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Consilience in the Peripheral Sensory Adaptation Response by Wong, Willy

“…Measurements of the peripheral sensory adaptation response were compared to a simple mathematical relationship involving the spontaneous, peak, and…”
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Improving the robustness of the Sequentially Optimized Reconstruction Strategy (SORS) for visual field testing by Shi, Runjie Bill, Eizenman, Moshe, Li, Yan, Wong, Willy

“…Perimetry, or visual field test, estimates differential light sensitivity thresholds across many locations in the visual field (e.g., 54 locations in the 24-2…”
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Pancreatic Sirtuin 3 Deficiency Promotes Hepatic Steatosis by Enhancing 5-Hydroxytryptamine Synthesis in Mice With Diet-Induced Obesity by Ming, Xing, Chung, Arthur C K, Mao, Dandan, Cao, Huanyi, Fan, Baoqi, Wong, Willy K K, Ho, Chin Chung, Lee, Heung Man, Schoonjans, Kristina, Auwerx, Johan, Rutter, Guy A, Chan, Juliana C N, Tian, Xiao Yu, Kong, Alice P S

“…Sirtuin 3 (SIRT3) is a protein deacetylase regulating β-cell function through inhibiting oxidative stress in obese and diabetic mice, but the detailed…”
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Circulating branched‐chain amino acids and incident heart failure in type 2 diabetes: The Hong Kong Diabetes Register by Lim, Lee‐Ling, Lau, Eric S.H., Fung, Erik, Lee, Heung‐Man, Ma, Ronald C.W., Tam, Claudia H.T., Wong, Willy K.K., Ng, Alex C.W., Chow, Elaine, Luk, Andrea O.Y., Jenkins, Alicia, Chan, Juliana C.N., Kong, Alice P.S.

“…Aim Levels of branched‐chain amino acids (BCAAs, namely, isoleucine, leucine, and valine) are modulated by dietary intake and metabolic/genetic factors. BCAAs…”
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Metacognitive training (MCT) for schizophrenia improves cognitive insight: A randomized controlled trial in a Chinese sample with schizophrenia spectrum disorders by Lam, Kino C.K., Ho, Christy P.S., Wa, Jimmy C., Chan, Salina M.Y., Yam, Kevin K.N., Yeung, Odelia S.F., Wong, Willy C.H., Balzan, Ryan P.

“…Metacognitive training (MCT) is a group-based treatment program for people with schizophrenia that targets the cognitive biases thought to contribute to the…”
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Detection of increased serum miR-122-5p and miR-455-3p levels before the clinical diagnosis of liver cancer in people with type 2 diabetes by Lee, Heung Man, Wong, Willy Kwun Kiu, Fan, Baoqi, Lau, Eric Siu, Hou, Yong, O, Chun Kwan, Luk, Andrea On Yan, Chow, Elaine Yee Kwan, Ma, Ronald Ching Wan, Chan, Juliana Chung Ngor, Kong, Alice Pik Shan

“…People with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have increased cancer risk. Liver cancer (LC) has a high prevalence in East Asia and is one of the leading causes of cancer…”
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The adaptive chirplet transform and visual evoked potentials by Cui, Jie, Wong, Willy

“…We propose a new approach based upon the adaptive chirplet transform (ACT) to characterize the time-dependent behavior of the visual evoked potential (VEP)…”
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Reliability of long-interval cortical inhibition in healthy human subjects: a TMS-EEG study by Farzan, Faranak, Barr, Mera S, Levinson, Andrea J, Chen, Robert, Wong, Willy, Fitzgerald, Paul B, Daskalakis, Zafiris J

“…Cortical inhibition (CI) is measured by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) combined with electromyography (EMG) through long-interval CI (LICI) and…”
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Reconstruction of reaching movement trajectories using electrocorticographic signals in humans by Talakoub, Omid, Marquez-Chin, Cesar, Popovic, Milos R, Navarro, Jessie, Fonoff, Erich T, Hamani, Clement, Wong, Willy

“…In this study, we used electrocorticographic (ECoG) signals to extract the onset of arm movement as well as the velocity of the hand as a function of time…”
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Selective modulation of brain network dynamics by seizure therapy in treatment-resistant depression by Atluri, Sravya, Wong, Willy, Moreno, Sylvain, Blumberger, Daniel M., Daskalakis, Zafiris J., Farzan, Faranak

“…Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is highly effective for treatment-resistant depression, yet its mechanism of action is still unclear. Understanding the…”
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TMSEEG: A MATLAB-Based Graphical User Interface for Processing Electrophysiological Signals during Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation by Atluri, Sravya, Frehlich, Matthew, Mei, Ye, Garcia Dominguez, Luis, Rogasch, Nigel C, Wong, Willy, Daskalakis, Zafiris J, Farzan, Faranak

“…Concurrent recording of electroencephalography (EEG) during transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an emerging and powerful tool for studying brain health…”
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Using Fused Data from Perimetry and Optical Coherence Tomography to Improve the Detection of Visual Field Progression in Glaucoma by Li-Han, Leo Yan, Eizenman, Moshe, Shi, Runjie Bill, Buys, Yvonne M, Trope, Graham E, Wong, Willy

“…Perimetry and optical coherence tomography (OCT) are both used to monitor glaucoma progression. However, combining these modalities can be a challenge due to…”
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Computational prediction of intronic microRNA targets using host gene expression reveals novel regulatory mechanisms by Radfar, M Hossein, Wong, Willy, Morris, Quaid

“…Approximately half of known human miRNAs are located in the introns of protein coding genes. Some of these intronic miRNAs are only expressed when their host…”
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Standardization of electroencephalography for multi-site, multi-platform and multi-investigator studies: insights from the canadian biomarker integration network in depression by Farzan, Faranak, Atluri, Sravya, Frehlich, Matthew, Dhami, Prabhjot, Kleffner, Killian, Price, Rae, Lam, Raymond W., Frey, Benicio N., Milev, Roumen, Ravindran, Arun, McAndrews, Mary Pat, Wong, Willy, Blumberger, Daniel, Daskalakis, Zafiris J., Vila-Rodriguez, Fidel, Alonso, Esther, Brenner, Colleen A., Liotti, Mario, Dharsee, Moyez, Arnott, Stephen R., Evans, Kenneth R., Rotzinger, Susan, Kennedy, Sidney H.

“…Subsequent to global initiatives in mapping the human brain and investigations of neurobiological markers for brain disorders, the number of multi-site studies…”
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The Cell Centered Database project: An update on building community resources for managing and sharing 3D imaging data by Martone, Maryann E., Tran, Joshua, Wong, Willy W., Sargis, Joy, Fong, Lisa, Larson, Stephen, Lamont, Stephan P., Gupta, Amarnath, Ellisman, Mark H.

“…Databases have become integral parts of data management, dissemination, and mining in biology. At the Second Annual Conference on Electron Tomography, held in…”
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A Fundamental Inequality Governing the Rate Coding Response of Sensory Neurons by Wong, Willy

“…A fundamental inequality governing the spike activity of peripheral neurons is derived and tested against auditory data. This inequality states that the…”
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On the rate coding response of peripheral sensory neurons by Wong, Willy

“…The rate coding response of a single peripheral sensory neuron in the asymptotic, near-equilibrium limit can be derived using information theory, asymptotic…”
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Approximating the Time-Frequency Representation of Biosignals with Chirplets by Talakoub, Omid, Cui, Jie, Wong, Willy

“…A new member of the Cohen's class time-frequency distribution is proposed. The kernel function is determined adaptively based on the signal of interest. The…”
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Noise exposure of musicians of a ballet orchestra by Qian, Cheng Liang, Behar, Alberto, Wong, Willy

“…With over 70 dancers and its own orchestra, The National Ballet of Canada ranks amongst the world's top dance companies. It performs three seasons annually:…”
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Approximating the Time-Frequency Representation of Biosignals with Chirplets by Talakoub, Omid, Cui, Jie, Wong, Willy

“…A new member of the Cohen's class time-frequency distribution is proposed. The kernel function is determined adaptively based on the signal of interest. The…”
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