Adherence to Mediterranean diet and subsequent cognitive decline in men with cardiovascular disease.

Evidence from recent years highlighted the importance of the Mediterranean diet for brain health. We investigated the association between adherence to Mediterranean diet and change in cognitive functions two decades later in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Participants were men with a history of CVD, who previously participated in the Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention (BIP) trial between 1990 and 1997, had a food diary record, and underwent cognitive evaluations 14.

The amazing phycobilisome.

Cyanobacteria and red-algae share a common light-harvesting complex which is different than all other complexes that serve as photosynthetic antennas - the Phycobilisome (PBS). The PBS is found attached to the stromal side of thylakoid membranes, filling up most of the gap between individual thylakoids. The PBS self assembles from similar homologous protein units that are soluble and contain conserved cysteine residues that covalently bind the light absorbing chromophores, linear tetra-pyrroles.

Mapping the excitation energy migration pathways in phycobilisomes from the cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina.

In this study, we use ultrafast time-resolved absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies to examine A. marina phycobilisomes isolated from cells grown under light of different intensities and spectral regimes. Investigations were performed at room temperature and at 77 K.

Developing a risk score to predict mortality in the first year after implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation: Data from the Israeli ICD Registry.

Introduction: Life expectancy of less than 1 year is usually a contraindication for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation. The aim was to identify patients at risk of death during the first year after implantation.

Methods And Results: Data were derived from a prospective Israeli ICD Registry.

Structural heterogeneity leads to functional homogeneity in A. marina phycocyanin.

The major light harvesting antenna in all cyanobacterial species is the phycobilisome (PBS). The smallest PBS identified to date is that of Acaryochloris marina (A. marina), composed of a single four-hexamer rod.