Publications 1998-1999

Papers Published or in Press

  1. Alexeeva, V., Borovikov, D.,Miller, M.W., Rosen, S.C., and Cropper, E.C. Effect of a serotonergic extrinsic modulatory neuron (MCC) on radula mechanoafferent function in Aplysia. Journal of Neurophysiology 80:1609-1622, 1998.
     
  2. Blagburn, J.M., Alexopoulos, H., Davies, J.A., and Bacon, J.P. A null mutation in shaking-B eliminated electrical, but not chemical, synapses in the Drosophila giant fibre system: a structural study. J. Comp. Neurol. 404, 449-458, 1999.
     
  3. Blom, D.E., Hallgrimsson, B., Keng, L., Lozada, M.C., and Buikstra, J.E. Tiwanaku 'colonization': bioarchaeological implications for migration in the Moquegua, Valley, Peru. World Archaeology 30(2):238-261,1998. 
     
  4. Bonilla-Felix, M., Vehaskari, V.M., and Hamm, L.L. Water transport in the immature rabbit collecting duct. Pediatr. Nephrol., In press.
     
  5. Cadilla, C.L., López, C., García-Castiñeiras, S., Valencia, D., Renta, J.Y., Rivera-Caragol, E., Barrios, N.J., and Santiago-Borrero, P. Characterization of Hemoglohin Hotel Dieu in a Puerto Rican Adolescent. J. Ped. Hematol. Oncology 20:506-510, 1998
     
  6. Calderón, R., Cruz-Correa, M., and Torres, E.A. Cerebral Thrombosis Associated with Active Crohn's Disease. Cerebral Thrombosis in Crohn's. PRHSJ Vol. 17(No. 3), 293-296, 1998.
     
  7. Carrasquilla, G., Banguero, M., Sánchez, P., Carvajal, F., Barker Jr., R.H., Gervais, G., Algarín, E., and Serrano, A.E. Epidemiological tools for malaria surveillance in an urban setting of low endemicity along the Colombian Pacific coast. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, In press.
     
  8. Castro, F., Torres, E.A., Oharriz, J., González-Keelan, C., Pérez, C., and Rubio, C. Chronic Hepatitis C: Treatment comparison between 3 and 5 million units of interferon Alpha-2b. Chronic Hepatitis C Interferon Treatment. PRHSJ Vol. 17(No. 3), 221-226, 1998.
     
  9. Crespo, M.J. Vascular alterations during the development and progression of experimental heart failure. J. Cardiac Failure 5(1):55-63, 1999.
     
  10. De Mello, W.C., and Crespo, M.J. Correlation between changes in morphology, electrical properties and angiotensin converting enzyme activity in the failing heart. Eur. J. Pharmacol., In press.
     
  11. Díaz-Ríos, M., Suess, E., and Miller, M.W. The localization of GABA-like immunoreactivity in the urtral nervous system of Aplysia californica. Journal of Comparative Neurology., In press.
     
  12. Ferrer-Rodríguez, I., Vázquez, G., Córdoba, J., and Serrano, A.E. Diagnosis of imported malaria by the Polymerase Chains Reaction: A clinical case. PR Health Sci. J., In press.
     
  13. Fu, P., and Herreño-Saenz, D. Nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: A class of genotoxic environmental pollutants. Environmental Carcinogenesis and Ecotoxicology Review C17:1-43, 1999.
     
  14. García-Castiñeiras,S. "Peróxido de hidrógeno en el humor acuoso." PRHSJ 17(4): 327-334, 1998.,
     
  15. Gervais, G., Trujillo, K., Robinson, B., Peters, W., and Serrano, A.E. Plasmodium berghei, identification of an mdr-like gene associated with drug resistance.Experimental Parasitology 91:86-92, 1999.
     
  16. Hallgrimsson, B. Fluctuating asymmetry in the mammalian skeleton: Evolutionary and ontogenetic implications. Evolutionary Biology Vol. 30:187-251, 1998.
     
  17. Hallgrimsson, B. The ontogenetic patterning of skeletal fluctuating asymmetry in mammals: Evoluationary and developmental implications. International Journal of Primatology 20:(1):121-151, 1999.
  18. Herreño-Saenz, D., Von Tungeln, L.S., Fu, P.P. Effect of caloric restriction and age on the formation of DNA adducts from the mouse liver microsomes-mediated metabolism of 2-nitropyrene. Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, In press.
     
  19. Hill, E.S., and Blagburn, J.M. Indirect synaptic inputs from filiform hair sensory neurons contribute to the receptive fields of giant interneurons in the first instar cockroach. J. Comp. Physiol. 183:467-476, 1998.
     
  20. Lozada, M.C., Hallgrimsson, B., Blom, D.E., Blue, L., Guillen, S., and Buikstra, J.E. Patrones microevoluacionarios y poblaciones bioarqueológicas en la costa del Osmore, sur del Perú. Gaceta Arqueológica Andina, In press.
     
  21. Kicliter, E., Bengoa, F., Herrera, J. A., González, M., Ortiz-Goveo, E., Rodríguez, V., and Lugo, N.Two groups of TH-like immunoreactive neurons in the frog. (rana pipiens) retina. Brain Res. 816:149-157, 1999.
  22. Miranda, J.D., White, L.A., Marcillo, A.E., Willson, C.A., Jagid, J., and Whittemore, S.R. Four retinal ganglion cell types that project to the superior colliculus in the thirteen lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus). J. Comp. Neurol. 396: 105-120, 1998.
     
  23. Rodríguez-Figueroa, J., Irizarry-Castro, A., Alegría, M., Pérez-Perdomo, R., "Perfil Sociodemográfico de un Grupo de Trabajadoras Sexuales en Puerto Rico". PRHSJ 18:53-57, 1999.
     
  24. Rodríguez, J.F., Cordero, J., Chantry, C., González, S., Rivera, C., Febo, I., Colon, A. and Díaz, C. Glutathione levels in HIV-infected Children. The Pediatrics Infectious Disease Journal 17:236-241, 1998.
     
  25. Rodríguez-Medina, José R., Cruz, José A., Robbins, P.W., Bi, E., and Pringle, J.R. Elevated expression of chitinasel and chitin synthesis in myosin II-deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cell Mol. Biol. 44(6):919-925, 1998.
     
  26. Santana, L.F., Gómez, A.M., and Lederer, W.J. Ca2+ flux through promiscuous cardiac Na+ channels: slip-mode conductance. Science 279:1027-33, 1998.
     
  27. Schwartz, A., Marti, G., Poon, R., Gratama, J., and Fernández-Repollet, E. Standardizing Flow Cytometry: A classification system of fluorescent standards used for flow cytometry. Cytometry: 33:106-114, 1998.
     
  28. Segarra, A.C., Acosta, A.M., González, J.L., Angulo, J.A., and McEwen, B.S. Sex differences in estrogenic regulation of preproenkephalin mRNA levels in the medial preoptic area of prepubertal rats. Mol. Brain Res. 60:133-141, 1998.
     
  29. Serrano, A.E., Robinson, B.L., Peters, W.A., and Trujillo-Nevarez, K. Plasmodium bergheii and Plasmodium yoeilii: Molecular karyotypes of drug resistant lines. Experimental Parasitology 91: 93-96, 1999.
     
  30. Silva, W. I., Maldonado, H., Chompre, G., and Mayol, N. Cavelolae: A New Subcellular Transport Organelle. Bulletin of P. R. Medical Association 90:30-33, 1998.
     
  31. Silva, W. I., Maldonado, H., Lisanti, M. P., De Vellis, J., Chompre, G., Ortiz, M., Mayo, N., and Montalvo, J. Identification of caveolae and caveolin in cultured rat C6 glioma cells. Intl. J. Developmental Neurosciences, 1999.
     
  32. Stratton, P., Gupta, P., Riester, K., Fox, H., Zorrilla, C., Tuomala, R., Eriksen, N., Vajaranant, M., Minkoff, H., and Fowler, M.G. Cervical Dysplasia on Cervicoginal Papanicolaou Smear Among HIV-1-Infected Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women. J. of Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol 20:300-307, 1999.
     
  33. Sosa, M.A. and Hernández, C.M. Mapping of 5-HT-like immunoreac Tumorigenicity of nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the neonatal B6C3F1 mouse bioassay and characterization of ras mutations in liver tumors from treated mice. Cancer Letter, In press.
     
  34. Wessely, R., Klingel, K., Santana, L.F., Dalton, N., Hongo, M., Lederer W.J., Kandolf, R., and Knowlton, K.U. Transgenic expression of replication restricted enteroviral genomes in heart muscle induces defective excitation contraction coupling and dilated cardiomyopathy. J. Clin. Invest. 102:1444-53, 1998.
     
  35. Zorrilla, Carmen, and Santiago, L. E. Redifining Empowerment and Sexual Negotiation for Women Living with HIV. PRHSJ 17:253-256, 1998.
     

Review Articles; Books

  1. Altieri, P.I., González, R., Escobales, N., Banch, H., and Crespo, M.J. Lower incidence of coronary disease in Puerto Rico (USA Island) than in the Continental USA: a possible protective effect of a lower LDL/HDL lipoprotein ratio. Proceedings of the XIII World Congress of Cardiology, Monduzzi Editorial pp. 13-16, 1998.
     
  2. De Mello, W.C., and Jansen, M. On the syncitial nature of cardiac muscle. In: Heart cell communication in health and disease. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, pp. 1-17, 1998.
     
  3. De Mello, W.C., and Jansen, M. Cell to cell communication in the failing heart. In: Heart cell communication in health and disease. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, pp. 149-173, 1998.
     
  4. De Mello, W.C., and Jansen, M. On the control of junctional conductance. In: Heart cell communication in health and disease. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, pp. 105-124, 1998.
     
  5. Schwartz, A., and Fernández-Repollet, E. Quantitative Immunophenotyping. In: Immunophenotyping, edited by C. Stewart and J. Nicholson. John Wiley and Sons. In. press.
     
  6. Hallgrimsson, B,. The high cost of precise development. Complexity 4(4): 1999.
     
  7. Lavergne, J.A. Componentes del Sistema Inmunológico. (Chapter 1) In: Transplante de Órganos, Edited by E.A. Santiago-Delpín and O. Ruíz-Speare. Salvat, Mexico, 1999.
     
  8. Mora, E.M., Cabanillas, M.E., and Simmons, R.L. "Infecciones en pacientes de transplante. Transplante. Ed. E.A. Santiago-Delpin, In press.
     
  9. Tuttle, R.H., Hallgrimsson, B., and Basmajian, J.V. Electromyography, elastic energy and knuckle-walking: a lesson in experimental anthropology. In: D. Lindburg and S.C. Strum (eds.), The New Physical Anthropology, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1999.
     
  10. Turnquist, J.E., Schmitt, D., Rose, M., and Cant, J. Pendular motion in the brachiation of captive lagothrix and ateles. American Journal of Primatology. Wiley-Liss, Inc. 48:0-11, 1999.
     
  11. Tuttle, R.H., Hallgrimsson, B., and Stein, T.A. Heel, squat, stand, stride: Function and evolution of hominoid feet. In: E. Strasser, J. Fleagle, A. Rosenburger, and H. McHenry eds., Primate Locomotion, New York, NY: Plenum Publishing Corp. pp. 435-438, 1998.