Publications by authors named "Sarah Feng"
Article Synopsis
- Neuroanatomy is crucial for understanding how the nervous system works, especially focusing on dendritic spines important for synaptic communication and their response to injury or disease.
- Advances in imaging technology have improved 3D visualization of dendritic spines, but current analysis tools are lacking.
- The newly developed open-source VR-SASE software provides a user-friendly method for analyzing dendritic spine morphology and has proven more accurate than existing techniques; it also complies with NIH standards for data sharing through integration with the Neurodata Without Borders format.
Introduction: The Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS) measures an individual's appreciation for the functions their body can perform, regardless of the individual's physical limitations. Prior studies reported on internal consistency, test-retest reliability, convergent validity, and exploratory or confirmatory factor analyses, but Rasch analysis has not yet been performed to evaluate the structural validity of the FAS.
Methods: We recruited community-dwelling adults at the Minnesota State Fair and through contact lists of participants identifying interest in research done in the Brain Body Mind Lab (University of Minnesota).
Permafrost soils, which contain one of Earth's largest terrestrial carbon stocks, are vulnerable to thaw and microbial decomposition, exacerbating climate change. Advancements in sequencing technologies have facilitated the identification and functional profiling of microbial communities in permafrost, but DNA extraction from these soils is challenging due to their high microbial diversity and low biomass. This study assessed the effectiveness of the DNeasy PowerSoil Pro kit in extracting DNA from permafrost samples and found that it produced significantly different results than the discontinued DNeasy PowerSoil kit.
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