For example, studies of Type 2 diabetes have revealed reduced hippocampal volume26, hypertension was associated with hippocampal atrophy27.
For example, studies of twins have found that identical twins are more likely than fraternal twins to share a tendency to become addicted.
For example, studies of brain scans show that patterns of brain pathology differ in Alzheimer's by their inheritance patterns.
For example, studies of ordinary baker's or brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) led to discoveries of basic cellular biochemistry and metabolism.
For example, studies of college drinking find that students feel peer pressure to participate in drinking rituals that celebrate intoxication as a symbol of group identity.
For example, studies of the children and grandchildren of pregnant women who endured starvation in the second world war and in China in the 50s have revealed they tended to be smaller and more prone to diabetes and psychosis.
For example, studies of the HD population in Venezuela revealed that there is great variability in the age of onset (the age at which symptoms first appear) of HD.
Such a research program has been initiated in our group and has involved, for example, studies of elastic properties of immunoglobulin and fibronectin domains as well as the binding of biotin and avidin.
For example, studies of light and rainfall interception and microwave radiative transfer modeling have motivated the development of a number of virtual canopies by agronomists, computer scientists, and hydrologists.
For example, studies of individuals being treated for epilepsy in whom the corpus callosum has been severed, allowing the two hemispheres to function largely independently, have revealed that the right hemisphere has more language competence than was thought.
For example, studies of the mitochondrial genome indicate that humans migrating from Asia to the Americas 30,000 years ago may have been stranded on Beringia, a vast area that included a land bridge in the present-day Bering Strait, for as long as 15,000 years before arriving in the Americas.
