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Acquisition and Long‐term Retention of Bedside Ultrasound Skills in First‐Year Medical Students by Steinmetz, Peter, Oleskevich, Sharon, Lewis, John

“…Objectives The purpose of this study was to assess bedside ultrasound skill acquisition and retention in medical students after completion of the first year of…”
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Accuracy of Medical Students in Detecting Pleural Effusion Using Lung Ultrasound as an Adjunct to the Physical Examination by Steinmetz, Peter, Oleskevich, Sharon, Dyachenko, Alina, McCusker, Jane, Lewis, John

“…Objectives This study compared the accuracy of medical students in identifying pleural effusion in hospitalized patients using the physical examination versus…”
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The Use of Ultrasound Simulators to Strengthen Scanning Skills in Medical Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Le, Cathie‐Kim, Lewis, John, Steinmetz, Peter, Dyachenko, Alina, Oleskevich, Sharon

“…Objectives This study evaluates the use of ultrasound simulators for retaining and improving ultrasound skills acquired in undergraduate ultrasound training…”
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Presynaptic Ca2+ influx and vesicle exocytosis at the mouse endbulb of Held: a comparison of two auditory nerve terminals by Lin, Kun‐Han, Oleskevich, Sharon, Taschenberger, Holger

“…Non‐technical summary  The release of neurotransmitter from presynaptic nerve endings is triggered by Ca2+ influx through voltage‐gated Ca2+ channels (VGCCs)…”
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Stem and progenitor cell compartments within adult mouse taste buds by Sullivan, Jeremy M., Borecki, Alexander A., Oleskevich, Sharon

“…Adult taste buds are maintained by the lifelong proliferation of epithelial stem and progenitor cells, the identities of which have remained elusive. It has…”
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Synaptic transmission in the auditory brainstem of normal and congenitally deaf mice by Oleskevich, Sharon, Walmsley, Bruce

“…The deafness ( dn/dn ) mutant mouse provides a valuable model of human congenital deafness. We investigated the properties of synaptic transmission in the…”
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Bedside ultrasound education in Canadian medical schools: A national survey by Steinmetz, Peter, Dobrescu, Octavian, Oleskevich, Sharon, Lewis, John

“…This study was carried out to determine the extent and characteristics of bedside ultrasound teaching in medical schools across Canada. A cross-sectional,…”
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Release probability modulates short-term plasticity at a rat giant terminal by Oleskevich, Sharon, Clements, John, Walmsley, Bruce

“…Modulation of release probability is a major factor underlying short-term synaptic plasticity in the central nervous system. We have investigated the…”
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Automated threshold detection for auditory brainstem responses: comparison with visual estimation in a stem cell transplantation study by Bogaerts, Sofie, Clements, John D, Sullivan, Jeremy M, Oleskevich, Sharon

“…Auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) are used to study auditory acuity in animal-based medical research. ABRs are evoked by acoustic stimuli, and consist of an…”
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Effect of epithelial stem cell transplantation on noise-induced hearing loss in adult mice by Sullivan, Jeremy M, Cohen, Mauricio A, Pandit, Sonali R, Sahota, Raguwinder S, Borecki, Alexander A, Oleskevich, Sharon

“…Abstract Noise trauma in mammals can result in damage to multiple epithelial cochlear cell types, producing permanent hearing loss. Here we investigate whether…”
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The benefits of doing ultrasound exams in your office by Steinmetz, Peter, Oleskevich, Sharon

“…Family medicine ultrasound is more accurate, more cost-effective, and less time-consuming than you might imagine. Here's how it can improve your care…”
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Phosphorylation regulates spontaneous and evoked transmitter release at a giant terminal in the rat auditory brainstem by Oleskevich, Sharon, Walmsley, Bruce

“…The role of phosphorylation in synaptic transmission was investigated at a large glutamatergic terminal, the endbulb of Held, on bushy cells in the rat…”
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Glycinergic mIPSCs in mouse and rat brainstem auditory nuclei: modulation by ruthenium red and the role of calcium stores by Lim, Rebecca, Oleskevich, Sharon, Few, Alexandra P., Leao, Richardson N., Walmsley, Bruce

“…Spontaneous miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (mIPSCs) recorded in central neurons are usually highly variable in amplitude due to many factors such…”
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Functional Effects of Adult Human Olfactory Stem Cells on Early‐Onset Sensorineural Hearing Loss by Pandit, Sonali R., Sullivan, Jeremy M., Egger, Viktoria, Borecki, Alexander A., Oleskevich, Sharon

“…Transplantation of exogenous stem cells has been proposed as a treatment to prevent or reverse sensorineural hearing loss. Here, we investigate the effects of…”
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Presynaptic Ca 2+ influx and vesicle exocytosis at the mouse endbulb of Held: a comparison of two auditory nerve terminals by Lin, Kun‐Han, Oleskevich, Sharon, Taschenberger, Holger

“…Non‐technical summary  The release of neurotransmitter from presynaptic nerve endings is triggered by Ca 2+ influx through voltage‐gated Ca 2+ channels (VGCCs)…”
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A comparison of telemedicine teaching to in-person teaching for the acquisition of an ultrasound skill - a pilot project by Brisson, Anne-Marie, Steinmetz, Peter, Oleskevich, Sharon, Lewis, John, Reid, Andrew

“…Telemedicine is widely used for medical education but few studies directly investigate how telemedicine teaching compares to conventional in-person teaching…”
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Cholinergic Synaptic Transmission in Insect Mushroom Bodies In Vitro by Oleskevich, Sharon

“…Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra 2601, Australia Oleskevich, Sharon Cholinergic Synaptic Transmission in Insect…”
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Differentiation of adult mouse olfactory precursor cells into hair cells in vitro by Doyle, Kharen L, Kazda, Anita, Hort, Yvonne, McKay, Sarah M, Oleskevich, Sharon

“…Many forms of deafness result from degeneration of the sensory cells for hearing, the hair cells in the cochlea. Stem cells offer a potential cell-based…”
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The role of spontaneous activity in development of the endbulb of Held synapse by McKay, Sarah M., Oleskevich, Sharon

“…In the mouse brainstem cochlear nucleus, the auditory nerve to bushy cell synapse (endbulb of Held) is specialised for rapid, high-fidelity transmission…”
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Quantified regional and laminar distribution of the noradrenaline innervation in the anterior half of the adult rat cerebral cortex by Audet, M A, Doucet, G, Oleskevich, S, Descarries, L

“…The regional and laminar distribution of the noradrenaline (NA) innervation in the adult rat cerebral cortex was quantified in radioautographs of semithin…”
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