Submissions from 2017
Analysis of Proprioceptive Sensory Innervation of the Mouse Soleus: A Whole-Mount Muscle Approach, Martha Jean Sonner, Marie C. Walters, and David R. Ladle
Mixed-mode Oscillations in Pyramidal Neurons Under Antiepileptic Drug Conditions, Babak V-Ghaffari, M. Kouhnavard, and Sherif M. Elbasiouny
AMPK Knockdown in Placental Labyrinthine Progenitor Cells Results in Restriction of Critical Energy Resources and Terminal Differentiation Failure, Christopher A. Waker, Renee E. Albers, Richard L. Pye, Savannah R. Doliboa, Christopher N. Wyatt, Thomas L. Brown, and Debra A. Mayes
AMPK Knockdown in Placental Labyrinthine Progenitor Cells Results in Restriction of Critical Energy Resources and Terminal Differentiation Failure, Christopher A. Waker, Renee E. Albers, Richard L. Pye, Savannah R. Doliboa, Christopher N. Wyatt, Thomas L. Brown, and Debra A. Mayes
A Directed Evolution Approach to Select for Novel Adeno-Associated Virus Capsids on an HIV-1 Producer T Cell Line, Dawn P. Wooley, Priyanka Sharma, John R. Weinstein, Poornima Kotha Lakshmi Narayan, David V. Schaffer, and Katherine J.D.A. Excoffon
Duplex Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Detection of Adenoviral and Lentiviral Vectors, Dawn P. Wooley and Swathee Vasanth
Submissions from 2016
Mitogenic Activation and Proliferation of T Lymphocytes in TRPM7 Kinase-Dead Mutant Mice, Pavani Beesetty, Masayuki Matsushita, and J. Ashot Kozak
Mitogenic Activation and Proliferation of T Lymphocytes in TRPM7 Kinase-Dead Mutant Mice, Pavani Beesetty, Masayuki Matsushita, and J. Ashot Kozak
Rapid Quantification of Mitogen-induced Blastogenesis in T Lymphocytes for Identifying Immunomodulatory Drugs, Jennifer Gibson, Pavani Beesetty, Sulentic Courtney, and J. Ashot Kozak
Physiologic Influences of Transepithelial K+ Secretion, Dan R. Halm
Synapse Formation in Monosynaptic Sensory–Motor Connections Is Regulated by Presynaptic Rho GTPase Cdc42, Fumiyasu Imai, David R. Ladle, Jennifer R. Leslie, Xin Duan, Tilat A. Rizvi, Georgianne M. Ciraolo, Yi Zheng, and Yutaka Yoshida
Anatomical and Functional Connections between the Locus Coeruleus and the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius in Neonatal Rats, Luana Tenorio Lopes, Luis Gustavo Alexandre Patrone, K. -Y. Li, Ann N. Imber, Cathy D. Graham, Luciane H. Gargaglioni, and Robert W. Putnam
Reduced Motor Neuron Excitability is an Important Contributor to Weakness in a Rat Model of Sepsis, Paul Nardelli, Jacob A. Vincent, Randall K. Powers, Timothy C. Cope, and Mark M. Rich
Appropriate Timing of Fluoxetine and Statin Administration Reduces the Risk of Secondary Hemorrhagic Infarct After Ischemic Stroke, Moner A. Ragas, Maria Helen Harley Balch, Danny Wright, Amber Lee Hensley, Kenny Reynolds, Bryce Kerr, and Adrian M. Corbett
Risks Associated With Lentiviral Vector Exposures and Prevention Strategies, Ryan Schlimgen, John Howard, Dawn P. Wooley, Maureen Thompson, Lindsey Baden, Otto Yang, David Christiani, Gustavo Mostoslavsky, David Diamond, Elizabeth Gilman, Karen Byers, Thomas Winters, Jeffrey A. Gelfand, Gary Fujimoto, T Warner Hudson, and Jatin M. Vyas
Id2 Mediates Differentiation of Labyrinthine Placental Progenitor Cell Line, SM10, Kaisa Selesniemi, Renee E. Albers, and Thomas L. Brown
Combining Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback Training of the DLPFC with N-Back Practice Results in Neuroplastic Effects Confined to the Neurofeedback Target Region, Matthew Sherwood, Michael P. Weisend, Jessica H. Kane, and Jason G. Parker
Role of Primary Afferents in the Developmental Regulation of Motor Axon Synapse Numbers on Renshaw Cells, Valerie C. Siembab, Laura Gomez-Perez, Travis M. Rotterman, Neil A. Shneider, and Francisco J. Alvarez
Adrenaline Release Evokes Hyperpnoea and an Increase in Ventilatory CO2 Sensitivity during Hypoglycaemia: A Role for the Carotid Body, Emma L. Thompson, Clare J. Ray, Andrew P. Holmes, Richard L. Pye, Christopher N. Wyatt, Andrew M. Coney, and Prem Kumar
Microglial Acid Sensing Regulates Carbon Dioxide-Evoked Fear, Lauren Larke Vollmer, Sriparna Ghosal, Jennifer L. McGuire, Rebecca L. Ahlbrand, Ke-yong Li, Joseph Michael Santin, Christine A. Ratliff-Rang, Luis Gustavo Alexandre Patrone, Jennifer Rush, Ian P. Lewkowich, James P. Herman, Robert W. Putnam, and Renu Sah
Reversible Recruitment of a Homeostatic Reserve Pool of Synaptic Vesicles Underlies Rapid Homeostatic Plasticity of Quantal Content, Xueyong Wang, Martin J. Pinter, and Mark M. Rich
Submissions from 2015
Placental-Specific Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 alpha as a Model of Preeclampsia, Renee E. Albers, Melissa R. Kaufman, Chanel Keoni, Martha Hughes, Bryony Natale, David Natale, and Thomas L. Brown
Appropriate Timing of Fluoxetine and Statin Delivery Reduces the Risk of Secondary Bleeding in Ischemic Stroke Rats, Maria Helen Harley Balch, Moner A. Ragas, Danny Wright, Kenny Reynolds, Bryce Kerr, and Adrian M. Corbett
Distinct Muscle Apoptotic Pathways are Activated in Muscles with Different Fiber Types in a Rat Model of Critical Illness Myopathy, Benjamin T. Barnes, Amy L. Confides, Mark M. Rich, and Esther E. Dupont-Versteegden
M1 and M2 Myeloid Cells in Inflammation, Nancy J. Bigley
Putative Roles of SOCS1: SOCS 3 Ratios in Development and Resolution of a Herpesvirus Lesion, Nancy J. Bigley
Morphologically Detailed Motoneuron Models, Sherif M. Elbasiouny
Personality Profiles of Rural Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship Students Who Choose Family Medicine, Diann S. Eley, Kathleen Dwyer Brooks, Therese M. Zink, and C. Robert Cloninger
Aldosterone and Beta-Adrenergic Activation of Colonic K+ Secretion Requires BK Channels (K(Ca)1.1), Susan T. Halm and Dan R. Halm
The Transformation of Synaptic to System Plasticity in Motor Output from the Sacral Cord of the Adult Mouse, Mingchen C. Jiang, Sherif M. Elbasiouny, William F. Collins III, and C. J. Heckman
The CamKKβ Inhibitor STO609 Causes Artefacts in Calcium Imaging and Selectively Inhibits BKCa in Mouse Carotid Body Type I Cells, Jennifer G. Jurcsisn, Richard L. Pye, Jon Ali, Barbara L. Barr, and Christopher N. Wyatt
Effects of Inactivation of TRPM7 Kinase Activity on its Channel Activity in Mice, Taku Kaitsuka, Chiaki Katagiri, Pavani Beesetty, Kenji Nakamura, Siham Hourani, Kazuhito Tomizawa, J. Ashot Kozak, and Masayuki Matsushita
Responses of Cortical Extrastriate Area 21a Neurons Specialized in Motion Detection, D. K. Khachvankian, H. R. Aslanian, Bella A. Harutiunian-Kozak, A. L. Ghazaryan, and J. Ashot Kozak
ED Patient Satisfaction: Factors Associated with Satisfaction with Care, Catherine A. Marco, Andy Davis, Sylvia L. Chang, Dennis Mann, and James E. Olson
Plastin 3 Expression Does Not Modify Spinal Muscular Atrophy Severity in the ∆7 SMA Mouse, Vicki L. McGovern, Aurelie Massoni-Laporte, Xueyong Wang, Thanh T. Le, Hao T. Le, Mark M. Rich, and Arthur H. M. Burghes
Acutely Administered Leptin Increases [Ca2+]i and BKCa Currents But Does Not Alter Chemosensory Behavior in Rat Carotid Body Type I Cells, Richard L. Pye, Eric J. Dunn, Ellen M. Ricker, Jennifer G. Jurcsisn, Barbara L. Barr, and Christopher N. Wyatt
Intranasal Naloxone Administration by Police First Responders is Associated with Decreased Opioid Overdose Deaths, Jessica Rando, Derek Broering, James E. Olson, Catherine Marco, and Stephen B. Evans
SOCS1/3 Expression Levels in HSV-1-Infected, Cytokine-Polarized and -Unpolarized Macrophages, Adam Craig Reichard, Nagarjuna Reddy Cheemarla, and Nancy J. Bigley
Selective mu and kappa Opioid Agonists Inhibit Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Entry in Isolated Neonatal Rat Carotid Body Type I Cells, Ellen M. Ricker, Richard L. Pye, Barbara L. Barr, and Christopher N. Wyatt
Complex Impairment of IA Muscle Proprioceptors following Traumatic or Neurotoxic Injury, Jacob A. Vincent, Paul Nardelli, Hanna M. Gabriel, Adam S. Deardorff, and Timothy C. Cope
Submissions from 2014
Complexity of Interferon-γ Interactions with HSV-1, Nancy J. Bigley
Swimming Against the Tide: Investigations of the C-Bouton Synapse, Adam S. Deardorff, Shannon H. Romer, Patrick M. Sonner, and Robert E. W. Fyffe
Adult Spinal Motoneurones are not Hyperexcitable in a Mouse Model of Inherited Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Nicolas Delestrée, Marin Manuel, Caroline Iglesias, Sherif M. Elbasiouny, C. J. Heckman, and Daniel Zytnicki
Development of Modified Cable Models to Simulate Accurate Neuronal Active Behaviors, Sherif M. Elbasiouny
A HCO3−-Dependent Mechanism Involving Soluble Adenylyl Cyclase for the Activation of Ca2+ Currents in Locus Coeruleus Neurons, Ann Nicole Imber, Joseph Michael Santin, Cathy D. Graham, and Robert W. Putnam
Decreased Cardiac Excitability Secondary to Reduction of Sodium Current May Be a Significant Contributor to Reduced Contractility in a Rat Model of Sepsis, Andrew G. Koesters, Kathrin L. Engisch, and Mark M. Rich
Normobaric Hyperoxia (95% O2) Stimulates CO2-Sensitive and CO2-Insensitive Neurons in the Caudal Solitary Complex of Rat Medullary Tissue Slices Maintained in 40% O2, Michael P. Matott, G. E. Ciarlone, Robert W. Putnam, and J. B. Dean
Substance P Differentially Modulates Firing Rate of Solitary Complex (SC) Neurons from Control and Chronic Hypoxia-Adapted Adult Rats, Nicole L. Nichols, Frank L. Powell, Jay B. Dean, and Robert W. Putnam
Motor Axon Synapses on Renshaw Cells Contain Higher Levels of Aspartate than Glutamate, Dannette Shanon Richards, Ronald W. Griffith, Shannon H. Romer, and Francisco J. Alvarez
Oral 1821-3 - Ras Signaling and No in Oligodendrocytes Modulate Permeability of the Blood–Brain Barrier, Haley Titus-Mitchell, Tilat A. Rizvi, Debra A. Mayes, Shyra J. Miller, and Nancy Ratner
Submissions from 2013
Principles of Interneuron Development Learned from Renshaw Cells and the Motoneuron Recurrent Inhibitory Circuit, Francisco J. Alvarez, Ana Benito-Gonzalez, and Valerie C. Siembab
Mechanism of TRPM7 Channel Inhibition by 2-Aminoethyl Diphenyl Borinate (2-APB), Rikki Chokshi and J. Ashot Kozak
An Effective Delayed Treatment for Ischemic Stroke Uses Fluoxetine and Simvastatin, Adrian M. Corbett, Scott Sieber, Nicholas Wyatt, Jenna Lizzi, Tiffany Flannery, Bethany Sibbitt, and Saggar Sanghvi
Expression of Postsynaptic Ca2+-Activated K+ (SK) Channels at C-Bouton Synapses in Mammalian Lumbar α-Motoneurons, Adam S. Deardorff, Shannon H. Romer, Zhihui Deng, Katie L. Bullinger, and Paul Nardelli
Heparan Sulfate-Bound Dimeric IL-2: A Potential Mediator of Renal Ischemic Injury, Lauren A. Dixon, John D. Miller, Suzanne E. Clabaugh, Gino C. Liu, Mary F. Stuever, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Rabbit Supraspinatus Motor Endplates Are Unaffected by a Rotator Cuff Tear, J. Christopher Gayton, L. Joseph Rubino, Mark M. Rich, Mark H. Stouffer, Qingbo Wang, and Gregory P. Boivin
Activation of Electrogenic K Secretion Requires BK Channels in Guinea Pig Distal Colon, Dan R. Halm, Jin Zhang, and Susan T. Halm
Benefits of Traditional Cadaveric Dissection in a Digital World: Medical and Dental Students’Perspectives, Barbara Kraszpulska, Debra Bomkamp, and Jennifer Brueckner-Collins
Computer-Based Dissection Manual (CBDM) – Cranium, Barbara Kraszpulska, Claire Christian, and Robert Gainor
Canonical Bcl-2 Motifs of the Na+/K+ Pump Revealed by the BH3 Mimetic Chelerythrine: Early Signal Transducers of Apoptosis?, Peter K. Lauf, Judith Heiny, Jarek Meller, Michael A. Lepera, Leonid Koikov, Gerald M. Alter, Thomas L. Brown, and Norma C. Adragna
Nf1 Loss and Ras Hyperactivation in Oligodendrocytes Induce NOS-Driven Defects in Myelin and Vasculature, Debra A. Mayes, Tilat A. Rizvi, Haley E. Titus-Mitchell, Rachel Oberst, Georgianne M. Ciraolo, Charles V. Vorhees, Andrew P. Robinson, Stephen D. Miller, Jose A. Cancelas, Anat O. Stemmer-Rachamimov, and Nancy Ratner
Transforming clinical imaging and 3D data for virtual reality learning objects: HTML5 and mobile devices implementation, Gary L. Nieder and Robert B. Trelease
Neurofibroma-Associated Macrophages Play Roles in Tumor Growth and Response to Pharmacological Inhibition, Carlos E. Prada, Edwin Jousma, Tilat A. Rizvi, Jianqiang Wu, R. Scott Dunn, Debra A. Mayes, Jose A. Cancelas, Eva Dombi, Mi-Ok Kim, Brian L. West, Gideon Bollag, and Nancy Ratner
Light-Triggered Modulation of Cellular Electrical Activity by Ruthenium Diimine Nanoswitches, Joyce G. Rohan, Rose Citron, Alec C. Durrell, Lionel E. Cheruzel, Harry B. Gray, Robert H. Grubbs, Mark Humayun, Kathrin L. Engisch, Victor Pikov, and Robert H. Chow
Temperature Influences Neuronal Activity and CO2/pH Sensitivity of Locus Coeruleus Neurons in the Bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus, Joseph Michael Santin, Kayla Christine Watters, Robert W. Putnam, and Lynn K. Hartzler
Silver Nanoparticles Inhibit Vaccinia virus Infection by Preventing Viral Entry Through a Macropinocytosis-Dependent Mechanism, John C. Trefry and Dawn P. Wooley
Alterations in the Motor Neuron-Renshaw Cell Circuit in the Sod1G93A Mouse Model, Hanna Wootz, Eileen FitzSimons-Kantamneni, Martin Larhammar, Travis M. Rotterman, Anders Enjin, Kalicharan Patra, Elodie André, Brigitte Van Zundert, Klas Kullander, and Francisco J. Alvarez
Submissions from 2012
Electronic Nose Based on Independent Component Analysis Combined with Partial Least Squares and Artificial Neural Networks for Wine Prediction, Teodoro Aguilera, Jesús Lozano, José A. Paredes, Francisco J. Alvarez, and José I. Suárez
Renshaw Cells and Ia Inhibitory Interneurons Are Generated at Different Times from P1 Progenitors and Differentiate Shortly After Exiting the Cell Cycle, Ana Benito-Gonzalez and Francisco J. Alvarez
Motor Terminal Degeneration Unaffected by Activity Changes in SOD1G93A Mice; A Possible Role for Glycolysis, Dario I. Carrasco, Edyta K. Bichler, Mark M. Rich, Xueyong Wang, Kevin L. Seburn, and Martin J. Pinter
Functional Significance of Isoform Diversification in the Protocadherin Gamma Gene Cluster, Weisheng V. Chen, Francisco J. Alvarez, Julie L. Lefebvre, Brad Friedman, Chiamaka Nwakeze, Eric Geiman, Courtney Smith, Chan Aye Thu, Juan Carlos Tapia, Bosiljka Tasic, Joshua R. Sanes, and Tom Maniatis
Taurine Release by Astrocytes Modulates Osmosensitive Glycine Receptor Tone and Excitability in the Adult Supraoptic Nucleus, Katrina Y. Choe, James E. Olson, and Charles W. Bourque
2-Aminoethyl Diphenyl Borinate (2-APB) Inhibits TRPM7 Channels Through an Intracellular Acidification Mechanism, Rikki Chokshi, Petronilla Fruasaha, and J. Ashot Kozak
Detailed Examination of Mg2+ and pH Sensitivity of Human TRPM7 Channels, Rikki Chokshi, Masayuki Matsushita, and J. Ashot Kozak
Sensitivity of TRPM7 Channels to Mg2+ Characterized in Cell-Free Patches of Jurkat T Lymphocytes, Rikki Chokshi, Masayuki Matsushita, and J. Ashot Kozak
A Method for Reliable Voluntary Oral Administration of a Fixed Dosage (mg/kg) of Chronic Daily Medication to Rats, Adrian M. Corbett, Audrey E. McGowin, Scott Sieber, Tiffany Flannery, and Bethany Sibbitt
The Apical NKCC1 Cotransporter Debate, Jeannine Marie Crum, Francisco J. Alvarez, and Francisco J. Alvarez-Leefmans
Electrophysiological Abnormalities in SOD1 Transgenic Models in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: The Commonalities and Differences, Sherif M. Elbasiouny, Katharina Quinlan, Tahra L. Eissa, and Charles J. Heckman
Ion Channel Regulation by the LKB1-AMPK Signalling Pathway: The Key to Carotid Body Activation by Hypoxia and Metabolic Homeostasis at the Whole Body Level, A. Mark Evans, D. Grahame Hardie, Chris Peers, Prem Kumar, and Christopher N. Wyatt
Ion Channel Regulation by the LKB1-AMPK Signalling Pathway: The Key to Carotid Body Activation by Hypoxia and Metabolic Homeostasis at the Whole Body Level, A. Mark Evans, Chris Peers, Christopher N. Wyatt, Prem Kumar, and D. Grahame Hardie
Magnesium Sulfate Treatment Decreases the Initial Brain Damage Alterations Produced After Perinatal Asphyxia in Fetal Lambs, Felipe Goñi-de-Cerio, Antonia Alvarez, Idoia Lara-Celador, Francisco J. Alvarez, Daniel Alonso-Alconada, and Enrique Hilario
The Role of Ca2+ and BK Channels in the Firing Rate Response of Locus Coeruleus (LC) Neurons to CO2: Controlling the Chemosensitive Gain, Ann N. Imber, Cathy D. Graham, and Robert W. Putnam
Postnatal Development and Activation of L-Type Ca2+ Currents in Locus Ceruleus Neurons: Implications for a Role for Ca2+ in Central Chemosensitivity, Ann N. Imber and Robert W. Putnam
Neurofibromatosis 2011: a Report of the Children's Tumor Foundation Annual Meeting, Michel Kalamarides, Maria T. Acosta, Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, Olli Carpen, Karen Cichowski, D. Gareth Evans, Filippo Giancotti, C. Oliver Hanemann, David Ingram, Alison C. Lloyd, Debra A. Mayes, Ludwine Messiaen, Helen Morrison, Kathryn North, Roger Packer, Duojia Pan, Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov, Meena Upadhyaya, David Viskochil, Margret R. Wallace, Kim Hunter-Schaedle, and Nancy Ratner
Spatial Infrastructure of Receptive Fields and Responses to Moving Stimuli of Visually Driven Neurons in the Cat Extrastriate Cortex, J. Ashot Kozak, D. K. Khachvankyan, A. L. Ghazaryan, A. B. Sharanbekyan, and Bella A. Harutiunian-Kozak
Beneficial Aspect of Cadaver Dissection – Medical Students Perspective, Barbara Kraszpulska
Computer-Based Dissection Manual (CBDM) of the Thorax, Barbara Kraszpulska, Kimberly Ritterhoff, and Robert Paul Gainor
Computer-Based Dissection Manual (CBDM) of the Upper Extremity, Barbara Kraszpulska, Kimberly Ritterhoff, and Robert Paul Gainor
Effect of Synthetic Aβ Peptide Oligomers and Fluorinated Solvents on Kv1.3 Channel Properties and Membrane Conductance, Maria I. Lioudyno, Matteo Broccio, Yuri Sokolov, Suhail Rasool, Jessica Wu, Michael T. Alkire, Virginia Liu, J. Ashot Kozak, Philip R. Dennison, Charles G. Glabe, Mathias Lösche, and James E. Hall
Anatomical and Functional Connections Between the Locus Coeruleus (LC) and the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract (NTS) in Neonatal Rats, Luana Tenorio Lopes, Luis Gustavo Alexandre Patrone, Ke-yong Li, Ann N. Imber, Cathy D. Graham, Luciane H. Gargaglioni, and Robert W. Putnam
NMDA Induces Persistent Inward and Outward Currents that Cause Rhythmic Bursting in Adult Rodent Motoneurons, Marin Manuel, Yaqing Li, Sherif M. Elbasiouny, Katie Murray, Anna Griener, Charles J. Heckman, and David J. Bennett
Molecular and Functional Expression of Cation-Chloride Cotransporters in Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons During Postnatal Maturation, Shihong Mao, Tomás Garzon-Muvdi, Mauricio Di Fulvio, Yanfang Chen, Eric Delpire, Francisco J. Alvarez, and Francisco J. Alvarez-Leefmans
SMN May Have Multiple Functions Necessitating Widespread Restoration for Maximal Therapeutic Benefit in SMA, Tara L. Martinez, Lingling Kong, James P. Van Meerbeke, Rebecca Gibbs, Crystal Davis, Heather L. Plaster, Chien Ping Ko, James R. Rusche, Cathleen M. Lutz, Mark M. Rich, and Charlotte J. Sumner
Survival Motor Neuron Protein in Motor Neurons Determines Synaptic Integrity in Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Tara L. Martinez, Lingling Kong, Xueyong Wang, Melissa A. Osborne, Melissa E. Crowder, James P. Van Meerbeke, Xixi Yu, Crystal Davis, Joe Wooley, David J. Goldhamer, Cathleen M. Lutz, Mark M. Rich, and Charlotte J. Sumner
Antioxidant Rescue of Nf1/Ras-Induced Myelin and Vasculature Dysfunction, Debra A. Mayes, Tilat A. Rizvi, Shyra J. Miller, Rachel Oberst, Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov, and Nancy Ratner
Interleukin-2 is Present in Human Blood Vessels and Released in Biologically Active Form by Heparanase, John D. Miller, Suzanne E. Clabaugh, Deandra R. Smith, R. Brian Stevens, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
An Eight Year Study of Online Lecture Use in a Medical Gross Anatomy and Embryology Course, Gary L. Nieder and Nicole J. Borges
Predictive Value of TBL Individual Readiness Assurance Tests on Subsequent Exam Performance, Gary L. Nieder and Nicole J. Borges
A Farmer’s Confession Regarding the Sharecropper’s Daughter, James E. Olson and Jonathan I. Singer
Gap Junction Blockade in the Locus Coeruleus (LC) Decreases the Hypercapnic Ventilatory Response, Luis Gustavo Alexandre Patrone, Kenia C. Bicego, Lynn K. Hartzler, Robert W. Putnam, and Luciane H. Gargaglioni