The avian song system in comparative perspective.

abstract：:Molecular genetics teaches three lessons relevant to the nature of genetic change during evolution: (1) Genomes are organized as hierarchies of composite systems (multidomain protein-coding sequences; functional loci made up of regulatory, coding, processing, and intervening sequences; and multilocus regulons and repl...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Shapiro JA

更新日期：1999-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural systems harbor complex interactions that are fundamental parts of ecology and evolution. These interactions challenge our inclinations and training to seek the simplest explanations of patterns in nature. Not least is the likelihood that some complex processes might be missed when their patterns look similar t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kinnison MT,Hairston NG Jr,Hendry AP

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium-dependent activator protein for secretion (CAPS) was initially identified in brain cytosol based on its ability to reconstitute calcium-triggered dense-core vesicle (DCV) exocytosis in permeable cell lines (PC12) of adrenal chromaffin origin. Current evidence indicates that CAPS functions selectively in DCV ex...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wassenberg JJ,Martin TF

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper represents a unique effort to elucidate the dynamics of two major types of politically motivated hostage takers. The data presented are derived from an ongoing research project that is gathering extensive interview and psychological test materials from prisoners convicted of politically motivated crimes, bo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Knutson JN

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) infection is characterized by increased immune cell apoptosis. Apoptosis can be triggered by signals that arise from within the cell, or by signals that are elicited by binding of extracellular "death ligands" to their "death receptors," most of which belong to the tumor nec...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pinti M,Nasi M,Moretti L,Mussini C,Petrusca D,Esposito R,Cossarizza A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of mtDNA types common to Asians and Amerinds (types A, B, C, and D) forced investigators to search for those nations of Asia which, though not considered the ancestors of the Amerinds, have retained a close genetic resemblance with them. We collected samples and studied the gene pools of the Turkic-speak...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zakharov IA,Derenko MV,Maliarchuk BA,Dambueva IK,Dorzhu CM,Rychkov SY

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cervico-ocular reflex (COR), which depends on proprioceptive afferents from neck muscles to the vestibular nucleus, makes little contribution to the stabilization of gaze in humans. If labyrinthine function is lost because of disease, however, the COR may increase in gain and assume greater importance in generatin...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Carmona S,Nieto D

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-17-producing helper T (Th17) cells serve as a Th subset involved in epithelial cell- and neutrophil-mediated immune responses against extracellular microbes and in the development of various autoimmune diseases. The differentiation of Th17 cells is controlled by a number of intracellular signaling cas...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nagai S,Kurebayashi Y,Koyasu S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is caused by postzygotic somatic activating mutations of GNAS and is classically characterized by the clinical triad of peripheral precocious puberty, café-au-lait pigmentation, and polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. It can also present with other hyperfunctioning endocrinopathies, including...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chatty P,Khattab A,Marshall I

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：:Asbestos contamination of relatively contained environments within structures can occur under many conditions and in association with various activities. Such contamination persists and can potentially expose all structure users. The more significant contamination levels are associated with disturbance of friable asbe...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sawyer RN

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review here evidence that a large portion of the caudomedial telencephalon of songbirds, distinct from the song control circuit, is involved in the perceptual processing of birdsong. When songbirds hear song, a number of caudomedial pallial areas are activated, as revealed by expression of the activity-dependent ge...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mello CV,Velho TA,Pinaud R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in postmenopausal women have reported that estrogen treatment (ET) modulates the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease (AD). It has recently been hypothesized that there may be a "critical period" around the time of menopause during which the prescription of ET may reduce the risk of developing AD i...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Craig MC,Murphy DG

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary objective of this review is to suggest a major role of cytogenetic pathology in the genesis of both the neoplastic phenotype and the senescent phenotype of aging mammalian organisms. It is hypothesized that allelic variation at a number of genetic loci that have the potential to modulate various types of c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Martin GM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted an experimental study of the interaction and coalescence of two drops (of the same fluid) or bubbles translating under the action of buoyancy in a cylindrical tube. The close approach of two Newtonian fluid particles of different size in a non-Newtonian continuous phase was examined using image analysis, ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Al-Matroushi E,Borhan A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Child maltreatment (CM) not only has detrimental and lifelong psychological consequences, but also can lead to lasting alterations in core physiological systems--a biological memory of CM. Furthermore, some of these alterations might even be transmitted to the next generation. This article describes current knowledge ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schury K,Kolassa IT

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantum dots (QDs) are fluorescent nanocrystals that are emerging as fine alternatives to the conventional organic dyes. They have several advantages including greater photostability and a wider range of excitation-emission wavelengths. By using mortalin staining as a model, we initially demonstrated that the QDs are ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kaul Z,Yaguchi T,Chiura HX,Kaul SC,Wadhwa R

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wide use of ABPM has resulted in greater appreciation of the circadian time structure of BP variability and its clinical relevance. It is now recognized that the day-night change in BP results from an interplay of circadian rhythms in neurohumoral mechanisms coupled with temporal patterns in physical activity and ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Smolensky MH,Portaluppi F

更新日期：1996-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoblast-specific gene transcription requires interaction between bone cell-specific transcription factors and more widely expressed transcriptional regulators. This is particularly evident for the basic domain-leucine zipper factor activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4), whose activity can be enhanced or inhibite...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： St-Arnaud R,Hekmatnejad B

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression levels of GAP-43 and MAP-2, two proteins involved, respectively, in axonal and dendritic remodeling, in control adult (11 months), old (24 months), and vitamin E-deficient (11 months) rats were evaluated. mRNA levels were determined by means of a quantitative in situ hybridization procedure in subregion...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Casoli T,Di Stefano G,Delfino A,Fattoretti P,Bertoni-Freddari C

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 90% of all cancer deaths arise from metastasis formation. Hence, understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying tumor progression, local invasion, and the formation of tumor metastases represents one of the great challenges in exploratory cancer research. Recent experimental results indicate that chan...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cavallaro U,Christofori G

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relaxin (RLX) has antifibrotic effects in a number of tissues. Many of these effects are similar to those induced by the activators of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma), raising the possibility that a mechanism for RLX's antifibrotic effects may involve activation of the PPARgamma pathway. T...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Singh S,Bennett RG

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a rare hereditary disease characterized by recurrent transient ischemic attacks, strokes, and vascular dementia. Various mutations in the Notch3 gene cause the disease, whereas the mechanism of how they cause the di...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Abe K,Murakami T,Matsubara E,Manabe Y,Nagano I,Shoji M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) is a main actor in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), interacting with other molecules in complex mechanisms. The neuroendocrine system is known to be involved and Chromogranin A (CHGA) serum levels are elevated in patients with RA. We evaluated the effect of the sele...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： di Comite G,Marinosci A,Di Matteo P,Manfredi A,Rovere-Querini P,Baldissera E,Aiello P,Corti A,Sabbadini MG

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, several rickettsioses are officially being reported in the Russian Federation. These are epidemic typhus and Brill-Zinsser disease, both caused by Rickettsia prowazekii which has a historic prevalence in Russia. Nowadays only single sporadic cases of R. prowazekii infection are reported. The last significan...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tarasevich IV,Mediannikov OY

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frozen-hydrated microtubules have been studied by cryoelectron microscopy. We have described some structural features of microtubules, their relationship with the computed or X ray diffraction patterns, and the influence of the contrast transfer function. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mandelkow E,Mandelkow EM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory stimulation via rhythmic cues can be used successfully in the rehabilitation of motor function in patients with motor disorders. A prototypical example is provided by dysfunctional gait in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). Coupling steps to external rhythmic cues (the beat of music or the sou...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bella SD,Benoit CE,Farrugia N,Schwartze M,Kotz SA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial protein, staphylocoagulase, binds stoichiometrically to human prothrombin resulting in a coagulant complex, staphylothrombin. The enzymatic properties of staphylothrombin differ from those of alpha-thrombin in their substrate specificities toward natural and synthetic substrates, in addition to their interac...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kawabata S,Morita T,Miyata T,Kaida S,Igarashi H,Iwanaga S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic exposure to arsenic causes health problems, including peripheral neuropathy. Oxidative stress is one of the mechanisms underlying arsenic-induced neurotoxicity. For this report, we studied the protective effect of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on arsenic-induced oxidative injury in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) explants...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chao PL,Fan SF,Chou YH,Lin AM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the evidence for oxidative stress for air pollution in the human lung is fragmentary, the hypothesis that oxidative stress is an important, if not the sole, mechanism of toxicity of oxidizing air pollutants and tobacco smoke is compelling and growing. First, biochemical mechanisms have been worked out for oxi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Menzel DB

更新日期：1992-09-30 00:00:00