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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 20, 2018

An examination of the Devonian fishes of Michigan

Jack Stack, Lauren Sallan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5636 PubMed 30258725

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 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 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 19, 2018

Function matters: a review of terminological differences in applied and basic clicker training research

Nicole R. Dorey, David J. Cox

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5621 PubMed 30258718

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 19, 2018

The metabolic response of the Bradypus sloth to temperature

Rebecca Naomi Cliffe, David Michael Scantlebury, Sarah Jane Kennedy, Judy Avey-Arroyo, Daniel Mindich, Rory Paul Wilson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5600 PubMed 30258712

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 27, 2018

Geopolitical species revisited: genomic and morphological data indicate that the roundtail chub Gila robusta species complex (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) is a single species

Joshua M. Copus, W. L. Montgomery, Zac H. Forsman, Brian W. Bowen, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5605 PubMed 30294509

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 14, 2018

Luciferin production and luciferase transcription in the bioluminescent copepod Metridia lucens

Michael Tessler, Jean P. Gaffney, Jason M. Crawford, Eric Trautman, Nehaben A. Gujarati, Philip Alatalo, Vincent A. Pieribone, David F. Gruber

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5506 PubMed 30233994

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

Molecular identification of avian influenza virus subtypes H5N1 and H9N2 in birds from farms and live bird markets and in respiratory patients

Hala M.N. Tolba, Rasha M.M. Abou Elez, Ibrahim Elsohaby, Heba A. Ahmed

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5473 PubMed 30202644

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 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

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 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 12, 2018

A close relative of the Amazon river dolphin in marine deposits: a new Iniidae from the late Miocene of Angola

Olivier Lambert, Camille Auclair, Cirilo Cauxeiro, Michel Lopez, Sylvain Adnet

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5556 PubMed 30225172

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 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 28, 2018

Modeled larval connectivity of a multi-species reef fish and invertebrate assemblage off the coast of Moloka‘i, Hawai‘i

Emily E. Conklin, Anna B. Neuheimer, Robert J. Toonen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5688 PubMed 30280049

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

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 25, 2018

High-throughput metabarcoding reveals the effect of physicochemical soil properties on soil and litter biodiversity and community turnover across Amazonia

Camila D. Ritter, Alexander Zizka, Fabian Roger, Hanna Tuomisto, Christopher Barnes, R. Henrik Nilsson, Alexandre Antonelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5661 PubMed 30280033

September 3, 2018

A bioinformatics approach to identifying Wolbachia infections in arthropods

Jane Pascar, Christopher H. Chandler