VIP neuroprotection against excitotoxic lesions of the developing mouse brain.

abstract：:In recent years, vitamin D has been received increased attention due to the resurgence of vitamin D deficiency and rickets in developed countries and the identification of extraskeletal effects of vitamin D, suggesting unexpected benefits of vitamin D in health and disease, beyond bone health. The possibility of extra...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Christakos S,Hewison M,Gardner DG,Wagner CL,Sergeev IN,Rutten E,Pittas AG,Boland R,Ferrucci L,Bikle DD

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As illustrated in Figure 1, a disturbance of the intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis is thought to be a common pathogenic factor for the generation of secondary nerve cell damage that develops after brain trauma or stroke or during the course of neurodegenerative diseases. A neuronal Ca2+ overload which may result from an ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schubert P,Ogata T,Marchini C,Ferroni S,Rudolphi K

更新日期：1997-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The large-scale differential gene expression in lymphomononuclear cells of six patients with recently diagnosed type), and six normal individuals matched to patients for sex and age were studied. Glass slides containing 4608 cDNAs from the IMAGE library were spotted using robotic technology. Statistical analysis was c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rassi DM,Junta CM,Fachin AL,Sandrin-Garcia P,Mello S,Marques MM,Fernandes AP,Foss-Freitas MC,Foss MC,Sakamoto-Hojo ET,Passos GA,Donadi EA

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In all patients and volunteers, the levels of immunoreactive SP measured in saliva were about 100 times higher than the levels measured in plasma. SP per mg protein was consistently lower in both plasma and saliva of chronic pain patients than in healthy volunteers. These findings suggest that a simple noninvasive obj...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Parris WC,Sastry BV,Kambam JR,Naukam RJ,Johnson BW

更新日期：1993-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Premenstrual syndrome is a collection of symptoms that may be encountered by up to 95% of the population, although it is estimated to affect 5% of women severely. The use of complementary and alternative therapies is high among this group, but does not seem to compromise conventional treatment. It has been established...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Domoney CL,Vashisht A,Studd JW

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional profiling and functional genomics experiments using E11.5 metanephros organ cultures from Ahr(-/-) and Ahr(+/+) have shown that aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) transcription factor is involved in the regulation of mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition (MET) during nephrogenesis. This response is mediate...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ramos KS

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research on development of the Xenopus olfactory bulb from our laboratory has shown that mitral cells begin to differentiate after olfactory axons make contact with the olfactory bulb, and the number of olfactory axons is correlated with the number of mitral cells throughout development. In embryos, removal o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Burd GD,Sein V

更新日期：1998-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that red wines have antioxidant properties owing to the presence of polyphenols and hydroxycinnamates. It has been reported that these compounds are efficient scavengers of peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)). We assayed the ONOO(-)-scavenging activity of plant polyphenols, hydroxycinnamates, and red wines using a flu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Valdez LB,Actis-Goretta L,Boveris A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are used to thinking of mathematics as a symbolic activity. Here I argue that it may also be seen as a performative one. Making an analogy with music, I draw attention to the ways in which mathematics may not only be written down but also played out. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wertheim M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this short review, we have described studies that have identified Arg415 in the Ca2+ release channel as a residue that influences channel sensitivity to Ca2+ induced Ca2+ release, rate of Ca2+ release, and channel closing. We have also described studies that confirm Dr. Numa's predictions that residues 4246-4267, 4...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： MacLennan DH,Chen SR

更新日期：1993-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of music perception and cognition is one of the oldest topics in experimental psychology. The last 20 years have seen an increased interest in understanding the functional neuroanatomy of music processing in humans, using a variety of technologies including fMRI, PET, ERP, MEG, and lesion studies. We review ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Levitin DJ,Tirovolas AK

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of type 1 diabetes is, in part, dictated by the failure of regulatory T cells to maintain peripheral tolerance. As such, therapies aimed at correcting the declining function of regulatory T cells have been the subject of intense investigation. In this review, we discuss the potential of regulatory T ce...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Richer MJ,Horwitz MS

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensive literature and the work from our laboratory illustrate the large number of complex processes affected by estrogen that might contribute to the striking ability of 17-beta estradiol (E2) and its derivatives to inhibit clinical and histological signs of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in mi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Offner H,Polanczyk M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature and regulation of juvenile hormone (JH) biosynthesis have been investigated in isolated corpora allata (CA) of adult males and females, and larvae of the tomato moth Lacanobia oleracea (Noctuidae). Larval CA (Vth day 1 to VIth day 1) appear to synthesize JH at very low rates (< 0.5 fmol/pr/h). This synthesi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Audsley N,Weaver RJ,Edwards JP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF-I receptor (IGF-IR), despite their well-known roles in cell survival and proliferation, can also weakly enhance apoptosis. To study the relationships between the IGF-IR and Bax as well as Bak, 144 cases of colorectal cancer were examined by immunohistochemistry, using the a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Koda M,Reszec J,Sulkowska M,Kanczuga-Koda L,Sulkowski S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Citizen soldiers (National Guard and Reserves) represent approximately 40% of the two million armed forces deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. Twenty-five to forty percent of them develop PTSD, clinical depression, sleep disturbances, or suicidal thoughts. Upon returning home, many encounter additional stresses and hurd...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Greden JF,Valenstein M,Spinner J,Blow A,Gorman LA,Dalack GW,Marcus S,Kees M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of computer-controlled artificial hearts, kidneys, and lungs, as well as the possibility of implanting human embryos in ex vivo uterus models or an artificial endometrium, presents new perspectives for creating an artificial uterus. Survival rates have also improved, with fetuses surviving from as ear...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bulletti C,Palagiano A,Pace C,Cerni A,Borini A,de Ziegler D

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary psychology seeks to understand the functional design underlying psychological processes and behavior. Theories of selection pressures developed within evolutionary biology are key components of this understanding. Because past selection pressures responsible for current design cannot be directly observed,...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gangestad SW

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful introduction of nucleic acids into mammalian neurons has revolutionized the analyses of gene regulation and cellular function. Various methods, including viral infection, have been developed to introduce plasmid DNA into primary neuronal cultures. However, transfection of primary cultures of neurons using t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Anji A,Shaik KA,Kumari M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latent chronic ascorbic acid deficiency provokes in guinea pigs a metabolic disorder in the liver, causing an impaired cholesterol transformation to its principal catabolic product, bile acids. This metabolic disorder induces hypercholesterolemia and accumulation of cholesterol in the liver and slows the release of ch...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ginter E

更新日期：1975-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have reported an association between exposure to childhood abuse or neglect and alterations in brain structure or function. One limitation of these studies is that they are correlational and do not provide evidence of a cause-effect relationship. Preclinical studies on the effects of exposure to early l...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Teicher MH,Tomoda A,Andersen SL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisense oligonucleotides (AON) are being developed for a wide array of therapeutic applications. Significant improvements in their serum stability, target affinity, and safety profile have been achieved with the development of chemically modified oligonucleotides. Here, we compared 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-beta-D-arabinon...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ferrari N,Bergeron D,Tedeschi AL,Mangos MM,Paquet L,Renzi PM,Damha MJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza remains one of the most important causes of respiratory infection despite the widespread availability of vaccines. As effective vaccines against influenza principally rely on the induction of strain-specific neutralizing antibodies for their protective efficacy, drifted escape mutants and genetically reassor...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Chiu C,Wrammert J,Li GM,McCausland M,Wilson PC,Ahmed R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discrepancy between dynamical mass measures of objects such as galaxies and the observed distribution of luminous matter in the universe is typically explained by invoking an unseen "dark matter" component. Dark matter must necessarily be nonbaryonic. We introduce a simple hypothesis to do away with the necessity ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kinney WH,Brisudova M

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we have utilized the transglutaminase (TGase) enzyme to modify the primary structure of VIP with diaminopropane (DAP) at the level of the Gln16. We have investigated the conformational stability of VIP and VIP-DAP in solution by limited proteolysis experiments. The VIP-DAP appears to be more resi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Caraglia M,Dicitore A,Giuberti G,Cassese D,Lepretti M,Cartenì M,Abbruzzese A,Stiuso P

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Guillain Barré syndromes (GBS) are the world's leading cause of acute autoimmune neuromuscular paralysis. Understanding the pathophysiological events of GBS, and improving immunotherapies are fundamental to improving the clinical outcome. Recent research into GBS and the Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) variant has fo...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Willison HJ,Plomp JJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our studies have indicated that normal human placental cytosol contains a complex mixture of nucleoside kinase enzymes, some of which conform to previously characterized activities. Deoxyadenosine is phosphorylated by deoxycytidine kinase, adenosine kinase, and two as yet uncharacterized activities. Deoxyguanosine pho...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hurley MC,Fox IH

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:The molecular basis of human bitter taste perception is an area of intense research. Only 25 G protein-coupled receptors belonging to the hTAS2R gene family face the challenge to detect thousands of structurally different bitter compounds, most of which are plant metabolites. Since many natural bitter compounds are hi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Behrens M,Reichling C,Batram C,Brockhoff A,Meyerhof W

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that hepatocytes show the different morphology depending on the surface condition of cultural substratum. The cells form a floating cell-aggregate called spheroid on proteoglycan-coated or positively charged dishes. The liver cell functions are generally high and maintained for the long-term in the spheroi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kamihira M,Yamada K,Hamamoto R,Iijima S

更新日期：1997-12-31 00:00:00