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September 2018

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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 5, 2018

Early Holocene morphological variation in hunter-gatherer hands and feet

Kara C. Hoover, J. Colette Berbesque

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5564 PubMed 30202658

September 14, 2018

Economic value of trees in the estate of the Harewood House stately home in the United Kingdom

Julie Peacock, Joey Ting, Karen L. Bacon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5411 PubMed 30233992

September 17, 2018

Nonspecific stress response to temperature increase in Gammarus lacustris Sars with respect to oxygen-limited thermal tolerance concept

Kseniya Vereshchagina, Elizaveta Kondrateva, Denis Axenov-Gribanov, Zhanna Shatilina, Andrey Khomich, Daria Bedulina, Egor Zadereev, Maxim Timofeyev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5571 PubMed 30245929

September 7, 2018

A bathypelagic ostracod Conchoecissa nigromaculatus sp. nov. (Myodocopa, Halocyprididae) from the South China Sea

Peng Xiang, Yu Wang, Ruixiang Chen, Liyuan Zhao, Chunguang Wang, Mao Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5557 PubMed 30210944

September 25, 2018

In silico study of medical decision-making for rare diseases: heterogeneity of decision-makers in a population improves overall benefit

Juan Wang, Ryo Yamada

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5677 PubMed 30280044

September 11, 2018

Tibia functionality and Division II female and male collegiate athletes from multiple sports

Vanessa R. Yingling, Benjamin Ferrari-Church, Ariana Strickland

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5550 PubMed 30221092

September 12, 2018

Multielement analysis of plant extracts with potential use in the treatment of peptic ulcers by synchrotron radiation total reflection X-ray fluorescence

Leticia Diniz Vieira, Káthia Takeda da Silva, Rodrigo Sanchez Giarola, Guilherme Franco Inocente, Hélio Kushima, Clelia Akiko Hiruma Lima, Joel Mesa Hormaza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5375 PubMed 30225160

September 20, 2018

Gap analysis and implications for seasonal management on a local scale

Li Yang, Baofeng Zhang, Xinrui Wang, Yueheng Ren, Jinlin Chen, Chao Zhang, Yongpeng Xia, Yuankun Li, Jianguo Sun, Jiangang Guo, Weijia Wang, XiaoFeng Luan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5622 PubMed 30258719

September 19, 2018

Parvalbumin expression and gamma oscillation occurrence increase over time in a neurodevelopmental model of NMDA receptor dysfunction

Ben van Lier, Andreas Hierlemann, Frédéric Knoflach

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5543 PubMed 30258707

September 24, 2018

Successful transplantation of guinea pig gut microbiota in mice and its effect on pneumonic plague sensitivity

Xiang Li, Zhengchao Li, Yuxiao Chang, Fengyi Hou, Zongyu Huang, Han Ni, Ruifu Yang, Yujing Bi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5637 PubMed 30280023