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Comparison of Two Relaxation Techniques to Reduce Physiological Indices of Anxiety in a Person with Mild Mental Retardation
(East Carolina University, 2009)
Occupational therapists play an important role in improving the occupational performance of persons with mental retardation. Relaxation techniques are a preparatory activity used by occupational therapists to enhance ...
The Role of Axl and Axl-like Proteins in Murine Spermatogenesis
(East Carolina University, 2009)
Mice lacking the Axl receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) and its family members exhibit detrimental effects on their reproductive ability. AXL is localized to Sertoli cells, which are the major nurturing cells in the seminiferous ...
Inhibition of Nischarin Expression Attenuates Rilmenidine-Evoked Hypotension and Phosphorylated Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2 Production in the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla of Rats
(East Carolina University, 2008-01)
Imidazoline (I1)-evoked hypotension is linked to enhanced phosphorylated extracellular signalregulated kinase (pERK)1/2 production in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM). Recent cell
culture findings suggest that ...
A Minimally-Invasive Procedure for Sexing Young Zebra Finches
(East Carolina University, 2007-08-15)
Zebra finches have been widely used to study neurobiology underlying vocal development. Because only male zebra finches learn song, efficient developmental use of these animals requires early determination of sex at ages ...
The Distribution Of Regulated Actomyosin States Is Central To Cardiac Muscle Regulation And Disturbance Of This Distribution Leads To Congenital Cardiomyopathies
(East Carolina University, 2009)
Hypertrophic and restrictive cardiomyopathies are congenital cardiac diseases that have an incidence of over one in five hundred and may lead to sudden cardiac death. One of the main impediments to directed treatment is ...
Tropomyosin Dynamics in Cardiac Thin Filaments: A Multisite Förster Resonance Energy Transfer and Anisotropy Study
(East Carolina University, 2008-06)
Cryoelectron microscopy studies have identified distinct locations of tropomyosin (Tm) within the Ca21-free, Ca21-saturated, and myosin-S1-saturated states of the thin filament. On the other hand, steady-state Förster ...
Outpatient Colonoscopy by Rural Family Physicians
(East Carolina University, 2005-03)
PURPOSE Five percent of family physicians offer colonoscopy services, either in the office or the hospital, often in rural areas that have no gastroenterologist. Two previous large series have shown the quality and safety ...
Chronic ethanol attenuates centrally-mediated hypotension elicited via alpha-2-adrenergic, but not I1-imidazoline, receptor activation in female rats
(East Carolina University, 2009-01-16)
Aims—This study dealt with the effect of chronic ethanol administration on hemodynamic responses
elicited by α2-adrenergic (α-methyldopa) or I1-imidazoline (rilmenidine) receptor activation in
telemetered female rats.
Main ...
Estrogen-dependent enhancement of NO production in the nucleus tractus solitarius contributes to ethanol-induced hypotension in conscious female rats
(East Carolina University, 2009-02)
Background- Our previous pharmacological and cellular studies showed that peripheral (cardiac and vascular) NOS-derived NO is implicated in the estrogen-dependent hypotensive action of ethanol in female rats. The objective ...
CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor Activation Dose-Dependently Modulates Neuronal Activity within Caudal but not Rostral Song Control Regions of Adult Zebra Finch Telencephalon
(East Carolina University, 2008-08)
CB1 cannabinoid receptors are distinctly expressed at high density within several regions of zebra finch telencephalon including those known to be involved in song learning (lMAN and Area X) and production (HVC and RA). ...