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William C Heird

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Hsu J, Jahoor F, Butte N, Heird W
Pediatr Res . 2010 Dec; 69(4):341-6. PMID: 21178823
Hydroxylation of phenylalanine to tyrosine is the first and rate-limiting step in phenylalanine catabolism. Currently, there are data on the rate of phenylalanine hydroxylation in infants and adults but not...
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Jensen C, Voigt R, Llorente A, Peters S, Prager T, Zou Y, et al.
J Pediatr . 2010 Jul; 157(6):900-5. PMID: 20655543
Objective: We previously reported better psychomotor development at 30 months of age in infants whose mothers received a docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (22:6n-3) supplement for the first 4 months of lactation....
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Heird W
Am J Clin Nutr . 2010 Mar; 91(4):827-8. PMID: 20200255
No abstract available.
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Tsai J, Kienesberger P, Pulinilkunnil T, Sailors M, Durgan D, Villegas-Montoya C, et al.
J Biol Chem . 2009 Nov; 285(5):2918-29. PMID: 19940111
Maintenance of circadian alignment between an organism and its environment is essential to ensure metabolic homeostasis. Synchrony is achieved by cell autonomous circadian clocks. Despite a growing appreciation of the...
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Mao J, Yang T, Gu Z, Heird W, Finegold M, Lee B, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2009 Oct; 106(41):17576-81. PMID: 19805143
Adipose tissue is one of the major sites for fatty acid synthesis and lipid storage. We generated adipose (fat)-specific ACC1 knockout (FACC1KO) mice using the aP2-Cre/loxP system. FACC1KO mice showed...
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Hawthorne K, Abrams S, Heird W
J Am Diet Assoc . 2009 Mar; 109(4):708-12. PMID: 19328267
The major dietary source of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is fish, which is not widely consumed by children. There is concern, therefore, that children may not receive adequate DHA and so...
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Heird W
Am J Clin Nutr . 2008 May; 87(5):1120. PMID: 18469228
No abstract available.
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Llorente A, Voigt R, Jensen C, Fraley J, Heird W, Rennie K
Child Neuropsychol . 2007 Oct; 14(4):314-22. PMID: 17917866
The internal consistency of the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) was examined in a cohort of 6- to 12-year-old children (N = 63) strictly diagnosed with ADHD. The internal...
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Durgan D, Moore M, Ha N, Egbejimi O, Fields A, Mbawuike U, et al.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol . 2007 Jul; 293(4):H2385-93. PMID: 17616739
Multiple extracardiac stimuli, such as workload and circulating nutrients (e.g., fatty acids), known to influence myocardial metabolism and contractile function exhibit marked circadian rhythms. The aim of the present study...
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Voigt R, Llorente A, Jensen C, Fraley J, Barbaresi W, Heird W
Clin Pediatr (Phila) . 2007 Jun; 46(6):523-9. PMID: 17579105
To compare the validity of direct pediatric developmental evaluation with developmental screening by parent report, parents completed a developmental screen (the Child Development Review), a pediatrician performed a direct developmental...