The aim of this study was to determine whether measures of hyoid velocity increase when swallowing liquids of thicker consistency at a constant volume. A gender-balanced sample of 20 healthy young participants (mean age 31.5) each swallowed 3 boluses of
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 306(7), C705-C713 (2014-01-31)
Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) generate slow waves in gastrointestinal (GI) muscles. Previous studies have suggested that slow wave generation and propagation depends on a voltage-dependent Ca(2+) entry mechanism with the signature of a T-type Ca(2+) conductance. We studied voltage-dependent
Early-life dietary transitions reflect fundamental aspects of primate evolution and are important determinants of health in contemporary human populations. Weaning is critical to developmental and reproductive rates; early weaning can have detrimental health effects but enables shorter inter-birth intervals, which
Bisphenol A (BPA), a high volume production chemical compound attracts growing attention as a health-relevant xenobiotic in humans. It can directly bind to hormone receptors, enzymes, and ion channels to become biologically active. In this study we show that BPA
The Journal of chemical physics, 138(2), 024505-024505 (2013-01-17)
We develop force field parameters for the divalent cations Mg(2+), Ca(2+), Sr(2+), and Ba(2+) for molecular dynamics simulations with the simple point charge-extended (SPC/E) water model. We follow an approach introduced recently for the optimization of monovalent ions, based on
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