Objective: Sarcopenia, or the age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, has been investigated as a potential marker of adverse outcomes among surgical patients. Our aim was to assess for changes in psoas muscle volume (PMV) following administration of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in patients with bladder cancer and to examine whether changes in PMV following NAC are predictive of...

Panicum mosaic virus (PMV) and its satellite virus (SPMV) together infect several small grain crops, biofuel, and forage and turf grasses. Here, we establish the emerging monocot model Brachypodium (Brachypodium distachyon) as an alternate host to study PMVand SPMV-host interactions and viral synergism. Infection of Brachypodium with PMV+SPMV induced chlorosis and necrosis of leaves, reduced se...

Objective: To delineate the incidence, outcome impact, and clinical predictors of prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) after adult aortic arch repair requiring deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (AAR-DHCA) Aims: (1) To determine the incidence of PMV after AAR–DHCA. (2) To determine whether PMV after AAR-DHCA is a multivariate predictor for mortality or length of stay in the intensive care un...

It has been suggested that successful percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PMV) decreases the intensity of spontaneous left atrial contrast, reduces the size of the left atrium, and improves left atrial function in patient with mitral stenosis. However, left atrial mechanical functions immediately after PMV have not been extensively evaluated yet. The aim of this study was to evaluate the...

We explored the ventral part of the premotor cortex (PMV) with intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) while monkeys performed a visual fixation task, to see whether the PMV is involved in oculomotor control. ICMS evoked saccades from a small-restricted region in the PMV, without evoking movements in the limbs, neck, or body. We found the saccade-evoking site in the PMV in a total of three hemisp...

The gene encoding an integrase of Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (M-PMV) is located at the 3'-end of the pol open reading frame. The M-PMV integrase has not been previously isolated and characterized. We have now cloned, expressed, isolated, and characterized M-PMV integrase and compared its activities and primary structure with those of HIV-1 and other retroviral integrases. M-PMV integrase prefers...

The prevalence of degenerated cells in the thickened intima of cholesterol-fed animals suggested that necrotic regions might become a focus for lesion development by attracting histiocytes or monocytes. We propose that cholesterol-rich necrotic products scavenged by macrophages incite the accumulation of cholesteryl ester and the formation of cholesteryl ester droplets. The feasibility of this ...

In humans, the rostral part of the ventral premotor cortex (PMv), the homologue of F5 in monkeys, is known to be critically involved in shaping the hand to grasp objects. How does information about hand posture, that is processed in PMv, give rise to appropriate motor commands for transmission to spinal circuits controlling the hand? Whereas PMv is crucial for skilled visuomotor control of the ...

Action observation (AO), observing another individual perform an action, has been implicated in several higher cognitive processes including forming basic motor memories. Previous work has shown that physical practice (PP) results in cortical motor representational changes, referred to as use-dependent plasticity (UDP), and that AO combined with PP potentiates UDP in both healthy adults and str...

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) cultivars are currently under development as lignocellulosic feedstock. Here we present a survey of three established switchgrass experimental nurseries in Nebraska in which we identified Panicum mosaic virus (PMV) as the most prevalent virus. In 2012, 72% of 139 symptomatic plants tested positive for PMV. Of the PMV-positive samples, 19% were coinfected with its ...