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Fall 2018
Epilepsy is among the most common neurological diseases, but approximately 30% of epileptics are unresponsive to available drugs, and many more suffer significant side effects. One reason for the persisting large fraction of drug-resistant or drug-intolerant patients may be that most drug...
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Spring 2011
The cardiac sodium-calcium exchanger (NCX) is an important membrane protein which regulates cellular calcium necessary for the optimal contractile function of the heart. NCX has become a focal point in ischemic heart disease (IHD) research as evidence suggests that reactive oxygen species (ROS)...
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Spring 2019
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is characterized by peripheral insulin resistance and an insufficiency of insulin secretion from the pancreatic β cell. The incidence of T2DM is rising worldwide at an alarming rate. Increased prevalence of obesity is a major contributor to this rise in T2DM...
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Sex Differences in Central Nervous System Plasticity and Pain in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative autoimmune disease with many known structural and functional changes in the central nervous system (CNS). A well-recognized, but poorly understood, complication of MS is chronic pain. Little is known regarding the influence of sex on the development...