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Research Summaries
Please note: While each of the following projects may be of interest
to PWSA members, not all are sponsored by PWSA. For information on funding of a
given project, please contact the applicable researcher. For information on
PWSA's funding of research projects,
click here.
Summaries by Dr. Mayim Chaya Bialik serves on the PWSA (USA) Research
Advisory Board.
Summaries by Jamie H. Bassel, D.C., P.C.
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Exendin-4 potently decreases ghrelin levels in fasting rats. - 2006 Dec.
Perez-Tilve D, Gonzalez-Matias L, Alvarez-Crespo M, Leiras R, Tovar S,
Dieguez C, Mallo F.
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Enhanced activation of reward-mediating prefrontal regions in response to
food stimuli in prader-willi syndrome. - 2006 Dec.
Miller JL, James GA, Goldstone AP, Couch JA, He G, Driscoll DJ, Liu Y
- Two
years of growth hormone therapy in young children with Prader-Willi
Syndrome: Physical and Neurodevelopmental benefits.
Myers SE, Whitman BY, Carrel AL, Moerchen V, Bekx MT, Allen DB
- Intracranial
abnormalities detected by three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging in
Prader-Willi syndrome - 2006 Nov.
Miller JL, Couch JA, Schmalfuss I, He G, Liu Y, Driscoll DJ.
- C-reactive protein
levels in subjects with Prader-Willi syndrome and obesity. - 2006 Apr.
Butler MG, Bittel DC, Kibiryeva N, Garg U.
- Obesity and the
pulmonologist. - 2006 Feb.
Deane S, Thomson A. Department of Paediatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
- Repetitive and
ritualistic behaviour in children with Prader-Willi syndrome and children
with autism. - 2006 Feb.
Greaves N, Prince E, Evans DW, Charman T.
Islington Primary Care NHS Trust, London, UK.
- CD36 expression
and its relationship with obesity in blood cells from people with and
without Prader-Willi syndrome. - 2006 Jan
Webb T, Whittington J, Holland AJ, Soni S, Boer H, Clarke D, Horsthemke
B. Section of Medical and Molecular Genetics, University of Birmingham,
Birmingham, UK.
- Suppression of
acylated ghrelin during oral glucose tolerance test is correlated with whole
body insulin sensitivity in children with Prader-Willi syndrome. - 2006
Feb.
Paik KH, Choe YH, Park WH, Oh YJ, Kim AH, Chu SH, Kim SW, Kwon EK, Han SJ,
Shon WY, Jin DK Department of Pediatrics (K.H.P, Y.H.C., E.K.K., W.Y.S., D.-K.J.),
Department of Orthopedic Sports Medicine (W.H.P), Samsung Medical Center,
Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul; Clinical Research Center
(Y.J.O., A.H.K., S.H.C, S.W.K., S.J.H), Samsung Biomedical Research
Institute, Seoul, Korea.
- Exclusion of the
C/D box snoRNA gene cluster HBII-52 from a major role in Prader-Willi
syndrome - 2005 Feb.
Maren Runte, Raymonda Varon, Denise Horn, Bernhard Horsthemeke, Karen
Buiting Institut fur Humangenetik, Universitatsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstrasse
55, 45122, Essen, Germany.
- Hypothalamic and
Gonadal Components of Hypogonadism in Boys with Prader-Labhart-Willi
Syndrome - 2006 - Mar.
Urs Eiholzer, Dagmar L’Allemand, Valentin Rousson, Michael Schlumpf, Theo
Gasser, Jurg Girard, Annette, Gruters, and Manuela Simoni Institute Growth Puberty Adolescence, Moehrlistrasse 69, CH-8006 Zurich,
Switzerland. mail@childgrowth.org
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03/23/2010
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