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Computational modeling of interacting VEGF and soluble VEGF receptor concentration gradients
(Frontiers, 2011-10-04)
Experimental data indicates that soluble vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor 1 (sFlt-1) modulates the guidance cues provided to sprouting blood vessels by VEGF-A. To better delineate the role of sFlt-1 in ...
Dynamic Causal Models and Physiological Inference: A Validation Study Using Isoflurane Anaesthesia in Rodents
(PLOS, 2011)
Generative models of neuroimaging and electrophysiological data present new opportunities for accessing hidden or latent brain states. Dynamic causal modeling (DCM) uses Bayesian model inversion and selection to infer the ...
The lineage-defining factors T-bet and Bcl-6 collaborate to regulate Th1 gene expression patterns
(Rockefeller Univ Press, 2011-05-09)
Connexin 43 connexon to gap junction transition is regulated by zonula occludens-1.
(2011-05)
Connexin 43 (Cx43) is a gap junction (GJ) protein widely expressed in mammalian tissues that mediates cell-to-cell coupling. Intercellular channels comprising GJ aggregates form from docking of paired connexons, with one ...
Mathematically Gifted Adolescents Have Deficiencies in Social Valuation and Mentalization
(PLOS, 2011-04-04)
Many mathematically gifted adolescents are characterized as being indolent, underachieving and unsuccessful despite their high cognitive ability. This is often due to difficulties with social and emotional development. ...
Hippocampal Deletion of BDNF Gene Attenuates Gamma Oscillations in Area CA1 by Up-Regulating 5-HT3 Receptor
(PLOS, 2011-01-26)
Background: Pyramidal neurons in the hippocampal area CA3 express high levels of BDNF, but how this BDNF contributes to oscillatory properties of hippocampus is unknown.
Methodology/Principal Findings: Here we examined ...
Interoception drives increased rational decision-making in meditators playing the ultimatum game
(Frontiers, 2011-04-18)
Human decision-making is often conceptualized as a competition between cognitive and emotional processes in the brain. Deviations from rational processes are believed to derive from inclusion of emotional factors in ...
Different Gain/Loss Sensitivity and Social Adaptation Ability in Gifted Adolescents during a Public Goods Game
(PLOS, 2011)
Gifted adolescents are considered to have high IQs with advanced mathematical and logical performances, but are often thought to suffer from social isolation or emotional mal-adaptation to the social group. The underlying ...
Alterations in Brain Connectivity Underlying Beta Oscillations in Parkinsonism
(PLOS, 2011-08-11)
Cortico-basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuits are severely disrupted by the dopamine depletion of Parkinson’s disease (PD), leading to pathologically exaggerated beta oscillations. Abnormal rhythms, found in several circuit ...
Domain expertise insulates against judgment bias by monetary favors through a modulation of ventromedial prefrontal cortex
(NAS, 2011-06-21)
Recent work using an art-viewing paradigm shows that monetary sponsorship of the experiment by a company (a favor) increases the valuation of paintings placed next to the sponsoring corporate logo, an effect that correlates ...