Summary: Microglia are an exquisitely tiled and self-contained population in the CNS that do not receive contributions from circulating monocytes in the periphery.While microglia are long-lived cells, the extent to which their cell bodies are fixed and the molecular mechanisms by which the microglial landscape is regulated have not been determined.
Abstract Background There is a dearth of information on the epidemiology of sports injuries in Nigeria.The study was aimed at documenting sports injuries sustained by Lagos state athletes during the 16th National Sports Festival (KADA Games 2009).It was also aimed at providing information on treatments offered to injured athletes.Methods The study
Abstract Background The morphopathological picture of a subset of equine myopathies is compatible with a primary mitochondrial disease, but functional confirmation in vivo is still pending.The cationic dye JC-1 exhibits potential-dependent accumulation in mitochondria that is detectable by a fluorescence shift from green to orange.As a consequence,
Abstract The nasal microbiota is a key contributor to animal health, and characterizing the nasal Power Wire microbiota composition is an important step towards elucidating the role of its different members.Efforts to characterize the nasal microbiota composition of domestic pigs and other farm animals frequently report the presence of bacteria tha
The "oscillation hypothesis" has been proposed as a general explanation for the exceptional diversification of herbivorous insect species.The hypothesis states that speciation rates are elevated through repeated correlated changes--oscillations--in degree of host plant specificity and geographic range.The aim of this study is to test one of the pre