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The integrated stress response (ISR) is activated by phosphorylation of the translation initiation factor eIF2 in response to various stress conditions. Phosphorylated eIF2 (eIF2-P) inhibits eIF2's nucleotide exchange factor eIF2B, a twofold symmetric heterodecamer assembled from subcomplexes. Here, we monitor and manipulate eIF2B assembly in vitro and in vivo. In the absence of eIF2B's α-subunit, the ISR is induced because unassembled eIF2B tetramer subcomplexes accumulate in cells. Upon addition of the small-molecule ISR inhibitor ISRIB, eIF2B tetramers assemble into active octamers. Surprisingly, ISRIB inhibits the ISR even in the context of fully assembled eIF2B decamers, revealing allosteric communication between the physically distant eIF2, eIF2-P, and ISRIB binding sites. Cryo-electron microscopy structures suggest a rocking motion in eIF2B that couples these binding sites. eIF2-P binding converts eIF2B decamers into 'conjoined tetramers' with diminished substrate binding and enzymatic activity. Canonical eIF2-P-driven ISR activation thus arises due to this change in eIF2B's conformational state.An approach called deep mutational scanning is improving our understanding of amyloid beta aggregation.The brain is capable of processing several streams of information that bear on different aspects of the same problem. Here, we address the problem of making two decisions about one object, by studying difficult perceptual decisions about the color and motion of a dynamic random dot display. We find that the accuracy of one decision is unaffected by the difficulty of the other decision. However, the response times reveal that the two decisions do not form simultaneously. STS inhibitor We show that both stimulus dimensions are acquired in parallel for the initial ∼0.1 s but are then incorporated serially in time-multiplexed bouts. Thus, there is a bottleneck that precludes updating more than one decision at a time, and a buffer that stores samples of evidence while access to the decision is blocked. We suggest that this bottleneck is responsible for the long timescales of many cognitive operations framed as decisions.
To evaluate home sleep apnea testing (HSAT) using a type 3 portable monitor (PM) to help diagnose sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and identify respiratory events including obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), central sleep apnea (CSA) and Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR) in adults with stable CHF.

Eighty-four adults with CHF (86.9% males, age [mean±SD] 58.7±16.3 years, body mass index 29.4±13.0 kg/m², left ventricular ejection fraction 40.3±11.5%) performed unattended HSAT followed by an in-laboratory PSG with simultaneous portable monitor (PM) recording.

The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was 22.0±17.0 events/hour on HSAT, 26.8±20.5 events/hour on in-laboratory PM, and 23.8±21.3 events/hour on PSG (p=0.373). Bland-Altman analysis of AHI on HSAT versus PSG showed a mean difference (95% confidence interval) of -2.4 (-4.9, 0.1) events/hour and limits of agreement (±2 SDs) of -24.1 to 19.2 events/hour. HSAT underestimated AHI to a greater extent at higher AHI (rho=-0.358, P<0.001). Similar levels of agreement on HSAT versus PSG were observed when comparing obstructive apnea index (OAI), central apnea index (CAI) and percentage of time in CSR pattern. Using an AHI ≥5 events/hour to diagnose SDB, HSAT had 86.7% sensitivity, 76.5% specificity, 92.9% positive predictive value and 61.9% negative predictive value compared to PSG. Detection of CSR on HSAT had 94.6% sensitivity, 91.1% specificity, 88.6% positive predictive value and 97.6% negative predictive value compared to PSG.

HSAT with a type 3 portable monitor can help to diagnose SDB and identify OSA, CSA and CSR events in adults with CHF.
HSAT with a type 3 portable monitor can help to diagnose SDB and identify OSA, CSA and CSR events in adults with CHF.
To examine the proportion of study participants screening positive for insomnia disorder and/or sleep apnea in Veterans engaged in routine healthcare and known to be at risk for CVD, and to compare these proportions to those previously documented in medical records.

Cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from a randomized clinical intervention trial for patients at risk of CVD and review of study participants' medical records. Participants were Veterans ≥ 40 years of age, enrolled in VA primary care, and diagnosed with hypertension and/or hypercholesterolemia. Self-report outcomes were the proportion of patients screening positive for insomnia disorder and sleep apnea, self-reporting a sleep apnea diagnosis, and endorsing undertreated sleep apnea. Medical record outcomes were the proportion of patients diagnosed with insomnia and sleep apnea.

Participants (N=420) were Veterans (84.8% male) with mean age 61.1 years. More than half of the sample (52.1%) screened positive for sleep apnea without prior srch reported herein was collected as part of the Cardiovascular Intervention Improvement Telemedicine Study (NCT01142908 https//clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01142908).
Acquiring a better comprehension of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) physiopathology can contribute to improve patient selection for surgical treatments. We hypothesize that maxillary transverse deficiency restricts the space available for the tongue, leading to upper airway obstruction during sleep. Our primary hypothesis is that maxillary transverse deficiency increases the prevalence of tongue collapse during drug induced sleep endoscopy. The secondary hypothesis is that it will also increase the prevalence of circumferential collapse at the velopharynx. The exploratory hypothesis is its association with an increased OSA severity. The objectives of this study were to correlate maxillary morphometric measurements with (1) the anatomic level of obstruction during drug induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) and (2) apnea-hypopnea index on polysomnography.

Cross-sectional analysis of OSA patients undergoing DISE in search of PAP alternative treatment. Maxillary measurements were collected from CT scan (interpremolar e velopharynx, and multilevel obstruction during DISE. We did not find an association between the maxillary measurements and OSA severity. These associations hold some promise in ultimately supplanting insights previously only available through DISE.
The maxillary transverse deficiency, identified by reduction in IPMD and IMD, predicted the occurrence of complete tongue base obstruction, complete concentric collapse at the velopharynx, and multilevel obstruction during DISE. We did not find an association between the maxillary measurements and OSA severity. These associations hold some promise in ultimately supplanting insights previously only available through DISE.
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