EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER AND MICROBIAL NATURAL PRODUCTS Oxygen is an essential part of the electron transport chain, functioning as the terminal electron acceptor in aerobic respiration.¹ Without oxygen, an aerobic cell is unable to complete... Read More
INTRODUCTION Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric illness characterized by intrusive thoughts, designated as obsessions, and repetitive compulsions, such as motor-related fixations.¹ Symptoms of OCD include checking behavior–compulsive interactions with switches or locks–and fixation on... Read More
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CIRCADIAN RHYTHM 101 The circadian clock is in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the brain.¹ This cluster of nuclei sits atop the optic chiasm, and it receives light input from the retina to time activities... Read More
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INTRODUCTION Do you remember your dream last night? Was it bizarre, weird, or random? Researchers have always been fascinated by the connection between sleep and dreaming. Sleep has been divided into two broad stages: rapid... Read More
Over 1.3 billion people are afflicted with some form of vision impairment, which can mean these individuals require glasses or have a level of blindness. While the decline of vision with age is generally considered... Read More
Successive generations of organisms may experience many changes in their physiology, behavior, and development. While most traits, such as beak shape or coat color, can be perceived by the human eye, the actual changes that... Read More
BACKGROUND Gene therapy has grown in popularity as a potential treatment strategy for a variety of human diseases.¹ Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors have been shown to be effective gene delivery candidates based on their safety... Read More
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Common responses to stress include eating more ice cream, watching more TV shows, and the more physiologically relevant development of clenching every muscle in your body. Today, stress is seen as a well-established accompaniment to... Read More
The Reck-Peterson, Villa and Leschziner groups at UC San Diego discovered that the LRRK2 protein, a mutated subset in Parkinson’s patients, has profound impacts on molecular transport in the cell and could influence the onset... Read More