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    Cerebral microvascular and microstructural integrity is regionally altered in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

    To measure regional brain microvascular and microstructural changes in childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) using diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) at multiple b values and investigate relationships of those measures with n...

    Mark W. DiFrancesco, Gregory Lee, Mekibib Altaye in Arthritis Research & Therapy (2020)

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    Age-related changes in baroreflex sensitivity and cardiac autonomic tone in children mirrored by regional brain gray matter volume trajectories

    The baroreflex and central autonomic brain regions together control the cardiovascular system. Baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) decreases with age in adults. Age-related changes in brain regions for cardiovascular...

    Mark W DiFrancesco, Abu Shamsuzzaman, Keith B McConnell in Pediatric Research (2018)

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    Functional neuronal network activity differs with cognitive dysfunction in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus

    Neuropsychiatric manifestations are common in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) and often include neurocognitive dysfunction (NCD). Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can measure br...

    Mark W DiFrancesco, Darren R Gitelman in Arthritis Research & Therapy (2013)

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    Preliminary fMRI findings in experimentally sleep-restricted adolescents engaged in a working memory task

    Here we report preliminary findings from a small-sample functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of healthy adolescents who completed a working memory task in the context of a chronic sleep restricti...

    Dean W Beebe, Mark W DiFrancesco, Sarah J Tlustos in Behavioral and Brain Functions (2009)

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    Recent Results of Experiments with Saffman-Taylor Flow

    In this paper we summarize our recent work on the viscous fingering probleml,2. In its initially planar form, Saffman-Taylor flow3, viscous fingering represents the simplest of pattern formation problems. Thus th...

    Mark W. DiFrancesco in Nonlinear Evolution and Chaotic Phenomena (1988)