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Astrocytes are poised for lactate trafficking and release from activated brain and for supply of glucose to neurons by Gandhi, Gautam K, Cruz, Nancy F, Ball, Kelly K, Dienel, Gerald A

“…Brain is a highly-oxidative organ, but during activation, glycolytic flux is preferentially up-regulated even though oxygen supply is adequate. The biochemical…”
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Metoprolol Impairs β1-Adrenergic Receptor-Mediated Vasodilation in Rat Cerebral Arteries: Implications for β-Blocker Therapy by Moore, Christopher L., Henry, David S., McClenahan, Samantha J., Ball, Kelly K., Rusch, Nancy J., Rhee, Sung W.

“…The practice of prescribing β -blockers to lower blood pressure and mitigate perioperative cardiovascular events has been questioned because of reports of an…”
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glycogen phosphorylase inhibitor selectively enhances local rates of glucose utilization in brain during sensory stimulation of conscious rats: implications for glycogen turnover by Dienel, Gerald A, Ball, Kelly K, Cruz, Nancy F

“…Glycogen is degraded during brain activation but its role and contribution to functional energetics in normal activated brain have not been established. In the…”
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Metoprolol Impairs β 1-Adrenergic Receptor-Mediated Vasodilation in Rat Cerebral Arteries: Implications for β -Blocker Therapy by Moore, Christopher L, Henry, David S, McClenahan, Samantha J, Ball, Kelly K, Rusch, Nancy J, Rhee, Sung W

“…The practice of prescribing -blockers to lower blood pressure and mitigate perioperative cardiovascular events has been questioned because of reports of an…”
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Incidence of Surgical Site Infection Following Mastectomy With and Without Immediate Reconstruction Using Private Insurer Claims Data by Olsen, Margaret A, Nickel, Katelin B, Fox, Ida K, Margenthaler, Julie A, Ball, Kelly E, Mines, Daniel, Wallace, Anna E, Fraser, Victoria J

“…The National Healthcare Safety Network classifies breast operations as clean procedures with an expected 1%-2% surgical site infection (SSI) incidence. We…”
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Development of a Risk Prediction Model to Individualize Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection After Mastectomy by Olsen, Margaret A., Nickel, Katelin B., Margenthaler, Julie A., Fox, Ida K., Ball, Kelly E., Mines, Daniel, Wallace, Anna E., Colditz, Graham A., Fraser, Victoria J.

“…Background Little data are available regarding individual patients’ risk of surgical site infection (SSI) following mastectomy with or without immediate…”
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Trafficking of Glucose, Lactate, and Amyloid-β from the Inferior Colliculus through Perivascular Routes by Ball, Kelly K, Cruz, Nancy F, Mrak, Robert E, Dienel, Gerald A

“…Metabolic brain imaging is widely used to evaluate brain function and disease, and quantitative assays require local retention of compounds used to register…”
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Validation of ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes for Surgical Site Infection and Noninfectious Wound Complications After Mastectomy by Olsen, Margaret A, Ball, Kelly E, Nickel, Katelin B, Wallace, Anna E, Fraser, Victoria J

“…BACKGROUND Few studies have validated ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for surgical site infection (SSI), and none have validated coding for noninfectious wound…”
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Quantitative microinjection using fluorescence calibration of streaming microdroplets on a superhydrophobic surface by Moore, Christopher L., Taylor, Erin M., Ball, Kelly K., Bernock, Laura J., Griffin, Robert J., Jung, Seunghyun, Shoeib, Amal, Borrelli, Michael J.

“…A simple and reproducible procedure was developed to measure the volume of liquid microinjected into cells. A calibration curve of droplet fluorescence…”
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Reduced gap junctional communication among astrocytes in experimental diabetes: Contributions of altered connexin protein levels and oxidative-nitrosative modifications by Ball, Kelly K., Harik, Lamia, Gandhi, Gautam K., Cruz, Nancy F., Dienel, Gerald A.

“…Experimental diabetes increases production of reactive oxygen–nitrogen species and inhibits astrocytic gap junctional communication in tissue culture and brain…”
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The unfolded protein response to endoplasmic reticulum stress in cultured astrocytes and rat brain during experimental diabetes by Lind, Katrine R., Ball, Kelly K., Cruz, Nancy F., Dienel, Gerald A.

“…► Endoplasmic reticulum stress markers are low in high-glucose astrocyte cultures. ► Streptozotocin-diabetic rat brain exhibits modest expression of selected…”
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Modification of claims-based measures improves identification of comorbidities in non-elderly women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study by Nickel, Katelin B, Wallace, Anna E, Warren, David K, Ball, Kelly E, Mines, Daniel, Fraser, Victoria J, Olsen, Margaret A

“…Accurate identification of underlying health conditions is important to fully adjust for confounders in studies using insurer claims data. Our objective was to…”
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Functional imaging of focal brain activation in conscious rats: Impact of [14C]glucose metabolite spreading and release by Cruz, Nancy F., Ball, Kelly K., Dienel, Gerald A.

“…Labeled glucose and its analogs are widely used in imaging and metabolic studies of brain function, astrocyte–neuron interactions, and neurotransmission…”
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Hyperglycaemia and diabetes impair gap junctional communication among astrocytes by Gandhi, Gautam K, Ball, Kelly K, Cruz, Nancy F, Dienel, Gerald A

“…Sensory and cognitive impairments have been documented in diabetic humans and animals, but the pathophysiology of diabetes in the central nervous system is…”
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Venous puncture wound hemostasis results in a vaulted thrombus structured by locally nucleated platelet aggregates by Rhee, Sung W., Pokrovskaya, Irina D., Ball, Kelly K., Ling, Kenny, Vedanaparti, Yajnesh, Cohen, Joshua, Cruz, Denzel R. D., Zhao, Oliver S., Aronova, Maria A., Zhang, Guofeng, Kamykowski, Jeffrey A., Leapman, Richard D., Storrie, Brian

“…Primary hemostasis results in a platelet-rich thrombus that has long been assumed to form a solid plug. Unexpectedly, our 3-dimensional (3D) electron…”
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Selective astrocytic gap junctional trafficking of molecules involved in the glycolytic pathway: impact on cellular brain imaging by Gandhi, Gautam K, Cruz, Nancy F, Ball, Kelly K, Theus, Sue A, Dienel, Gerald A

“…To assess the specificity of metabolite trafficking among gap junction-coupled astrocytes, we developed novel, real-time, single-cell enzymatic fluorescence…”
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Tethered platelet capture provides a mechanism for restricting circulating platelet activation to the wound site by Pokrovskaya, Irina D., Rhee, Sung W., Ball, Kelly K., Kamykowski, Jeffrey A., Zhao, Oliver S., Cruz, Denzel R.D., Cohen, Joshua, Aronova, Maria A., Leapman, Richard D., Storrie, Brian

“…Puncture wounding is a longstanding challenge to human health for which understanding is limited, in part, by a lack of detailed morphological data on how the…”
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Regional registration of [6-14C]glucose metabolism during brain activation of [alpha]-syntrophin knockout mice by Cruz, Nancy F, Ball, Kelly K, Froehner, Stanley C, Adams, Marvin E, Dienel, Gerald A

“…[alpha]-Syntrophin is a component of the dystrophin scaffold-protein complex that serves as an adaptor for recruitment of key proteins to the cytoplasmic side…”
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Regional registration of [6‐14C]glucose metabolism during brain activation of α‐syntrophin knockout mice by Cruz, Nancy F., Ball, Kelly K., Froehner, Stanley C., Adams, Marvin E., Dienel, Gerald A.

“…α‐Syntrophin is a component of the dystrophin scaffold‐protein complex that serves as an adaptor for recruitment of key proteins to the cytoplasmic side of…”
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Astrocytic connexin distributions and rapid, extensive dye transfer via gap junctions in the inferior colliculus: Implications for [14C]glucose metabolite trafficking by Ball, Kelly K., Gandhi, Gautam K., Thrash, Jarrod, Cruz, Nancy F., Dienel, Gerald A.

“…The inferior colliculus has the highest rates of blood flow and metabolism in brain, and functional metabolic activity increases markedly in response to…”
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