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    • Detection of high-energy gamma-ray emission during the X-ray flaring activity in GRB100728A 

      Abdo, A.A.; Ackermann, M.; Ajello, M.; Baldini, L.; Ballet, J.; Barbiellini, G.; Baring, M.G.; Bastieri, D.; Bechtol, K.; Bellazzini, R.; Berenji, B.; Bhat, P.N.; Bissaldi, E.; Blandford, R.; Bonamente, E.; Bonnell, I.; Borgland, A.W.; Bouvier, A.; Bregeon, J.; Brigida, M.; Bruel, P.; Buehler, R.; Buson, S.; Caliandro, G.A.; Cameron, R.A.; Caraveo, P.A.; Casandjian, J.M.; Cecchi, C.; Charles, E.; Chekhtman, A.; Chiang, J.; Ciprini, S.; Claus, R.; Connaughton, V.; Conrad, J.; Cutini, S.; de Angelis, A.; de Palma, F.; Dermer, C.; Silva, E.D.E.; Drell, P.S.; Dubois, R.; Favuzzi, C.; Fukazawa, Y.; Fusco, P.; Gargano, F.; Gehrels, N.; Germani, S.; Giglietto, N.; Giommi, P.; Giordano, F.; Giroletti, M.; Glanzman, T.; Godfrey, G.; Granot, Jonathan; Grenier, I.A.; Guiriec, S.; Hadasch, D.; Hanabata, Y.; Hughes, R.E.; Johannesson, G.; Johnson, A.S.; Kamae, T.; Katagiri, H.; Kataoka, J.; Kerr, M.; Knodlseder, J.; Kuss, M.; Lande, J.; Latronico, L.; Lee, S.H.; Longo, F.; Loparco, F.; Lott, B.; Lubrano, P.; Mazziotta, M.N.; McEnery, J.E.; Meszaros, P.; Michelson, P.F.; Mizuno, D.; Moiseev, A.A.; Monzani, M.E.; Morselli, A.; Moskalenko, I.V.; Murgia, S.; Nakamori, T.; Naumann-Godo, M.; Nolan, P.L.; Norris, J.P.; Nuss, E.; Ohsugi, T.; Okumura, A.; Omodei, N.; Orlando, E.; Paciesas, W.S.; Pelassa, V.; Pesce-Rollins, M.; Pierbattista, M.; Piron, F.; Porter, T.A.; Racusin, J.L.; Raino, S.; Razzano, M.; Razzaque, S.; Reimer, A.; Reimer, O.; Reyes, L.C.; Roth, M.; Sadrozinski, H.F.W.; Sgro, C.; Siskind, E.J.; Smith, P.D.; Sonbas, E.; Spandre, G.; Spinelli, P.; Stamatikos, M.; Strickman, M.S.; Takahashi, H.; Tanaka, T.; Tanaka, Y.; Thayer, J.G.; Torres, D.F.; Tosti, G.; Troja, E.; Uehara, T.; Usher, T.L.; Vandenbroucke, J.; Vasileiou, V.; Vianello, G.; Vilchez, N.; Vitale, V.; von Kienlin, A.; Waite, A.P.; Wang, P.; Winer, B.L.; Wood, K.S.; Yamazaki, R.; Yang, Z.; Ziegler, M.; Piro, L. (2011)
      We present the simultaneous Swift and Fermi observations of the bright GRB 100728A and its afterglow. The early X-ray emission is dominated by a vigorous flaring activity continuing until 1 ks after the burst. In the same ...
    • Effects of nano CuO on hippocampal neurons and differentiated PC12 cells 

      Xu, L.; Zhao, J.; Liu, S.; Zhang, T.; Ren, Guogang; Yang, Z. (2008)
      The effects of nanoparticles of CuO on delayed rectifier potassium current (Ik) were studied in acutely isolated CA1 pyramidal neurons of rat hippocampus by using the whole-cell patch-clamp techniques and the effects on ...
    • In vitro study on influence of nano particles of CuO on CA1 pyramidal neurons of rat hippocampus potassium currents 

      Xu, L.; Zhao, J.; Zhang, T.; Yang, Z.; Ren, Guogang (2008)
      The effects of nano particles of CuO on voltage-dependent potassium currents were studied in acutely isolated CA1 pyramidal neurons of rat hippocampus using the whole-cell patch-clamp techniques. Nano particles of CuO had ...
    • Influences of nanoparticle zinc oxide on acutely isolated rat hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons 

      Zhao, J.; Xu, L.; Zhang, T.; Ren, Guogang; Yang, Z. (2009)
      The effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles (nano-ZnO) on the properties of voltage-dependent sodium, potassium currents and evoked action potentials were studied in acutely isolated rat hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons at ...
    • Nano-CuO inhibited voltage-gated sodium current of hippocampal CA1 neurons via reactive oxygen species but independent from G-proteins pathway 

      Liu, Z.; Liu, S.; Ren, Guogang; Zhang, T.; Yang, Z. (2011)
      The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of nano-CuO on voltage-gated sodium current (INa) in hippocampal CA1 neurons. The results suggested that nano-CuO inhibited amplitudes of INa currents and prolonged peak ...
    • Nano-zinc oxide damages spatial cognition capability via over-enhanced long-term potentiation in hippocampus of Wistar rats 

      Han, D.D.; Tian, Y.T.; Zhang, T.; Ren, Guogang; Yang, Z. (2011)
      This study focused on the effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles (nano-ZnO) on spatial learning and memory and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus of young rats, and tried to interpret the underlying mechanism. Rats were ...
    • The possible mechanism of silver nanoparticle impact on hippocampal synaptic plasticity and spatial cognition in rats 

      Liu, Y.; Guan, W.; Ren, Guogang; Yang, Z. (2012-03-25)
      Silver nanoparticles (Ag-np) are very promising engineered nanomaterials which play an important role in the world biomedical, healthcare and in general nanotechnology applications. With the most impressive effect in ...
    • A review of nanoparticle functionality and toxicity on the central nervous system 

      Yang, Z.; Liu, Z. W.; Allaker, R. P.; Reip, P.; Oxford, J.; Ahmad, Z.; Ren, Guogang (2010-08-06)
      Although nanoparticles have tremendous potential for a host of applications, their adverse effects on living cells have raised serious concerns recently for their use in the healthcare and consumer sectors. As regards the ...
    • Systemic delivery of therapeutic small interfering RNA using a pH-triggered amphiphilic poly-l-lysine nanocarrier to suppress prostate cancer growth in mice 

      Guo, J.; Cheng, W.P.; Gu, J.; Ding, C.; Qu, X.; Yang, Z.; O'Driscoll, C. (2012)
      Prostate cancer is associated with high mortality and new therapeutic strategies are necessary for improved patient outcome. The utilisation of potent, sequence-specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) to facilitate ...