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A short, robust brain activation control task optimised for pharmacological fMRI studies

Fig 2: Results from the working-memory variant of the task paradigm.

September 11, 2018

A short, robust brain activation control task optimised for pharmacological fMRI studies

To aid in pharmacological-fMRI studies, researchers developed and validated two variants of a novel fMRI control task. Their stimulus code is freely available online for re-use by the scientific community.

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September 28, 2018

Meta-analysis of northeast Atlantic marine taxa shows contrasting phylogeographic patterns following post-LGM expansions

Tom L. Jenkins, Rita Castilho, Jamie R. Stevens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5684 PubMed 30280047

September 3, 2018

A bioinformatics approach to identifying Wolbachia infections in arthropods

Jane Pascar, Christopher H. Chandler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5486 PubMed 30202647

September 19, 2018

Evaluation of potential reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR analysis in spotted sea bass (Lateolabrax maculatus) under normal and salinity stress conditions

Haolong Wang, Haishen Wen, Yun Li, Kaiqiang Zhang, Yang Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5631 PubMed 30258722

September 5, 2018

Changes in metabolic profiling of sugarcane leaves induced by endophytic diazotrophic bacteria and humic acids

Natalia O. Aguiar, Fabio L. Olivares, Etelvino H. Novotny, Luciano P. Canellas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5445 PubMed 30202643

September 5, 2018

The first Caipirasuchus (Mesoeucrocodylia, Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Minas Gerais, Brazil: new insights on sphagesaurid anatomy and taxonomy

Agustín G. Martinelli, Thiago S. Marinho, Fabiano V. Iori, Luiz Carlos B. Ribeiro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5594 PubMed 30202663

September 21, 2018

A secretory hexokinase plays an active role in the proliferation of Nosema bombycis

Yukang Huang, Shiyi Zheng, Xionge Mei, Bin Yu, Bin Sun, Boning Li, Junhong Wei, Jie Chen, Tian Li, Guoqing Pan, Zeyang Zhou, Chunfeng Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5658 PubMed 30258733

September 28, 2018

Sunset Yellow and Allura Red modulate Bcl2 and COX2 expression levels and confer oxidative stress-mediated renal and hepatic toxicity in male rats

Latifa I. Khayyat, Amina E. Essawy, Jehan M. Sorour, Ahmed Soffar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5689 PubMed 30280050

September 17, 2018

Metabolic marker gene mining provides insight in global mcrA diversity and, coupled with targeted genome reconstruction, sheds further light on metabolic potential of the Methanomassiliicoccales

Daan R. Speth, Victoria J. Orphan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5614 PubMed 30245936

September 3, 2018

Estimating the frequency of multiplets in single-cell RNA sequencing from cell-mixing experiments

Jesse D. Bloom

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5578 PubMed 30202659

September 28, 2018

Xeno-miRNet: a comprehensive database and analytics platform to explore xeno-miRNAs and their potential targets

Yannan Fan, Maria Habib, Jianguo Xia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5650 PubMed 30280028

September 19, 2018

European population trends and current conservation status of an endangered steppe-bird species: the Dupont’s lark Chersophilus duponti

Julia Gómez-Catasús, Cristian Pérez-Granados, Adrián Barrero, Gerard Bota, David Giralt, Germán M. López-Iborra, David Serrano, Juan Traba

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5627 PubMed 30258721

September 19, 2018

A phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cyrtodactylus peguensis group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of two new species from Myanmar

L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Evan S.H. Quah, Matthew L. Murdoch, Marta S. Grismer, Mark W. Herr, Robert E. Espinoza, Rafe M. Brown, Aung Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5575 PubMed 30258710

September 27, 2018

Growth and feeding of deep-sea coral Lophelia pertusa from the California margin under simulated ocean acidification conditions

Carlos E. Gómez, Leslie Wickes, Dan Deegan, Peter J. Etnoyer, Erik E. Cordes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5671 PubMed 30280039

September 26, 2018

Assessing bird avoidance of high-contrast lights using a choice test approach: implications for reducing human-induced avian mortality

Benjamin Goller, Bradley F. Blackwell, Travis L. DeVault, Patrice E. Baumhardt, Esteban Fernández-Juricic

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5404 PubMed 30280013

September 19, 2018

Foraging dynamics are associated with social status and context in mouse social hierarchies

Won Lee, Eilene Yang, James P. Curley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5617 PubMed 30258716

September 28, 2018

Molecular analysis of oral microflora in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome by using high-throughput sequencing

Zhifang Zhou, Guanghui Ling, Ning Ding, Zhe Xun, Ce Zhu, Hong Hua, Xiaochi Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5649 PubMed 30280027

September 5, 2018

Cell-wall-degrading enzymes produced in vitro and in vivo by Rhizoctonia solani, the causative fungus of peanut sheath blight

Cai Yun Xue, Ru Jun Zhou, Yuan Jie Li, Di Xiao, Jun Fan Fu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5580 PubMed 30202660

September 10, 2018

Effects of resveratrol, exercises and their combination on Farnesoid X receptor, Liver X receptor and Sirtuin 1 gene expression and apoptosis in the liver of elderly rats with nonalcoholic fatty liver

Amir Hajighasem, Parvin Farzanegi, Zohreh Mazaheri, Marjan Naghizadeh, Ghoncheh Salehi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5522 PubMed 30221089

September 20, 2018

Preliminary analysis of New Zealand scampi (Metanephrops challengeri) diet using metabarcoding

Aimee L. van der Reis, Olivier Laroche, Andrew G. Jeffs, Shane D. Lavery

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5641 PubMed 30258728

September 7, 2018

Biodiversity surveys reveal eight new species of freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae) from Yunnan Province, China

Tohru Naruse, Jing En Chia, Xianmin Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5497 PubMed 30210939

September 3, 2018

Development of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii metabolic network dynamic model to describe distinct phenotypes occurring at different CO₂ levels

Daniela Alejandra Mora Salguero, Miguel Fernández-Niño, Luis Miguel Serrano-Bermúdez, David O. Páez Melo, Flavia V. Winck, Camila Caldana, Andrés Fernando González Barrios

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5528 PubMed 30202653

September 28, 2018

Functional responses of a cosmopolitan invader demonstrate intraspecific variability in consumer-resource dynamics

Brett R. Howard, Daniel Barrios-O’Neill, Mhairi E. Alexander, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Thomas W. Therriault, Tamara B. Robinson, Isabelle M. Côté

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5634 PubMed 30280022

September 13, 2018

Assessment of the bacterial community structure in shallow and deep sediments of the Perdido Fold Belt region in the Gulf of Mexico

Ma. Fernanda Sánchez-Soto Jiménez, Daniel Cerqueda-García, Jorge L. Montero-Muñoz, Ma. Leopoldina Aguirre-Macedo, José Q. García-Maldonado

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5583 PubMed 30225176

September 19, 2018

High definition video loggers provide new insights into behaviour, physiology, and the oceanic habitat of a marine predator, the yellow-eyed penguin

Thomas Mattern, Michael D. McPherson, Ursula Ellenberg, Yolanda van Heezik, Philipp J. Seddon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5459 PubMed 30258706

September 19, 2018

Transkingdom network reveals bacterial players associated with cervical cancer gene expression program

Khiem Chi Lam, Dariia Vyshenska, Jialu Hu, Richard Rosario Rodrigues, Anja Nilsen, Ryszard A. Zielke, Nicholas Samuel Brown, Eva-Katrine Aarnes, Aleksandra E. Sikora, Natalia Shulzhenko, Heidi Lyng, Andrey Morgun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5590 PubMed 30294508

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September 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Fig 2: Results from the working-memory variant of the task paradigm.

A short, robust brain activation control task optimised for pharmacological fMRI studies

Fig 2: Results from the working-memory variant of the task paradigm.

A short, robust brain activation control task optimised for pharmacological fMRI studies

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