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James Dix

PhD Student, University of Manchester
Verified email at postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
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Crowding effects on diffusion in solutions and cells

JA Dix, AS Verkman - Annu. Rev. Biophys., 2008 - annualreviews.org
We review the effects of molecular crowding on solute diffusion in solution and in cellular
aqueous compartments and membranes. Anomalous diffusion, in which mean squared …

Tunable sieving of ions using graphene oxide membranes

…, K Gopinadhan, Y Su, CT Cherian, J Dix… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Graphene oxide membranes show exceptional molecular permeation properties, with
promise for many applications 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. However, their use in ion sieving and desalination …

Test of the'glymphatic'hypothesis demonstrates diffusive and aquaporin-4-independent solute transport in rodent brain parenchyma

AJ Smith, X Yao, JA Dix, BJ Jin, AS Verkman - elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.27679.001 Transport of solutes through brain involves diffusion and convection.
The importance of convective flow in the subarachnoid and paravascular spaces has long …

A naphthyl analog of the aminostyryl pyridinium class of potentiometric membrane dyes shows consistent sensitivity in a variety of tissue, cell, and model membrane …

LM Loew, LB Cohen, J Dix, EN Fluhler… - The Journal of …, 1992 - Springer
The fast potentiometric indicator di-4-ANEPPS is examined in four different preparations: lipid
vesicles, red blood cells, squid giant axon, and guinea pig heart. The dye gives consistent …

[PDF][PDF] Mapping of fluorescence anisotropy in living cells by ratio imaging. Application to cytoplasmic viscosity

JA Dix, AS Verkman - Biophysical journal, 1990 - cell.com
Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence properties of probes incorporated into living
cells give information about the microenvironment near the probe. We have extended studies …

Effective polarization in pairwise potentials at the graphene–electrolyte interface

CD Williams, J Dix, A Troisi… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
At the graphene–electrolyte interface, the polarizability of both the surface and the solution
plays a major role in defining the interfacial structure and dynamics of the ions. Current …

Anti‐Hu‐associated autoimmune limbic encephalitis in a patient with PD‐1 inhibitor‐responsive myxoid chondrosarcoma

…, RS Romero, G Gonzalez, JE Dix… - The …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Autoimmune encephalitis is an uncommon complication of immune checkpoint inhibitor
therapy. This article reports a case of fatal anti‐Hu‐associated autoimmune limbic encephalitis …

Spontaneous thoracic spinal cord herniation through an anterior dural defect.

JE Dix, W Griffitt, C Yates… - American journal of …, 1998 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
A 44-year-old woman was examined for progressive left lower extremity weakness and
spasticity. Thoracic spine MR imaging and CT myelography showed a ventral dural defect at T7-…

Contrast-enhanced 3-dimensional SPACE versus MP-RAGE for the detection of brain metastases: considerations with a 32-channel head coil

…, A von Ritschl, A Padua, JE Dix… - Investigative …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Purpose The aim of this study was to compare the detection of brain metastases at 3 T using
a 32-channel head coil with 2 different 3-dimensional (3D) contrast-enhanced sequences, a …

Water and urea transport in renal microvillus membrane vesicles

AS Verkman, JA Dix, JL Seifter - American Journal of …, 1985 - journals.physiology.org
Light scattering was used to measure the water and urea permeability of brush border
membrane vesicles (BBMV) isolated from rabbit renal cortex. In stop-flow experiments, exposure …