Relaxin-induced changes in renal function and RXFP1 receptor expression in the female rat.

abstract：:A study of traditional animal health care practices in Passoré province of Burkina Faso led to the characterization of 24 diseases, together with their local names, causes of their appearance, and their treatment. Most (95%) of the medicinal recipes used to treat affected animals were based on plants. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tamboura HH,Sawadogo LL,Kaboré H,Yameogo SM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vast majority of what is known about the neural underpinnings of human cognition comes from studies limited to racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically homogeneous samples. Furthermore, although most studies include both males and females in their samples, sex differences in patterns of brain activity and perfo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dotson VM,Duarte A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is reviewed that suggests a central role for telomeres in one major model of biological aging, namely, proliferative senescence. Telomeric shortening with each cell division does not only act as a biological clock, but appears to trigger the ultimate loss of proliferative ability via activation of the p53-dep...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： von Zglinicki T

更新日期：1998-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The trailblazing research on sleep mechanisms and petit mal epilepsy, conducted during the period from 1940 through 1970, illuminated the brain substrate for normal consciousness and attention, as well as their disorders. This research helped inform and structure our neuropsychologically based model of the "elements" ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mirsky AF,Duncan CC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium channels from rat and rabbit skeletal muscle have been isolated, characterized, and functionally reconstituted. These channel proteins closely resemble those purified from the eel electroplax and from rat brain. Work now in progress on the determination of the primary sequence of the 260 kDa subunit through the...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Barchi RL

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Henry Kandrup wrote prolifically on the problem of relaxation of stellar systems. His picture of relaxation was significantly more refined than the standard description in terms of phase mixing and violent relaxation. In this article, I summarize Henry's work in this and related areas. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Merritt D

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the features of the marginal zone (MZ) B cells of human tonsils and spleens and compares them with those of the follicular mantle (FM) B cells from the same tissues. The two B cell subpopulations displayed marked differences in phenotype, in response capacity to T cell-independent antigens and pol...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dono M,Zupo S,Colombo M,Massara R,Gaidano G,Taborelli G,Ceppa P,Burgio VL,Chiorazzi N,Ferrarini M

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several years of survey data indicate that illicit drug use among U.S. youth was at its highest level in 1979. Generally, the use of some illicit drugs declined progressively throughout the 1980s, stabilized, and then decreased slightly. Reducing illicit drug use among U.S. youth continues to be a priority of federal,...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Banken JA

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The innervation of muscles in patients with the post-polio syndrome (PPS) may differ from limb to limb or even within the same limb because of the segmental nature of the initial involvement and the varying degree of subsequent recovery. Consequently, the compensatory effort of the neighboring muscles varies even in t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dalakas MC

更新日期：1995-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review we will evaluate evidence that altered gene dosage and structure impacts neurodevelopment and neural connectivity through deleterious effects on synaptic structure and function, and evidence that the latter are key contributors to the risk for autism. We will review information on alterations of structu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Smith M,Spence MA,Flodman P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence indicates that several mechanisms, associated or not with antioxidant actions, are involved in the effects of flavonoids on health. Flavonoid-rich beverages, foods, and extracts, as well as pure flavonoids are studied for the prevention and/or amelioration of metabolic syndrome (MS) and MS-associat...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Galleano M,Calabro V,Prince PD,Litterio MC,Piotrkowski B,Vazquez-Prieto MA,Miatello RM,Oteiza PI,Fraga CG

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that spacetime should be regarded as an evolving block universe, bounded to the future by the present time, which continually extends to the future. This future boundary is defined at each time by measuring proper time along Ricci eigenlines from the start of the universe. A key point, then, is th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ellis GF

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Processes that regulate quiescence, self-renewal, and differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are not well understood. Owing, in part, to the ability of xenobiotic ligands to have persistent effects on the immune system in experimental animals, there has been much work to define a physiological role of the ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gasiewicz TA,Singh KP,Bennett JA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, it is known that several chemical agents used or generated by the oil industry are classified as mutagens and/or carcinogens. Among these we have gasoline, diesel, butane gas, styrene, benzene, chloroform, and others. Studies have verified that these chemicals have effects in fertility (abortions, sterility...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Paz-y-Miño C,López-Cortés A,Arévalo M,Sánchez ME

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Humans can discriminate whether a change in the direction of gravito-inertial force (GIF) is caused by body tilt or by linear translation. This ability, attributed to vestibular sensory fusion, is often examined by asking subjects to adjust an indicator to match their subjective earth-fixed vertical (SV). We used two ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Guenther AL,Bartl K,Nauderer J,Schneider E,Huesmann A,Brandt T,Glasauer S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury remains with limited natural recovery and only a few general ineffective treatment options. Recent publications have reported enhanced neurologic recovery with the use of methylprednisolone and GM-1 ganglioside. The results of the Maryland GM-1 Ganglioside Study reported a significant drug effect wi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Geisler FH

更新日期：1998-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout this century in the United States, tension has existed between those who believe drug abuse is best combatted through the criminal justice system and those who emphasize a medical/public health model of prevention and treatment. In the last decade this debate has centered around the person of the pregnant a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chavkin W,Wise PH,Elman D

更新日期：1998-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of immunodeficient mice engrafted with functional human immune systems and islets permits in vivo study of human diabetes without putting patients at risk. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Greiner DL,Brehm MA,Hosur V,Harlan DM,Powers AC,Shultz LD

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental data together with clinical studies have generated information about the association between sympathetic nervous system activity and immunity as measured by in vitro correlates of cellular immune function. In addition, studies on the in vivo role of central CRF in coordinating sympathetic outflow and modu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Irwin M

更新日期：1993-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a heterogeneous and progressive neurodegenerative disease which in Western societies mainly accounts for clinical dementia. A high proportion of women are affected by this disease, especially at a very advanced age, which might to a large extent be associated with the fact that women live l...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Candore G,Balistreri CR,Grimaldi MP,Vasto S,Listì F,Chiappelli M,Licastro F,Lio D,Caruso C

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In thalassemia, iron overload is the joint outcome of excessive iron absorption and transfusional siderosis. While iron absorption is limited by a physiologic ceiling of about 3 mg/d, plasma iron turnover in thalassemia may be 10 to 15 times normal, caused by the wasteful, ineffective erythropoiesis of an enormously e...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hershko C,Link G,Cabantchik I

更新日期：1998-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent perceptual experiments with normal adult listeners show that phonetic information can readily be conveyed by sinewave replicas of speech signals. These tonal patterns are made of three sinusoids set equal in frequency and amplitude to the respective peaks of the first three formants of natural-speech utterances...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Remez RE,Rubin PE,Pisoni DB

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a phenotype resulting from a series of causative factors with a variable risk of complications. Etiologic diversity requires personalized prevention and treatment. Imaging procedures offer the potential to investigate the interplay between organs and pathways underlying energy intake and consumption in an i...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Iozzo P

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:While the ovaries are the principal source of systemic estrogen in the premenopausal nonpregnant woman, other sites of estrogen biosynthesis are present throughout the body and these become the major sources of estrogen beyond menopause. These extragonadal sources of estrogen are small, but may play an important, thou...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Simpson ER,Clyne C,Speed C,Rubin G,Bulun S

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of inflammation in atherosclerosis is well recognized. We have evaluated the allele frequencies of the +869T/C and +915G/C polymorphisms (SNPs) at the TGF-beta1 gene and -1082G/A SNP at IL-10 promoter sequence, two well-known immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory cytokines, in patients with carotid stenosis...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Crivello A,Giacalone A,Scola L,Forte GI,Nuzzo D,Giacconi R,Cipriano C,Candore G,Mocchegiani E,Colonna-Romano G,Lio D,Caruso C

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improved technology and medical advances have increased the lifespan for people with thalassemia. As thalassemia is no longer exclusively a pediatric blood disorder, consideration must now be given to transition planning from pediatric to adult care. The complexity of thalassemia disease, coupled with the changing fac...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Levine L,Levine M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the role of activating pathways of plasminogen in the natural history of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). To fulfill this objective 70 male patients with small AAA (> 3 cm) were interviewed and examined. Their blood samples were taken at diagnosis. The patients were scanned annual...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lindholt JS

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a multifactorial model for the development of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in homosexual men. It is posited that there is no specific AIDS agent; rather, AIDS is conceptualized as the result of an interaction of the known or likely effects of repeated exposures to specific environment...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sonnabend JA,Witkin SS,Purtilo DT

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00