Novel insights into esophageal diagnostic procedures.

abstract：:Our data show that when substance abusers are subtyped simultaneously by antisocial personality disorder and the onset of depression relative to alcohol or drug abuse, groups of people with unique personality and affective profiles are identified. The profiles are represented by measures of affect-related personality ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Epstein EE,Ginsburg BE,Hesselbrock VM,Schwarz JC

更新日期：1994-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In this note epistemological problems in general theories about living systems are considered; in particular, the question of hidden connections between different areas of experience, such as folk biology and scientific biology, and hidden connections between central concepts of theoretical biology, such as function, ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Emmeche C

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adult Lurcher mice virtually all cerebellar Purkinje cells have degenerated as a direct consequence of mutant gene action, providing a natural model for studying the effect of cerebellar cortical lesions on the generation of compensatory eye movements. Lurcher mice possess both optokinetic (OKR) and vestibular (VOR...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Van Alphen AM,Schepers T,Luo C,De Zeeuw CI

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A triple genetic association between serum IgE levels, mast cell numbers, and susceptibility to oral tolerance was observed in mice genetically selected to extreme phenotypes of oral tolerance (susceptibility and resistance), suggesting a coadaptation of genes controlling these traits. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： da Silva AC,Silva MF,Bianchi C,Ribeiro RC,Nóbrega A,Sant'anna O

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thus, it can be shown that highly theoretical experiments carried out to evaluate the electrochemistry of thrombosis can also be shown to have significance in the generation of new products, which relates the scientific findings to successful modern prosthesis and medically useful devices. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sawyer PN

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stabilization of images on the fovea during either fore/aft translation of a subject or fore/aft movement of a visual target in front of a stationary observer imposes complex geometrical requirements that depend upon the eccentricity of the object of interest with respect to the eyes. Each eye needs to be rotated inde...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ramat S,Zee DS

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat displays three behaviors when surface and/or deep body temperatures rise above their normal levels: grooming, which spreads saliva over the fur to cool by evaporation; locomotion, which results in escape to a cooler environment; and relaxed postural extension, which reduces heat production by muscle activity a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Roberts WW

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are multiple connections from the entorhinal cortex (EC) to the hippocampus that carry the information from the EC to the hippocampus. Layer II cells of the medial EC innervating the dentate gyrus (DG)-molecular layer possess K(+)-outward currents and inward rectifier currents that are potentially modulated by c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Heinemann U,Schmitz D,Eder C,Gloveli T

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathology is one approach to the effort to elucidate the pathophysiology of suicide. Initial neurochemical studies focusing on the roles of serotonin (5-HT) and noradrenaline (NE) abnormalities in brains of suicide victims have been somewhat inconsistent. More recently developed methodologies, including quantitat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bachus SE,Hyde TM,Akil M,Weickert CS,Vawter MP,Kleinman JE

更新日期：1997-12-29 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：:Organisms minimize genetic damage through complex pathways of DNA repair. Yet a gene family--the AID/APOBECs--has evolved in vertebrates with the sole purpose of producing targeted damage in DNA/RNA molecules through cytosine deamination. They likely originated from deaminases involved in A>I editing in tRNAs. AID, th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Conticello SG

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acylated aldose dialkyl dithioacetals with bromine undergo replacement of one alkylthio group by bromine. These unstable bromides react, as by fusion with 2,4-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)pyrimidine, to give acylated 1-(pyrimidin-1-yl) derivatives that upon saponification afford acyclic sugar nucleoside analogues, some as se...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Horton D,Baker DC,Kokrady SS

更新日期：1975-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The accepted dogma has been that a single long-term hematopoietic stem cell (LT-HSC) can reconstitute all components of the immune system. However, our single-cell transfer studies have shown that highly purified LT-HSCs selectively fail to reconstitute B-1a cells in otherwise fully reconstituted hosts (i.e., LT-HSCs ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ghosn EE,Yang Y

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), is a parasite that attacks all warm-blooded animals including humans. This parasite has caused significant losses to the livestock industries of the Americas. Since the screwworm eradication program was initiated in the Southeastern United States in 1957, the erad...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wyss JH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, I have introduced and solved a simple deterministic model of eye tracking that produces rich dynamical behavior. Some of its main features, notably the existence of a chaotic regime, are reminiscent of the anomalies reported in smooth pursuit eye tracking experiments with schizophrenia patients. By obta...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Huberman BA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preventable chronic diseases are the leading cause of death in the majority of countries throughout the world, and this trend will continue for the foreseeable future. The potential to offset the social, economic, and personal burdens associated with such conditions depends on our ability to influence people's thought...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hall PA,Bickel WK,Erickson KI,Wagner DD

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased postural stability is observed in most astronauts immediately following spaceflight. Because ataxia may present postflight operational hazards, it is important to determine the incidence of postural instability immediately following landing and the dynamics of recovery of normal postural equilibrium control....

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Paloski WH,Reschke MF,Black FO,Doxey DD,Harm DL

更新日期：1992-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Wear particles produced from artificial joint prostheses are known to cause macrophage-monocyte lineage cells to produce proosteoclastogenic cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. The specific molecular mechanism, however, is not yet known. Bioinformatic analysis showed that the promoter region of TNF...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Minematsu H,Shin MJ,Celil Aydemir AB,Seo SW,Kim DW,Blaine TA,Macián F,Yang J,Lee FY

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on extensive physiological study of sodium transport mechanisms along the renal tubule, complementary DNAs for all of the major transporters and channels responsible for renal tubular sodium reabsorption have been cloned over the past decade. There is now a comprehensive set of cDNA and antibody probes that can ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Knepper MA,Kim GH,Masilamani S

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunotherapeutic agent ipilimumab has helped address a significant unmet need in the treatment of advanced melanoma. Ipilimumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody that targets cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4), thereby augmenting antitumor immune responses. After decades in which a number of clinical tr...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wolchok JD,Hodi FS,Weber JS,Allison JP,Urba WJ,Robert C,O'Day SJ,Hoos A,Humphrey R,Berman DM,Lonberg N,Korman AJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The statistical techniques developed herein show strong promise as a nonparametric extension of the classical Wing-Kristofferson decomposition of variance in isochronous tapping to include tempo drift. It is now important to establish the relative role of the three sources of variance in discriminating among unselecte...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Collier GL,Ogden RT

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this brief review, we introduce some major themes in the regulation of energy, lipid, and glucose metabolism by the central nervous system (CNS). Rather than comprehensively discussing the field, we instead will discuss some of the key findings made regarding the interaction of the hormones ghrelin and leptin with ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nogueiras R,Tschöp MH,Zigman JM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyses of the RNA metabolism of hyperthermophilic archaea highlight the efficiency of regulatory RNAs and RNA-guided processes at extreme temperatures. These organisms must overcome the intrinsic thermolability of RNAs. Elevated levels of RNA modifications and structured GC-rich regions are observed for many univers...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gomes-Filho JV,Randau L

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic purulent rhinosinusitis (CPR) is an inflammatory condition of unknown origin. Although various medical and surgical treatment modalities are available, 5-10% of patients remain refractory. Immune deficiency is one of the underlying risk factors for this disease. Earlier studies demonstrated disturbances in cel...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dalm VA,de Wit H,Drexhage HA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measles infection remains a serious threat to child survival in the developing world despite vaccination and treatment with vitamin A. This report reviews the epidemiology of measles in HIV-infected children in Africa. In hospitalized infants, the rate of malnutrition before measles and the rate of death after measles...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Perry RT,Mmiro F,Ndugwa C,Semba RD

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This has been an overview of fish health, a comparison of some aspects of fish husbandry with other animal husbandry, and comments concerning fish health research--especially where it is going. The 1972 disease survey identified current problems; it ranked the problems according to priority. More important, research e...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wolf K

更新日期：1975-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendocrine tumors are very heterogeneous, develop from a variety of tissues, and can be difficult to diagnose. Without the clinical manifestation of metastases, it is often difficult to characterize them as malignant. Even so-called completely (R0) resected tumors can spread clinically visible metastases within a ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Koch CA,Gimm O,Vortmeyer AO,Al-Ali HK,Lamesch P,Ott R,Kluge R,Bierbach U,Tannapfel A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of substance use disorders has always been challenging because multiple neurotransmitters mediate addiction. However, with smoking being the leading cause of preventable death and the recent opioid epidemic in the United States, the search for novel solutions becomes more imperative. In this review, we d...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Xu A,Kosten TR

更新日期：2020-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Although tissue injury can evoke significant hyperalgesia in infants from the first days of life, little is known about how injury affects emergent central pain networks at the synaptic level. Recent studies have investigated whether tissue damage at different ages has distinct consequences for synaptic function in th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Baccei ML

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) and balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) were present by 13,700 years B.C.E. in the Catskills Mountains of southeastern New York State. These conifers were, and still are, largely confined to the eastern and far western portions of the region. A gap in the distribution exists between ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kudish M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00