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The selfish brain: Competition for energy resources by Peters, Achim

“…Obesity and type 2 diabetes have become the major health problems in many industrialized countries. Here, I present the unconventional concept that a healthy…”
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Stress habituation, body shape and cardiovascular mortality by Peters, Achim, McEwen, Bruce S

“…High cardiovascular mortality is well documented in lean phenotypes exhibiting visceral fat accumulation. In contrast, corpulent phenotypes with predominantly…”
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A precision measurement of the gravitational redshift by the interference of matter waves by Peters, Achim, Chu, Steven, Müller, Holger

“…One of the central predictions of metric theories of gravity, such as general relativity, is that a clock in a gravitational potential U will run more slowly…”
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Space-borne Bose–Einstein condensation for precision interferometry by Becker, Dennis, Lachmann, Maike D., Seidel, Stephan T., Ahlers, Holger, Dinkelaker, Aline N., Grosse, Jens, Hellmig, Ortwin, Müntinga, Hauke, Schkolnik, Vladimir, Wendrich, Thijs, Wenzlawski, André, Weps, Benjamin, Corgier, Robin, Franz, Tobias, Gaaloul, Naceur, Herr, Waldemar, Lüdtke, Daniel, Popp, Manuel, Amri, Sirine, Duncker, Hannes, Erbe, Maik, Kohfeldt, Anja, Kubelka-Lange, André, Braxmaier, Claus, Charron, Eric, Ertmer, Wolfgang, Krutzik, Markus, Lämmerzahl, Claus, Peters, Achim, Schleich, Wolfgang P., Sengstock, Klaus, Walser, Reinhold, Wicht, Andreas, Windpassinger, Patrick, Rasel, Ernst M.

“…Owing to the low-gravity conditions in space, space-borne laboratories enable experiments with extended free-fall times. Because Bose–Einstein condensates have…”
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Cooperation and Social Rules Emerging From the Principle of Surprise Minimization by Hartwig, Mattis, Peters, Achim

“…The surprise minimization principle has been applied to explain various cognitive processes in humans. Originally describing perceptual and active inference,…”
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Ultracold atom interferometry in space by Lachmann, Maike D., Ahlers, Holger, Becker, Dennis, Dinkelaker, Aline N., Grosse, Jens, Hellmig, Ortwin, Müntinga, Hauke, Schkolnik, Vladimir, Seidel, Stephan T., Wendrich, Thijs, Wenzlawski, André, Carrick, Benjamin, Gaaloul, Naceur, Lüdtke, Daniel, Braxmaier, Claus, Ertmer, Wolfgang, Krutzik, Markus, Lämmerzahl, Claus, Peters, Achim, Schleich, Wolfgang P., Sengstock, Klaus, Wicht, Andreas, Windpassinger, Patrick, Rasel, Ernst M.

“…Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) in free fall constitute a promising source for space-borne interferometry. Indeed, BECs enjoy a slowly expanding wave…”
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Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Explained by the Free Energy Principle by Peters, Achim, Hartwig, Mattis, Spiller, Tobias

“…According to the free energy principle, all sentient beings strive to minimize surprise or, in other words, an information-theoretical quantity called…”
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Brain More Resistant to Energy Restriction Than Body: A Systematic Review by Sprengell, Marie, Kubera, Britta, Peters, Achim

“…The gluco-lipostatic theory and its modern variants assume that blood glucose and energy stores are controlled in closed-loop feedback processes. The Selfish…”
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How Stress Can Change Our Deepest Preferences: Stress Habituation Explained Using the Free Energy Principle by Hartwig, Mattis, Bhat, Anjali, Peters, Achim

“…People who habituate to stress show a repetition-induced response attenuation—neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, neuroenergetic, and emotional—when exposed to a…”
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Brain Mass (Energy) Resistant to Hyperglycaemic Oversupply: A Systematic Review by Sprengell, Marie, Kubera, Britta, Peters, Achim

“…Cerebral energy supply is determined by the energy content of the blood. Accordingly, the brain is undersupplied during hypoglycaemia. Whether or not there is…”
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Proximal Disruption of Brain Energy Supply Raises Systemic Blood Glucose: A Systematic Review by Sprengell, Marie, Kubera, Britta, Peters, Achim

“…This work joins a series that methodically tests the predictions of the Selfish-Brain theory. The theory postulates a vital ability of the mammalian brain,…”
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A high-flux BEC source for mobile atom interferometers by Rudolph, Jan, Herr, Waldemar, Grzeschik, Christoph, Sternke, Tammo, Grote, Alexander, Popp, Manuel, Becker, Dennis, Müntinga, Hauke, Ahlers, Holger, Peters, Achim, Lämmerzahl, Claus, Sengstock, Klaus, Gaaloul, Naceur, Ertmer, Wolfgang, Rasel, Ernst M

“…Quantum sensors based on coherent matter-waves are precise measurement devices whose ultimate accuracy is achieved with Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) in…”
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Psychological stress, body shape and cardiovascular events: Results from the Whitehall II study by Kubera, Britta, Kohlmann, Thomas, Peters, Achim

“…It is known that persistent psychological stress predicts changes in body shape in two different ways: some stressed people lose weight, others gain weight. It…”
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Measurement of gravitational acceleration by dropping atoms by Chu, Steven, Peters, Achim, Chung, Keng Yeow

“…Laser-cooling of atoms and atom-trapping are finding increasing application in many areas of science. One important use of laser-cooled atoms is in atom…”
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Impact of age on leptin and adiponectin independent of adiposity by SCHAUTZ, Britta, LATER, Wiebke, HELLER, Martin, PETERS, Achim, MÜLLER, Manfred J, BOSY-WESTPHAL, Anja

“…Age-related changes in leptin and adiponectin levels remain controversial, being affected by inconsistent normalisation for adiposity and body fat distribution…”
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Modern Michelson-Morley experiment using cryogenic optical resonators by Müller, Holger, Herrmann, Sven, Braxmaier, Claus, Schiller, Stephan, Peters, Achim

“…We report on a new test of Lorentz invariance performed by comparing the resonance frequencies of two orthogonal cryogenic optical resonators subject to…”
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Evidence for a relationship between VEGF and BMI independent of insulin sensitivity by glucose clamp procedure in a homogenous group healthy young men by Loebig, Michaela, Klement, Johanna, Schmoller, André, Betz, Simone, Heuck, Nicole, Schweiger, Ulrich, Peters, Achim, Schultes, Bernd, Oltmanns, Kerstin M

“…This is the first study to experimentally explore the direct relationship between circulating VEGF levels and body mass index (BMI) as well as to unravel the…”
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AEDGE: Atomic experiment for dark matter and gravity exploration in space by Bertoldi, Andrea, Bongs, Kai, Bouyer, Philippe, Buchmueller, Oliver, Canuel, Benjamin, Caramete, Laurentiu-Ioan, Chiofalo, Maria Luisa, Coleman, Jonathon, De Roeck, Albert, Ellis, John, Graham, Peter W., Haehnelt, Martin G., Hees, Aurélien, Hogan, Jason, von Klitzing, Wolf, Krutzik, Markus, Lewicki, Marek, McCabe, Christopher, Peters, Achim, Rasel, Ernst, Roura, Albert, Sabulsky, Dylan, Schiller, Stephan, Schubert, Christian, Signorini, Carla, Sorrentino, Fiodor, Singh, Yeshpal, Tino, Guglielmo Maria, Vaskonen, Ville, Zhan, Ming-Sheng

“…This article contains a summary of the White Paper submitted in 2019 to the ESA Voyage 2050 process, which was subsequently published in EPJ Quantum Technology…”
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JOKARUS - design of a compact optical iodine frequency reference for a sounding rocket mission by Schkolnik, Vladimir, Döringshoff, Klaus, Gutsch, Franz Balthasar, Oswald, Markus, Schuldt, Thilo, Braxmaier, Claus, Lezius, Matthias, Holzwarth, Ronald, Kürbis, Christian, Bawamia, Ahmad, Krutzik, Markus, Peters, Achim

“…We present the design of a compact absolute optical frequency reference for space applications based on hyperfine transitions in molecular iodine with a…”
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Influence of Partial Sleep Deprivation on Energy Balance and Insulin Sensitivity in Healthy Women by Bosy-Westphal, Anja, Hinrichs, Silvia, Jauch-Chara, Kamila, Hitze, Britta, Later, Wiebke, Wilms, Britta, Settler, Uta, Peters, Achim, Kiosz, Dieter, Müller, Manfred James

“…Background: Voluntary sleep restriction is a lifestyle feature of modern societies that may contribute to obesity and diabetes. The aim of the study was to…”
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