User profiles for William Howe

William M. Howe

Virginia Tech
Verified email at vt.edu
Cited by 2018

Social internet sites as a source of public health information

K Vance, W Howe, RP Dellavalle - Dermatologic clinics, 2009 - Elsevier
Social media Web sites, such as YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Second Life,
rapidly are emerging as popular sources of health information. Teens and young adults are …

Glucocorticoid-induced formation of cross-linked actin networks in cultured human trabecular meshwork cells.

…, ST Miggans, M Kunkle, W Howe - … & visual science, 1994 - iovs.arvojournals.org
PURPOSE: To determine the effects of glucocorticoid treatment on the microfilament
structure of cultured human trabecular meshwork cells. Topical or systemic administration of …

On the imminent decline of Rio Grande cottonwoods in central New Mexico

WH Howe, FL Knopf - The Southwestern Naturalist, 1991 - JSTOR
Increment cores from 144 Fremont cottonwoods (Populus fremontii var. wislizeni) were taken
at three riparian woodland sites along the Rio Grande in New Mexico. Trees at two study …

Modulators in concert for cognition: modulator interactions in the prefrontal cortex

LA Briand, H Gritton, WM Howe, DA Young… - Progress in …, 2007 - Elsevier
Research on the regulation and function of ascending noradrenergic, dopaminergic,
serotonergic, and cholinergic systems has focused on the organization and function of individual …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancement of attentional performance by selective stimulation of α4β2* nAChRs: underlying cholinergic mechanisms

WM Howe, J Ji, V Parikh, S Williams… - …, 2010 - nature.com
Impairments in attention are a major component of the cognitive symptoms of neuropsychiatric
and neurodegenerative disorders. Using an operant sustained attention task (SAT), …

Cortical cholinergic signaling controls the detection of cues

HJ Gritton, WM Howe, CS Mallory… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The cortical cholinergic input system has been described as a neuromodulator system that
influences broadly defined behavioral and brain states. The discovery of phasic, trial-based …

Comparative use of riparian corridors and oases by migrating birds in southeast Arizona

SK Skagen, CP Melcher, WH Howe… - Conservation …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The relative importance of cottonwood‐willow riparian corridors and isolated oases to land
birds migrating across southeastern Arizona was evaluated during four spring migrations, …

A study of the gross anatomy of the arteries supplying the proximal portion of the femur and the acetabulum

WW HOWE JR, II THOMAS LACEY, RP Schwartz - JBJS, 1950 - journals.lww.com
A S’I’UI)Y OF THE GROSS ANATOMY OF THE ARTERIES SUPPLYING OF THE FEMUR AND
THE ACETABULUM II, MD, AND the proximal portion Page 1 A S’I’UI)Y OF THE GROSS …

Prefrontal cholinergic mechanisms instigating shifts from monitoring for cues to cue-guided performance: converging electrochemical and fMRI evidence from rats and …

WM Howe, AS Berry, J Francois, G Gilmour… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
We previously reported involvement of right prefrontal cholinergic activity in veridical signal
detection. Here, we first recorded real-time acetylcholine release in prefrontal cortex (PFC) …

Acetylcholine release in prefrontal cortex promotes gamma oscillations and theta–gamma coupling during cue detection

WM Howe, HJ Gritton, NA Lusk, EA Roberts… - Journal of …, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
The capacity for using external cues to guide behavior (“cue detection”) constitutes an essential
aspect of attention and goal-directed behavior. The cortical cholinergic input system, via …