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Alexandra Thurston

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Black J, Tanaka H, Stanley L, Nagamine M, Zakerani N, Thurston A, et al.
Neuroimage . 2011 Oct; 59(3):3021-32. PMID: 22023744
Family history and poor preliteracy skills (referred to here as familial and behavioral risk, respectively) are critical predictors of developmental dyslexia. This study systematically investigated the independent contribution of familial...
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Trockel M, Manber R, Chang V, Thurston A, Taylor C, Tailor C
J Clin Sleep Med . 2011 Jun; 7(3):276-81. PMID: 21677898
Study Objectives: We examined the effects of a cognitive behavioral self-help program (Refresh) to improve sleep, on sleep quality and symptoms of depression among first-year college students. Methods: Students in...
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Thurston A, Taylor J, Gardner J, Sinclair K, Young L
Reproduction . 2007 Dec; 135(1):29-40. PMID: 18159081
The preimplantation embryos of a range of mammals can be susceptible to disruptions in genomic imprinting mechanisms, resulting in loss of imprinting. Such disruptions can have developmental consequences involving foetal...
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Sinclair K, Allegrucci C, Singh R, Gardner D, Sebastian S, Bispham J, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2007 Nov; 104(49):19351-6. PMID: 18042717
A complex combination of adult health-related disorders can originate from developmental events that occur in utero. The periconceptional period may also be programmable. We report on the effects of restricting...
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Kim K, Thurston A, Mummery C, Ward-van Oostwaard D, Priddle H, Allegrucci C, et al.
Genome Res . 2007 Nov; 17(12):1731-42. PMID: 17989250
Disregulation of imprinted genes can be associated with tumorigenesis and altered cell differentiation capacity and so could provide adverse outcomes for stem cell applications. Although the maintenance of mouse and...
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Allegrucci C, Wu Y, Thurston A, Denning C, Priddle H, Mummery C, et al.
Hum Mol Genet . 2007 Apr; 16(10):1253-68. PMID: 17409196
Widespread provision of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) for therapeutic use, drug screening and disease modelling will require cell lines sustainable over long periods in culture. Since the short-term, in...
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Allegrucci C, Thurston A, Lucas E, Young L
Reproduction . 2005 Feb; 129(2):137-49. PMID: 15695608
Epigenetic processes affect three stages of germline development, namely (1) specification and formation of primordial germ cells and their germline derivatives through lineage-specific epigenetic modifications, in the same manner as...