Osteomyelitis is defined as infection in bone. The root word osteon (bone) and myelo (marrow)
are combined with-itis (inflammation) to define the clinical state in which bone is infected …

Gap junction (GJ) channels and their connexins (Cxs) are complex proteins that have essential
functions in cell communication processes in the central nervous system (CNS). Neurons…

Sleep is traditionally constituted of two global behavioral states, non-rapid eye movement (NREM)
and rapid eye movement (REM), characterized by quiescence and reduced …

The simple and compact optics of lensless microscopes and the associated computational
algorithms allow for large fields of view and the refocusing of the captured images. However, …

… Medici * , AV Rodríguez * , F. Mozzi * , G. Font de Valdez * † … Rodríguez is recipient of
a doctoral fellowship from CONICET, Argentina. … Rodríguez, S. Alvarez …

Soft and conductive nanomaterials like carbon nanotubes, graphene, and nanowire scaffolds
have expanded the family of ultraflexible microelectrodes that can bend and flex with the …

Deltamethrin, a synthetic dibromo-pyrethroid insecticide, is extensively used in agriculture,
forestry and in household products because of its high activity against a broad spectrum of …

West Nile virus (WNV) is a zoonotic flavivirus that is transmitted by blood-suckling mosquitoes
with birds serving as the primary vertebrate reservoir hosts (enzootic cycle). Some bird …

During non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, cortical neurons alternate between ON periods
of firing and OFF periods of silence. This bi-stability, which is largely synchronous across …

The central nervous system (CNS) requires sophisticated regulation of neuronal activity. This
modulation is partly accomplished by non-neuronal cells, characterized by the presence of …