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Differences in fat and muscle mass associated with a functional human polymorphism in a post-transcriptional BMP2 gene regulatory element
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-08-15)
A classic morphogen, bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) regulates the differentiation of pluripotent mesenchymal cells. High BMP2 levels promote osteogenesis or chondrogenesis and low levels promote adipogenesis. BMP2 ...
Striatal interneurons and reward prediction errors (Commentary on Apicella et al. )
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009-08)
Contrast sensitivity in Parkinson's disease patients with subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-04-15)
This study examined whether deep brain stimulation (DBS) would affect the contrast sensitivity (CS) curve in patients with PD. CS was tested in 12 nondemented PD patients treated with bilateral subthalamic nucleus DBS on ...
Dysautonomia rating scales in Parkinson's disease: Sialorrhea, dysphagia, and constipation—
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-04-15)
Upper and lower gastrointestinal dysautonomia symptoms (GIDS)—sialorrhea, dysphagia, and constipation are common in Parkinson's disease (PD) and often socially as well as physically disabling for patients. Available invasive ...
Frontal plane ankle proprioceptive thresholds and unipedal balance
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-02)
Reliable unipedal balance is fundamental to safe ambulation. Accordingly, older persons with peripheral neuropathy (PN), who are at increased risk for falls, demonstrate impaired unipedal balance. To explore the relationship ...
Prospective evaluation of haemoglobin oxygen saturation at rest and after exercise in paediatric sickle cell disease patients
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009-11)
Advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: Efficacy of positron emission tomography and computed tomography for determining primary tumor response during induction chemotherapy
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-04)
Background To evaluate the efficacy of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose emission tomography (FDG-PET) and CT versus endoscopy with biopsy under general anesthesia for estimating tumor volume reduction among patients treated ...
Changes in Gait Variability Across the Lifespan in Persons with Down Syndrome.
(2009)
Variability is always present during repetitive movements. Scholars have studied human movement patterns for years, but have only recently begun to focus on variability as something other than noise or error. I followed ...