Urotensin II-related peptides, Urp1 and Urp2, control zebrafish spine morphology
eLife, 2022 The spine provides structure and support to the body, yet how it develops its characteristic morphology as the organism grows is little understood.
Elizabeth A Bearce +6 more
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Radiographic Outcomes of Adult Spinal Deformity Correction : A Critical Analysis of Variability and Failures Across Deformity Patterns [PDF]
, 2014 Study Design: Multicenter, prospective, consecutive, surgical case series from the International Spine Study Group. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of surgical treatment in restoring spinopelvic (SP) alignment.
AMES, Christopher P. +12 more
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Peripheral and central mechanisms involved in hormonal control of male and female reproduction [PDF]
, 2016 Reproduction involves the integration of hormonal signals acting across multiple systems togenerate a synchronized physiological output. A critical component of reproduction is the luteinizinghormone (LH) surge, which is mediated by estradiol (E2) and ...
Bentley, G. E. +6 more
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Estrous behavior in dairy cows: identification of underlying mechanisms and gene functions [PDF]
, 2010 Selection in dairy cattle for a higher milk yield has coincided with declined fertility. One of the factors is reduced expression of estrous behavior. Changes in systems that regulate the estrous behavior could be manifested by altered gene expression ...
Beerda, B. +3 more
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Patient-Reported Outcome Measures after Multilevel Lumbar Total Disc Arthroplasty for the Treatment of Multilevel Degenerative Disc Disease [PDF]
, 2020 STUDY DESIGN: Case series OBJECTIVE.: The aim of this study was to assess the patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient satisfaction of multi-level lumbar total disc arthroplasty (TDA) for symptomatic multilevel degenerative disc disease ...
Furness, James +6 more
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Improved timed-mating, non-invasive method using fewer unproven female rats with pregnancy validation via early body mass increases [PDF]
, 2018 For studies requiring accurate conception-timing, reliable, efficient methods of detecting oestrus reduce time and costs, whilst improving welfare. Standard methods use vaginal cytology to stage cycle, and breeders are paired–up using approximately five ...
Agata K Stramek +18 more
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Postural defects - kyphosis, lordosis, sway back, flat back. Part two
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019 Posture defects are a serious social problem. It is very important to be able to distinguish between postural defects. A part of the second part of the paper presents a description of kyphosis, lordosis, sway back and flat back.
Piotr Jaworski
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Outcomes following laminoplasty or laminectomy and fusion in patients with myelopathy caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: A systematic review [PDF]
, 2016 Study Design Systematic review. Objective To compare laminoplasty versus laminectomy and fusion in patients with cervical myelopathy caused by OPLL. Methods A systematic review was conducted using PubMed/Medline, Cochrane database, and Google scholar of ...
Limthongkul, Worawat +4 more
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The cervical sagittal curvature change in patients with or without PCSM after laminoplasty
Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 ObjectiveAfter laminoplasty, the cervical sagittal curvature of some patients tend to be lordotic, this phenomenon cannot be explained by the theory of laminoplasty, and the reason remains unknown.
Shengjun Qian +10 more
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TRANSVERSAL ANALYSIS OF THE FREQUENCY OF LORDOTIC DEFORMITIES IN THE THE TELVE-YEAR OLD BOYS AND GIRLS [PDF]
Sport Mont, 2007 of lordotic spinal deformities were determined. The sample was drawn from the population of pupils of fi fth grade from the primary school «L. Simonović» in Nikšić.
Veselin Jovović
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