Publications
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ACTH Action in the Adrenal Cortex: From Molecular Biology to Pathophysiology
(2017)
By stimulating adrenal gland and corticosteroid synthesis, the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) plays a central role in response to stress. In this Research Topic, a particular attention has been given to the recent ...
Active Aging and Disease Management
(2019)
Population aging and the associated burden of chronic diseases are one of the main challenges in public health worldwide. This Research Topic on "Active Aging and Disease Management" provides a comprehensive overview of ...
Active Touch Sensing
(2014)
Active touch can be described as the control of the position and movement of tactile sensing systems to facilitate information gain. In other words, it is finding out about the world by reaching out and exploring - sensing ...
Adaptive Function and Brain Evolution
(2014)
The brain of each animal shows specific traits that reflect its phylogenetic history and its particular lifestyle. Therefore, comparing brains is not just a mere intellectual exercise, but it helps understanding how the ...
Adaptive Hot Cognition: How Emotion Drives Information Processing and Cognition Steers Affective Processing
(2017)
Influential theories have argued that affective processing is fundamentally different from cognitive processing. Others have suggested that theoretical boundaries between affective and cognitive processing are artificial ...
All 3 Types of Glial Cells Are Important for Memory Formation
(2016)
The vertebrate brain contains neurons and 3 classical types of glia cells, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and microglia. Astrocytes and microglia have mainly been studied in gray matter, whereas oligodendrocytes myelinate ...
Allorecognition by Leukocytes of the Adaptive Immune System
(2018)
The term allorecognition refers to the series of mechanisms used by an individual’s immune system to distinguish its own cells and tissues from those of another individual belonging to the same species. During evolution, ...
Advanced Neuroimaging Methods for Studying Autism Disorder
(2017)
In the last twenty years, many attempts have been made to provide neurobiological models of autism. Functional, structural and connectivity analyses have highlighted reduced responses in key social areas, such as amygdala, ...
Advancements in Biomass Recalcitrance: The Use of Lignin for the Production of Fuels and Chemicals
(2019)
Lignocellulosic biomass has great potentials as an alternative feedstock for fuels and chemicals. For effective utilization of biomass, biomass recalcitrance, which is inherent resistance of plant cell walls to biological ...
Advances and Trends in Development of Plant Factories
(2017)
The plant factory is a facility that aids the steady production of high-quality vegetables all year round by artificially controlling the cultivation environment (e.g., light, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide ...
"One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel": The plant hormone ethylene, the small molecule and its complexity
(2015)
The gaseous molecule ethylene (C2H4), which is small in size and simple in structure, is a plant hormone most often associated with fruit ripening yet has a diversity of effects throughout the plant life cycle. While its ...
Alterations of Epigenetics and MicroRNAs in Cancer and Cancer Stem Cell
(2014)
Studies have shown that alterations of epigenetics and microRNAs (miRNAs) play critical roles in the initiation and progression of human cancer. Epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes in cancer cells is generally ...
Alternative Models of Addiction
(2015)
For much of the 20th century, theories of addictive behaviour and motivation were polarized between two models. The first model viewed addiction as a moral failure for which addicts are rightly held responsible and judged ...
Alternatives to Antimicrobial Growth Promoters and Their Impact in Gut Microbiota, Health and Disease
(2017)
In the context of disease pathogenesis, it has been observed that after inadequate administration of antibiotics, animals become more susceptible to intestinal colonization and organ invasion by enteropathogens, these could ...
Alzheimer's Disease and the Fornix
(2016)
This e-book focuses primarily on the role of the fornix as a functional, prognostic, and diagnostic marker of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and the application of such a marker in clinical practice. Researchers have long been ...
Amino Acids of the Glutamate Family: Functions beyond Primary Metabolism
(2016)
The life of proteins starts and ends as amino acids. In addition to the primary function as protein building blocks, amino acids serve multiple other purposes to make a plant's life worth living. This is true especially ...
Advancements in Algal Biofuels Research - Recent Evaluation of Algal Biomass Production and Conversion Methods of into Fuels and High Value Co-products
(2017)
Algae biomass has enormous potential to produce fuels and value-added products. Algae-derived biofuels and bioproducts offer great promise in contributing to U.S. energy security and in mitigating the environmental concerns ...
Advances in Aspergillus fumigatus pathobiology
(2016)
Aspergillus fumigatus is a human fungal pathogen that causes invasive aspergillosis (IA), a major infectious cause of death in the expanding population of immunocompromised individuals such as cancer patients and transplant ...
Advances in Ascochyta Research
(2018)
Legume crops provide an excellent source of high quality plant protein and have a key role in arable crop rotations reducing the need for fertilizer application and acting as break-crops. However, these crops are affected ...
(Pushing) the Limits of Neuroplasticity Induced by Adult Language Acquisition
(2018)
Most adults attempt to learn a second or even third language at some point in their life. Since language exposure is one of the most intense cognitive training regimes one can encounter, it is not surprising that previous ...