How does music arouse "chills"? Investigating strong emotions, combining psychological, physiological, and psychoacoustical methods.

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is associated with abnormal lipid metabolism, intense respiratory tract (RT) infection, and inflammation, eventually resulting in lung tissue destruction and respiratory failure. The CF RT inflammatory milieu, as reflected by airway secretions, includes a complex array of inflammatory mediators, b...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Eiserich JP,Yang J,Morrissey BM,Hammock BD,Cross CE

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the most predominant malignancies worldwide. The 5-year survival rate is still relatively low due to few symptoms presenting with the early disease, diagnosis at middle to late stage, and high risk of recurrence after therapy. Novel protein biomarkers for early detec...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wang M,Smith JS,Wei WQ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymosin alpha 1, originally isolated as the compound responsible for reconstitution of immune function in thymectomized animal models, has enjoyed a wide-ranging clinical development program over the past decades, extending across multiple companies, indications, countries, and continents. This paper provides an over...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tuthill C,Rios I,McBeath R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microgravity experiments on the constrained vapor bubble heat exchanger (CVB) are being developed for the space station. Herein, ground-based experimental studies on condensate removal in the condenser region of the vertical CVB were conducted and the mechanism of condensate removal in microgravity was found to be the...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zheng L,Wang Y,Wayner PC Jr,Plawsky JL

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify molecular genetic markers of resistance or susceptibility to dermatophilosis in cattle, we used a functional candidate gene approach to analyze the DNA polymorphisms of targeted genes encoding molecules implicated in known mechanisms of both nonspecific and specific immune responses existing in the pathoge...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Maillard JC,Chantal I,Berthier D,Thevenon S,Sidibe I,Razafindraibe H

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have established that methanolic extracts of bovine brain and lung possess CDS activity with an agonist-like profile at alpha(2)-adrenoceptor binding sites (i.e., greater potency against [(3)H]-clonidine sites than against [(3)H]-RX-821001 sites). Following prolonged reflux in ethylacetate, monovalent...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pinthong D,Kendall DA,Wilson VG

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic contact dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin disease caused by T cells that recognize environmental and industrial allergens (i.e., haptens). Langerhans' cells (LC), which are skin-specific and "immature" members of the dendritic cell (DC) family of antigen-presenting cells, play crucial roles in the indu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Takashima A,Mummert M,Kitajima T,Matsue H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans the influence of prior vestibular stimulation (3, 6, 9, 12, and 18 degrees/second2 for 10 seconds) and subsequent whole-field optokinetic stimulation (30, 60, 90, 120, and 180 degrees/second for 1 minute) or the presentation of a stationary pattern on after-nystagmus (AN) was studied. For comparison, pure ve...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Koenig E,Dichgans J

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently isolated a novel bHLH/PAS protein, CLIF (cycle like factor), by yeast two-hybrid screening of human umbilical endothelial cell cDNA library. CLIF is preferentially expressed in endothelial and neuronal cells. Because CLIF is expressed in vascular endothelial cells and forms a heterodimer with CLOCK, the ke...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Maemura K,Layne MD,Watanabe M,Perrell MA,Nagai R,Lee ME

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1,4-dihydropyridine-sensitive voltage-gated Ca2+ channel is widely distributed in excitable cells. The channel and its several associated drug binding sites are known to be up- and downregulated by a variety of homologous and heterologous influences including membrane depolarization. The neurosecretory GH4C1 cell ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Liu J,Rutledge A,Triggle DJ

更新日期：1995-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the pancreatic islets, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is expressed in beta cells and autonomic nerve terminals; the majority of these nerve terminals are parasympathetic. PACAP binds to three types of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs): VPAC1 receptors, VPAC2 receptors, and PAC1 recepto...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ahrén B

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the utility of the UCLA posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Index for DSM-IV (U-PTSD-I)(c) for predicting PTSD diagnosis in children with and without medical illnesses. The U-PTSD-I and a standard psychiatric interview were administered to medically ill children (n = 76) and children who experienced other tra...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Shemesh E,Annunziato RA,Newcorn JH,Rockmore L,Bierer LM,Cohen JA,Schmeidler J,Yehuda R

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) has been proposed for measuring fat-free mass, total body water, percent fat, body cell mass, intracellular water, and extracellular water: a veritable laboratory in a box. Although it is unlikely that BIA is quite this versatile, correlations have been demonstrated between BIA a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schoeller DA

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tight junction (TJ) properties are determined by membrane protein complexes of neighboring cells that form both a barrier and a selective pathway for paracellular substrate transport. Our previous work supports the view that paracellular permeability changes in the thick ascending limb (TAL) may underlie the mechanism...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Shan Q,Himmerkus N,Hou J,Goodenough DA,Bleich M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental dyslexia is associated with problems in a range of linguistic and non-linguistic skills. Some of those problems have been attributed to dysfunction of the cerebellum and its associated neural systems. Two studies of cerebellar structure were undertaken by our group. In Study 1, white and grey matter volu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Laycock SK,Wilkinson ID,Wallis LI,Darwent G,Wonders SH,Fawcett AJ,Griffiths PD,Nicolson RI

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP21A2 genotyping remains an important element in the diagnosis and management of congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and establishing accurate genotype-phenotype correlations has facillitated adequate genetic counseling and prenatal management for at-risk families. Despite extensive efforts to establish a clear genotype...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Elmougy F,Sharaf S,Hafez M,Khattab A,Abou-Yousef H,Elsharkawy M,Baz H,Ekladious S,Sherif B,Musa N,Elshiwy Y,Afif A,Abdullatif M,Thabet G,Rady N,Ibrahim A,Soliman H

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Autophagy is a phylogenetically conserved process that plays a critical role in the degradation of oxidatively damaged proteins and organelle turnover. The role of oxidative stress and apoptosis in methamphetamine (METH)-induced neurotoxicity is well known; however, the potential contribution of autophagy to METH-indu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kanthasamy A,Anantharam V,Ali SF,Kanthasamy AG

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is an autoimmune disorder caused by antibodies directed against the voltage-gated calcium channels that provide the calcium ion flux that triggers acetylcholine release at the neuromuscular junction. To study the pathophysiology of LEMS and test candidate therapeutic strategies...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Meriney SD,Tarr TB,Ojala KS,Wu M,Li Y,Lacomis D,Garcia-Ocaña A,Liang M,Valdomir G,Wipf P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most chemical contaminants occur in highest concentrations in coastal waters, often maximized in very localized areas. In general, this situation represents the exposure pattern for marine animals. However, the availability of contaminant to an organism depends not only on its concentration but also on its chemical na...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Whittle KJ,Hardy R,Holden AV,Johnston R,Pentreath RJ

更新日期：1978-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Human germ-cell tumors (GCTs) are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms. Based on epidemiology, anatomical site of presentation, histology, chromosomal constitution, and pattern of genomic imprinting, GCTs are classified into five entities. Within the testis, three types of GCTs can be diagnosed: type I (teratomas and yo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Looijenga LH,Gillis AJ,Stoop HJ,Hersmus R,Oosterhuis JW

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Air particulate activity over all of the Northern Hemisphere reached its highest levels since the termination of nuclear weapons testing--sometimes up to 1 million times higher than before the Chernobyl contamination. There were essential changes in the ionic, aerosol, and gas structure of the surface air in the heavi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yablokov AV,Nesterenko VB,Nesterenko AV

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells located in connective tissues are a potent source of vasoactive and inflammatory mediators, such as cytokines. They accumulate in tissues in a wide variety of diseases where their function in most cases in unclear. In this report we provide evidence that rat basophilic leukemia cells (RBLC) cultured with a ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Conti P,Barbacane RC,Trakatellis M,Placido FC,Cataldo I,Reale M

更新日期：1997-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their experience in the surgical treatment of bone deformities in osteogenesis imperfecta, based upon 45 operations in 13 severely affected patients. Three different procedures were used. Fragmentation and temporary fixation by means of a wire does not guarantee a sufficient protection of the bone a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brunelli PC,Frediani P

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer chemoprevention entails the ingestion of dietary or pharmaceutical agents that can prevent, delay, or reverse the process of carcinogenesis. With support provided by the National Cancer Institute, we have been actively engaged in the systematic discovery and characterization of natural chemopreventive agents. T...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pezzuto JM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies showed that exposure of experimental animals to immobilization stress increases colonic motility and that these effects are mediated by release of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), Studies from our laboratory showed that 30-min immobilization stress of rats caused several not previously described ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pothoulakis C,Castagliuolo I,Leeman SE

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulocytic anaplasmosis is a tick-borne, zoonotic disease caused by an obligate intracellular granulocytotropic bacterium, Anaplasma phagocytophilum. A. phagocytophilum and other Anaplasma and Ehrlichia spp. have been variably implicated with an associated hematologic alteration, platelet dysfunction, that can resul...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Borjesson DL,Brazzell JL,Feferman R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Babesia felis, originally identified in wild cats in the Sudan, was subsequently found to cause clinical disease in domestic cats. Although babesiosis in domestic cats has been reported sporadically from various countries, as a significant disease it appears to be a distinctly South African phenomenon. Apart from an i...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Penzhorn BL,Schoeman T,Jacobson LS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Every year thousands of young teenagers are afflicted with different types of cancer and receive gonadotoxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy regimens, causing depletion of germ cells in the gonads and premature gonadal failure. In this review, we discuss and outline the current strategies and the future directions of fe...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Oktem O,Oktay K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (MHC) gene and its isoforms are excellent molecular markers that reflect smooth muscle phenotypes. The SMemb/Nonmuscle Myosin Heavy Chain B (NMHC-B) is a distinct MHC gene expressed predominantly in phenotypically modulated SMCs (synthetic-type SMC). To dissect the molecular mechan...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nagai R,Suzuki T,Aizawa K,Miyamoto S,Amaki T,Kawai-Kowase K,Sekiguchi KI,Kurabayashi M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00