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Therapeutic Targeting of the Carotid Body for Treating Sleep Apnea in a Pre-clinical Mouse Model
Sleep apnea with periodic cessation of breathing during sleep is a highly prevalent respiratory disorder affecting an estimated 10% of adults. Patients with sleep apnea exhibit several co-morbidities including...
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Fc Receptor–like Proteins (FCRL): Immunomodulators of B Cell Function
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Cannabinoids and Kindling
For millennia there has been interest in the potential therapeutic effects of marijuana (cannabis), including its potential antiepileptic effects. A flurry of research on cannabis and seizures occurred in the ...
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Involvement of the Claustrum and Ventromedial Thalamus in Epileptogenesis
Characterizing the differences in kindling rates and associated convulsive behaviors following kindling of various structures may aid in understanding the structural and functional mechanisms of epileptogenesi...
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Intracellular pH (pHi) Measurement in Rat Duodenal Epithelium In Vivo Using SNARF-1
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Contingent Tolerance and Cross Tolerance to Anticonvulsant Effects in Amygdala-Kindled Seizures
A unique form of pharmacodynamic tolerance develops when effective anticonvulsants are given as pre-treatment before once-daily amygdala-kindled seizures in animals.1,2 This loss of efficacy (i.e., tolerance) is
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Vizstruct: A Multidimensional Visualization Algorithm for Gene Expression
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Impact of the tobacco farm policy on cigarette consumption in the United States
As in many countries, the United States Government intervenes in tobacco production. It has been controlling tobacco production with a complex tobacco price support programmeme since the early 1930s. This Gove...
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Smoking and occupational exposure of workers in Guangzhou, China
In China, occupational health professionals are mainly concerned with the control of occupational hazards, such as dust and chemical, biological and physical hazards, and with prevention and management of occu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Smoking in China
This paper contains the results of the 1996 National Smoking Prevalence Survey. Of a representative sample of 120 000 adults aged 15 or over, 67% of the men and 4.2% of the women smoked. The rates for people a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
United States farm policy on tobacco and tobacco control: Consistent or conflicting?
The United States Government plays a dual role in the formulation and implementation of policies related to tobacco. It supports tobacco farmers through the tobacco price support programme and agricultural res...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Intervention against smoking among boys in urban junior middle schools in China
We conducted a study between April and October 1996 on the smoking behaviour of 3300 boys, selected by random cluster sampling, in junior middle schools in four cities in China. We divided the boys randomly in...
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Synaptic Transmission at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction: Effects of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Activation
Synaptic transmission at embryonic and larval Drosophila neuromuscular junctions has recently been studied in wild-type strains. At the same time isolation of mutants which have defects in various aspects of syna...
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Smoking and related cancers and other diseases: Results of a 10- year prospective study in Shanghai, China
Objective: To explore the relationship between smoking and related diseases among residents of Shanghai.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Temporal Profile of Muscarinic Modulation of the Slow Ca2+-Dependent K+ Current (IsAHP) in Rat Hippocampal Neurons
The central muscarinic cholinergic system plays a critical role in cognitive functions, and impairment of this system has been implicated in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer disease (Everitt and R...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Structural Features Contributing to Biodegradability
In this review it is shown that biodegradation of organic molecules by mixed bacterial cultures can be modelled successfully by an expert structure-activity relational system.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Eine einfache psychophysische Bestimmung des interokularen Latenzunterschiedes als Funktion der Lichtintensität
Aus Experimenten an isolierten Photorezeptoren ist bekannt, daß die Kinetik des Ansprechens auf Lichtreize mit der Intensität des betreffenden Reizes positiv korreliert ist. Wird bei binokularem Sehen ein Grau...
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Bestimmung der Leitungsgeschwindigkeit des Nervus ulnaris und Lokalisation der motorischen Endplatte am M. abductor digiti minimi
Als Ersatz für den klassischen Versuch nach Helmholtz am Froschnerven wurde ein Versuch entwickelt, der den Studierenden erlaubt, an sich selbst die Leitungsgeschwindigkeit der motorischen Fasern des N. ulnaris z...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Summation und Tetanus am Menschen
Der Versuch “Summation und Tetanus am Menschen” wurde entwickelt mit den Zielen, im Physiologiepraktikum den Verbrauch von Versuchstieren zu reduzieren, die für die Studierenden einsehbare Relevanz des Versuch...
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Reactions in the Presence of Cyclodextrins
The bromination of toluene and the oxidation of α-pinene were studied in presence of cyclodextrins. The bromination reaction has been carried out in acetic acid of different concentrations at different tempera...