IMMUNE RECEPTOR TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4 CONTRIBUTES TO STRESS-INDUCED AFFECTIVE RESPONSES IN A SEX-SPECIFIC MANNER

Immune receptor toll-like receptor 4 contributes to stress-induced affective responses in a sex-specific manner

Stress activates innate immune Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and enhances susceptibility to depression, a condition that is more prevalent in females.The TLR4 receptor type is involved in inflammatory responses and its expression levels associate with depressive symptoms and their successful treatment.Yet, little preclinical research has examined the

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Xantophyll-Zyklus in Chlamydomonas reinhardii

During the xanthophyll cycle, which occurs upon illumination in thylakoid membranes of 10026145n chloroplasts, violaxanthin is transformed via antheraxanthin into zeaxanthin.Not all of the violaxanthin, which seems to be present in a loosely and a more tightly bound form in pigment-protein complexes, participates in the cycle.Here we study the xant

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#picturesofchange: Physical self-representations in social media as a sign of change in sports- and movement culture

The mediatization of communicative action is a process that centrally moderates social change.Changes in communication (e.g., through new kinds of media) thus have momentous consequences for social forms and processes.As essential cultural signs, social bodies, their medial representation, and areas of society in which bodies play a role are interr

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