Anti-ganglioside antibodies and the presynaptic motor nerve terminal.

abstract：:Copper is an essential nutrient for the physiology of live organisms, but excessive copper can be harmful. Copper radioisotopes are used for measurement of copper fluxes in live organisms using a radioactivity assay of body fluids or whole-body positron emission tomography (PET). Hybrid positron emission tomography-co...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Peng F

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine has been found to improve memory performance in a variety of tests in rats, monkeys, and humans. Interactions of nicotinic systems with dopamine (DA) systems may be important for this effect. We conducted a series of studies of nicotinic agonist and antagonist interactions with DA systems using rats in a win-...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Levin ED,Rose JE

更新日期：1995-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis of 14 clinical studies with RRR- or all-rac-alpha-tocopherol (83,800 subjects) was performed to evaluate whether RRR and all-rac differ in cardiovascular efficacy based on those clinical endpoints that are most consistently documented in the publications of the studies. Odds ratios of treatment versus ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kraemer K,Koch W,Hoppe PP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies of in vivo and in vitro reactivities to Kveim preparations have been carried out in 45 sarcoid and 30 normal subjects. Lymphocytes of 14 of 45 sarcoids and 4 of 30 normals proliferated significantly in response to at least 1 of the 4 Kveim suspensions used for in vitro studies. The prevalence of po...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zweiman B,Israel HL

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:The formation of bone is a continual process in vertebrate development, initiated during fetal development and persisting in adulthood in the form of remodeling and repair. The remarkable capacity of skeletal tissues to regenerate has led to the hypothesis that the molecular signaling pathways regulating skeletogenesi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ferguson CM,Miclau T,Hu D,Alpern E,Helms JA

更新日期：1998-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of sunlight have fascinated researchers for decades because nearly every living thing on earth is likely to be exposed to sunlight and the ultraviolet (UV) fraction of it. In addition to detrimental long-term effects such as immunosuppression and skin cancer, premature aging of the skin (photoaging) is a well-...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brenneisen P,Sies H,Scharffetter-Kochanek K

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased oxidation of carbohydrates and free fatty acids is a well-known phenomenon during cold stress. Nevertheless, sources of the fuels used have not been fully clarified as yet. Thus, the aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of acute cold exposure on lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in human subcutaneous ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Koska J,Ksinantova L,Seböková E,Kvetnansky R,Klimes I,Chrousos G,Pacak K

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three distinct pathological conditions, related to different means by which dense intralabyrinthine particles interfere with the function of a semicircular canal and cause nystagmus and vertigo, are amenable to treatment with repositioning maneuvers. Known as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and variants, these co...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Epley JM

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In his First Law (of thermodynamics), Clausius emphasized the equivalence of heat and work-conservation of energy was mentioned only indirectly. Today, the main emphasis is put on energy conservation, but the equivalence of heat and work has proven not only to be superfluous, but also highly destructive. Because of th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Job G,Lankau T

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher fasting plasma insulin levels and reduced CSF-to-plasma insulin ratios, suggestive of insulin resistance, have been observed in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) who do not possess an apolipoprotein E (ApoE)-epsilon 4 allele. Insulin has also been implicated in processing of beta-amyloid and amyloid precur...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Craft S,Asthana S,Schellenberg G,Baker L,Cherrier M,Boyt AA,Martins RN,Raskind M,Peskind E,Plymate S

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting the response to xenotransplantation is difficult, but can be based upon (i) past clinical experience, (ii) opinion surveys and focus groups, (iii) predictable variables, and (iv) the allotransplant experience. Baby Fae, the Pittsburgh baboon liver transplants, and the Jeff Getty baboon marrow transplant hav...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Daar AS

更新日期：1998-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials for ischemic stroke have been characterized by a disappointing series of negative results, using a panoply of pharmacologic agents. This paper emphasizes five physiologic measures that can be taken to mitigate ischemic brain damage. These are (1) hypothermia, (2) insulin, (3) arterial hyperoxemia, (4) ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Auer RN

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristics of the sensations produced by activating one electrode at a time are summarized as follows: (a) Loudness was found to increase with current level and pitch with repetition rate. (b) Pitch and sharpness increased in the apical-to-basal direction, and vowel labels could be assigned to sensations prod...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tong YC,Clark GM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a multifactorial heterogenous condition. The location of excess fat on the body determines the risk of morbidity and mortality for significant disease. Visceral, or intraabdominal, fat is the fat depot most highly associated with illness and death from cardiocerebrovascular disease and diabetes. Visceral fa...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Peeke PM,Chrousos GP

更新日期：1995-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasticity is a fundamental property of the neural system controlling breathing. One frequently studied model of respiratory plasticity is long-term facilitation of phrenic motor output (pLTF) following acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH). pLTF arises from spinal plasticity, increasing respiratory motor output through a ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dale-Nagle EA,Hoffman MS,MacFarlane PM,Satriotomo I,Lovett-Barr MR,Vinit S,Mitchell GS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mass changes of skeletal muscles occur in a variety of species during the migratory period. Phenotypic flexibility of flight muscle mass is considered to represent adaptations of the flight muscle to changing power requirements associated with changes in body mass. We analyzed the relationship between muscle masses an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bauchinger U,Biebach H

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin A deficiency has been shown to affect vision, reproduction, cellular differentiation, and maintenance of epithelial and skeletal tissues. Different vitamin A compounds, i.e., retinol and retinoic acid, vary in their ability to fulfill these biologic functions. Aside from vision, the exact molecular mechanisms ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Navia JM,Harris SS

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 1 of 10 women, particularly those older than 60 years of age, shows some degree of thyroid hormone deficiency. Thyroid diseases are generally characterized by perturbations of thyroid signaling homeostasis. The most common examples of thyroid diseases include hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and several types of...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pistollato F,Masias M,Agudo P,Giampieri F,Battino M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current tuberculosis (TB) therapies take too long and the regimens are complex and subject to adverse effects and drug-drug interactions with concomitant medications. The emergence of drug-resistant TB strains exacerbates the situation. Drug discovery for TB has resurged in recent years, generating compounds (hits) wi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mdluli K,Kaneko T,Upton A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The New York Stem Cell Foundation's "Fifth Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference" convened on October 12-13, 2010 at the Rockefeller University in New York City. The conference attracted over 400 scientists, patient advocates, and stem cell research supporters from 16 countries. In addition to poster and ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Marshall C,Wang GK,Cimetta E,Talchai C,Egli D,Shim JW,Martin I,Ahmad F,Sproul A,Chen T,Fossati V,McKeon D,Smith K,Solomon SL

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary adrenal pheochromocytoma is caused by germline mutations in RET, VHL, SDHB, SDHD, and NF1. As these genes differ in function, so may their pheochromocytoma phenotypes, suggesting gene-specific patterns of age-related progression to pheochromocytoma. This possibility was explored for gene carriers with a lif...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Machens A,Brauckhoff M,Gimm O,Dralle H

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane bioreactors can be operated with intermittent permeation and continuous aeration. Aeration close to the surface of a submerged membrane helps to maintain a membrane surface that is free from fouling. The conditions under which this occurs depend on the interaction between flux and aeration rate. Increased flu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Howell JA,Arnot TC,Chua HC

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extension of mammalian health and life span has been achieved using various dietary interventions. We previously reported that restricting dietary methionine (MET) content extends life span only when growth hormone signaling is intact (no life span increase in GH deficiency or GH resistance). To understand the metabol...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brown-Borg HM,Rakoczy S,Wonderlich JA,Borg KE,Rojanathammanee L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is crucial for the effects of glucocorticoids (GCs). Several polymorphisms of the GR are associated with altered sensitivity to GCs. For the ER22/23EK polymorphism, a relative GC resistance has been demonstrated. In vivo, this was suggested by a smaller response to a dexamethasone supp...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Manenschijn L,van den Akker EL,Lamberts SW,van Rossum EF

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal epithelial cells may play a role in the regulation of immune responses toward luminal antigens. We show that a subset of CD8(+) T cells undergoes oligoclonal expansion in the intestinal mucosa, probably through interaction with a unique complex expressed on epithelial cells, formed by a CEA subfamily member...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Allez M,Brimnes J,Shao L,Dotan I,Nakazawa A,Mayer L

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the INSL3 and RXFP2 genes have been associated with human cryptorchidism but with contrasting data. We analyzed the frequency of mutations in these genes in 600 newborns with cryptorchidism (396 unilateral and 204 bilateral) and 300 noncryptorchid subjects. We found five RXFP2 mutations in five bilateral ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ferlin A,Zuccarello D,Garolla A,Selice R,Vinanzi C,Ganz F,Zanon GF,Zuccarello B,Foresta C

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with probable Alzheimer's disease were either stimulated with a continuous visual recognition task (n = 18) or with a continuous auditory recognition task during PET measurement with 18 FDG. The PET scanner was a Siemens CTI, ECAT EXACT with 5 mm transaxial and 6 mm axial resolution. The global stimulation ef...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kessler J,Ghaemi M,Mielke R,Herholz K,Heiss WD

更新日期：1996-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:There is now clear evidence that the brain, similar to the adrenal gland, gonads, and placenta, is a steroidogenic organ. Notably in the frog brain, the presence of various steroidogenic enzymes has been detected by immunohistochemistry in specific populations of neurons and/or glial cells. These steroidogenic enzymes...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Do Rego JL,Seong JY,Burel D,Luu-The V,Larhammar D,Tsutsui K,Pelletier G,Tonon MC,Vaudry H

更新日期：2009-04-01 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