Sexual sadism: brain, blood, and behavior.

abstract：:In this study, we measured the lymphocyte levels of proteins involved in apoptosis regulation, such as Bcl-2, the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR), caspase-3, and Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn SOD), in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), either untreated or under therapy with dopaminergic agents (l-Dop...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Blandini F,Mangiagalli A,Cosentino M,Marino F,Samuele A,Rasini E,Fancellu R,Martignoni E,Riboldazzi G,Calandrella D,Frigo GM,Nappi G

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[(18) F]Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is a tracer for glucose metabolism. Its distribution is not specific to cancer cells but is also observed in inflammatory tissue, including macrophages, capillaries, and fibroblasts. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic, chronic inflammation of the joints resulting in synovitis. The...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kubota K,Ito K,Morooka M,Minamimoto R,Miyata Y,Yamashita H,Takahashi Y,Mimori A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have earlier shown that monkeys reared with daily alternating monocular occlusion for the first few months of life develop large horizontal strabismus, A/V patterns, dissociated vertical deviation (DVD), and dissociated horizontal deviation (DHD). Here, we present results from neurophysiological experiments that sh...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Das VE

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent study demonstrated that M55V variant in SUMO4 at IDDM5 was associated with susceptibility to type 1 diabetes. Subsequent studies, however, showed inconsistency in the association. To clarify the population-wide effect on the association of SUMO4 with type 1 diabetes, we have performed meta-analysis including ou...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Noso S,Ikegami H,Fujisawa T,Kawabata Y,Asano K,Hiromine Y,Sugihara S,Lee I,Kawasaki E,Awata T,Ogihara T

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the basal state, patients with sarcoidosis have reduced numbers of circulating T lymphocytes and a normal number of circulating B lymphocytes. The lymphocytes show impaired DNA synthesis in response to several mitogens and antigens and impaired K-cell cytotoxicity. Circulating atypical cells of lymphocytic origin a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hedfors E

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this chapter, we have presented evidence for several potential levels of interaction of NT/N gene products with dopaminergic systems of the brain. We have focused on one manifestation of this interaction related to the effects of antipsychotic drugs on expression of the NT/N gene in two anatomically discrete popula...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Merchant KM,Dobie DJ,Dorsa DM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the late 1970s, Wally Welker and his colleagues published a series of papers describing the first high-resolution physiological maps of tactile mossy fiber projections to the granule cell layer of the rat. Over the subsequent decade, his laboratory continued to explore the implications of these results for cerebell...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bower JM

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marisa cornuarietis (Mollusc), Hyalella azteca (Crustacean), and Paracentrotus lividus (Echinoderm) demonstrated the ability to metabolize androgens through different pathways catalyzed by 5alpha-reductases (5alpha-R), hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (HSD), hydroxylases, sulfotransferases (SULT), and fatty-acid acyl-CoA...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Janer G,Leblanc GA,Porte C

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated a far more widespread and selective ischemic cell damage than previously thought. In area CA3, a distinct subpopulation of interneurons, characterized by their spiny dendrites and their calretinin content, was selectively vulnerable in the absence of any other CA3 involvement. In the dentate hilus...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hsu M,Sik A,Gallyas F,Horváth Z,Buzsáki G

更新日期：1994-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common endocrine disorders affecting almost 6% of the world's population. The number of diabetic patients will reach 300 million in 2025 (International Diabetes Federation, 2001). More than 97% of these patients will have type II diabetes. The projected increase in the number of di...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Adeghate E,Schattner P,Dunn E

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on 3080 mother-infant pairs from Cebu in the Philippines were used to conduct a logistics hazards analysis to determine the effect of supplemental calories and the types of supplements that the infant ingests on return to menses. Breast feeding had a significant reduced odds of the mother returning to menses (od...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zohoori N

更新日期：1994-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) is a transcription factor that resides in the cytoplasm of every cell and translocates to the nucleus when activated. Its activation is induced by a wide variety of agents including stress, cigarette smoke, viruses, bacteria, inflammatory stimuli, cytokines, free radicals, carcinogen...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ahn KS,Aggarwal BB

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial neural network (ANN) technology is finding increasing application in medicine and biomedical engineering. This paper supplies necessary background in ANN technology for researchers unfamiliar with this rapidly emerging discipline. This introduction to ANN application is cast in the context of epileptic seiz...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hand C

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are performing genomic searches in randomly ascertained families to identify new quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that influence atherosclerosis and its risk factors. The genetic markers used for genomic searches are random microsatellite markers distributed throughout the human chromosomes. These markers are used fo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hixson JE,Blangero J

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anesthetic effect of certain steroids in vertebrate systems is well documented, but it is not known if these compounds can cause anesthesia in simpler organisms. To answer this question, ether, short-chain alkanols, and pregnanolone were tested for their ability to induce anesthesia in 20 aquatic species from 7 ph...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Oliver AE,Deamer DW,Akeson M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamins C and E function as water-soluble and lipid-soluble chain-breaking antioxidants, respectively, and protect lipids, proteins, and membranes from oxidative damage. Vitamin C scavenges oxygen radicals in the aqueous phase, whereas vitamin E scavenges oxygen radicals within the membranes. Vitamin C regenerates vi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Niki E

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight contributors from 12 European and 2 American sarcoidosis centers have collaborated in a survey to define many questions concerning the use of 67Ga lung scan in sarcoidosis. The new quantitative scoring methods based on digital evaluation seem better in detecting lung activity. In 20.1% of untreated patient...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rizzato G,Blasi A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance has been recognized as the fundamental underlying metabolic defect in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome, a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity. Recent studies established that mitochondrial dysfunction is involved in insulin resist...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lee HK,Park KS,Cho YM,Lee YY,Pak YK

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Today, we see a growing concern for the quality of life of nonhuman animals and an accompanying call for viable means of assessing how well animals thrive. Past research focused on minimizing negatives such as stress, while more recent endeavors strive to promote positives such as happiness. But what is animal happine...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Webb LE,Veenhoven R,Harfeld JL,Jensen MB

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on implications from the pediatric studies of cardiovascular risk, it has become imperative that practical methods be developed to begin prevention of heart disease early in life. Schools provide an excellent setting for introducing comprehensive health education and promotion as a public health approach to the ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nicklas TA,Johnson CC,Webber LS,Berenson GS

更新日期：1997-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a dysmyelinating disorder of the central nervous system typically caused by duplications or missense mutations of the proteolipid protein (PLP) gene. Most investigators have found that peripheral nerve function and structure is normal in PMD patients. We have found that null mutat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Garbern JY,Cambi F,Lewis R,Shy M,Sima A,Kraft G,Vallat JM,Bosch EP,Hodes ME,Dlouhy S,Raskind W,Bird T,Macklin W,Kamholz J

更新日期：1999-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of beta2-adrenergic receptors (beta2-R) on B lymphocytes and agonist-induced cAMP production is reduced in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To further study functional consequences of the diminished beta2-R density on B lymphocytes in RA patients, agonist-induced cell death was evaluated and com...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wahle M,Pierer M,Krause A,Kolker S,Baerwald CG

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of animal and mathematical models for several forms of acquired nystagmus has led to more comprehensive knowledge of these disorders. In the best understood forms, such as periodic alternating nystagmus, our range of knowledge includes an animal model, the neurotransmitters involved, and effective trea...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Leigh RJ,Das VE,Seidman SH

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carboxyfullerenes, including two regioisomers C3 and D3, were investigated as antioxidants against iron-induced oxidative stress in vivo and in vitro. Both C3 and D3 dose-dependently inhibited autoxidation and iron-elevated lipid peroxidation in cortical homogenates. The antioxidative property of C3 was compared to Tr...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lin AM,Luh TY,Chou CK,Ho LT

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replicative senescence is an in vitro biological phenomenon that results the irreversible growth arrest of mammalian cells. In contrast, cellular quiescence is reversible upon the addition of mitogens or replating. Quiescence is associated with the expression of a particular gene family--the growth arrest specific (GA...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gonos ES

更新日期：1998-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia and reperfusion injure the heart, as manifested by myocardial infarction, postischemic ventricular functional dysfunctions, arrhythmias, and cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Hearts can be adapted to ischemic-reperfusion injury by subjecting them to non-lethal cyclic episodes of short-term ischemia and reperfusion. Th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Maulik N,Sasaki H,Galang N

更新日期：1999-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in the development of three different types of antiviral drugs, the nucleotide and non-nucleotide analogues acting as reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and the nonpeptidic viral protease inhibitors (PI), and their introduction in the management of patients with AIDS, either alone or in combinati...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kino T,Chrousos GP

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I2-imidazoline receptors (I2-IR) are characterized by their high affinity for imidazolines and guanidines and medium affinity for imidazolidines. The differential recognition of I2-IR by amiloride led to subtype these sites as amiloride-sensitive (I2A-IR) and amiloride-insensitive (I2B-IR). I2-IR labeled with [3H]idaz...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Olmos G,Alemany R,Boronat MA,García-Sevilla JA

更新日期：1999-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The nearly neutral theory represents a development of Kimura's neutral theory of molecular evolution that makes testable predictions that go beyond a mere null model. Recent evidence has strongly supported several of these predictions, including the prediction that slightly deleterious variants will accumulate in a sp...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hughes AL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma levels and the glycosylation of acute-phase proteins (APP) are subject to marked changes during acute and chronic inflammation. The pathophysiological variations in different glycoforms of APP in serum most likely result from changes in the glycosylation process during their biosynthesis in the parenchymal ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Van Dijk W,Mackiewicz A

更新日期：1995-07-21 00:00:00