Publications by authors named "T L Baxter"
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- The concept of peripersonal space (PPS) is crucial for distinguishing our bodily self from others and is believed to be disrupted in individuals with schizophrenia (SZ).
- A study using immersive virtual reality tested how perceived threats from approaching avatars affected the PPS of individuals with SZ and matched controls (CO).
- Results indicated that while CO could sharpen their self-boundary in response to perceived threats, SZ individuals showed a shallower response, linking it to symptoms like delusions and loneliness, highlighting the need for more research on the self-boundary regulation in SZ.
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- TAM-family tyrosine kinases (TYRO3, AXL, and MERTK) are important in cancer research, and blocking MERTK was helpful in fighting a type of leukemia called B-ALL.
- Research showed that reducing MERTK helped increase special immune cells, which is good for fighting leukemia, especially in young patients.
- The study suggests that targeting MERTK and TYRO3 could be new ways to treat leukemia by using the body's immune system better.
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- The effects of repeated blast exposure (RBE) on the brain health of US Special Operations Forces (SOF) are not fully understood, and currently, there is no test to diagnose injury from such exposures.
- A study involving 30 active-duty US SOF found that higher blast exposure correlates with changes in brain structure and cognitive performance, particularly affecting the rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC).
- These findings indicate that increased blast exposure can lead to health-related issues and suggest that a comprehensive, network-based diagnostic method may be beneficial for identifying brain injuries in SOF personnel.
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- United States Special Operations Forces (SOF) often experience explosive blasts during training and combat, which can affect their brain health.
- The understanding of how repeated blast exposure impacts the brain is still lacking, and there is no existing diagnostic test for repeated blast brain injury (rBBI).
- Developing a reliable test for rBBI could enhance SOF brain health, improve combat readiness, and enhance their overall quality of life.
Experimental warming of an ombrotrophic bog in northern Minnesota has caused a rapid decline in the productivity and areal cover of mosses, affecting whole-ecosystem carbon balance and biogeochemistry. Direct effects of elevated temperature and the attendant drying are most likely the primary cause of the effects on , but there may also be responses to the increased shading from shrubs, which increased with increasing temperature. To evaluate the independent effects of reduction in light availability and deposition of shrub litter on productivity, small plots with shrubs removed were laid out adjacent to the warming experiment on hummocks and hollows in three blocks and with five levels of shading.
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