A summary of the contributions of the VA cooperative studies on abdominal aortic aneurysms.

abstract：:Forests are one of Earth's critical biomes. They have been shown to respond strongly to many of the drivers that are predicted to change natural systems over this century, including climate, introduced species, and other anthropogenic influences. Predicting how different tree species might respond to this complex of f...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： McMahon SM,Dietze MC,Hersh MH,Moran EV,Clark JS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deprivation of sympathetic neurons of their physiological neurotrophic factor, nerve growth factor (NGF), leads to degeneration of soma and neurites, followed by loss of viability. The progression of degeneration and death are dependent upon macromolecular synthesis indicating an active participation of neuronal metab...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Deckwerth TL,Johnson EM Jr

更新日期：1993-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Calpain, an inactive proenzyme, translocates from the cytosol to the membrane upon binding calcium, and is activated at the membrane in the presence of calcium and PIP2. Activated calpain is very unstable and presumably used only once. Thus the primary targets of calpain are considered to be membrane or membrane-assoc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Suzuki K,Saido TC,Hirai S

更新日期：1992-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Time-resolved confocal microspectrofluorometry and fluorescence microscopy imaging were applied to monitor the cellular uptake of fluorescent-labeled oligonucleotides (ONs) delivered by a porphyrin molecule. The fate of porphyrin-ON complexes inside living cells has also been monitored. Due to intrinsic fluorescence o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Praus P,Kocisová E,Mojzes P,Stepánek J,Seksek O,Sureau F,Turpin PY

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptor that mediates the specific uptake and intracellular transport of dimeric immunoglobulin A (IgA dimer) in mucosal and glandular epithelia is identical with a transmembrane precursor of secreted secretory component. During transport, the IgA dimer receptor (membrane SC) is cleaved into two domains, a membra...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kühn LC,Kraehenbuhl JP

更新日期：1983-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of new food composition carotenoid values for fruits and vegetables increases our ability to test hypotheses concerning the role of antioxidant nutrients and cancer risk. To estimate the usual carotenoid intakes, a quantitative diet history covering a one-year period is recommended for epidemiologic s...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hankin JH,Le Marchand L,Kolonel LN,Wilkens LR

更新日期：1993-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty percent of 51 obese adolescent girls seeking treatment for their obesity engaged in binge eating. Two psychometric measures, "disinhibition" and "happiness and satisfaction" predicted 63% of the variance in severity of binge eating. There was no difference in the history of dieting between obese subjects who bi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Berkowitz R,Stunkard AJ,Stallings VA

更新日期：1993-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the expression of several genes whose transcripts have increased levels in Alzheimer's disease and have found heterogeneity in these levels in different patients with this condition. The level of expression of these genes was compared to different clinical and pathological aspects of the disease. A ca...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Duguid JR,Trzepacz C,Kemper T,Tourtellote WW,Volicer L

更新日期：1993-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of action of tocopherol transfer protein (TTP) and its role in the intracellular processing of vitamin E were investigated using confocal fluorescence microscopy. The results from this work suggest that TTP functions by transporting vitamin E from endocytic organelles to other locations in the cell. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Qian J,Wilson K,Nava P,Morley S,Atkinson J,Manor D

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescence marks the beginning of adult-level cognitive control of behavior supported by the brain maturation processes of synaptic pruning and myelination. Cognitive development studies on adolescence indicate that this period is characterized by improvements in the performance of existing abilities including speed ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Luna B,Sweeney JA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relaxin has been validated as a cardiotropic hormone, being produced by the heart and acting on specific heart receptors. Evidence is accumulating that it could hamper the pathophysiologic mechanisms of ischemic heart disease. Time is ripe to study relaxin as a cardiotropic drug, as recombinant human relaxin (hrRLX) i...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bani D,Nistri S,Sacchi TB,Bigazzi M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing interest in the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation for sleep disturbed populations. Our study sought to evaluate the effect of mindfulness meditation interventions on sleep quality. To assess for relative efficacy, comparator groups were restricted to specific active controls (such as evidenced...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rusch HL,Rosario M,Levison LM,Olivera A,Livingston WS,Wu T,Gill JM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have verified that wild birds can become conditioned to reject naturally toxic insects either visually (experiment 1) or by taste (experiment 2). We have also verified, however, that unconditioned taste rejection of noxious chemicals by wild birds also occurs (experiment 3). Such unconditioned responses to the apos...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brower LP,Fink LS

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive and/or nondestructive techniques can provide structural information about bone, beyond simple bone densitometry. While the latter provides important information about osteoporotic fracture risk, many studies indicate that bone mineral density (BMD) only partly explains bone strength. Quantitative assessmen...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Genant HK,Jiang Y

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol-mediated heme oxgenase-1 (HO-1) induction has been shown to occur in primary neuronal cultures and has been implicated as having potential neuroprotective action. Further, antioxidant properties of resveratrol have been reported to protect against coronary heart disease. We attempted to examine the HO-1 in...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Huang HM,Liang YC,Cheng TH,Chen CH,Juan SH

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia is a common physiologic and pathophysiologic stimulus that activates the expression of genes through oxygen-sensitive transcription factors including the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) and nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB). Hypoxia-dependent gene expression can have important physiologic or pathophysiologic co...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Taylor CT,Cummins EP

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proper function of skeletal muscles relies on their ability to process signals derived from motor neurons, transmit stimuli along the muscle fibers, contract, and regenerate efficiently after injury. The dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC; also called the dystrophin-associated protein complex) plays a central ro...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gawor M,Prószyński TJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic value of thymectomy for myasthenia is still questioned although it retains an important place among management modalities that strive for sustained remission. Questions derive from uncertainty as to appropriate timing, variable extent of resection and quantitation of response. Forty-seven patients, fol...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Penn AS,Jaretzki A 3rd,Wolff M,Chang HW,Tennyson V

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：:The role of gamma-glutamyl-carboxylated growth arrest-specific 6 (cGas6) in mediating the beneficial effect of vitamin K (VK) on regulating glucose metabolism remains elusive. We took a three-pronged approach-evaluating human type 2 diabetes (T2D), high-fat diet (HFD)-fed mice, and in vitro cultured myotubes-to addres...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dihingia A,Ozah D,Borah T,Kalita J,Manna P

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been renewed interest in the role of strategies in sensorimotor learning. The combination of new behavioral methods and computational methods has begun to unravel the interaction between processes related to strategic control and processes related to motor adaptation. These processes may operate on very diff...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Taylor JA,Ivry RB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As studied by single cell RT-PCR of pituitary hormones, we demonstrated that the pituitaries of rats and mice contain a subpopulation of cells that express two or more hormone phenotypes typically belonging to lineages that are branched separately early during embryonic development, such as glycoprotein hormone alpha-...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Denef C,Pals K,Hauspie A,Vankelecom H,Seuntjens E

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compare the evidence from human neuroimaging studies for and against two of the major hypotheses of how alterations in the brain's reward system underlie addiction. One of these, the impulsivity hypothesis, proposes that addiction is characterized by excessive sensitivity to reward combined with a failure of inhibi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hommer DW,Bjork JM,Gilman JM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypomethylation signifies one end of a spectrum of DNA methylation states. In most cases hypomethylation refers to a relative state that represents a change from the "normal" methylation level. Hypomethylation, when approached from a topographical perspective, has been used to describe either overall decreases in the ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dunn BK

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basal phagocytosis of neutrophils, a crucial component of non-specific immunity, is an eminently circadian parameter. In mice and rats, rates of phagocytosis peak in the second half of the dark span. A lipopolysaccharide-induced phagocytic response challenged in this period appears the most significant in amplitude an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hriscu ML

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cape Town Case Study (CTCS) was a multi-institutional collaborative project initiated by CUBES, a knowledge networking initiative of UNESCO's Ecological Sciences Division and the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Cape Town was selected as a CUBES site on the basis of its high biological and cultural signific...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stanvliet R,Jackson J,Davis G,De Swardt C,Mokhoele J,Thom Q,Lane BD

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wisdom is a special kind of virtue. It is not to be identified with any outstanding cognitive ability-like having a prodigious memory or knowing a lot. Rather it consists in seeing what is most important and most valuable, either within a particular domain or in life as a whole. In the life of a wise person, that insi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kitcher P

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In type II and neonatal hair cells in the mouse utricle, the receptor potentials evoked by low-frequency sinusoidal deflections of the hair bundle are attenuated by adaptation of the mechanoelectrical transduction current and the voltage-dependent activation of a large potassium (K)-selective outwardly rectifying cond...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Holt JR,Vollrath MA,Eatock RA

更新日期：1999-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect evidence, including neuroprotection against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-neurotoxicity by nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors and resistance of transgenic animals deficient in NOS, is controversial. We have reviewed evidence in favor of oxidative stress during the development of MPTP...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mohanakumar KP,Thomas B,Sharma SM,Muralikrishnan D,Chowdhury R,Chiueh CC

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twin and family studies have demonstrated that most cognitive traits are moderately to highly heritable. Neurodevelopmental disorders such as dyslexia, autism, and specific language impairment (SLI) also show strong genetic influence. Nevertheless, it has proved difficult for researchers to identify genes that would e...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bishop DV

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00