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Multiple Chronic Conditions and Post-Stroke Functional Outcome
(2020)
Stroke is a leading cause of disability in the United States (US) and the number of disabled stroke survivors will rise with the aging population. The aging of the US population will also lead to an increase in the prevalence ...
Neurochemical Biomarkers to Assess Mercury's Health Impacts in Birds.
(2012)
Mercury (Hg) is a neurotoxicant that can be associated with changes in neurochemical receptors and enzymes. The hypothesis tested here is that Hg induces changes in neurochemical biomarkers involved in glutamate and ...
The Oxidative Modification of Mitochondrial Proteins in 1,3-Dinitrobenzene Induced Neurotoxicity.
(2009)
1,3-DNB has widespread use in industry and the military as a chemical intermediate in the development of various plastics, dyes, and explosives. As a result, the production and improper disposal of various DNB-containing ...
Hsp70 chaperone Proteins and their Interactions with Various Drugs as Studied by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
(2011)
Chaperone proteins and their cochaperones are perhaps one of the most intriguing systems for investigation. Ubiquitous in nature, they can be found in every organism and that perhaps is the reason that their sequence shows ...
The Impact of Serotonin Transporter Gene Variation on Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Goal-Directed Cognition
(2011)
In order to enable goal-directed behavior in a dynamically changing environment, the human brain must meet two competing requirements: (1) the goal representations must be stably and robustly maintained in the face of ...
Mimicking partial to total placental insufficiency in a rabbit model of cerebral palsy
(Springer International PublishingWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2022-12)
All placental abruptions begin as partial abruptions, which sometimes manifest as fetal bradycardia. The progression from partial to total abruption was mimicked by a new rabbit model of placental insufficiency, and we ...