Browsing by Author "Christopher V. Wright"
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Tidball, Andrew Martin (2014-09-29)Department: NeuroscienceThe essential micronutrient manganese is enriched in brain, especially the basal ganglia. We sought to identify neuronal signaling pathways responsive to neurologically relevant manganese levels, as previous data suggested ...
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Weis, Victoria Gail (2013-07-29)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyChronic Helicobacter pylori infection in humans causes prominent inflammation and oxyntic atrophy, which leads to two distinct types of metaplasia: intestinal metaplasia and spasmolytic polypeptide expressing metaplasia ...
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Stancill, Jennifer Susan (2017-03-29)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyType 2 diabetes is characterized by failure of pancreatic β-cells to secrete adequate insulin to meet the needs of the body. This β-cell failure is thought to be caused by increased metabolic load due to mounting insulin ...
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Miller-Fleming, Tyne Whitney (2017-02-09)Department: NeuroscienceSynaptic circuits are dynamically refined during development as synapses are either stabilized or eliminated. This process requires both neuronal activity and genetic programming; however, the molecules that mediate this ...
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Sedgeman, Leslie Roteta (2018-10-31)Department: Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsmicroRNAs (miRNA) have been shown to be critical players in metabolism. While most miRNAs studies have focused on their functional role within cells, miRNAs are also found extracellularly and have been proposed to participate ...