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vascular smooth muscle cells, neurons and brain macrophages. Each celltype plays a unique role, and works with other types to maintain environ-mental homeostasis and to respond to certain stimuli. Taken together, thisminireview emphasizes the importance of the coordinated[r]

VEGF-E; VEGFR-1; VEGFR-2CorrespondenceM. Shibuya, Department of MolecularOncology, Tokyo Medical and DentalUniversity, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo 113-8519, JapanFax: +81 3 5803 0125Tel: +81 3 5803 5086E-mail: shibuya@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp(Received 19 February 2009, revised 26May 2009, accept[r]

Despite advances in the treatment of primary breast tumors, the outcome of metastatic breast cancer remains dismal. Brain metastases present a particularly difficult therapeutic target due to the “sanctuary” status of the brain, with resulting inability of most chemotherapeutic agents to effectively[r]

Background: Cervical cancer (CC) is -second to breast cancer- a dominant cause of gynecological cancer-related deaths worldwide. CC tumor biopsies and blood samples are of easy access and vital for the development of future precision medicine strategies.
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Part 1➤Drawing and Seeing, Seeing and Drawing20Okay, ready? Spread your drawings out and consider the following:➤ Can you see where, as a young child, you drew without particular regard for “correct-ness,” and instead drew to tell a story or as a response to life?➤ Did you draw your family?➤[r]

are the site of your auditory brain, memory and new learn-ing, language, and perhaps religiosity. Your parietal lobes help you with orientation to space, memory, reading and writing, mathematics, and appreciation of left versus right. Finally, your occipital lobes help yo[r]

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The lack of trained mental health professionals has been an important barrier to establishing mental health services in low income countries. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and implementation of child psychiatry training within a graduate program in mental health for non-ph[r]

23And the story will certainly be repeated for other values of E.Tobesure,letusscanthewholerange0 E<V. The result is shown in Fig. 4.7.Magic energetic gates (resonance states)There is something really exciting going on. In our case we have three energiesE  V , at which[r]

Carter RJ, L ione LA, Humby T, Mangiarini L, Mahal A, Bates GP, Dunnett SB, Morton AJ (1999)Characterization of progressive motor deficits in mice transgenic for the human Huntington’sdisease mutation. J Neurosci 19:3248–3257Casas C, Sergeant N, Itier JM, Blanchard V, Wirths O, van der[r]

There can’t be many people who are (41) of e-mail, even if they have never actually sent one. Although there are some (42) between e-mail and letters, there are also many differences. The first is that e-mail is delivered (43) , so it can be a very (44) means of communication wh[r]

Serotonin, also called 5hydroxytryptamine, a chemical substance that is derived from the amino acid tryptophan. It occurs in the brain, intestinal tissue, blood platelets, and mast cells and is a constituent of many venoms, including wasp venom and toad venom. Serotonin is a potent vasoconstrictor a[r]

The Importance of Brain Health 29Educating Others About the Benefi ts of a Healthy BrainWe have persistent educational campaigns to teach the pub-lic about behaviors that promote cardiac health. Consider the relatively recent introduction of aer[r]

Adopting a Healthy Brain Lifestyle 59healthy choices.” You can become a champion of a proactive brain health lifestyle and actually serve as a role model to others, particularly your children and grandchildren. We already know about several basic preventative measures to take ev[r]

and the hematocrit and hemoglobin levels do not reflect the volume of blood lost. Signs of vascular instability appear with acute losses of 10–15% of the total blood volume. In such patients, the issue is not anemia but hypotensi[r]