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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 21, 2018

Population genetics of the main population of brown bears in southwest Asia

Hüseyin Ambarlı, Deniz Mengüllüoğlu, Jörns Fickel, Daniel W. Förster

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5660 PubMed 30258734

September 6, 2018

Seasonal changes in the abundance and biomass of copepods in the south-eastern Baltic Sea in 2010 and 2011

Lidia Dzierzbicka-Glowacka, Anna Lemieszek, Marcin Kalarus, Evelina Griniene

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5562 PubMed 30210945

September 14, 2018

Urban waste disposal explains the distribution of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) in an Amazonian metropolis: management implications for birdstrikes and urban planning

Giase M. de Araujo, Carlos A. Peres, Fabricio B. Baccaro, Rafael S. Guerta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5491 PubMed 30233993

September 21, 2018

The genetic status of the Hungarian brown trout populations: exploration of a blind spot on the European map of Salmo trutta studies

Ágnes Ősz, Ákos Horváth, György Hoitsy, Dóra Kánainé Sipos, Szilvia Keszte, Anna Júlia Sáfrány, Saša Marić, Csaba Palkó, Balázs Tóth, Béla Urbányi, Balázs Kovács

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5152 PubMed 30258703

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 28, 2018

Size dimorphism and sexual segregation in pheasants: tests of three competing hypotheses

Mark A. Whiteside, Jayden O. van Horik, Ellis J.G. Langley, Christine E. Beardsworth, Joah R. Madden

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5674 PubMed 30280042

September 21, 2018

How much genetic variation is stored in the endangered and fragmented shrub Tetraena mongolica Maxim?

Yingbiao Zhi, Zhonglou Sun, Ping Sun, Kai Zhao, Yangnan Guo, Dejian Zhang, Baowei Zhang