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Open AccessCalcium-mediated rapid movements defend against herbivorous insects in Mimosa pudica
Animals possess specialized systems, e.g., neuromuscular systems, to sense the environment and then move their bodies quickly in response. Mimosa pudica, the sensitive plant, moves its leaves within seconds in re...
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Open AccessA multi-site, multi-disorder resting-state magnetic resonance image database
Machine learning classifiers for psychiatric disorders using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) have recently attracted attention as a method for directly examining relationships bet...
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Open AccessRapid movements in plants
Plant movements are generally slow, but some plant species have evolved the ability to move very rapidly at speeds comparable to those of animals. Whereas movement in animals relies on the contraction machiner...
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Calcium dynamics during trap closure visualized in transgenic Venus flytrap
The leaves of the carnivorous plant Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula (Dionaea) close rapidly to capture insect prey. The closure response usually requires two successive mechanical stimuli to sensory hairs on the...
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Open AccessNarrower QRS may be enough to respond to cardiac resynchronization therapy in lightweight patients
A prolonged QRS duration (QRSd) is promising for a response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). The variation in human body sizes may affect the QRSd. We hypothesized that conduction disturbances may e...
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Open AccessBrain-specific homeobox Bsx specifies identity of pineal gland between serially homologous photoreceptive organs in zebrafish
The pineal gland functioning as a photoreceptive organ in non-mammalian species is a serial homolog of the retina. Here we found that Brain-specific homeobox (Bsx) is a key regulator conferring individuality o...
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The effects of standard electrical PV isolation vs. “pace and ablate” on ATP-provoked PV reconnections
Catheter ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation (AF) often involve circumferential pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Lack of reliable identification of conduction gaps along the ablation line necessitates a...
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Increased levels of inflammatory and extracellular matrix turnover biomarkers persist despite reverse atrial structural remodeling during the first year after atrial fibrillation ablation
Left atrial (LA) remodeling associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) is known to be related to inflammation and collagen turnover. We investigated the changes in the biomarkers of inflammation and collagen tur...
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Potential anatomic substrate of peri-atrioventricular nodal atrial tachycardia ablated from the noncoronary sinus of Valsalva
Although focal atrial tachycardia (AT) is known to sometimes be ablated from the noncoronary aortic cusp (NCC), the electro-anatomic characteristics of NCC-AT are not well known.
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Comparative distribution of complex fractionated atrial electrograms, high dominant frequency (HDF) sites during atrial fibrillation and HDF sites during sinus rhythm
Complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAEs) and high dominant frequency sites during atrial fibrillation (AF-HDF) are related to the maintenance of atrial fibrillation (AF). HDF sites in sinus rhythm (SR-...
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Characteristics and distribution of complex fractionated atrial electrograms and the dominant frequency during atrial fibrillation: relationship to the response and outcome of circumferential pulmonary vein isolation
Although sites of complex fractionated electrograms (CFAEs) and dominant frequency (DF) are known to be critical for the maintenance of atrial fibrillation (AF), spatial distribution of CFAEs and DF and their ...
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Effects of inter-electrode spacing on complex fractionated atrial electrograms and dominant frequency detection
The influence of inter-electrode spacing (IES) on complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAEs) and dominant frequency (DF) detection was assessed.
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Two novel genotypes of the thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter (SLC12A3) gene in patients with Gitelman’s syndrome
Gitelman’s syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder marked by salt wasting and hypokalaemia resulting from loss-of-function mutations in the SLC12A3 gene that codes for the thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransport...
