A significant proportion of the military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts have suffered from both mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder. The mechanisms are unknown. We used a rat model of repeated stress and mTBI to examine brain activity and behavioral function. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four groups: Naïve; 3 days re...

We studied cell death by apoptosis and necrosis in cardiac remodeling produced by Trypanosoma cruzi infection. In addition, we evaluated collagen I, III, IV (CI, CIII and CIV) deposition in cardiac tissue, and their relationship with serum levels of procollagen type I carboxy-terminal propeptide (PICP) and procollagen type III amino-terminal propeptide (PIIINP). Eight infected and two uninfecte...

ii To Joe and Kyndl iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This project would not be possible without the considerable input and support from my thesis committee members, Dr. help with sample collection and also to I must express my sincere gratitude to Dr. opportunity to realize my dream and pursue such a wonderful career. Thank you for dedicating your lives to education; without your guidance, instruction and r...

The canine-adapted Helicobacter bizzozeronii is the only nonpylori Helicobacter species isolated from human gastric biopsy tissue. Here we present the genome sequence of strain CIII-1, isolated from a 45-year-old female patient with severe gastric symptoms. This is the first genome sequence of nonpylori gastric Helicobacter isolated from human gastritis.

An inverse correlation between hepatitis B virus (HBV) and steady-state levels of apolipoprotein AI and CIII mRNAs was observed in two hepatoma cell lines. Analysis of a third line containing an inducible viral genome implicated viral pregenomic RNA in apolipoprotein mRNA reduction. We conclude that HBV alters infected cells despite the absence of overt cytopathogenicity.

F. G. Aliev,1,* A. A. Awad,1 D. Dieleman,1 A. Lara,1 V. Metlushko,2 and K. Y. Guslienko3,4 1Departamento Fı́sica de la Materia Condensada, CIII, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain 2Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA 3Departamento Fı́sica de Materiales, Universidad del Paı́s Vasco, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain 4IKERBAS...