User:Courtney Pinard/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title: Neurobiological effects of physical exercise
 * Article Evaluation:
 * -This article needs introductory details about myokines and their relationship to brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling, Insulin-like growth factor 1 signaling, vascular endothelial growth factor signaling, and other bioactive molecules with the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier.
 * - Also needs more information listed under sections concerning glutamate, GABA, monoamine neurotransmitters, and acetylcholine.
 * -The section regarding neurobiological effects of physical exercise in children should be edited to include additional medical references.
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Option 2

 * Article title: Regulation of gene expression
 * Article Evaluation:
 * - This article needs to include a section dedicated to prokaryotic gene regulation since the article is currently focused primarily on eukaryotic gene expression.
 * - Some basic terminology needs to be better defined and cited
 * - Information needs to be better organized in more general concept sections
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Option 3

 * Article title: Brain tumor
 * Article Evaluation:
 * - Additional information needed regarding pregnancy with headaches
 * - Additional cancer research reviews
 * - Information regarding currently accepted modes of cancer treatment and physician's opinion about them
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Option 4

 * Article title: Gene silencing
 * Article Evaluation:
 * - Article section organization needs to be defined
 * - Additional information needed for the general introduction of gene silencing
 * - Include information about additional mechanisms of gene silencing
 * - Explain the relevance of this gene expression modification in current research and implications to neurodegenerative diseases
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Option 5

 * Article title: Nuclear gene
 * Article Evaluation:
 * - Additional information about gene expression in general
 * - Additional figures
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