Regulation of vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor expression in developing nervous systems.

abstract：:The present study investigates the impact of emotional deficits on implicit and explicit memory for musical stimuli in patients with Alzheimer's disease and elderly depressed patients. Results showed that unlike Alzheimer's patients, depressed patients were unable to develop a positive affective bias of judgment for p...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Quoniam N,Ergis AM,Fossati P,Peretz I,Samson S,Sarazin M,Allilaire JF

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many autoimmune diseases are chronic conditions that progress over the course of years, and are characterized by the presence of autoantibodies that precede the overt disease by months or years. As examples, the presence of two islet cell antibodies (ICA) are associated with a 50% risk of developing diabetes mellitus ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Harel M,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) hormone trials have been widely interpreted as demonstrating that combined menopausal hormone therapy (HT) fails to protect against-and may increase-cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke, and dementia in menopausal women, regardless of whether initiated early in the menopause or late...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Harman SM,Naftolin F,Brinton EA,Judelson DR

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 13 patients with unilateral peripheral vestibular lesions following removal of acoustic neurinomas. The time constant of the VOR after surgery was 6.4 +/- 2.6 seconds (normal is 18.5 +/- 7.7 seconds). The time constant of OKAN after surgery was 7.2 +/- 1.8 seconds (normal is 11.3 +/- 3.2 seconds). The mean ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hain TC,Zee DS

更新日期：1992-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:As the second synapse in the central gustatory pathway of the rodent, the parabrachial nucleus of the pons (PbN) receives information about taste stimuli directly from the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS). Data show that NTS cells amplify taste responses before transmitting taste-related signals to the PbN. NTS cel...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Di Lorenzo PM,Platt D,Victor JD

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantitative analysis of nerve growth dynamics is critical to our understanding of nerve development and regeneration, but only recently has a quantitative framework begun to emerge to help define key objectives and to direct experimental measurements towards achieving this goal. Conceptually, the framework center...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Buettner HM

更新日期：1994-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify rate and stability of remission induced by low-dose prednisone comedication in early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we evaluated patients with early RA (<1 year) who were randomized to receive (P) or not (non-P) low-dose prednisone in association with step-up disease-modifying antirheumatic drug thera...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Todoerti M,Scirè CA,Boffini N,Bugatti S,Montecucco C,Caporali R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians have used various forms of antipyretic therapy since antiquity to lower the temperature of febrile patients. Nevertheless, it has yet to be determined whether the benefits of antipyretic therapy outweigh its risks. It is not known, for example, if core temperatures encountered during the febrile state ever ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mackowiak PA,Plaisance KI

更新日期：1998-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The overall goal of this study is to unravel the role(s) played by glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in the fate of spermatogonial stem cells. There is great interest in the biology of spermatogonial stem cells, or A(single) spermatogonia, because of their importance in the treatment of infertility, t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Braydich-Stolle L,Nolan C,Dym M,Hofmann MC

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) by human primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC) is abnormal. Concanavalin A (Con A)-affinity molecular variant patterns of serum AFP from patients with PHC are different from those of cord-serum AFP. Different patients with PHC exhibit different Con-A-affinity AFP molecular var...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Smith CJ,Ajdukiewicz A,Kelleher PC

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of obesity is rapidly increasing in the United States, particularly among women. Approximately 60-70% of hypertension in adults may be directly attributed to obesity. In addition, maternal obesity is a major risk factor for hypertensive disorders during pregnancy. The underlying mechanisms for the assoc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fu Q

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotional or physical stress triggers Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in postmenopausal females, which is characterized by an elevation of the ST segment in the electrocardiogram (ECG) and left ventricular apical ballooning in the left ventriculogram (LVG). Immobilization stress (IMO) of rats can reproduce these ECG and LVG...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ueyama T

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate and breast cancer are hormone-dependent malignancies of the aging male and female and require the local production of androgens and estrogens to stimulate cell proliferation. Aldo-keto reductases (AKR) play key roles in this process. In the prostate, AKR1C3 (type 5 17beta-HSD) reduces Delta(4)-androstene-3,17...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Penning TM,Byrns MC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of ExoMars are to inject an orbiter around Mars and to land a rover on the surface to look for possible traces of life. During the first stages of the feasibility analysis, the mass margin of the orbiter was very small for a direct transfer in the Soyuz/Fregat scenario. An analysis of the combined use o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gil-Fernández J,Van Damme CC,Graziano M,Amata GB,Cogo F,Perino MA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All blood cells are derived from multipotent stem cells, the so-called hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), that in adults reside in the bone marrow. Most types of blood cells also develop there, with the notable exception of T lymphocytes that develop in the thymus. For both HSCs and developing T cells, interactions with...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Roozen PP,Brugman MH,Staal FJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to that in adults, hypertension in children is frequently amenable to surgical therapy. With advancing techniques in imaging, surgery, and anesthesia, the outcomes of surgery are excellent for children with endocrine tumors causing hypertension. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Newman KD,Ponsky T

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:Activation of cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels represents the final step in the transduction pathways in both vision and olfaction. Over the past several years, CNG channels have been found in a variety of other cell types where they might fulfill various physiological functions. The olfactory and photoreceptor ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Broillet MC,Firestein S

更新日期：1999-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Young songbirds memorize a tutor song and use the memory trace as a template to shape their own song by auditory feedback. Major issues in birdsong research include the neural sites and mechanisms for song memory and auditory feedback. The brain song control system contains neurons with both premotor and auditory func...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Konishi M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) results from excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH), and catabolic and anabolic effects of PTH on bone may lead to overall deleterious effects on skeleton. The aim of this study was to analyze the changes in lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with PHPT who ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lumachi F,Camozzi V,Ermani M,Nardi A,Luisetto G

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NFkappaB factor Bcl-3 influences the survival of T cells when they are activated to take part in immune responses. Because treatment of mice with adjuvant results in the increased expression of Bcl-3 in T cells, where it has survival-promoting effects, Bcl-3 may be an important, limiting factor that is supplied to...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mitchell TC,Thompson BS,Trent JO,Casella CR

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The newborn's immune system grows fast from a small size at birth by exposure primarily to the intestinal microflora normally obtained from the mother at and after birth. While building up its immune system, the infant is supported by the transplacental IgG antibodies, which also contain anti-idiotypic antibodies, pos...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hanson LA,Korotkova M,Lundin S,Håversen L,Silfverdal SA,Mattsby-Baltzer I,Strandvik B,Telemo E

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As insulin is a major autoantigen in autoimmune diabetes and because the insulin gene region locus in humans has been linked to diabetes risk, we have bred insulin gene knockouts onto the NOD mouse. Mice differ from humans in terms that they express two nonallelic genes of insulin. Insulin 2 is the murine homologue of...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Paronen J,Moriyama H,Abiru N,Sikora K,Melanitou E,Babu S,Bao F,Liu E,Miao D,Eisenbarth GS

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-lived proteins undergo age-related postsynthetic modifications by glycation and advanced glycation end products (AGEs), which destabilize them by altering their conformation and charge. It was accidentally discovered that ornithine (orn) increased with age in acid hydrolyzates of human skin collagen and lens crys...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sell DR,Monnier VM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesothelium is the simple squamous epithelium covering all abdominal organs and the coeloms in which those organs reside. While the structural characteristics of this cell type were documented a century ago, its potential in development, disease, and wound healing is only now becoming apparent. In the embryo, mesothel...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Shelton EL,Bader DM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contemporary world faces an unprecedented environmental challenge. Past international research has amply shown that we cannot afford to wait for a "development path" that automatically takes us on a sustainable future. Whether we look at global or local problems, the international debate increasingly points to the...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Magnani E

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Masting, the highly variable and synchronous production of seeds across a population of perennial plants, is an ecologically important, but still poorly understood, phenomenon. While much is known about the fitness benefits of masting and its effects on seed consumers and trophic interactions, less is understood about...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Crone EE,Rapp JM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The free radical theory of aging proposes that oxidative stress is one of the determinants of an organism's life span. In Caenorhabditis elegans, genetic or environmental changes have been shown to modulate life span. Here we discuss whether changes in the generation and destruction of free radicals are implicated in ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Honda Y,Honda S

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：:This study investigates the effects of agmatine on naloxone-precipitated withdrawal syndrome in morphine-dependent guinea pig ileum. Male guinea pigs that were starved for 24 hours were decapitated after cervical dislocation, and terminal portions of the ilea were removed. Segments were fixed at a resting tension of 1...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Aricioglu F,Ercil E,Dulger G

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00