley CM,Heesch CM,Hasser EM

更新日期：2013-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, there are two types of urea transporters; urea transporter (UT)-A and UT-B. The UT-A transporters are mainly expressed in kidney epithelial cells while UT-B demonstrates a broader distribution in kidney, heart, brain, testis, urinary tract, and other tissues. Over the past few years, multiple urea transpor...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Li X,Chen G,Yang B

更新日期：2012-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a novel approach to quantify heart rate variability (HRV) and the results of applying this approach to synthetic and original data sets. Our approach evaluates the periodicity of heart rate by calculating the transform of Relative Shannon Entropy, the maximum value of the RR interval periodogram, and the ma...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Thungtong A,Knoch MF,Jacono FJ,Dick TE,Loparo KA

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Knee injury increases the risk of developing knee osteoarthritis (OA). Recent evidence suggests involvement of oxidative stress induced by inflammation and bleeding in the joint. This study investigates the role in this process of α1-microglobulin (A1M), a plasma and tissue antioxidant protein with reducing function, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Larsson S,Åkerström B,Gram M,Lohmander LS,Struglics A

更新日期：2018-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A sedentary lifestyle is associated with increased cardiovascular risk factors and reduced cardiac compliance when compared to a lifestyle that includes exercise training. Exercise training increases cardiac compliance in humans, but the mechanisms underlying this improvement are unknown. A major determinant of cardia...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Chung CS,Hiske MA,Chadha A,Mueller PJ

更新日期：2020-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Athletes should achieve event-specific physiological requirements through careful periodization of training, underpinned by individualized and targeted nutrition strategies. However, evidence of whether, and how, elite endurance athletes periodize nutrition is scarce. Accordingly, elite international female (n = 67) a...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Heikura IA,Stellingwerff T,Burke LM

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and children at risk for DCD (r-DCD) present motor impairments interfering in their school, leisure and daily activities. In addition, these children may have abnormalities in their cardiac autonomic control, which together with their motor impairments, restrict ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Cavalcante Neto JL,Zamunér AR,Moreno BC,Silva E,Tudella E

更新日期：2018-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Since Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been suggested to contribute to dentin caries progression, the hypothesis that MMP inhibition would affect the progression of dentin caries is clinically relevant. Grape seed extracts (GSE) have been previously reported to be natural inhibitors of MMPs. OBJECTIVE:...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Khaddam M,Salmon B,Le Denmat D,Tjaderhane L,Menashi S,Chaussain C,Rochefort GY,Boukpessi T

更新日期：2014-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Dental and periodontal tissue development is a complex process involving various cell-types. A finely orchestrated network of communications between these cells is implicated. During early development, communications between cells from the oral epithelium and the underlying mesenchyme govern the dental morphogenesis w...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Gama A,Navet B,Vargas JW,Castaneda B,Lézot F

更新日期：2015-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcopenia is the age-related progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength finally leading to poor physical performance. Impaired myogenesis contributes to the pathogenesis of sarcopenia, while mitochondrial dysfunctions are thought to play a primary role in skeletal muscle loss during aging. Here we studied ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Belli R,Bonato A,De Angelis L,Mirabilii S,Ricciardi MR,Tafuri A,Molfino A,Leigheb M,Costelli P,Caruso M,Muscaritoli M,Ferraro E

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we reported that Dahl salt-sensitive leptin receptor mutant (SSLepRmutant) rats exhibit dyslipidemia and renal lipid accumulation independent of hyperglycemia that progresses to chronic kidney disease (CKD). Therefore, in the current study, we examined the effects of gemfibrozil, a lipid-lowering drug (200 m...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Shields CA,Poudel B,McPherson KC,Brown AK,Ekperikpe US,Browning E,Sutton L,Cornelius DC,Williams JM

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Insecticidal effects of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins in hemocoel of larvae have not been properly evaluated. In the present study, hemocoelic injection of four representative Cry toxins i.e., Cry1Aa, Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac, and DOR5 to an economically important lepidopteran insect pest Achaea janata, induced larval morta...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Ningshen TJ,Chauhan VK,Dhania NK,Dutta-Gupta A

更新日期：2017-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cephalopods are unrivaled in the natural world in their ability to alter their visual appearance. These mollusks have evolved a complex system of dermal units under neural, hormonal, and muscular control to produce an astonishing variety of body patterns. With parallels to the pixels on a television screen, cephalopod...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： How MJ,Norman MD,Finn J,Chung WS,Marshall NJ

更新日期：2017-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Length-dependent activation of calcium-dependent myocardial force generation provides the basis for the Frank-Starling mechanism. To directly compare the effects of mutations associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy, the native troponin complex in skinned trabecular fibers of guinea pigs ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Groen M,López-Dávila AJ,Zittrich S,Pfitzer G,Stehle R

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes chronic peripheral sensitization of nociceptors and persistent generation of spontaneous action potentials (SA) in peripheral branches and the somata of hyperexcitable nociceptors within dorsal root ganglia (DRG). Here it is proposed that SCI triggers in numerous nociceptors a persisten...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Walters ET

更新日期：2012-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:When compared to the previous generations, younger generations have become sedentary on a global level. Physical activity positively contributes to human growth and development, causing, indeed, both physiological and psychological benefits. The aim of the current study was examining the relationship between physical ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Padulo J,Bragazzi NL,De Giorgio A,Grgantov Z,Prato S,Ardigò LP

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Heart transplant is the gold standard therapy for patients with advanced heart failure. Over 5,500 heart transplants are performed every year worldwide. Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a common complication post-heart transplant which reduces survival and often necessitates heart retransplantation. P...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Irion CI,Dunkley JC,John-Williams K,Condor Capcha JM,Shehadeh SA,Pinto A,Loebe M,Webster KA,Brozzi NA,Shehadeh LA

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Today, in silico studies and trial simulations already complement experimental approaches in pharmaceutical R&D and have become indispensable tools for decision making and communication with regulatory agencies. While biology is multiscale by nature, project work, and software tools usually focus on isolated aspects o...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Eissing T,Kuepfer L,Becker C,Block M,Coboeken K,Gaub T,Goerlitz L,Jaeger J,Loosen R,Ludewig B,Meyer M,Niederalt C,Sevestre M,Siegmund HU,Solodenko J,Thelen K,Telle U,Weiss W,Wendl T,Willmann S,Lippert J

更新日期：2011-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:There is compelling evidence that the "what it feels like" subjective experience of sensory stimuli arises in the cerebral cortex in both humans as well as mammalian experimental animal models. Humans are alone in their ability to verbally communicate their experience of the external environment. In other species, sen...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Key B,Brown D

更新日期：2018-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Few large-scale population-based studies have adequately examined the relationships between steroid hormones, health status and physical fitness. The purpose of the study was to describe the relationship of serum basal endogenous steroid hormones (testosterone, TES; empirical free testosterone, EFT; cortisol,...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Gagnon SS,Nindl BC,Vaara JP,Santtila M,Häkkinen K,Kyröläinen H

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout evolution the foraging and echolocation behaviors as well as the motor systems of bats have been adapted to the tasks they have to perform while searching and acquiring food. When bats exploit the same class of environmental resources in a similar way, they perform comparable tasks and thus share similar ad...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Denzinger A,Schnitzler HU

更新日期：2013-07-03 00:00:00