Professor Emil Redlich (1866-1930) of the University of Vienna was born 150 years ago. Raised in a humble environment, he became an eminent researcher and neurology scholar, and succeeded in laying some of the key foundations of neuroanatomy and neuropathology. His name is linked to medical eponyms that define the dorsal root entry zone into the spinal cord, epidemic disseminated encephalomyeli...

iii To my father in heaven iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere appreciation and gratitude to my advisor, Dr. John A. Copeland. He taught me the essence of being humble, and guided me to step into the endless world of research. I am also very grateful to my committee members, Dr. Architecture Lab for their valuable time and friendship. And I would like to t...

IN THIS ISSUE, Geiger and her colleagues (7) provide an excellent and comprehensive database of mRNA abundance and protein expression of myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms in the rat diaphragm during a period of rapid growth [i.e., postnatal days (P) 0, 14, 28, and 84 (adult)]. Although the authors postulated that changes in mRNA abundance would be followed by concomitant changes in MHC protein ...

The diary of Thomas Graham, a naval ship surgeon, brings the voyage of HMS troopship Apollo in 1849 to life. A year after England's second great cholera outbreak, the pervasive fear of the disease became a reality onboard when cholera broke out. The intended voyage from England to China was diverted to South America where the ship was put into quarantine. So bad were the conditions onboard that...

Although some theory suggests that it is impossible to increase one’s subjective well-being (SWB), our ‘sustainable happiness model’ (Lyubomirsky, Sheldon, & Schkade, 2005) specifies conditions under which this may be accomplished. To illustrate the three classes of predictor in the model, we first review research on the demographic/circumstantial, temperament/personality, and intentional/exper...