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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 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 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 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 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 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

Characterization of retinal regeneration in adult zebrafish following multiple rounds of phototoxic lesion

Alexandra H. Ranski, Ashley C. Kramer, Gregory W. Morgan, Jennifer L. Perez, Ryan Thummel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5646 PubMed 30258730

September 28, 2018

Crystal structure and functional analysis of human C1ORF123

Siti Nurulnabila A. Rahaman, Jastina Mat Yusop, Zeti-Azura Mohamed-Hussein, Wan Mohd Aizat, Kok Lian Ho, Aik-Hong Teh, Jitka Waterman, Boon Keat Tan, Hwei Ling Tan, Adelicia Yongling Li, Ee Sin Chen, Chyan Leong Ng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5377 PubMed 30280012

September 17, 2018

60S dynamic state of bacterial ribosome is fixed by yeast mitochondrial initiation factor 3

Sergey Levitskii, Ksenia Derbikova, Maria V. Baleva, Anton Kuzmenko, Andrey V. Golovin, Ivan Chicherin, Igor A. Krasheninnikov, Piotr Kamenski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5620 PubMed 30245939

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 17, 2018

Phylogeography of Swertia perennis in Europe based on cpDNA markers

Jacek Urbaniak, Paweł Kwiatkowski, Paweł Pawlikowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5512 PubMed 30245925

September 13, 2018

TNFRSF10C methylation is a new epigenetic biomarker for colorectal cancer

Cong Zhou, Ranran Pan, Haochang Hu, Bin Li, Jie Dai, Xiuru Ying, Hang Yu, Jie Zhong, Yiyi Mao, Yihan Zhang, Dongping Wu, Shiwei Duan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5336 PubMed 30225159

September 28, 2018

Cellular production of a counterfeit viral protein confers immunity to infection by a related virus

Benjamin E. Warner, Matthew J. Ballinger, Pradeep Yerramsetty, Jennifer Reed, Derek J. Taylor, Thomas J. Smith, Jeremy A. Bruenn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5679 PubMed 30280045

September 19, 2018

Discovery of two skin-derived dermaseptins and design of a TAT-fusion analogue with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity and low cytotoxicity on healthy cells

Haohao Zhu, Xiyan Ding, Wei Li, Tulin Lu, Chengbang Ma, Xinping Xi, Lei Wang, Mei Zhou, Roberta Burden, Tianbao Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5635 PubMed 30258724

September 28, 2018

Closing the gap: mixed stock analysis of three foraging populations of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) on the Great Barrier Reef

Karina Jones, Michael Jensen, Graham Burgess, Johanna Leonhardt, Lynne van Herwerden, Julia Hazel, Mark Hamann, Ian Bell, Ellen Ariel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5651 PubMed 30280029

September 18, 2018

Mitogenomics of Perumytilus purpuratus (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) and its implications for doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondria

Beata Śmietanka, Marek Lubośny, Aleksandra Przyłucka, Karin Gérard, Artur Burzyński

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5593 PubMed 30245933

September 13, 2018

Cytokine and microRNA levels during different periods of paradoxical sleep deprivation and sleep recovery in rats

Malinalli Brianza-Padilla, Fausto Sánchez-Muñoz, Gonzalo Vázquez-Palacios, Fengyang Huang, Julio César Almanza-Pérez, Rafael Bojalil, Herlinda Bonilla-Jaime

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5567 PubMed 30225174

September 12, 2018

Molecular typing and profiling of topoisomerase mutations causing resistance to ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin in Elizabethkingia species

Ming-Jr Jian, Yun-Hsiang Cheng, Cherng-Lih Perng, Hung-Sheng Shang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5608 PubMed 30225179

September 5, 2018

Single mutations in the ε subunit from thermophilic Bacillus PS3 generate a high binding affinity site for ATP

Alexander Krah, Peter J. Bond

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5505 PubMed 30202650

September 20, 2018

Gαq and Phospholipase Cβ signaling regulate nociceptor sensitivity in Drosophila melanogaster larvae

Joshua A. Herman, Adam B. Willits, Andrew Bellemer