Author(s): Matthews TE; Lumaca M; Witek MAG; Penhune VB; Vuust P;

There are pronounced differences in the degree to which individuals experience music-induced pleasure which are linked to variations in structural connectivity between auditory and reward areas. However, previous studies exploring the link between white mat ...

Article GUID: 39052097

Author(s): Wang Z; Diedrichsen J; Saltoun K; Steele C; Arnold-Anteraper SR; Yeo BTT; Schmahmann JD; Bzdok D; ...

The human cerebellum is increasingly recognized to be involved in non-motor and higher-order cognitive functions. Yet, its ties with the entire cerebral cortex have not been holistically studied in ...

Article GUID: 39052236

Author(s): Behboodi B; Carton FX; Chabanas M; de Ribaupierre S; Solheim O; Munkvold BKR; Rivaz H; Xiao Y; Reinertsen I; ...

Purpose: Registration and segmentation of magnetic resonance (MR) and ultrasound (US) images could play an essential role in surgical planning and resectioning brain tumors. However, validating the ...

Article GUID: 39047165

Author(s): Chen Z; Elektorowicz M; An C; Tian X; Wang Z; Yang X; Lyu L;

Ice can serve as a significant temporary repository and conveyance mechanism for microplastics (MPs). MPs present in the water column can become entrapped within developing ice formations, subsequently being sequestered and transported by ice floes. With ch ...

Article GUID: 39031076

Author(s): Easlick T; Sun W;

We propose a unified stochastic SIR model driven by Lévy noise. The model is structural enough to allow for time-dependency, nonlinearity, discontinuity, demography, and environmental disturbances. We present concise results on the existence and uniqueness ...

Article GUID: 39027117

Author(s): Bagheri H; Friedman H; Hadwen A; Jarweh C; Cooper E; Oprea L; Guerrier C; Khadra A; Collin A; Cohen-Adad J; Young A; Victoriano GM; Swire M; ...

Myelin basic protein (Mbp) is essential for both elaboration and maintenance of CNS myelin, and its reduced accumulation results in hypomyelination. How different Mbp mRNA levels affect myelin dime ...

Article GUID: 39023138

Author(s): Mayo NE; Auais M; Barclay R; Branin J; Dawes H; Korfage IJ; Sawchuk K; Tal E; White CL; Ayoubi Z; Ekediegwu E; Mate K; Nadeau L; Rodriguez S ...

Introduction: Through interviews with 148 older persons from four countries and in four languages, the content for a 17-item measure of active living was developed. The purpose of this paper is to ...

Article GUID: 39012558

Author(s): Zhen C; Wang L; Feng Y; Whiteway M; Hang S; Yu J; Lu H; Jiang Y;

Candidiasis, which presents a substantial risk to human well-being, is frequently treated with azoles. However, drug-drug interactions caused by azoles inhibiting the human CYP3A4 enzyme, together with increasing resistance of Candida species to azoles, rep ...

Article GUID: 38995235

Author(s): Casillas-Popova SN; Lokuge ND; Andrade-Gagnon B; Chowdhury FR; Skinner CD; Findlay BL; Oh JK; ...

Recent advances in the treatment of chronic wounds have focused on the development of effective strategies for cutting-edge wound dressings based on nanostructured materials, particularly biocompat ...

Article GUID: 38989606

Author(s): Memari E; Helfield B;

The recent and exciting success of anti-inflammatory therapies for ischemic heart disease (e.g. atherosclerosis) is hindered by the lack of site-specific and targeted therapeutic deposition. Microbubble-mediated focused ultrasound, which uses circulating, l ...

Article GUID: 38988819

Author(s): Singh D; Memari E; He S; Yusefi H; Helfield B;

Over the past two decades, there has been tremendous and exciting progress toward extending the use of medical ultrasound beyond a traditional imaging tool. Ultrasound contrast agents, typically used for improved visualization of blood flow, have been explo ...

Article GUID: 38983873