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Emg Analysis Of Core And Thigh Musculature Contribution During Double And Single Leg Squats On Both Stable And Unstable Surfaces, Julie M. Whitehead Apr 2005

Emg Analysis Of Core And Thigh Musculature Contribution During Double And Single Leg Squats On Both Stable And Unstable Surfaces, Julie M. Whitehead

Human Movement Sciences & Special Education Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine EMG activity of the hip stabilizers, thigh, and core muscles during various squatting exercises in order to better appreciate the contribution of the core and thigh during weight bearing functional activity. Surface EMG electrodes were placed over the rectus abdominis (RA), internal oblique (IO), external oblique (EO), erector spinae (ES), vastus medialis (VM), biceps femoris (BF), and gluteus medius (GM). The right leg was used for any single leg exercises perforn1ed. Each subject performed three double leg and three single leg un-weighted squats to 60 degrees of knee flexion on a stable …


In Vivo Role Of 20-Hydroxyecdysone In The Regulation Of The Vitellogenin Mrna And Egg Development In The American Dog Tick, Dermacentor Variabilis (Say), Deborah M. Thompson, Sayed M.S. Khalil, Laura A. Jeffers, Usha Ananthapadadmanaban, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Robert D. Mitchell, Christopher J. Osgood, Charles S. Apperson, R. Michael Roe Jan 2005

In Vivo Role Of 20-Hydroxyecdysone In The Regulation Of The Vitellogenin Mrna And Egg Development In The American Dog Tick, Dermacentor Variabilis (Say), Deborah M. Thompson, Sayed M.S. Khalil, Laura A. Jeffers, Usha Ananthapadadmanaban, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Robert D. Mitchell, Christopher J. Osgood, Charles S. Apperson, R. Michael Roe

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Injection of the hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (20-E) into partially fed (virgin) female adults of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, while they are attached and feeding on the rabbit host, initiated the expression of the vitellogenin (Vg) gene, and Vg protein secretion and uptake by the ovary. The induction of egg production by 20-E in this bioassay was dose dependent in the range of 1-50 times the concentration normally found in a replete, vitellogenic female. Ticks examined 4d after the 50x treatment were still attached to the host, had numerous enlarged vitellin-filled (brown) oocytes in their ovaries, but had not …


3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Activates Nuclear Factor- Κb, Increases Intracellular Calcium, And Modulates Gene Transcription In Rat Heart Cells, David A. Tiangco, Frank A. Lattanzio Jr., Christopher J. Osgood, Stephen J. Beebe, Julie A. Kerry, Barbara Y. Hargrave Jan 2005

3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Activates Nuclear Factor- Κb, Increases Intracellular Calcium, And Modulates Gene Transcription In Rat Heart Cells, David A. Tiangco, Frank A. Lattanzio Jr., Christopher J. Osgood, Stephen J. Beebe, Julie A. Kerry, Barbara Y. Hargrave

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is an illicit psychoactive drug that has gained immense popularity among teenagers and young adults. The cardiovascular toxicological consequences of abusing this compound have not been fully characterized. The present study utilized a transient transfection/dual luciferase genetic reporter assay, fluorescence confocal microscopy, and gene expression macroarray technology to determine nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) activity, intracellular calcium balance, mitochondrial depolarization, and gene transcription profiles, respectively, in cultured rat striated cardiac myocytes (H9c2) exposed to MDMA. At concentrations of 1×10−3 M and 1×10−2 M, MDMA significantly enhanced NF-κB reporter activity compared with 0 M (medium only) control. This …