The relationship between novel word learning and anomia treatment success in adults with chronic aphasia.

Introduction: Learning capacity may influence an individual's response to aphasia rehabilitation. However, investigations into the relationship between novel word learning ability and response to anomia therapy are lacking. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the novel word learning ability in post-stroke aphasia and to establish the relationship between learning ability and anomia treatment outcomes.

Glucose principally regulates insulin secretion in mouse islets by controlling the numbers of granule fusion events per cell.

Aims/hypothesis: In dispersed single beta cells the response of each cell to glucose is heterogeneous. In contrast, within an islet, cell-to-cell communication leads to glucose inducing a more homogeneous response. For example, increases in NAD(P)H and calcium are relatively uniform across the cells of the islet.