Sleep is an essential physiological behavior that promotes cognitive development and function.
Although the switch between sleep/wake cycles is controlled by specific neural circuits, …

Neurons express overlapping homeostatic mechanisms to regulate synaptic function and
network properties in response to perturbations of neuronal activity. Endocannabinoids (eCBs) …

Background Inadequate identification and treatment of substance use (SU) and mental
health (MH) disorders hinders retention in HIV care. The objective of this study was to elicit …

We detected clonal mosaicism for large chromosomal anomalies (duplications, deletions
and uniparental disomy) using SNP microarray data from over 50,000 subjects recruited for …

Legionella pneumophila is a gram-negative bacterial pathogen that replicates in host
macrophages and causes a severe pneumonia called Legionnaires' Disease. The innate immune …

Type I interferons (IFNs) are secreted cytokines that orchestrate diverse immune responses
to infection. Although typically considered to be most important in the response to viruses, …

Urban anthropologist Kristin Monroe takes urban anthropology in a new and meaningful
direction—the story of traffic in the Middle East, focusing on Beirut. As bombs reappeared …

GRN mutations cause frontotemporal dementia (GRN-FTD) due to deficiency in progranulin
(PGRN), a lysosomal and secreted protein with unclear function. Here, we found that Grn –/– …

… thorough analysis (Chiu and Monroe 2010) that confirms prior … Kristen Renwick Monroe is
a professor of political science … Monroe is an expert on altruism and its implications for social …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 36 loci associated with body mass
index (BMI), predominantly in populations of European ancestry. We conducted a meta-…