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19 Jan 2015 • Scientific Reports
Progressive glucose stimulation of islet beta cells reveals a transition from segregated to integrated modular functional connectivity patterns

Rene Markovič, Andraž Stožer, Marko Gosak, Jurij Dolenšek, Marko Marhl, Marjan Slak Rupnik

05 Jan 2015 • Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Stochastic simulation of the circadian rhythmicity in the SCN neuronal network

Vito Šimonka, Maja Fras, Marko Gosak

02 Jan 2015 • Islets
Structural similarities and differences between the human and the mouse pancreas

Jurij Dolenšek, Marjan Slak Rupnik, Andraž Stožer

15 Oct 2014 • 25th European Students' Conference
Cool enough to induce hypothermia?

Jure Fluher, Andrej Markota, Andraž Stožer, Andreja Sinkovič

14 Oct 2014 •
Cool enough to induce hypothermia?

Jure Fluher, Andrej Markota, Andraž Stožer, Andreja Sinkovič

28 Sep 2014 • Chaos, Solitons & Fractals
Broad-scale small-world network topology induces optimal synchronization of flexible oscillators

Rene Markovič, Marko Gosak, Marko Marhl

28 Aug 2014 • 53rd ESPE Meeting
Pancreatic N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors as Novel Drug Targets for The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus

Alena Welters, Jan Marquard, Silke Otter, Alin Stirban, Jan Eglinger, Diran Herebıan, Andraž Stožer, Stephan Wnendt, Lorenzo Piemonti, Martin Köhler, Freimut Schliess, Marjan Slak Rupnik, Tim Heise, Per‐Olof Berggren, Nikolaj Klöcker, Ertan Mayatepek, Daniel Eberhard, Martin Kragl, Eckhard Lammert, Thomas Meißner

01 Mar 2014 • Zdravniški Vestnik, Vol 83, Iss 2 (2014)
Acute respiratory acidosis and alkalosis – A modern quantitative interpretation

Andraž Stožer, Marjan Slak Rupnik

01 Jan 2014 • Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics
NMDA receptor dependent anti-diabetic effects

Jan Marquard, Silke Otter, Alena Welters, Diran Herebıan, Fatih Demir, Annett Schroeter, Olaf Kletke, Martin Kragl, Daniel Eberhard, Barbara Bartosinska, Maša Skelin Klemen, Andraž Stožer, Martin Köhler, Alin Stirban, Freimut Schliess, Tim Heise, Stephan Wnendt, Marjan Slak Rupnik, Per‐Olof Berggren, Nikolaj Klöcker, Thomas Meißner, Ertan Mayatepek, Eckhard Lammert

01 Jan 2014 • Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes
Defects in Planar Cell Polarity of Epithelium

Rene Markovič, Marko Gosak, Robert Repnik, Samo Kralj, Marko Marhl

01 Jan 2014 • Maribor
DEJAVNIKI USPEŠNOSTI SPLETNE TRGOVINE NA PRIMERU PODJETJA ZOO MARKET REX

Maja Duh

06 Dec 2013 • PLoS ONE
The Relationship between Membrane Potential and Calcium Dynamics in Glucose-Stimulated Beta Cell Syncytium in Acute Mouse Pancreas Tissue Slices

Jurij Dolenšek, Andraž Stožer, Maša Skelin Klemen, Evan W. Miller, Marjan Slak Rupnik

21 Oct 2013 • PLoS ONE
Rab3a Is Critical for Trapping Alpha-MSH Granules in the High Ca2+-Affinity Pool by Preventing Constitutive Exocytosis

Simon Sedej, Maša Skelin Klemen, Oliver M. Schlüter, Marjan Slak Rupnik

03 Oct 2013 • Neuromethods
Measuring Exocytosis in Endocrine Tissue Slices

Maša Skelin Klemen, Jurij Dolenšek, Andraž Stožer, Marjan Slak Rupnik

18 Sep 2013 • Biosystems
Spatiotemporal patterns provoked by environmental variability in a predator–prey model

Maja Fras, Marko Gosak

14 Sep 2013 • Experimental Physiology
The influence of gap junction network complexity on pulmonary artery smooth muscle reactivity in normoxic and chronically hypoxic conditions

Marko Gosak, Christelle Guibert, Marie Billaud, Étienne Roux, Marko Marhl

28 Feb 2013 • PLoS Computational Biology
Functional Connectivity in Islets of Langerhans from Mouse Pancreas Tissue Slices

Andraž Stožer, Marko Gosak, Jurij Dolenšek, Matjaž Perc, Marko Marhl, Marjan Slak Rupnik, Dean Korošak

08 Feb 2013 • Journal of Physics: Conference Series
How optimal synchronization of oscillators depends on the network structure and the individual dynamical properties of the oscillators

Rene Markovič, Marko Gosak, Marko Marhl

24 Jan 2013 • PLoS ONE
Glucose-Stimulated Calcium Dynamics in Islets of Langerhans in Acute Mouse Pancreas Tissue Slices

Andraž Stožer, Jurij Dolenšek, Marjan Slak Rupnik

01 Jan 2013 • Maribor
Vpliv presnovno pomembnih dejavnikov na funkcijo celic beta

Andraž Stožer