Studies on the ability of acetylcholine receptors to bind alpha-bungarotoxin after exposure to myasthenic serum.

abstract：:This chapter considers violence prevention programs in light of aggression and violence directed toward girls and women. More specifically, current violence prevention programs, directed toward young children and/or their caregivers, are discussed with a special consideration for the Adults and Children Together (ACT)...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Guttman M,Mowder B,Yasik A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboembolic and infectious events were found to be major complications of long-term total artificial heart implantation in two patients. Similar complications have been reported in other patients, as well as in animal studies. The thromboembolic events and the infectious complications appear to be interrelated. On ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ward RA,Wellhausen SR,Dobbins JJ,Johnson GS,DeVries WC

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is the product of the ob gene located in humans on chromosome 7q31.3. It is a 16-kDa protein named after the Greek "leptos," meaning lean, to indicate the function that this adipocyte-secreted protein was thought to have. Since its discovery, in fact, most of the research focused on the role of leptin in body-w...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ghizzoni L,Mastorakos G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) and nerve agents (NAs) are highly toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health worldwide. These compounds induce status epilepticus (SE) by irreversibly blocking the ability of acetylcholinesterase to break down acetylcholine at neural synapses. Animal models of orga...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McCarren HS,McDonough JH Jr

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty years ago Hans Selye discovered that the neuroendocrine and immune systems interact during stress. The pathophysiological significance of neuroendocrine-immune interaction during injury has only been recognized recently. Today it is rapidly emerging that, in addition to defense against exogenous pathogenic agent...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Berczi I

更新日期：1998-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have employed antisense methods to study the transcriptional functions of c-fos protein (Fos). Clones expressing inducible anti-fos RNA have been employed to inhibit c-fos expression, resulting in activation of c-fos transcription by inhibiting its normal repressor function. The sites of negative regulation by Fos ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Holt JT

更新日期：1992-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Congestive heart failure (CHF) is characterized by neurohumoral excitation. Increased sympathetic drive and activation of the reninangiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS), with vasoconstriction and volume retention, are hallmarks of the CHF syndrome. Treatment strategies have targeted the peripheral influences of these ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Felder RB,Francis J,Weiss RM,Zhang ZH,Wei SG,Johnson AK

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the pituitary of mammals, the GnRH receptor (GnRHR) plays crucial roles in the neuroendocrine control of reproductive function. This receptor is specifically expressed by the gonadotrope cells scattered among the five other endocrine cell types constituting the anterior pituitary; it is also expressed in other orga...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schang AL,Counis R,Magre S,Bleux C,Granger A,Ngô-Muller V,Chenut MC,Ishaq M,Cohen-Tannoudji J,Laverrière JN

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-HT2B receptors, in addition to phospholipase C stimulation, are able to trigger activation of the proto-oncogene product p21ras. During mouse embryogenesis, a peak of 5-HT2B receptor expression is detected at the neurulation stage; we localized the 5-HT2B expression in neural crest cells, heart myocardium, and somit...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Choi DS,Kellermann O,Richard S,Colas JF,Bolaños-Jimenez F,Tournois C,Launay JM,Maroteaux L

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the developmental patterns of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) binding sites in the human hypothalamus. VIP recognition sites were widely distributed throughout the rostrocaudal extent of the hypothalamus. VIP binding was generally low in the fetal and neonatal periods and a tendency in increasi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Najimi M,Rachidi F,Afif A,Chigr F

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of therapeutic trials of transfer factor in a number of laboratories suggest clinical benefit and enhancement of immunological reactivity in patients with primary or secondary immunodeficiency diseases. Long term follow-up of 32 patients with the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome suggested that transfer factor caused c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Spitler LE

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review has addressed the concern that the reduction of the risk of coronary heart disease and other cardiovascular disorders by means of reducing serum cholesterol levels might, at the same time, increase the risk of developing noncardiovascular conditions. This concern is justified because, at face value, prospe...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Epstein FH

更新日期：1995-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper describes a comprehensive and objective evaluation of 2358 persons arrested in Philadelphia for driving while intoxicated. It was demonstrated that 63.8% of this population was involved with alcohol to an extent that a diagnosis of alcoholism was evident, and it is suggested that these persons are in need of...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fine EW,Scoles P

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial protein, staphylocoagulase, binds stoichiometrically to human prothrombin resulting in a coagulant complex, staphylothrombin. The enzymatic properties of staphylothrombin differ from those of alpha-thrombin in their substrate specificities toward natural and synthetic substrates, in addition to their interac...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kawabata S,Morita T,Miyata T,Kaida S,Igarashi H,Iwanaga S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive training, physical activity, and exercise have often been reported to improve cognitive performance in older adults. This paper reviews some seminal and recent studies using these approaches to improve cognition and physical functioning in healthy older adults and in patients suffering from non-neurological ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bherer L

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After fertilization, the next major hurdle for human reproduction is trophoblast differentiation, which is required for implantation, followed in lockstep by rapid assembly of these embryonic cells into a functional placenta. During this process, cytotrophoblast stem cells invade the uterus, anchoring the conceptus to...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zhou Y,Genbacev O,Fisher SJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azole resistance in Aspergillus species may be on the rise, with significant potential implications for the management of invasive aspergillosis. The main mechanism of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus is via alterations of the target enzyme CYP51A. Such azole resistance is either primary or secondary (in the ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Georgiadou SP,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that hepatocytes show the different morphology depending on the surface condition of cultural substratum. The cells form a floating cell-aggregate called spheroid on proteoglycan-coated or positively charged dishes. The liver cell functions are generally high and maintained for the long-term in the spheroi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kamihira M,Yamada K,Hamamoto R,Iijima S

更新日期：1997-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The extreme toxicity of organophosphorous-based compounds has been known since the late 1930s. Starting in the mid-1940s, many nations throughout the world have been producing large quantities of organophosphorous (OP) nerve agents. Huge stockpiles of nerve agents have since developed. There are reportedly more than 2...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： LeJeune KE,Dravis BC,Yang F,Hetro AD,Doctor BP,Russell AJ

更新日期：1998-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of poliovirus (PV) infection in the development of the post-polio syndrome (PPS), we studied the serum, spinal fluid, peripheral blood lymphocytes, and muscle from 47 patients with PPS. We found high titers of IgM PV antibodies (up to 1:250) in the serum of 6 patients, compared to very low tite...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Leon-Monzon ME,Dalakas MC

更新日期：1995-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics and kinematics of saccades in a patient with severe ocular myasthenia were studied before and after treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). Before therapy, horizontal saccades were hypometric, but faster than similar-sized saccades made by normal subjects. During a 5-minute test period, saccades...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Serra A,Thurtell MJ,Leigh RJ

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable evidence linking alcohol consumption, sedation, and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in the brain septum. We have shown that ethanol in clinically relevant concentrations can in vitro induce TRH release from the septum by a mechanism involving neuronal swelling. Corticotropin-releasing hormone...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kiss A,Adameová A,Kubovcáková L,Jamal B,Bacová Z,Zórad S,Tybitanclová K,Kvetnanský R,Strbák V

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefits of estrogen replacement therapy in postmenopausal women include increased quality of life, relief from specific symptoms, and the prevention of osteoporosis, genitourinary atrophy, and cardiovascular diseases. Despite these advantages, this therapy has been reported to be associated with an increased freq...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： De Cecco L,Leone M,Gerbaldo D,Venturini PL,Rissone R,Messeni Leone M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corn flour and maize meal fortification can benefit the consumer when the added nutrient contents are in amounts appropriate to address nutrient gaps. Legislative instruments (standards and regulations) are needed to provide guidance to the producers and food control authorities. We reviewed a number of national stand...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Makhumula P,Dary O,Guamuch M,Tom C,Afidra R,Rambeloson Z

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male factor is implicated in about 50% of couples treated with advanced assisted reproductive techniques (in vitro fertilization [IVF] or intracytoplasmic sperm injection [ICSI]). An important function of spermatozoa is to deliver the paternal genome to the oocyte. However, neither the routine testing of male fertil...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Patrizio P,Sanguineti F,Sakkas D

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptive component of the immune system depends greatly on the generation of genetic diversity provided by lymphocyte-specific genomic rearrangements. V(D)J recombination, class switch recombination (CSR), and somatic hypermutation (SHM) constitute complex and vulnerable processes that are orchestrated by a multit...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： de Miranda NF,Björkman A,Pan-Hammarström Q

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Athletic women are at risk for developing ovulatory dysfunction, which presents variably as menstrual irregularity or absence. Initially characterized as an isolated disruption of hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) release, athletic amenorrhea, a form of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, is invariably acc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pauli SA,Berga SL

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane domain of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX) contains two conserved internal repeat sequences, designated the alpha-1 and alpha-2 repeats. We have studied the topological disposition of residues in the alpha repeats and a neighboring region by substituted cysteine accessibility scanning as well as the funct...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Shigekawa M,Iwamoto T,Uehara A,Kita S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current research has demonstrated that MPP+ can induce lipid peroxidation in the nigrostriatal system of rat in vivo. Antioxidant agent U-78517F and .OH scavenger DMSO may protect against MPP+ toxicity through the inhibition of .OH radical-mediated oxidative injury in the substantia nigra. These findings indicate ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wu RM,Mohanakumar KP,Murphy DL,Chiueh CC

更新日期：1994-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper a novel algorithm is proposed for space trajectory design that combines a systematic and a heuristic method for global optimization. For the systematic part of the algorithm a branching technique is used, whereas a particular implementation of evolution programming forms the core of the heuristic part. T...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vasile M

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00