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The environmental toxicant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin disrupts morphogenesis of the rat pre-implantation embryo

Hutt, Karla J; Shi, Zhanquan; Albertini, David F; Petroff, Brian K (2008-01-02)

Abstract Background Environmental toxicants, whose actions are often mediated through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) pathway, pose risks to the health and well-being of exposed species, including humans. Of particular ...
Trunk rotational strength asymmetry in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: an observational study

Kevin McIntire; Marc Asher; Douglas Burton; Wen Liu (BioMedCentral, 2006-03-31)

BACKGROUND:Recent reports have suggested a rotational strength weakness in rotations to the concave side in patients with idiopathic scoliosis. There have been no studies presenting normative values of female adolescent ...
Effects of dairy intake on weight maintenance

Michael Zemel; Joseph Donnelly; Bryan Smith; Debra Sullivan; Joanna Richards; Danielle Morgan-Hanusa; Matthew Mayo; Xiaocun Sun; Galen Cook-Wiens; Bruce Bailey; Emily Van Walleghen; Richard Washburn (BioMedCentral, 2005-12-01)

BACKGROUND:To compare the effects of low versus recommended levels of dairy intake on weight maintenance and body composition subsequent to weight loss.DESIGN AND METHODS:Two site (University of Kansas-KU; University of ...
A model-based time-reversal of left ventricular motion improves cardiac motion analysis using tagged MRI data

Tareq Alrefae; Irina Smirnova; Larry Cook; Mehmet Bilgen (BioMedCentral, 2006-01-09)

BACKGROUND:Myocardial motion is an important observable for the assessment of heart condition. Accurate estimates of ventricular (LV) wall motion are required for quantifying myocardial deformation and assessing local ...
Cardiac dysfunction in the diabetic rat: quantitative evaluation using high resolution magnetic resonance imaging

Rajprasad Loganathan; Mehmet Bilgen; Baraa Al-Hafez; Mohammed Alenezy; Irina Smirnova (BioMedCentral, 2004-08-10)

BACKGROUND:Diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. In particular, type 1 diabetes compromises the cardiac function of individuals at a relatively early age due to the protracted course of abnormal glucose ...
Imaging corticospinal tract connectivity in injured rat spinal cord using manganese-enhanced MRI

Mehmet Bilgen (BioMedCentral, 2006-04-11)

BACKGROUND:Manganese-enhanced MRI (MEI) offers a novel neuroimaging modality to trace corticospinal tract (CST) in live animals. This paper expands this capability further and tests the utility of MEI to image axonal fiber ...
Gastroparesis secondary to a demyelinating disease: a case series

Savio Reddymasu; John Bonino; Richard McCallum (BioMedCentral, 2006-05-15)

BACKGROUND:Gastroparesis has a number of etiologies. The main ones are secondary to a complication from diabetes mellitus, related to post vagotomy or post gastric surgical resections, or idiopathic when the etiology is ...
Caerulein-induced acute pancreatitis in mice that constitutively overexpress Reg/PAP genes

Oxana Norkina; Rolf Graf; Philippe Appenzeller; Robert De Lisle (BioMedCentral, 2008-08-26)

BACKGROUND:The cystic fibrosis (CF) mouse pancreas has constitutively elevated expression of the Reg/PAP cell stress genes (60-fold greater Reg3a, and 10-fold greater PAP/Reg3ß and Reg3?). These genes are suggested to be ...
Improving quality indicator report cards through Bayesian modeling

Byron Gajewski; Jonathan Mahnken; Nancy Dunton (BioMedCentral, 2005-02-23)

BACKGROUND:The National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®) was established in 1998 to assist hospitals in monitoring indicators of nursing quality (eg, falls and pressure ulcers). Hospitals participating in ...
Reporting quality of randomized trials in the diet and exercise literature for weight loss

Cheryl Gibson; Erik Kirk; James LeCheminant; Bruce Bailey; Guoyuan Huang; Joseph Donnelly (BioMedCentral, 2007-09-12)

BACKGROUND:To adequately assess individual studies and synthesize quantitative research on weight loss studies, transparent reporting of data is required. The authors examined the reporting quality of randomized trials in ...