Precise measurement of biophysical properties is important to understand the relation between these properties and the outbreak of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). However, a systematic measurement for these biophysical parameters under in vivo conditions is nearly impossible because of complex vessel shape and limited practicality. In vitro measurements can provide more biophysical information,...

Facilitation is a temporary increase in postsynaptic response to a presynaptic action potential or depolarization induced by a preceding presynaptic depolarization. It is distinguished from longer-term components of activity-dependent synaptic enhancement by its low activation threshold (a pair of action potentials is often sufficient, hence the term paired-pulse facilitation) and short persist...

Introduction:Due to increase in Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) at a younger age, we should try diagnose atherosclerotic process and population risk, the earliest. Flow Mediated Dilatation (FMD), Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (CIMT) Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index (ABI) are probable markers for early atherosclerosis may be useful coronary risk stratification Objectives: To compare correlate FMD, C...

Article history: Received 16 November 2005 Received in revised form 10 November 2006 Accepted 10 November 2006 Herman E. Daly noted in 1992 that maintaining the scale of the physical economy within ecological capacity is vital in pursuing sustainability, leading to the use of biophysical assessments as a central concept in sustainability analysis from the perspective of ecological economics. Ac...

Economic analysis of policies aimed at sustainable use and management of natural resources requires information about the biophysical and economic aspects of alternative options. Since these biophysical and economic aspects are inter-related and inter-dependent, it is essential that these data are integrated. However, existing biophysical and economic monitoring networks and studies tend to obs...

Cell-cell fusion is fundamental to a multitude of biological processes ranging from cell differentiation and embryogenesis to cancer metastasis and biomaterial-tissue interactions. Fusogenic cells are exposed to biochemical and biophysical factors, which could potentially alter cell behavior. While biochemical inducers of fusion such as cytokines and kinases have been identified, little is know...

TRPM3 [TRP (transient receptor potential) melastatin 3] is one of the least investigated proteins of the TRP family of ion channels. Heterologously expressed TRPM3 channels are constitutively active, have an outwardly rectifying current-voltage relationship and are inhibited by intracellular Mg(2+) ions. Besides these rather common features, in which TRPM3 channels resemble the closely related ...