Publications by authors named "M Clarise Valencia"
Aim: To describe the features of cortical oscillatory activity and neuronal synchronization by monitoring responses evoked by chirp-modulated tone (CMT) and look for relationships with cognition in healthy children.
Methods: We recruited 23 healthy children, 1-18 years old, assessed their cognitive abilities and recorded the cortical oscillatory activity evoked by CMTs. We obtained descriptive statistics and looked for correlations with cognitive abilities.
A major intracellular messenger implicated in synaptic plasticity and cognitive functions both in health and disease is cyclic GMP (cGMP). Utilizing a photoactivatable guanylyl cyclase (BlgC) actuator to increase cGMP in dentate granule neurons of the hippocampus by light, we studied the effects of spatiotemporal cGMP elevations in synaptic and cognitive functions. At medial perforant path to dentate gyrus (MPP-DG) synapses, we found enhanced long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic responses when postsynaptic cGMP was elevated during the induction period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: The Bankart and Latarjet procedures are two of the most common surgical techniques to treat anterior shoulder instability with satisfactory clinical and functional outcomes. However, the outcomes in the adolescent population remain unclear, and there is no information regarding the arthroscopic Latarjet in this population. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of the arthroscopic Bankart and arthroscopic Latarjet procedures in the management of anterior shoulder instability in adolescents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) represent a lethal form of DNA damage that can trigger cell death or initiate oncogenesis. The activity of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) at the break site is required for efficient DSB repair. However, the regulatory mechanisms governing the transcription cycle at DSBs are not well understood.
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- * Involving 140 patients with a mean age of 28.5 years, the research found that 95% had synovial or cartilage lesions, with a majority showing mild to moderate severity of OA at the time of surgery.
- * Key risk factors correlated with more severe OA included older age, younger age at first shoulder dislocation, and a higher number of dislocations, highlighting the importance of these factors in patient assessments.