This is a selection of articles from the December 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Biomedical Science headlines.
Tuning the HNN experiment: generation of serine-threonine check points.
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Source: Journal of Bimolecular NMR - December 28, 2007 Authors: Chugh J, Kumar D, Hosur RV Tags: J Biomol NMR Source Type: info
Clusterin in human gut-associated lymphoid tissue, tonsils, and adenoids: localization to M cells and follicular dendritic cells
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Source: Histochemistry and Cell Biology - December 21, 2007 Tags: Histochemistry and Cell Biology Source Type: info
Low temperature synthesis of 2'-deoxyadenosine using immobilized psychrotrophic microorganisms
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 21, 2007 Authors: J. Fernández Lucas, L. A. Condezo, M. A. Quezada, J.V. Sinisterra Source Type: info
Simulating non-small cell lung cancer with a multiscale agent-based model
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Source: Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling - December 21, 2007 Authors: Zhihui Wang, Le Zhang, Jonathan Sagotsky and Thomas S Deisboeck Source Type: info
A unified framework of immunological and epidemiological dynamics for the spread of viral infections in a simple network-based population
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Source: Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling - December 20, 2007 Authors: David M Vickers and Nathaniel D Osgood Source Type: info
Influence of the ammonium chloride feeding time and the light intensity on the cultivation of Spirulina(Arthrospira) platensis
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 20, 2007 Authors: Raquel Pedrosa Bezerra, Marcelo Chuei Matsudo, Attilio Converti, Sunao Sato, João Carlos Monteiro de Carvalho Source Type: info
A unifying probabilistic framework for analyzing residual dipolar couplings.
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Source: Journal of Bimolecular NMR - December 20, 2007 Authors: Habeck M, Nilges M, Rieping W Tags: J Biomol NMR Source Type: info
CFD simulation of non-Newtonian fluid flow in anaerobic digesters
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 19, 2007 Source Type: info
Facing a multiphasic world
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 19, 2007 Source Type: info
Flux analysis gets faster, less expensive, and more relevant
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 19, 2007 Source Type: info
The relationship between age and measures of balance, strength and gait: Linear and non-linear analyses
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Source: Clinical Science - December 19, 2007 Authors: Natalie El Haber, Bircan Erbas, Keith D Hill, John D Wark Source Type: info
Identification of metabolic fluxes in hepatic cells from transient 13C-Labeling experiments: Part II. Flux estimation
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 19, 2007 Authors: Klaus Maier, Ute Hofmann, Matthias Reuss, Klaus Mauch Source Type: info
Protein engineering for bioprocess development
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 19, 2007 Source Type: info
Identification of metabolic fluxes in hepatic cells from transient 13C-Labeling experiments: Part I. Experimental observations
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 19, 2007 Authors: Ute Hofmann, Klaus Maier, Anja Niebel, Gabriele Vacun, Matthias Reuss, Klaus Mauch Source Type: info
Optimisation of NMR dynamic models I. Minimisation algorithms and their performance within the model-free and Brownian rotational diffusion spaces.
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Source: Journal of Bimolecular NMR - December 18, 2007 Authors: d'Auvergne EJ, Gooley PR Tags: J Biomol NMR Source Type: info
Optimisation of NMR dynamic models II. A new methodology for the dual optimisation of the model-free parameters and the Brownian rotational diffusion tensor.
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Source: Journal of Bimolecular NMR - December 18, 2007 Authors: d'Auvergne EJ, Gooley PR Tags: J Biomol NMR Source Type: info
A new bioassay for asbestos
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 17, 2007 Source Type: info
Bioengineering lysosomal enzymes for travel to the brain
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 17, 2007 Source Type: info
Engineered yeast versus deadly arsenic
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 17, 2007 Source Type: info
Expansion of substrate specificity by rational enzyme design
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 17, 2007 Source Type: info
Expression of PTPIP51 during mouse eye development
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Source: Histochemistry and Cell Biology - December 15, 2007 Tags: Histochemistry and Cell Biology Source Type: info
Fluorescence Quenching of CdTe Nanocrystals by Bound Gold Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution
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Source: Plasmonics - December 15, 2007 Tags: Plasmonics Source Type: info
Monovalent cations and their influence on activated sludge floc chemistry, structure and physical characteristics
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 14, 2007 Authors: F. Dilek Sanin, Fadime Kara, G. Candan Gurakan Source Type: info
Angiopoietin-1 gene transfer improves the impaired wound healing of the genetically diabetic mice without increasing VEGF expression
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Source: Clinical Science - December 14, 2007 Authors: Alessandra Bitto, Letteria Minutoli, Maria Rosaria Galeano, Domenica Altavilla, Francesca Polito, Tiziana Fiumara, Margherita Calò, Patrizia Lo Cascio, Lorena Zentilin, Mauro Giacca, Francesco Squadrito Source Type: info
Protein quality control: the who’s who, the where’s and therapeutic escapes
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Source: Histochemistry and Cell Biology - December 13, 2007 Tags: Histochemistry and Cell Biology Source Type: info
Microfluidic delivery of small molecules into mammalian cells based on hydrodynamic focusing
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Fen Wang, Hao Wang, Jun Wang, Hsiang-Yu Wang, Peter L. Rummel, Suresh V. Garimella, Chang Lu Source Type: info
Medium factors optimization and fermentation kinetics for phenazine-1-carboxylic acid production by Pseudomonas sp. M18G
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Li He, Yu-Quan Xu, Xue-Hong Zhang Source Type: info
An actively mixed mini-bioreactor for protein production from suspended animal cells
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Jinpian Diao, Lincoln Young, Peng Zhou, Michael Louis Shuler Source Type: info
Kinetic and stoichiometric parameters estimation in a nitrifying bubble column through "in-situ" pulse respirometry
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Alberto Ordaz, Catarina S. Oliveira, Ricardo Aguilar, Manuel Carrión, Eugénio C. Ferreira, Madalena Alves, Frédéric Thalasso Source Type: info
Transcriptional regulation of changes in growth, cell cycle, and gene expression of Saccharomyces cerevisiae due to changes in buoyancy.
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Chasity B. Coleman, Patricia L. Allen, James M Valles, Timothy G. Hammond Source Type: info
Improved production of recombinant human antithrombin III in Chinese hamster ovary cells by ATF4 overexpression
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Tomoshi Ohya, Tetsuji Hayashi, Eriko Kiyama, Hiroko Nishii, Hideo Miki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kohsuke Honda, Takeshi Omasa, Hisao Ohtake Source Type: info
Creating a spectrum of fibrocartilages through different cell sources and biochemical stimuli
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Gwendolyn M. Hoben, Kyriacos A. Athanasiou Source Type: info
Controlling the membrane fluidity of yeasts during coupled thermal and osmotic treatments
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Héléne Simonin, Laurent Beney, Patrick Gervais Source Type: info
Plasmid DNA transfection using magnetite cationic liposomes for construction of multilayered gene-engineered cell sheet
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Kosuke Ino, Tamayo Kawasumi, Akira Ito, Hiroyuki Honda Source Type: info
Spectrophotometric ferric ion biosensor from Pseudomonas fluorescens culture
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Varun Gupta, Krishna Saharan, Lalit Kumar, Roohi Gupta, Vikram Sahai, Aditya Mittal Source Type: info
Biosilicification of dual-fusion enzyme immobilized on magnetic nanoparticle
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Liang-Jung Chien, Cheng-Kang Lee Source Type: info
Effect of solution pH on protein transmission and membrane capacity during virus filtration
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Meisam Bakhshayeshi Rad, Andrew L. Zydney Source Type: info
Thermodynamic and kinetic characterization using process dynamics; acidophilic ferrous iron oxidation by Leptospirillum ferrooxidans
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Robbert Kleerebezem, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht Source Type: info
Serum-free transient protein production system based on adenoviral vector and PER.C6 technology: High yield and preserved bioactivity
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: M.J.E Havenga, L. Holterman, I. Melis, S. Smits, J. Kaspers, E. Heemskerk, R. v/dVlugt, M. Koldijk, G.J. Schouten, G. Hateboer, K. Brouwer, R. Vogels, J. Goudsmit Source Type: info
Case study and application of process analytical technology (PAT) towards bioprocessing: Use of on-line high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for making real time pooling decisions for process chromatography
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Anurag S. Rathore, Marcella Yu, Samuel Yeboah, Ashutosh Sharma Source Type: info
Live cells-based cytotoxic sensorchip fabricated in a microfluidic system
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Ken-Ichi Wada, Akiyoshi Taniguchi, Jun Kobayashi, Masayuki Yamato, Teruo Okano Source Type: info
Effect of electric currents on bacterial detachment and inactivation
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Seok Hoon Hong, Joonseon Jeong, Soojin Shim, Heekyoung Kang, Sunghoon Kwon, Kyung Hyun Ahn, Jeyong Yoon Source Type: info
Conformational flexibility of a model protein upon immobilization on selfassembled monolayers
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Saharnaz Bigdeli, AmirAli H. Talasaz, Patrik Ståhl, Henrik H. J. Persson, Mostafa Ronaghi, Ronald W. Davis, Mohsen Nemat-Gorgani Source Type: info
Determination of diffusion coefficients and diffusion characteristics for chlorferon and diethylthiophosphate in Ca-alginate gel beads
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Jiyeon Ha, Cady R. Engler, Seung Jae Lee Source Type: info
Hypoxic fed batch cultivation of Pichia pastoris increases specific and volumetric productivity of recombinant proteins
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Kristin Baumann, Michael Maurer, Martin Dragosits, Oriol Cos, Pau Ferrer, Diethard Mattanovich Source Type: info
Functionalization of a Poly (D,L) lactic acid surface with galactose to improve human keratinocyte behaviour for artificial epidermis
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: F. Renò, V. Traina, S. Gatti, E. Battistella, M. Cannas Source Type: info
Computer simulations of the energy dissipation rate in a fluorescence activated cell sorter: Implications to cells
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Mike Mollet, Ruben Godoy-Silva, Claudia Berdugo, Jeffrey J Chalmers Source Type: info
GDNF fusion protein for targeted-drug delivery across the human blood-brain barrier
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 13, 2007 Authors: Ruben J. Boado, Yun Zhang, Yufeng Zhang, Yuntao Wang, William M. Pardridge Source Type: info
L-tyrosine production by recombinant Escherichia coli- fermentation optimization and recovery
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 11, 2007 Authors: Ranjan Patnaik, Raymond R. Zolandz, Daniel A. Green, David F. Kraynie Source Type: info
Reconstruction and flux analysis of coupling between metabolic pathways of astrocytes and neurons: application to cerebral hypoxia
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Source: Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling - December 10, 2007 Authors: Tunahan Cakir, Selma Alsan, Hale Saybasili, Ata Akin and Kutlu O Ulgen Source Type: info
The Treatment with Antibody of TNF-α Reduces the Inflammation, Necrosis and Fibrosis in the Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis Induced by Methionine- and Choline-deficient Diet
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Source: Inflammation - December 8, 2007 Tags: Inflammation Source Type: info
Hypophyseal corticosteroids stimulate somatotrope differentiation in the embryonic chicken pituitary gland
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Source: Histochemistry and Cell Biology - December 7, 2007 Tags: Histochemistry and Cell Biology Source Type: info
Foreword to the special issue on "Theoretical, experimental, and computational aspects of growth and remodeling" : Michael S. Sacks and John C. Criscione (Guest Editors).
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Source: Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology - December 7, 2007 Authors: Holzapfel GA Tags: Biomech Model Mechanobiol Source Type: info
Yield optimization of regulated metabolic systems using deterministic branch-and-reduce methods
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Source: Biotechnology and Bioengineering - December 6, 2007 Authors: Pradeep K. Polisetty, Edward P. Gatzke, Eberhard O. Voit Source Type: info
Measuring the functional sequence complexity of proteins
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Source: Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling - December 6, 2007 Authors: Kirk K. Durston, David K. Y. Chiu, David L. Abel and Jack T. Trevors Source Type: info
Stress field in actin gel growing on spherical substrate.
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Source: Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology - December 6, 2007 Authors: Dafalias YF, Pitouras Z Tags: Biomech Model Mechanobiol Source Type: info
Evolving mechanical properties of a model of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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Source: Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology - December 6, 2007 Authors: Watton PN, Hill NA Tags: Biomech Model Mechanobiol Source Type: info
Expression and localization of PMCA4 in rat testis and epididymis
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Source: Histochemistry and Cell Biology - December 5, 2007 Tags: Histochemistry and Cell Biology Source Type: info
Assembly, organization, and function of the COPII coat
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Source: Histochemistry and Cell Biology - December 4, 2007 Tags: Histochemistry and Cell Biology Source Type: info
Prolonged wakefulness induces experience-dependent synaptic plasticity in mouse hypocretin/orexin neurons
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Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation - December 4, 2007 Authors: Rao, Y., Liu, Z.-W., Borok, E., Rabenstein, R. L., Shanabrough, M., Lu, M., Picciotto, M. R., Horvath, T. L., Gao, X.-B. Tags: Research Article Source Type: info
Probing cell type specific functions of Gi in vivo identifies GPCR regulators of insulin secretion
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Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation - December 4, 2007 Authors: Regard, J. B., Kataoka, H., Cano, D. A., Camerer, E., Yin, L., Zheng, Y.-W., Scanlan, T. S., Hebrok, M., Coughlin, S. R. Tags: Technical Advance Source Type: info
The weight of cell identity
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Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation - December 4, 2007 Authors: Scadden, D. T. Tags: Commentary Source Type: info
Maternal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons diminishes murine ovarian reserve via induction of Harakiri
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Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation - December 4, 2007 Authors: Jurisicova, A., Taniuchi, A., Li, H., Shang, Y., Antenos, M., Detmar, J., Xu, J., Matikainen, T., Benito Hernandez, A., Nunez, G., Casper, R. F. Tags: Research Article Source Type: info
In This Issue
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Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation - December 4, 2007 Tags: In This Issue Source Type: info
On future's doorstep: RNA interference and the pharmacopeia of tomorrow
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Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation - December 4, 2007 Authors: Gewirtz, A. M. Tags: Review Series Introduction Source Type: info
Nuclear receptors PPAR /{delta} and PPAR{alpha} direct distinct metabolic regulatory programs in the mouse heart
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Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation - December 4, 2007 Authors: Burkart, E. M., Sambandam, N., Han, X., Gross, R. W., Courtois, M., Gierasch, C. M., Shoghi, K., Welch, M. J., Kelly, D. P. Tags: Research Article Source Type: info
An anticancer C-Kit kinase inhibitor is reengineered to make it more active and less cardiotoxic
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Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation - December 4, 2007 Authors: Fernandez, A., Sanguino, A., Peng, Z., Ozturk, E., Chen, J., Crespo, A., Wulf, S., Shavrin, A., Qin, C., Ma, J., Trent, J., Lin, Y., Han, H.-D., Mangala, L. S., Bankson, J. A., Gelovani, J., Samarel, A., Bornmann, W., Sood, A. K., Lopez-Berestein, G. Tags: Technical Advance Source Type: info
CP-31398 restores mutant p53 tumor suppressor function and inhibits UVB-induced skin carcinogenesis in mice
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Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation - December 4, 2007 Authors: Tang, X., Zhu, Y., Han, L., Kim, A. L., Kopelovich, L., Bickers, D. R., Athar, M. Tags: Research Article Source Type: info
Tissue-type plasminogen activator promotes murine myofibroblast activation through LDL receptor related protein 1 mediated integrin signaling
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Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation - December 4, 2007 Authors: Hu, K., Wu, C., Mars, W. M., Liu, Y. Tags: Research Article Source Type: info
Staying awake puts pressure on brain arousal systems
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Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation - December 4, 2007 Authors: Tononi, G., Cirelli, C. Tags: Commentary Source Type: info
