Source influences function

Visualizing culture-gene influences on brain function

Introduction The nature and scope of cultural diversity in human behavior is breathtakingly unparalleled throughout the animal kingdom. With the exception of a few primitive cultural traits shared with nonhuman primate societies (Tomasello et al., 2005; Whiten et al., 2007), humans demonstrate a rare level of cultural competence, which has subsequently led to the expansion of and control over t...

Vitreoretinal influences on lens function and cataract.

The lens is composed of a thin metabolically active outer layer, consisting of epithelial and superficial fibre cells. Lying within this outer shell are terminally differentiated, metabolically inactive fibre cells, which are divided into an outer cortex and central nucleus. Mature fibre cells contain a very high protein concentration, which is important for the transparency and refractive powe...

A 3D environment influences osteocyte function

Background Osteocytes are critical in bone maintenance, adaptation and have important endocrine functions including mineral homeostasis through osteocyte-specific factors such as fibroblast growth factor 23 (fgf-23), a regulator of serum phosphate. MLO-Y4 cells are an osteocyte—like cell line that expresses negligible levels of fgf23. To date, no study has yet investigated the effect of a 3-dim...

Exercise and Immune Function: Nutritional Influences

Data from three randomized studies support the viewpoint that near-daily physical activity reduces the number of days with sickness (Nieman et al., 1990b, 1993, 1998c). In these studies, women in the exercise groups walked briskly 35-45 minutes, five days a week, for 12-15 weeks during the winter/spring or fall, while the control groups remained physically inactive. The results were in the same...

Influences of Aging on Human Olfactory Function