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Contexts Paired with Junk Food Impair Goal-Directed Behavior in Rats: Implications for Decision Making in Obesogenic Environments.

Kendig, MD Cheung, AMK Raymond, JS Corbit, LH

The high prevalence of obesity and related metabolic diseases calls for greater understanding of the factors that drive excess energy intake. Calorie-dense palatable foods are readily available and...

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Micro-CT Imaging Reveals Mekk3 Heterozygosity Prevents Cerebral Cavernous Malformations in Ccm2-Deficient Mice.

Choi, JP Foley, M Zhou, Z Wong, W-Y Gokoolparsadh, N Arthur, JSC Li, DY Zheng, X

Mutations in CCM1 (aka KRIT1), CCM2, or CCM3 (aka PDCD10) gene cause cerebral cavernous malformation in humans. Mouse models of CCM disease have been established by deleting Ccm genes in postnatal ...

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Micro-CT Imaging Reveals Mekk3 Heterozygosity Prevents Cerebral Cavernous Malformations in Ccm2-Deficient Mice.

Choi, JP Foley, M Zhou, Z Wong, W-Y Gokoolparsadh, N Arthur, JSC Li, DY Zheng, X

Mutations in CCM1 (aka KRIT1), CCM2, or CCM3 (aka PDCD10) gene cause cerebral cavernous malformation in humans. Mouse models of CCM disease have been established by deleting Ccm genes in postnatal ...

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Physiological factors facilitating the persistence of Pocillopora aliciae and Plesiastrea versipora in temperate reefs of south-eastern Australia under ocean warming

González-Pech, RA Hughes, DJ Strudwick, P Lewis, BM Booth, DJ Figueira, WF Sommer, B Suggett, DJ Matthews, J

High-latitude reefs are suboptimal coral habitats, but such habitats are increasingly considered to be potential refugia from climate change for range-shifting coral reef species. Notably, tropical...

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Time Depletion Effects on the Volatile Compounds from the Distillation Extracts of Prunella vulgaris and the Dynamics of their Extraction.

Mak, WCK

BACKGROUND: Prunella vulgaris (PV) is a low-growing perennial herb, which can be found in different parts of the world as Asia, Europe and North America. It is traditionally used for medicinal trea...

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Review of the Studies on the Anti-Tumoral Effect of <i>Prunella vulgaris</i>

Mak, WCK

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The Anti-Viral Activity of Prunella vulgaris: A Narrative Review

Mak, WCK Walsh, S

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Activation of Wnt/β-catenin pathway mitigates blood-brain barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease.

Wang, Q Huang, X Su, Y Yin, G Wang, S Yu, B Li, H Qi, J Chen, H Zeng, W Zhang, K Verkhratsky, A Niu, J Yi, C

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes age-dependent neurological and cognitive declines. The treatments for AD pose a significant challenge, because the mechanisms of...

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Triggering Cell Stress and Death Using Conventional UV Laser Confocal Microscopy.

Morsch, M Radford, RAW Don, EK Lee, A Hortle, E Cole, NJ Chung, RS

Using a standard confocal setup, a UV ablation method can be utilized to selectively induce cellular injury and to visualize single-cell responses and cell-cell interactions in the CNS in real-time...

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Making room for the 3Rs principles of animal use in ecology: potential issues identified through a survey

Zemanova, M

Research on animals is one of the most controversial ethical issues in our society. It is imperative that animal welfare is being considered and the harm and distress to animals used in res...

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