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Frontiers news
10 Apr 2016
Most viewed Psychology articles in March 2016
Survey of Expert Opinion on Intelligence: Causes of International Differences in Cognitive Ability Tests Heiner Rindermann*, David Becker and Thomas Coyle Prefrontal Electrical Stimulation in Non-depressed Reduces Levels of Reported Negative Affects from Daily Stressors Adelaide Austin, Gabriela M. Jiga-Boy, Sara Rea, Simon A. Newstead, Sian Roderick, Nick J. Davis, Robert Marc Clement and Frederic Boy* When Love Meets Money: Priming the Possession of Money Influences Mating Strategies Yi Ming Li, Jian Li, Darius K.-S. Chan* and Bo Zhang To Switch or Not to Switch: Role of Cognitive Control in Working Memory Training in Older Adults Chandramallika Basak* and Margaret A. O’Connell Retrieval-Based Learning: Positive Effects of Retrieval Practice in Elementary School Children Jeffrey D. Karpicke*, Janell R. Blunt and Megan A. Smith Layered Social Network Analysis Reveals Complex Relationships in Kindergarteners Mireille Golemiec, Jonathan Schneider, W. Thomas Boyce, Nicole R. Bush, Nancy Adler and Joel D. Levine* Faces with light makeup are better recognized than faces with heavy makeup Keiko Tagai*, Hitomi Ohtaka and Hiroshi Nittono Unpredicted Pitch Modulates Beta Oscillatory Power during Rhythmic Entrainment to a Tone Sequence Andrew Chang, Dan J. Bosnyak and Laurel J. Trainor* Sex Differences in Music: A Female Advantage at Recognizing Familiar Melodies Scott A. Miles, Robbin A. Miranda and Michael T. Ullman* Psychopaths […]
Frontiers news
10 Apr 2016
Most viewed Neurology articles in March 2016
3D Cinema and Headache: The First Evidential Relation and Analysis of Involved Factors Mark Braschinsky*, Aire Raidvee, Liis Sabre, Nadzeja Zmachinskaja, Olga Zukovskaja, Anti Karask, Bruno Saar and Aleksei Rakitin Bilateral Vestibular Hypofunction: Insights in Etiologies, Clinical Subtypes, and Diagnostics F. Lucieer, P. Vonk, N. Guinand, R. Stokroos, H. Kingma and Raymond van de Berg* Assessing the Relationship between Neurocognitive Performance and Brain Volume in Chronic Moderate–Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Nikos Konstantinou*, Eva Pettemeridou, Ioannis Seimenis, Eleni Eracleous, Savvas S. Papacostas, Andrew C. Papanicolaou and Fofi Constantinidou Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Deprivation Induces Neuronal Apoptosis by Noradrenaline Acting on Alpha1 Adrenoceptor and by Triggering Mitochondrial Intrinsic Pathway Bindu I. Somarajan, Mudasir A. Khanday and Birendra N. Mallick* Espresso Coffee for the Treatment of Somnolence in Parkinson’s Disease: Results of n-of-1 Trials Joaquim J. Ferreira*, Tiago Mestre, Leonor Correia Guedes, Miguel Coelho, Mário M. Rosa, Ana T. Santos, Marcio Barra, Cristina Sampaio and Olivier Rascol Lesion Size Is Exacerbated in Hypoxic Rats Whereas Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 Alpha and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Increase in Injured Normoxic Rats: A Prospective Cohort Study of Secondary Hypoxia in Focal Traumatic Brain Injury Eric Peter Thelin*, Arvid Frostell, Jan Mulder, Nicholas Mitsios, Peter Damberg, Sahar Nikkhou Aski, Mårten Risling, Mikael Svensson, […]
Frontiers news
09 Apr 2016
Most viewed Oncology articles in March 2016
Enrichment of Inflammatory IL-17 and TNF-α Secreting CD4+ T Cells within Colorectal Tumors despite the Presence of Elevated CD39+ T Regulatory Cells and Increased Expression of the Immune Checkpoint Molecule, PD-1 Margaret R. Dunne, Ciara Ryan, Bláthnaid Nolan, Miriam Tosetto, Robert Geraghty, Des C. Winter, P. Ronan O’Connell, John M. Hyland, Glen A. Doherty, Kieran Sheahan, Elizabeth J. Ryan* and Jean M. Fletcher Variation in Practice of the Diagnostic Workup of Asymptomatic Patients Diagnosed with Invasive Breast Cancer Anees B. Chagpar*, Gildy V. Babiera, Jose Aguirre, Kelly K. Hunt and Tyler Hughes Quantitative Imaging of D-2-Hydroxyglutarate in Selected Histological Tissue Areas by a Novel Bioluminescence Technique Nadine F. Voelxen, Stefan Walenta, Martin Proescholdt, Katja Dettmer, Stefan Pusch and Wolfgang Mueller-Klieser* The Value of the History and Physical for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases Considering Radiosurgery Ima Paydar, Eric Karl Oermann, Miriam Knoll, James Lee, Brian Timothy Collins, Matthew Ewend, Douglas Kondziolka and Sean P. Collins* The Response of Variant Histology Bladder Cancer to Intravesical Immunotherapy Compared to Conventional Cancer Ofer N. Gofrit*, Vladimir Yutkin, Amos Shapiro, Galina Pizov, Kevin C. Zorn, Guy Hidas, Ilan Gielchinsky, Mordechai Duvdevani, Ezekiel H. Landau and Dov Pode Monte Carlo Calculations Supporting Patient Plan Verification in Proton Therapy Thiago V. M. Lima*, […]
Frontiers news
09 Apr 2016
Most viewed Immunology articles in March 2016
Hand to Mouth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Association between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Periodontitis Nicholas R. Fuggle, Toby O. Smith, Arvind Kaul, and Nidhi Sofat* Distinct Mechanisms Regulate Lck Spatial Organization in Activated T cells Natasha Kapoor-Kaushik, Elizabeth Hinde, Ewoud B. Compeer, Yui Yamamoto, Felix Kraus, Zhengmin Yang, Jieqiong Lou, Sophie V. Pageon, Thibault Tabarin, Katharina Gaus* and Jeremie Rossy* An Oral Salmonella-Based Vaccine Inhibits Liver Metastases by Promoting Tumor-Specific T-Cell-Mediated Immunity in Celiac and Portal Lymph Nodes: A Preclinical Study Alejandrina Vendrell*, Claudia Mongini, María José Gravisaco, Andrea Canellada, Agustina Inés Tesone, Juan Carlos Goin and Claudia Inés Waldner* Efficient mRNA-Based Genetic Engineering of Human NK Cells with High-Affinity CD16 and CCR7 Augments Rituximab-Induced ADCC against Lymphoma and Targets NK Cell Migration toward the Lymph Node-Associated Chemokine CCL19 Mattias Carlsten*, Emily Levy, Amrita Karambelkar, Linhong Li, Robert Reger, Maria Berg, Madhusudan V. Peshwa and Richard Childs Thioreductase-Containing Epitopes Inhibit the Development of Type 1 Diabetes in the NOD Mouse Model Elin Malek Abrahimians, Luc Vander Elst, Vincent A. Carlier and Jean-Marie Saint-Remy* miR-146a and miR-155 Expression Levels in Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease Incidence Sadaf Atarod, Mohammed Mahid Ahmed, Clare Lendrem, Kim Frances Pearce, Wei Cope, Jean Norden, Xiao-Nong Wang, Matthew Collin and Anne Mary Dickinson* Potential […]
Life sciences
09 Apr 2016
What really happened on Easter Island?
By K.E.D. Coan, Frontiers science writer Hundreds of iconic moai statues stand testament to the vibrant civilization that once inhabited Easter Island, but there are far fewer clues about why this civilization mysteriously vanished. Did they shortsightedly exhaust the island’s resources? Were they decimated by European illnesses and slave trade? Or did stow-away rats devastate the native ecosystem? Such theories have spread widely, but recent evidence shows that the truth is not as simple as any one of these alone. “These different interpretations may be complementary, rather than incompatible,” said Dr. Valentí Rull. “In the last decade, there’s been a burst in new studies, including additional research sites and novel techniques, which demand that we reconsider the climatic, ecological and cultural developments that occurred.” Rull is a senior researcher of the Spanish National Research Council in Barcelona, Spain, and the lead author of an overview on the holistic reassessment of Easter Island history. Until recently, the evidence has been limited. Prior sedimentary samples—commonly used as historical records of environmental change—were incomplete, with gaps and inconsistencies in the timeline. Furthermore, past interpretations relied heavily on pollen alone, without incorporating more faithful indicators of climate change. Due to this uncertainty, many fundamental […]
Frontiers news
08 Apr 2016
Most viewed Plant Science articles in March 2016
Proteomic Responses of Switchgrass and Prairie Cordgrass to Senescence Bimal Paudel, Aayudh Das, Michaellong Tran, Arvid Boe, Nathan Palmer, Gautam Sarath, Jose L. Gonzalez-Hernandez, Paul J. Rushton and Jai S. Rohila* High Quality Maize Centromere 10 Sequence Reveals Evidence of Frequent Recombination Events Thomas K. Wolfgruber, Megan M. Nakashima, Kevin L. Schneider, Anupma Sharma, Zidian Xie, Patrice S. Albert, Ronghui Xu, Paul Bilinski, R. Kelly Dawe, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, James A. Birchler and Gernot Presting* Historical Synthesis-Analysis of Changes in Grain Nitrogen Dynamics in Sorghum Ignacio A. Ciampitti* and P.V. Vara Prasad Diverse Evolutionary Trajectories for Small RNA Biogenesis Genes in the Oomycete Genus Phytophthora Stephanie R. Bollmann, Yufeng Fang, Caroline M. Press, Brett M. Tyler and Niklaus J. Grünwald* Leaf Morphology, Photosynthetic Performance, Chlorophyll Fluorescence, Stomatal Development of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) Exposed to Different Ratios of Red Light to Blue Light Jun Wang, Wei Lu, Yuxin Tong* and Qichang Yang* Agronomic and Seed Quality Traits Dissected by Genome-Wide Association Mapping in Brassica napus Niklas Körber*, Anja Bus, Jinquan Li, Isobel A. P. Parkin, Benjamin Wittkop, Rod J. Snowdon and Benjamin Stich* The Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequences of Five Epimedium Species: Lights into Phylogenetic and Taxonomic Analyses Yanjun Zhang, Liuwen Du, Ao Liu, Jianjun Chen, Li Wu, Weiming Hu, Wei […]
Frontiers news
08 Apr 2016
Most viewed Genetics articles in March 2016
A Consensus Network of Gene Regulatory Factors in the Human Frontal Lobe Stefano Berto*, Alvaro Perdomo-Sabogal, Daniel Gerighausen, Jing Qin and Katja Nowick* Computational Detection of Stage-Specific Transcription Factor Clusters During Heart Development Sebastian Zeidler*, Cornelia Meckbach, Rebecca Tacke, Farah S. Raad, Angelica Roa, Shizuka Uchida, Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann, Edgar Wingender and Mehmet Gültas Global Intersection of Long Non-Coding RNAs with Processed and Unprocessed Pseudogenes in the Human Genome Michael J. Milligan, Erin Harvey, Albert Yu, Ashleigh Morgan, Daniela-Lee Smith, Eden Zhang, Jonathan Berengut, Jothini Sivananthan, Radhini Subramaniam, Aleksandra Skoric, Scott Collins, Caio Damski, Kevin V. Morris and Leonard Lipovich* EM Adaptive LASSO – A Multilocus Modeling Strategy for Detecting SNPs Associated with Zero-Inflated Count Phenotypes Himel Mallick and Hemant K. Tiwari* Genome-Wide Study of Response to Platinum, Taxane, and Combination Therapy in Ovarian Cancer: In vitro Phenotypes, Inherited Variation, and Disease Recurrence Brooke L. Fridley*, Taraswi M. Ghosh, Alice Wang, Rama Raghavan, Junqiang Dai, Ellen L. Goode and Jatinder K. Lamba Microsomal Omega-3 Fatty Acid Desaturase Genes in Low Linolenic Acid Soybean Line RG10 and Validation of Major Linolenic Acid QTL Yarmilla Reinprecht* and K. Peter Pauls A Quantitative Approach to Analyzing Genome Reductive Evolution Using Protein-Protein Interaction Networks: A Case Study of Mycobacterium leprae Richard O. Akinola, Gaston […]
Psychology
08 Apr 2016
Children’s interactions more complex than predicted
By Fernando Bolaños, science writer While sharing toys and fighting with each other, kindergarten children helped researchers understand the patterns and qualities of interactions in social groups. The results were much more complex than the scientists originally predicted. “We rightfully realize that social networks are important for many aspects of our lives. Yet when asked to define networks, we normally define them as ‘any interaction’, or only a specific type of interaction. We thought this does not reflect the richness of our social behaviors or the relative relationships between types of behaviors. We wanted to begin to address this,” said Jonathan Schneider, researcher from the Department of Biology at the University of Toronto. To better understand the dynamics of these social interactions, the researchers carried out an investigation using a layered social network analysis. Their research was recently published in Frontiers in Psychology. The researchers analyzed the structure of social interactions of 338 children between 4 to 6 years of age. All the children were kindergarteners attending public schools in Berkeley, California. The social exchanges took place in 29 classrooms. “We noticed previous analyses presumed the hierarchical relationships between kids and we wanted to investigate this assumption. So we developed […]
Neuroscience
08 Apr 2016
Feeling helpless when under stress?
Stress – we’re all too familiar with it. More of us than ever are feeling the relentless pressure of busy lives and it is taking its toll. In the US, stress related ailments cost the nation $300 billion every year in medical bills and lost productivity. But it seems some people are able to cope with this problem much better than others. Some individuals are resilient, while others succumb to despair. The reason, scientists have discovered, is all in the brain. Mapping the brain activity in mice when placed under stress, scientists have found that mice showing helpless behavior had vastly different brain activity from those displaying resilient behavior. Certain patterns were revealed in the stressed brain and the scientists identified a list of brain areas that might have a critical role to play in stress-induced depression. Looking at these brain activities the study, published in Frontiers in Neural Circuits, opens up possibilities for identifying new targets for the treatment of depression. They explain that with the exception of a few brain areas, “mice showing ‘helpless’ behavior had an overall brain-wide reduction in the level of neuronal activation compared with mice showing ‘resilient’ behavior.” “In addition, the helpless mice showed […]
Frontiers news
07 Apr 2016
Most viewed Neuroscience articles in March 2016
Pushing the Limits: Cognitive, Affective, and Neural Plasticity Revealed by an Intensive Multifaceted Intervention Michael D. Mrazek*, Benjamin W. Mooneyham*, Kaita L. Mrazek and Jonathan W. Schooler Blocking and Binding Folate Receptor Alpha Autoantibodies Identify Novel Autism Spectrum Disorder Subgroups Richard E. Frye*, Leanna Delhey, John Slattery, Marie Tippett, Rebecca Wynne, Shannon Rose, Stephen G. Kahler, Sirish C. Bennuri, Stepan Melnyk, Jeffrey M. Sequeira and Edward Quadros Chronic Pyruvate Supplementation Increases Exploratory Activity and Brain Energy Reserves in Young and Middle-Aged Mice Hennariikka Koivisto, Henri Leinonen, Mari Puurula, Hani S. Hafez, Glenda Alquicer Barrera, Malin H. Stridh, Helle S. Waagepetersen, Mika Tiainen, Pasi Soininen, Yuri Zilberter and Heikki Tanila* Protective LRRK2 R1398H Variant Enhances GTPase and Wnt Signalling Activity Jonathon Nixon-Abell,, Daniel C. Berwick, Simone Grannó, Victoria A. Spain, Craig Blackstone and Kirsten Harvey* Voluntary Imitation in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients Ambra Bisio*, Matthieu Casteran, Yves Ballay, Patrick Manckoundia, France Mourey and Thierry Pozzo Correlation between Cortical State and Locus Coeruleus Activity: Implications for Sensory Coding in Rat Barrel Cortex Zeinab Fazlali*, Yadollah Ranjbar-Slamloo, Mehdi Adibi and Ehsan Arabzadeh* Distributed Cerebellar Motor Learning: A Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity Model Niceto R. Luque*, Jesus A. Garrido, Francisco Naveros, Richard R. Carrillo, Egidio D’Angelo and Eduardo Ros Processing of Self versus Non-Self in […]
Frontiers news
07 Apr 2016
Most viewed Physiology articles in March 2016
Muscle-Specific Myosin Heavy Chain Shifts in Response to a Long-Term High Fat/High Sugar diet and Resveratrol Treatment in Nonhuman Primates Jon-Philippe K. Hyatt*, Lisa Nguyen, Allison E. Hall, Ashley M. Huber, Jessica C. Kocan, Julie A. Mattison, Rafael de Cabo, Jeannine R. Larocque and Robert J. Talmadge High-Intensity Intermittent Exercise and its Effects on Heart Rate Variability and Subsequent Strength Performance Valéria L. G. Panissa*, Cesar C. Cal Abad, Ursula F. Julio, Leonardo V. Andreato and Emerson Franchini Cross Acclimation Between Heat and Hypoxia: Heat Acclimation Improves Cellular Tolerance and Exercise Performance in Acute Normobaric Hypoxia Ben J. Lee*, Amanda Miller, Rob S. James and Charles D. Thake Stress Biomarkers, Mood States and Sleep during a Major Competition: “Success” and “Failure” Athlete’s Profile of High-Level Swimmers Mounir Chennaoui*, Clement Bougard, Catherine Drogou, Christophe Langrume, Christian Miller, Danielle Gomez-Merino and Frederic Vergnoux Selective Modulation of MicroRNA Expression with Protein Ingestion Following Concurrent Resistance and Endurance Exercise in Human Skeletal Muscle Donny M. Camera, Jun N. Ong, Vernon G. Coffey and John A. Hawley* Ibuprofen Ingestion Does Not Affect Markers of Post-Exercise Muscle Inflammation Luke Vella*, James F. Markworth, Gøran Paulsen, Truls Raastad, Jonathan M. Peake, Rod J. Snow, David Cameron-Smith and Aaron P. Russell An Analytical Framework […]
Neuroscience
07 Apr 2016
Imitation as therapy for Alzheimer’s patients
By K.E.D. Coan, Science Writer Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the Alzheimer’s Association. There is no cure and no way to slow or prevent the illness. But, patients can still benefit from both physical and cognitive rehabilitation, and researchers are learning that mimicry may be a useful tool to help them regain lost abilities. “Alzheimer’s patients are still able to voluntarily imitate the movement of an object, as well as that of a human being” said Dr. Ambra Bisio. “If this ability is still in place, a patient could relearn how to perform actions that have become difficult due to the disease.” Dr. Ambra Bisio is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Experimental Medicine at the University of Genoa. She specializes in how the brain responds to movement, particularly somebody else’s movements. In a collaboration with Professor Thierry Pozzo at INSERM-U1093, she showed that Alzheimer’s patients can still mimic a simple gesture by a human or a moving dot on a computer screen, suggesting that such exercises may complement current therapeutic strategies. Their results were published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. Copying what someone else is doing is a basic […]
Engineering
07 Apr 2016
Study shows best way to reduce energy consumption
By Fernando Bolaños, Science Writer We know adjusting the thermostat, using blinds, opening windows or using electronics such as a heater or air conditioning unit has an impact on the amount of energy consumed in homes. But a new study looks at which of these is the most efficient when it comes to saving power. “I was interested to find the trends of energy use in typical households and to understand the consumer behavior and the reasons behind high and low energy consumption. I have a strong belief that, if society boosts energy conservation (as well as other resources), we will have less of a challenge meeting future demands,” explained Dr. Gabriel Kamiel. Kamiel and Wei Yang and Yaolin Lin, associate professors at the Wuhan University of Technology in China developed a holistic and integrated model which considered the building enclosure, the mechanical systems, the external environment, the proportion of window opening and the shading factor based on data collected from 270 households including single and multiple units, as well as different heating methods. All houses were located in the city of Oshawa, Ontario, which is located 55 km east of Toronto, Canada. To calculate the building energy consumption, the […]
Open science and peer review
06 Apr 2016
Highlights from Experiences with Open Access Journals
by Sandra Hausmann, Frontiers Business Development Manager On March 31st we brought five high profile Frontiers editors together for a panel discussion at the ICIS hosted event in UC Davis: “ Frontiers in Publishing – Experiences with Open Access Journals”. Mary Christopher, Field Chief Editor for Frontiers in Veterinary Science , Neelima Sinha, Specialty Chief Editor for Plant Evolution and Development, Cecilia Giulivi, Specialty Chief Editor for Cellular Biochemistry, Patrice Koehl, Specialty Chief Editor for Mathematics of Biomolecules, and Arne Ekstrom, Guest Associate Editor Frontiers in Human Neuroscience joined us for a lively discussion on open access and their experience as editors of Frontiers. The event was moderated by MacKenzie Smith, head of the library at UC Davis, who challenged the panelists on how their experience as Frontiers editors influenced the way they viewed open access and how well open access was received within their disciplines. The discussion also touched on article processing fees, quality, and volume of open access publications. In general, open access was well received. Cecilia mentioned the fact that with OA authors can actually re-use their published work e.g. for teaching without infringing the publishers copy right, was a major improvement. Mary even pointed out that […]
Frontiers news
06 Apr 2016
Most viewed Microbiology articles in March 2016
Newly Isolated Paenibacillus tyrfis sp. nov., from Malaysian Tropical Peat Swamp Soil with Broad Spectrum Antimicrobial Activity Yoong-Kit Aw, Kuan-Shion Ong, Learn-Han Lee, Yuen-Lin Cheow, Catherine M. Yule and Sui-Mae Lee* Biogeochemical and Microbial Variation across 5500 km of Antarctic Surface Sediment Implicates Organic Matter as a Driver of Benthic Community Structure Deric R. Learman*, Michael W. Henson, J. Cameron Thrash, Ben Temperton, Pamela M. Brannock, Scott R. Santos, Andrew R. Mahon and Kenneth M. Halanych GenSeed-HMM: A Tool for Progressive Assembly Using Profile HMMs as Seeds and its Application in Alpavirinae Viral Discovery from Metagenomic Data João M. P. Alves, André L. de Oliveira, Tatiana O. M. Sandberg, Jaime L. Moreno-Gallego, Marcelo A. F. de Toledo, Elisabeth M. M. de Moura, Liliane S. Oliveira, Alan M. Durham, Dolores U. Mehnert, Paolo M. de A. Zanotto, Alejandro Reyes* and Arthur Gruber* Expanding the Diet for DIET: Electron Donors Supporting Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer (DIET) in Defined Co-Cultures Li-Ying Wang, Kelly P. Nevin, Trevor L. Woodard, Bo-Zhong Mu and Derek R. Lovley* A Metagenomics Approach to Evaluate the Impact of Dietary Supplementation with Ascophyllum nodosum or Laminaria digitata on Rumen Function in Rusitec Fermenters Alejandro Belanche*, Eleanor Jones, Ifat Parveen and Charles J. Newbold Anthropogenic N Deposition Slows Decay by Favoring Bacterial […]