1. Background: Recent medical advancements, and improvements in hygiene and food supply
have led to Japan having the longest life expectancy in the world. Over the past 50 years, …

Band bending is a fundamental issue for discussing organic devices. Band bending with
Fermi level alignment between semiconductors and metals are often assumed, although the …

Evidence shows that neuronal injury accompanies neuroinflammatory reactions in the brain,
and well as in Parkinson's disease (PD) animal models, in which the loss of dopamine …

The endothelin-1 (ET-1) gene was disrupted in mouse embryonic stem cells by homologous
recombination to generate mice deficient in ET-1. These ET-1 -/- homozygous mice die of …

Microglial activation and dopamine terminal loss in early Parkinson's disease - Ouchi - 2005 …
Okada for his constant technical support, Dr Y. Magata for his valuable advice on …

Background Estrogen has been reported to augment endothelium-dependent vasodilatation.
The role of endogenous ovarian hormones in modulating endothelium-dependent …

Phospholipase A 2 (PLA 2 ) comprises a superfamily of enzymes that hydrolyse the ester
bond of phospholipids at the sn-2 position 1 , 2 , 3 . Among the members of this superfamily, …

At least two antiferroelectric liquid crystalline phases were discovered in MHPOBC. These
phases appear below the usual ferroelectric Sm C" phase. Because of the alternation of the …

Context A growing body of evidence suggests that aberrant immunologic systems underlie
the pathophysiologic characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, to our …

The induction of senescence-like growth arrest has emerged as a putative contributor to the
anticancer effects of chemotherapeutic agents. Clinical trials are underway to evaluate the …