MEG recordings visualized non-invasively a serial mediolateral activation of the human somatosensory 3b area followed by a stationary activation of area 1 after median nerve stimulation. Somatosensory evoked fields (SEFs) were recorded over the hand area contralateral to the right median nerve stimulation at the wrist in six normal subjects. A newly developed MEG vector beamformer technique app...

A selected set of substituted pyridone-annelated isoindigos 3a-f has been synthesized via interaction of 5- and 6-substituted oxindoles 2a-f with 6-ethyl-1,2,9-trioxopyrrolo[3,2-f]quinoline-8-carboxylic acid (1) in acetic acid at reflux. Among these isoindigos, the 5'-chloro and 5'-bromo derivatives 3b and 3d show strong and selective antiproliferative activities against a panel of human hemato...

An hypereutectic Al-18Si alloy was modified via an Al-3B master alloy. The effect of the added Al-3B and the modification temperature on the microstructure, tensile fracture morphologies, and mechanical properties of the alloy were investigated using an optical microscope, Image-Pro Plus 6.0, a scanning electron microscope, and a universal testing machine. The results show that the size of the ...

While functional imaging studies in humans have consistently reported activation of primary somatosensory cortex (SI) with painful stimuli, the specific roles of subdivisions of areas 3a, 3b, and 1 within SI during pain perception are largely unknown, particularly in the representation of mechanical evoked pain. In this study, we investigated how modality, location, and intensity of nociceptive...

Candida albicans, along with some other non-albicans Candida species, is a group of yeast, which causes serious infections in humans that can be both systemic and superficial. Despite the fact that extensive efforts have been put into the discovery of novel antifungal agents, the frequency of these fungal infections has increased drastically worldwide. In our quest for the discovery of novel an...

Fusarium pathogens cause two major diseases in cereals, Fusarium crown rot (FCR) and head blight (FHB). A large-effect locus conferring resistance to FCR disease was previously located to chromosome arm 3BL (designated as Qcrs-3B) and several independent sets of near isogenic lines (NILs) have been developed for this locus. In this study, five sets of the NILs were used to examine transcription...

Receptive fields of neurons within the separate representations of the glabrous hand in areas 3b and 1 of somatosensory cortex were studied in cynomolgus monkeys. Many neurons in area 1 have center-surround receptive fields with separate 'on' and 'off' zones, while neurons in area 3b exhibit largely uniform or homogeneous receptive fields.

Rhodopseudomonas palustris strain JSC-3b is a facultative, thermophilic bacterium, which was isolated from water in a canal adjacent to a vegetable field. Strain JSC-3b biodegrades several varieties of pyrethroid residues effectively through cometabolic pathways. Here, we present the genome sequence of this biodegrader.

We compared the clinical, biopsy and serology profile in typical vs atypical celiac disease. Mean TTG value for Marsh 3b/c in typical group was (140.53+/-88.77) and in atypical (140.66+/-73.53) (P=0.622). Seventy seven percent of patients had Marsh 3b/c in typical and 67.5% in atypical group (P=0.400).