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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 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 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 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 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 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 5, 2018

Episodix: a serious game to detect cognitive impairment in senior adults. A psychometric study

Sonia Valladares-Rodriguez, Manuel J. Fernández-Iglesias, Luis Anido-Rifón, David Facal, Roberto Pérez-Rodríguez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5478 PubMed 30202646

September 5, 2018

Identification of candidate genes and proteins in aging skeletal muscle (sarcopenia) using gene expression and structural analysis

Gita Shafiee, Yazdan Asgari, Akbar Soltani, Bagher Larijani, Ramin Heshmat

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5239 PubMed 30202641

September 11, 2018

Data challenges of biomedical researchers in the age of omics

Rolando Garcia-Milian, Denise Hersey, Milica Vukmirovic, Fanny Duprilot

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5553 PubMed 30221093

September 26, 2018

De novo transcriptome sequencing and analysis of genes related to salt stress response in Glehnia littoralis

Li Li, Mimi Li, Xiwu Qi, Xingli Tang, Yifeng Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5681 PubMed 30294511

September 4, 2018

GDF11 induces differentiation and apoptosis and inhibits migration of C17.2 neural stem cells via modulating MAPK signaling pathway

Zongkui Wang, Miaomiao Dou, Fengjuan Liu, Peng Jiang, Shengliang Ye, Li Ma, Haijun Cao, Xi Du, Pan Sun, Na Su, Fangzhao Lin, Rong Zhang, Changqing Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5524 PubMed 30202652

September 17, 2018

Exome sequencing study of 20 patients with high myopia

Ling Wan, Boling Deng, Zhengzheng Wu, Xiaoming Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5552 PubMed 30245926

September 12, 2018

The impact of chemerin or chemokine-like receptor 1 loss on the mouse gut microbiome

Helen J. Dranse, Ashlee Zheng, André M. Comeau, Morgan G.I. Langille, Brian A. Zabel, Christopher J. Sinal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5494 PubMed 30225164

September 25, 2018

Using bioinformatics tools for the discovery of Dengue RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitors

Nomagugu B. Nncube, Pritika Ramharack, Mahmoud E.S. Soliman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5068 PubMed 30280009

September 26, 2018

Tumor-preventing activity of aspirin in multiple cancers based on bioinformatic analyses

Diangeng Li, Peng Wang, Yi Yu, Bing Huang, Xuelin Zhang, Chou Xu, Xian Zhao, Zhiwei Yin, Zheng He, Meiling Jin, Changting Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5667 PubMed 30280037

September 13, 2018

Differential expression of NF-κB heterodimer RelA/p50 in human urothelial carcinoma

Sankari Durairajan, Charles Emmanuel Jebaraj Walter, Mary Divya Samuel, Dinesh Palani, Dicky John Davis G, George Priya Doss C, Sneha Pasupati, Thanka Johnson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5563 PubMed 30225173

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