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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
C. Andrieux, S. Biasutti, J. Barrieu, P. Morganx, M. Morisson, V Coustham, S. Panserat, M. Houssier
Summary: This study investigated the impact of different incubation conditions on the zootechnical performance of mule ducks. The results showed that increasing incubation temperature had a negative effect on duck embryonic mortality, but when applied in later developmental windows, hatchability remained unaffected.
Review
Neurosciences
Laura J. Westacott, Lawrence S. Wilkinson
Summary: We now understand that the immune system plays a significant role in brain development and can influence the risk of psychiatric disorders. However, there is still much to learn about the interactions between the immune system, sex, and the development of different brain circuits.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Mathieu Montoya, Jo Ann Morrison, Florent Arrignon, Nate Spofford, Helene Charles, Marie-Anne Hours, Vincent Biourge
Summary: This study generated life expectancy tables for dogs and cats using clinical records from over 1,000 Banfield Pet hospitals in the USA. These tables provide valuable information for veterinarians and pet owners, and serve as a foundation for further research.
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Biology
Nicole Walasek, Willem E. Frankenhuis, Karthik Panchanathan
Summary: Sensitive periods, during which experience has a greater impact on phenotype, are crucial in an organism's development, but their evolution is not well understood. This study presents a model where organisms slowly adapt to fluctuating environments and receive imperfect cues about the current environment. The results show that sensitive periods can occur at different stages of development, and organisms retain some plasticity late in ontogeny, contrary to models assuming stable environments. The study suggests that critical periods with zero plasticity are unlikely to be favored in fluctuating environments.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Ulf Bamstedt
Summary: A study on the coronate medusa Periphylla periphylla in a Norwegian fjord revealed that the average growth rate decreases exponentially with age, reaching sexual maturity in the third year and carrying over 1000 mature oocytes at the age of 9. Juvenile recruitment was estimated to be 15 females per year per 0.5-1 cm diameter, with high mortality rates from egg to juvenile stage.
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jiahui Deng, Xiao Lin, Yongbo Zheng, Sizhen Su, Xiaoxing Liu, Kai Yuan, Le Shi, Yanping Bao, Lin Lu
Summary: The persistence of pathological memory is the basis of psychiatric disorders, and modulating memory reconsolidation is considered a treatment approach for these disorders. This article reviews the effects of different interventions on memory reconsolidation and discusses the potential advantages, limitations, challenges, and opportunities associated with these manipulations.
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Shannon Halloway, Denis A. Evans, Pankaja Desai, Klodian Dhana, Todd Beck, Kumar B. Rajan
Summary: The study found that serum t-tau, NfL, and GFAP were associated with overall and cardiovascular mortality, with potential higher risks for African Americans. Therefore, these biomarkers could be early indicators for mortality outcomes among older adults.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
(2023)
Review
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Jay Li, Sumin Kim, Samuel S. Pappas, William T. Dauer
Summary: Critical periods in nervous system development are crucial stages where the system is sensitive to stimuli that aid in circuit maturation. The unique landscapes of the developing CNS create periods of susceptibility to pathogenic insults and responsiveness to therapy. A specific critical period has been identified in DYT1 dystonia, highlighting the harmful effects of the mutation and implications for future therapeutic development.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Amy E. Krefman, Darwin Labarthe, Philip Greenland, Lindsay Pool, Liliana Aguayo, Markus Juonala, Mika Kahonen, Terho Lehtimaki, R. Sue Day, Lydia Bazzano, Vito M. R. Muggeo, Linda Van Horn, Lei Liu, Larry S. Webber, Katja Pahkala, Tomi T. Laitinen, Olli Raitakari, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, Norrina B. Allen
Summary: The study found that late adolescence and early middle age are critical periods during which the loss of cardiovascular health accelerates.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Neurosciences
Yuniesky Andrade-Talavera, Mikel Perez-Rodriguez, Jose Prius-Mengual, Antonio Rodriguez-Moreno
Summary: Windows of plasticity during postnatal development are influenced by environmental experiences and play a significant role in the formation of brain circuits and physiological processes in adults. In addition to GABAergic inhibition, recent studies have highlighted the involvement of astrocytes and adenosinergic inhibition in determining the duration of these plasticity periods.
TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Neurosciences
Donald E. Mitchell, Daphne Maurer
Summary: For the past four decades, research on the biological basis of critical periods in the developing mammalian visual cortex has primarily focused on studying the effects of altered early visual experience in cats and nonhuman primates. Recent human studies have shown deficits in both visual and nonvisual cortical regions. It is now necessary to review the human and earlier animal data to draw general conclusions and optimize the choice of animal models.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF VISION SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Regilene D. S. Oliveira, Ivan Sanchez-Sanchez, Joan Torregrosa
Summary: This work introduces the simultaneous bifurcation problem of limit cycles and critical periods for a system of polynomial differential equations in the plane. The concept of simultaneity is defined, along with the idea of bi-weakness in the return map and the period function. In addition to classical methods, an approach using the Lie bracket is presented to address simultaneity in certain cases. Various examples are provided to demonstrate the application of this approach in finding bi-weakness for different system families.
QUALITATIVE THEORY OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Cell Biology
Timothy A. Donlon, Randi Chen, Kamal H. Masaki, D. Craig Willcox, Richard C. Allsopp, Bradley J. Willcox, Brian J. Morris
Summary: This study found that longevity-associated genotypes may reduce mortality risk in individuals with hypertension, but there was no genotypic difference in lifespan for those with diabetes, CHD, and cancer. Individuals with hypertension who possess the longevity-associated genetic variant of GHR may enhance cell resilience mechanisms to protect against cellular stress caused by hypertension, living as long as normotensive individuals.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Malaisamy Muniyandi, Pravin Kumar Singh, Yamini Aanandh, Nagarajan Karikalan, Chandrasekaran Padmapriyadarsini
Summary: This study estimated the impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy in India by analyzing age-specific mortality data from March 2020 to June 2021. It was found that COVID-19 significantly reduced life expectancy, particularly among the elderly population.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Eadaoin J. Slattery, Eoin O'Callaghan, Patrick Ryan, Donal G. Fortune, Laura P. McAvinue
Summary: This systematic review critically evaluates three popular sustained attention training approaches for children and adolescents - cognitive attention training, meditation, and physical activity. The findings suggest that cognitive attention training has limited effectiveness in improving sustained attention, while physical activity and meditation interventions show more potential. However, further research with stronger methodology is needed to confirm these effects and explore their transferability to other aspects of cognition, behavior, and academic achievement.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Jennifer S. Silk, Rebecca B. Price, Dana Rosen, Neal D. Ryan, Erika E. Forbes, Greg J. Siegle, Ronald E. Dahl, Dana L. McMakin, Philip C. Kendall, Cecile D. Ladouceur
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2019)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Santiago Castro-Zaballaa, Matias Cavelli, Joaquin Gonzalez, Jaime Monti, Atilio Falconi, Pablo Torterolo
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Cecile D. Ladouceur, Rebecca Kerestes, Michael W. Schlund, Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff, Yoojin Lee, Ronald E. Dahl
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Sarah L. Master, Maria K. Eckstein, Neta Gotlieb, Ronald Dahl, Linda Wilbrecht, Anne G. E. Collins
DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2020)
Review
Psychology, Developmental
Alison Giovanelli, Elizabeth M. Ozer, Ronald E. Dahl
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Megan Johnson, Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff, Lotte van Dammen, Ronald E. Dahl, Nancy Gonzales, Kim G. Harley, Stephen Rauch, Louise C. Greenspan, Brenda Eskenazi, Julianna Deardorff
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2020)
Correction
Psychology, Developmental
Sarah L. Master, Maria K. Eckstein, Neta Gotlieb, Ronald Dahl, Linda Wilbrecht, Anne G. E. Collins
DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Rosalind D. Butterfield, Jennifer S. Silk, Kyung Hwa Lee, Greg S. Siegle, Ronald E. Dahl, Erika E. Forbes, Neal D. Ryan, Jill M. Hooley, Cecile D. Ladouceur
Summary: Parental warmth can protect adolescents with histories of anxiety from future anxiety and depressive symptoms, potentially through its effects on neural functioning in brain regions associated with emotion processing and regulation.
DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Kate Ryan Kuhlman, Jessica J. Chiang, Julienne E. Bower, Michael R. Irwin, Teresa E. Seeman, Heather E. McCreath, David M. Almeida, Ronald E. Dahl, Andrew J. Fuligni
DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Caroline W. Oppenheimer, Jennifer S. Silk, Kyung Hwa Lee, Ronald E. Dahl, Erika Forbes, Neal Ryan, Cecile D. Ladouceur
CHILD PSYCHIATRY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
(2020)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Kate Ryan Kuhlman, Jessica J. Chiang, Julienne E. Bower, Michael R. Irwin, Steve W. Cole, Ronald E. Dahl, David M. Almeida, Andrew J. Fuligni
JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Rosalind D. Butterfield, Greg J. Siegle, Kyung Hwa Lee, Cecile D. Ladouceur, Erika E. Forbes, Ronald E. Dahl, Neal D. Ryan, Lisa Sheeber, Jennifer S. Silk
DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Family Studies
Ahna Ballonoff Suleiman, Ronald Dahl
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Lindsey B. Stone, Rebekah J. Mennies, Jennifer M. Waller, Cecile D. Ladouceur, Erika E. Forbes, Neal D. Ryan, Ronald E. Dahl, Jennifer S. Silk
JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Heather E. Gunn, Flannery O'Rourke, Ronald E. Dahl, Tina R. Goldstein, Dana L. Rofey, Erika E. Forbes, Daniel S. Shaw