Transglutaminase Is Linked to Neurodegenerative Diseases
... Transglutaminase catalyzes a covalent bond between peptidebound glutamine residues and either lysine-bound peptide residues or mono- or polyamines. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that transglutaminase is involved in neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer disease, progressive supranuclear ...
... Transglutaminase catalyzes a covalent bond between peptidebound glutamine residues and either lysine-bound peptide residues or mono- or polyamines. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that transglutaminase is involved in neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer disease, progressive supranuclear ...
PowerPoint Chapter 11
... PATIENT-CONTROLLED ANALGESIA • Used when a continuous infusion of opioids is required • Pump is calibrated to ordered dose and frequency • Patient is able to self-administer pain medication by pushing control button • Pump can be programmed to deliver an hourly rate ...
... PATIENT-CONTROLLED ANALGESIA • Used when a continuous infusion of opioids is required • Pump is calibrated to ordered dose and frequency • Patient is able to self-administer pain medication by pushing control button • Pump can be programmed to deliver an hourly rate ...
On real-world temporal pattern recognition using Liquid State
... The world around us is extremely dynamic, everything changes continuously over time. Whether it’s growth, development or just plain physics, we’re surrounded with change. Nature equipped us very well to deal with it. We’re brilliant at detecting and coping with these changes, even as they do occur o ...
... The world around us is extremely dynamic, everything changes continuously over time. Whether it’s growth, development or just plain physics, we’re surrounded with change. Nature equipped us very well to deal with it. We’re brilliant at detecting and coping with these changes, even as they do occur o ...
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... pieces in the best compromise possible. For example, at the columnar level, the primary visual cortex represents not only the positions of stimuli on the retina but also the orientations of line segments. Durbin and Mitchison (1990) showed that when this three-dimensional stimulus space is reduced o ...
... pieces in the best compromise possible. For example, at the columnar level, the primary visual cortex represents not only the positions of stimuli on the retina but also the orientations of line segments. Durbin and Mitchison (1990) showed that when this three-dimensional stimulus space is reduced o ...
notes - UK Research - University of Kentucky
... The level of anesthesia should be limited to the induction of the minimal degree of CNS depression necessary for performing the procedure. When an injectable anesthetic agent is used, drug dose calculation should be based on body weight and age. Because of the wide variation within and among species ...
... The level of anesthesia should be limited to the induction of the minimal degree of CNS depression necessary for performing the procedure. When an injectable anesthetic agent is used, drug dose calculation should be based on body weight and age. Because of the wide variation within and among species ...
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... view of an episodic memory system, experiments with rodents promote its role as a spatial cognitive system. Although there is abundant evidence pointing to an overlap between these two theories, the dissociation is sustained by conflicting physiological data. This thesis proposes that the functional ...
... view of an episodic memory system, experiments with rodents promote its role as a spatial cognitive system. Although there is abundant evidence pointing to an overlap between these two theories, the dissociation is sustained by conflicting physiological data. This thesis proposes that the functional ...
What`s in the Pipeline: New HIV Drugs
... Twenty-five years into the global HIV pandemic, 40 million people are living with the virus and some 25 million have died. According to UNAIDS, five million people were newly infected last year and 3.1 million died. By the end of 2005, according to the World Health Organization, about 1.3 million H ...
... Twenty-five years into the global HIV pandemic, 40 million people are living with the virus and some 25 million have died. According to UNAIDS, five million people were newly infected last year and 3.1 million died. By the end of 2005, according to the World Health Organization, about 1.3 million H ...
Developmental structure in brain evolution
... Jerison’s (1973; 1991) analysis of the allometric relationship between body size and brain size established many of the core assumptions and analytical methods subsequently used to investigate structural brain evolution. Brain size increases with body size at a characteristic exponential rate. The r ...
... Jerison’s (1973; 1991) analysis of the allometric relationship between body size and brain size established many of the core assumptions and analytical methods subsequently used to investigate structural brain evolution. Brain size increases with body size at a characteristic exponential rate. The r ...
Trigeminal neuralgia due to pontine infarction: A case report
... narrow apposition of demyelinated axons and an absence of intervening glial processes. A juxtaposition of axons and foci of nerve root demyelination have been demonstrated also in multiple sclerosis patients with trigeminal neuralgia [1-5]. Experimental studies indicate that these arrangements favou ...
... narrow apposition of demyelinated axons and an absence of intervening glial processes. A juxtaposition of axons and foci of nerve root demyelination have been demonstrated also in multiple sclerosis patients with trigeminal neuralgia [1-5]. Experimental studies indicate that these arrangements favou ...
Homologous Neurons and their Locomotor Functions in Nudibranch
... during the course of evolution than the periphery (Bramble and Wake, 1985; Wainwright and Lauder, 1986; Lauder and Shaffer, 1988; Sanderson, 1988; Goslow et al., 1989; Wainwright, 1989; Wainwright et al., 1989; Kavanau, 1990; Arbas et al., 1991; Edwards and Palka, 1991; Paul, 1991; Katz and Tazaki, ...
... during the course of evolution than the periphery (Bramble and Wake, 1985; Wainwright and Lauder, 1986; Lauder and Shaffer, 1988; Sanderson, 1988; Goslow et al., 1989; Wainwright, 1989; Wainwright et al., 1989; Kavanau, 1990; Arbas et al., 1991; Edwards and Palka, 1991; Paul, 1991; Katz and Tazaki, ...
Vioxx
... 5. What should I do if I am currently taking Vioxx? The risk that an individual patient will suffer a heart attack or stroke related to Vioxx is very small. We encourage people taking Vioxx to contact their physician to discuss discontinuing use of Vioxx and alternative treatments. Any decision abou ...
... 5. What should I do if I am currently taking Vioxx? The risk that an individual patient will suffer a heart attack or stroke related to Vioxx is very small. We encourage people taking Vioxx to contact their physician to discuss discontinuing use of Vioxx and alternative treatments. Any decision abou ...
Characterization of a gastrointestinal tract microscale cell culture
... development process (Agres, 2005). Two preliminary methods commonly used to determine the toxicological and pharmacological profiles of potential drugs are in vitro cell cultures and animal models. Single cell type, monolayer cell cultures cannot measure the systemic changes caused by the compound o ...
... development process (Agres, 2005). Two preliminary methods commonly used to determine the toxicological and pharmacological profiles of potential drugs are in vitro cell cultures and animal models. Single cell type, monolayer cell cultures cannot measure the systemic changes caused by the compound o ...
Reference frames for representing the location of visual and tactile
... is unlikely to hold for all neurons and for all eye positions. Indeed, bimodal cells showed the same broad distribution of visual RF types, from head- to eye-centered encoding, as the general population of VIP cells (Fig. 3). Tactile RFs were exclusively head-centered, and therefore only a subset of ...
... is unlikely to hold for all neurons and for all eye positions. Indeed, bimodal cells showed the same broad distribution of visual RF types, from head- to eye-centered encoding, as the general population of VIP cells (Fig. 3). Tactile RFs were exclusively head-centered, and therefore only a subset of ...
Fig. 1 - BioImpacts
... (NSs)/nanoconjugates (NCs), biomacromolecualr scaffolds, and bioengineered cell therapies need to be further advanced to get better compliance and higher clinical impacts. Conclusion: Despite mankind successful battle on ocular diseases, our challenge will continue to battle the ocular disease that ...
... (NSs)/nanoconjugates (NCs), biomacromolecualr scaffolds, and bioengineered cell therapies need to be further advanced to get better compliance and higher clinical impacts. Conclusion: Despite mankind successful battle on ocular diseases, our challenge will continue to battle the ocular disease that ...
13: Skin - Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
... - Yellow soft paraffin (yellow petroleum jelly): apply as often as required. Prescribing notes ...
... - Yellow soft paraffin (yellow petroleum jelly): apply as often as required. Prescribing notes ...
In vivo and in vitro studies on drug metabolism and
... The in vivo studies were carried out as randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind crossover studies in 9-12 healthy volunteers. After pretreatment with an active drug or a placebo, followed by a single oral dose of the studied compound, blood samples were taken at fixed time intervals for kinetic ...
... The in vivo studies were carried out as randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind crossover studies in 9-12 healthy volunteers. After pretreatment with an active drug or a placebo, followed by a single oral dose of the studied compound, blood samples were taken at fixed time intervals for kinetic ...
Extracellular Glutamate, Glutamine, and GABA in the Hippocampus
... Epilepsy, a disorder characterized by repeated unprovoked seizures, affects 1-3% of the population (1). Epilepsy is broadly classified as localization-related or generalized, depending on whether it originates in one hemisphere or involves the cortex bilaterally, respectively. Epilepsy can be furthe ...
... Epilepsy, a disorder characterized by repeated unprovoked seizures, affects 1-3% of the population (1). Epilepsy is broadly classified as localization-related or generalized, depending on whether it originates in one hemisphere or involves the cortex bilaterally, respectively. Epilepsy can be furthe ...
Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Encode a Quantitative Reward
... error. Importantly, however, systems of this type do not necessarily account for all of the behavior produced by all animals under all circumstances. If an animal faces an environment in which a strategy of alternating sequentially between two responses yields a reward on every trial, then the outpu ...
... error. Importantly, however, systems of this type do not necessarily account for all of the behavior produced by all animals under all circumstances. If an animal faces an environment in which a strategy of alternating sequentially between two responses yields a reward on every trial, then the outpu ...
Neurocognitive development in socioeconomic context: Multiple
... less specialization in the left inferior frontal gyrus during a phonological awareness task (Raizada et al., 2008). The effects of childhood SES may carry over into adulthood, as shown in one study that found that, in response to syntactic violations, adults who grew up in lower SES environments exh ...
... less specialization in the left inferior frontal gyrus during a phonological awareness task (Raizada et al., 2008). The effects of childhood SES may carry over into adulthood, as shown in one study that found that, in response to syntactic violations, adults who grew up in lower SES environments exh ...
Chapter 2: Nerve Cells and Nerve Impulses
... 5. Prior to the work of Santiago Ramon y Cajal, what did many investigators believe? a. Nerves conducted impulses at the speed of light. b. Transmission across a synapse was just as fast as transmission along an axon. c. The tip of an axon physically merged with the next neuron. d. All neurons were ...
... 5. Prior to the work of Santiago Ramon y Cajal, what did many investigators believe? a. Nerves conducted impulses at the speed of light. b. Transmission across a synapse was just as fast as transmission along an axon. c. The tip of an axon physically merged with the next neuron. d. All neurons were ...
Side Effects of Anabolic Androgenic Steroids
... mainly due to life-threatening health risks with potential fatal outcome and cases of uncertain limitations of criminal liability after steroid administration. Both problems are typically associated with long-term abuse and excessive overdose of anabolic steroids. Side effects may be due to direct g ...
... mainly due to life-threatening health risks with potential fatal outcome and cases of uncertain limitations of criminal liability after steroid administration. Both problems are typically associated with long-term abuse and excessive overdose of anabolic steroids. Side effects may be due to direct g ...
Sensitization of the Trigeminal Sensory System During Different
... Objectives.—To determine if the sensitization of the trigeminal system changes after dural activation of the trigeminal nerve during different stages of the rat estrous cycle. Background.—The specific mechanisms through which ovarian hormones trigger menstrual migraine are currently unknown. Past an ...
... Objectives.—To determine if the sensitization of the trigeminal system changes after dural activation of the trigeminal nerve during different stages of the rat estrous cycle. Background.—The specific mechanisms through which ovarian hormones trigger menstrual migraine are currently unknown. Past an ...
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... Bortezomib is a covalent, slowly reversible inhibitor that primarily targets the chymotrypsin-like activity of the proteasome (7). Bortezomib has proven efficacious as a single agent in multiple myeloma (8) and some forms of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL; refs. 9, 10). The cellular mechanism(s) respon ...
... Bortezomib is a covalent, slowly reversible inhibitor that primarily targets the chymotrypsin-like activity of the proteasome (7). Bortezomib has proven efficacious as a single agent in multiple myeloma (8) and some forms of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL; refs. 9, 10). The cellular mechanism(s) respon ...
IV. Model Application: the UAV Autonomous Learning in Unknown
... various cognitive functions such as action selection and reinforcement learning [1-4, 6]. The basal ganglia do not perform these cognitive tasks alone. When selecting actions or performing a reinforcement learning task, the basal ganglia need to work together with their main input from the cortex an ...
... various cognitive functions such as action selection and reinforcement learning [1-4, 6]. The basal ganglia do not perform these cognitive tasks alone. When selecting actions or performing a reinforcement learning task, the basal ganglia need to work together with their main input from the cortex an ...