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Structural and Functional Imaging of Pancreatic Islets using Optical Coherence Microscopy

In diabetes, pancreatic beta-cells play a key role. These cells are organized within structures called islets of Langerhans inside the pancreas and produce insulin. Insulin is one of the main hormones contributing to glucose homeostasis, which is the hallm ...

EPFL2015

Effect of manganese chloride on the neurochemical profile of the rat hypothalamus

Rolf Gruetter, Cristina Ramona Cudalbu, Hongxia Lei, Nathalie Just

Manganese (Mn 2+)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging studies of the neuronal pathways of the hypothalamus showed that information about the regulation of food intake and energy balance circulate through specific hypothalamic nuclei. The dehydration-induce ...

Nature Publishing Group2011

Perinatal Exposure to Bisphenol A Increases Adult Mammary Gland Progesterone Response and Cell Number

Cathrin Brisken, Jacques Rougemont, Ayyakkannu Ayyanan, Tamara Tanos, Christina Schrick

Bisphenol A [BPA, 2,2,-bis (hydroxyphenyl) propane] is one of the highest-volume chemicals produced worldwide. It is detected in body fluids of more than 90% of the human population. Originally synthesized as an estrogenic compound, it is currently utilize ...

Endocrine Society2011

Neurochemical profile of the mouse hypothalamus using in vivo1H MRS at 14.1T

Rolf Gruetter, Hongxia Lei, Carole Poitry-Yamate

The hypothalamus plays an essential role in the central nervous system of mammals by among others regulating glucose homeostasis, food intake, temperature, and to some extent blood pressure. Assessments of hypothalamic metabolism using, e.g. 1H MRS in mous ...

Wiley-Blackwell2010

The rate-limiting step for glucose transport into the hypothalamus is across the blood–hypothalamus interface

Rolf Gruetter, Hongxia Lei, Carole Poitry-Yamate

Specialized glucosensing neurons are present in the hypothalamus, some of which neighbor the median eminence, where the blood–brain barrier has been reported leaky. A leaky blood–brain barrier implies high tissue glucose levels and obviates a role for endo ...

Wiley-Blackwell2009

Differential effects of reduced cyclic stretch and perturbed shear stress within the arterial wall

Tyler Nerton Thacher

Due to the pulsatile nature of blood flow, arteries are constantly exposed to dynamic mechanical forces; the pulsatility continuously stretches the vessel wall and the flow creates a frictional force on the interior surface. These stresses, referred to as ...

EPFL2009

Nonlinear dynamics of flute modes and self-organization phenomena in turbulent magnetized plasma

Costanza Zucca

A two-fields model that self-consistently describes the coupled, spectral dynamics of flute mode large-scale flows turbulence is presented. This model has a characteristic form of a 'predator-prey' system, in which the populations of flute mode quanta (pre ...

2007

Leptin: cutting the fat off the bone

Johan Auwerx

CONTEXT: Leptin was initially proposed to be the antiobesity hormone. Now it is realised that leptin is more a signal molecule that communicates nutritional status to the brain, and that it is involved in bone formation by having an antiosteogenic action. ...

2003

Intra-portal injection of 400- microm microcapsules in a large-animal model

Jutta Christine Wandrey, Bertrand Rochat, David Hunkeler, Annemie Rehor

To date, encapsulated grafts have usually been implanted in the peritoneal cavity. This site is, however, not ideal, mainly because of its low blood supply. We have investigated the feasibility of intra-portal injection of (400 microm) microcapsules in the ...

2003

An innovative coupled solar-biological system at field pilot scale for the treatment of biorecalcitrant pollutants

César Pulgarin, Victor Sarria

An overview of recent works (1998–2002) coupling Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) and Biological systems for wastewater treatment confirms the beneficial effects of such two-steps treatment at lab scale. In this paper, an innovative coupled solar-biologica ...

2003

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