Eye movements and alternating stimuli for brain integration (MOSAIC) is a promising but untested new therapy. Its four-step protocol is based on the effects of bilateral alternating stimulation (BAS) (as in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy) on the brain. This solution-oriented therapy promotes experiencing solutions through bodily sensations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDuring embryogenesis of teleost fish, the formation of a yolk syncytial layer (YSL) enables the resorption of the yolk reserves and development up to the larval stage. We have examined the changes of the yolk cell structure in relation to yolk and oil-globule lipid utilization during development of the turbot (Scophthalmus maximus). After encapsulation by the YSL, resorption of the single, large oil globule occurred predominantly after yolk resorption and was slower in fasting larvae.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntracellular fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) are small and highly conserved cytoplasmic proteins that bind long-chain fatty acids and other hydrophobic ligands. We have examined, as a model for studying intestinal epithelial cell differentiation, the cell-specific and spatio-temporal expression of intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (i-fabp) gene during zebrafish larval development. After molecular cloning of zebrafish I-FABP cDNA, whole-mount in situ hybridization analysis revealed that i-fabp is expressed in the intestinal tube around day 3 postfertilization.
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