ALKALOHALOPHILIC BACTERIA OF THE FAMILY BACILLACEAE IN THE LAKES OF THE BADAIN JARAN DESERT (CHINA) by E. B. Erdyneeva, A. A. Radnagurueva, N. L. Belkova, Z. B. Namsaraev, E. V. Lavrentieva

“…From the accumulative cultures of the cortex salt and the microbial mats of the lakes of the Badain Jaran desert, pure cultures belonging to the family Bacillaceae (the phylum Firmicutes) were isolated and described. …”
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Altered Forebrain Functional Connectivity and Neurotransmission in a Kinase-Inactive Mouse Model of Autism by Shiyu Tang PhD, Elizabeth M. Powell PhD, Wenjun Zhu MS, Fu-Sun Lo MD, Reha S. Erzurumlu PhD, Su Xu PhD

“…The glutamate/GABA ratio in the thalamus was correlated with the connectivity between the somatosensory cortex and the thalamus in heterozygous Met–Emx1 female brains. …”
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A Rare Presentation of Primary Hyperparathyroidism with Concurrent Aldosterone-Producing Adrenal Carcinoma by Mario Molina-Ayala, Claudia Ramírez-Rentería, Analleli Manguilar-León, Pedro Paúl-Gaytán, Aldo Ferreira-Hermosillo

“…He was started on chemotherapy, but the patient developed a frontal cortex and an arm metastasis and finally died less than one year later.…”
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Correction of Excessive Tibial Plateau Angle and Limb Shortening in a Juvenile Dog Using a Hinged Circular Fixator Construct and Distraction Osteogenesis by Daniel D. Lewis, Stanley E. Kim, Justin Shmalberg, Sandra L. MacArthur

“…Distraction was initiated the day following surgery at a rate of 1 mm per day as measured along the caudal cortex of the tibia with a rhythm of three distractions daily. …”
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A Seed-Expanding Method Based on TOPSIS for Community Detection in Complex Networks by Jianjun Cheng, Wenbo Zhang, Haijuan Yang, Xing Su, Tao Ma, Xiaoyun Chen

“…To put this framework into practice, we concretize it in this paper by considering four centrality measures as attributes to identify the seed vertices of communities first, then expanding communities by iteratively inserting one unclassified vertex into the community to which its most similar neighbor belongs, and the similarity between them is the largest among all pairs of vertices. …”
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Modulation of Corticospinal Excitability Depends on the Pattern of Mechanical Tactile Stimulation by Sho Kojima, Hideaki Onishi, Shota Miyaguchi, Shinichi Kotan, Ryoki Sasaki, Masaki Nakagawa, Hikari Kirimoto, Hiroyuki Tamaki

“…MEPs were measured in the first dorsal interosseous muscle to transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left motor cortex before, immediately after, and 5–20 min after intervention. …”
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Tending to the Facial Surfaces of a Mathematical Biology Head-Scratcher: Why Does the Head of the Sea Turtle <i>Natator depressus</i> Resemble a Convex Zygomorphic Dodecahedron? by David A. Becker

“…The hypothetical dodecahedron to tetradecahedron transformation entails the collapse of a tetravalent vertex (which is known to occur in foams as part of a T1 transition) followed by bilateral facet splitting. …”
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IUPHAR Review: Alpha6-containing GABAA receptors – Novel targets for the treatment of schizophrenia by Lih-Chu Chiou, Werner Sieghart

“…The cerebellum has strong connections to multiple brain regions via closed loop circuits and is also extensively connected with the dopamine system in the prefrontal cortex, that initiates the execution of behavior. …”
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Polystyrene microplastics disrupt adrenal steroid synthesis in male mice via mitochondrial dysfunction by Ying Xiong, Zhe Chen, Hanmin Xiang, Yi Liu, Yanlin Wang

“…Nevertheless, the effects of microplastics on the steroid synthesis in the adrenal cortex was still unclear. In this study, through both in vivo and in vitro models, we found that polystyrene microplastics (PS-MPs) impaired adrenal steroid synthesis, leading to a reduction in corticosterone levels. …”
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Discrimination of superficial lymph nodes using ultrasonography and tissue metabolomics coupled with machine learning by Lu Li, Xinyue Wang, Hongyan Deng, Wenjuan Lu, Yasu Zhou, Xinhua Ye, Yong Li, Jie Wang

“…IntroductionDiagnosing the types of malignant lymphoma could help determine the most suitable treatment, anticipate the probability of recurrence and guide long-term monitoring and follow-up care.MethodsWe evaluated the differences in benign, lymphoma and metastasis superficial lymph nodes using ultrasonography and tissue metabolomics.ResultsOur findings indicated that three ultrasonographic features, blood supply pattern, cortical echo, and cortex elasticity, hold potential in differentiating malignant lymph nodes from benign ones, and the shape and corticomedullary boundary emerged as significant indicators for distinguishing between metastatic and lymphoma groups. …”
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A transgenic mouse line with a 58 kb fragment deletion shows skeletal defects by Ahmed Alamoudi, Dina Husein, Yoshio Ohyama, Angela Chen, Hanna Mochida, Yoshiyuki Mochida

“…The microcomputed tomography (µCT) analyses of trabecular and cortical bones in the 58 kb-/- displayed lower bone volume, thinner trabeculae and thinner bone cortex as compared to WT. Histological examination of the 58 kb-/- growth plate demonstrated disorganized chondrocyte zones and extended hypertrophic zone. …”
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Аcute posterior vitreous detachment by P.L. Volodin, S.I. Belyanina

“…Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, Moscow, Russian Federation </p> <p> The detachment of the posterior hyaloid membrane (posterior vitreous detachment /PVD/) means the separation of the posterior vitreous cortex from the internal limiting membrane of the retina and the optic disc. …”
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Cognitive Planning Improved After Cycling Exercise in Older Adults with Down Syndrome by Shannon D. R. Ringenbach, Nathaniel E. Arnold, Forouzan Rafiei Rezvani, Chih-Chia Chen

“…Our results are discussed with respect to upregulation of neurotrophic factors that increase functioning in the prefrontal cortex that accompanies exercise and leads to improvements in cognitive planning which is essential to many activities of daily living and quality of life for older adults with DS.…”
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Funciones ejecutivas en población infantil: propuesta de una clarificación conceptual e integradora basada en resultado de análisis factoriales. by Javier Tirapu-Ustárroz, Patricia Cordero-Andrés, Esperanza Bausela-Herreras

“…Los estudios analizados son clasificados en función del número de factores: (i) Modelos de factor único con procesos indiferenciados, justificado por la inmadurez del córtex prefrontal. (ii) Modelos de dos factores son más consistentes y diferenciados. …”
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Case report: Movement-related neuroplasticity in a patient after spinal cord injury in response to task-oriented bimanual training by Di Ma, Roy Rongyue Zeng, Sofina Sy Chan, Yu Pan, Jack Jiaqi Zhang

“…At baseline, our EEG paradigm demonstrated an ipsilateral predominance of movement-related ERD responses over the sensorimotor cortex (SMC) in relation to the moving hand. Following the RBMT, the ERD pattern shifted from being predominantly ipsilateral to a contralateral allocation.ConclusionThe present case study provides preliminary evidence to support the therapeutic use of RBMT to restore upper limb function in patients with incomplete SCI. …”
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Coexisting Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma and Lissencephaly: Unique Case Report with Pathological Analysis and Its Clinical Significance by Hristina Zakić, Olivera Kontić Vučinić, Jelena Stamenković, Jovan Jevtić, Milena Perišić Mitrović, Maja Životić

“…Lissencephaly belongs to a rare category of neurodevelopmental disorders marked by the absence of a substantial reduction in the typical folds and grooves in the cerebral cortex. The prognosis for patients with lissencephaly is extremely poor, carrying with it a high mortality rate. …”
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Fertility preservation counselling and practice among women with lymphomas: a retrospective study by Mariola Hernández Martínez, César Lizán Tudela, Blanca Carreras Gamón, Laura Gregori Navarro

“…Of the 13 patients who were informed about fertility preservation, 2 patients refused this intervention, and fertility preservation was contraindicated for 3 patients, leading to a total of eight women who underwent fertility preservation strategies: six underwent ovarian cortex cryopreservation, and two underwent oocyte vitrification. …”
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Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation in Early Life Changes Synaptic Plasticity and Improves Symptoms in a Valproic Acid-Induced Rat Model of Autism by Xiaoxi Wang, Rui Ding, Yayue Song, Juan Wang, Chen Zhang, Songping Han, Jisheng Han, Rong Zhang

“…Additional studies demonstrated that the dendritic spine density of the primary sensory cortex was decreased with Golgi staining. Results of the transcriptomic study showed that expression of some transcription factors such as the neurotrophic factor were downregulated in the hypothalamus of the VPA model of ASD. …”
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Artery of Percheron Infarction as an Unusual Cause of Korsakoff’s Syndrome by Yongxing Zhou, Derrick Fox, Abhishek Anand, Amal Elhaj, Arushi Kapoor, Faranak Najibi, Han Kim, Roger Weir, Annapurni Jayam-Trouth

“…Although the exact pathophysiology is unknown, various studies have identified brain lesions in the thalami, mammillary bodies, and frontal cortex. We report a case of a 68-year-old male presenting with acute altered mental status on July 16, 2015. …”
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Integrating behavioral and neurophysiological insights: High trait anxiety enhances observational fear learning by Xianchao Ming, Ganzhong Luo, Jinxia Wang, Haoran Dou, Hong Li, Yi Lei

“…Neuroimaging data, derived via functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) revealed heightened medial prefrontal cortex activation in HTA participants when directly facing threats. …”
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