胃食管反流病与功能磁共振技术

随着对胃食管反流病研究的深入,大脑和食管感觉及胃排空的相互作用越来越受到重视,功能磁共振成像技术,有助于进一步了解胃食管反流病的发病机制。     

论《内经》中的“守神”“守机”“守气”

在针刺过程中,医者不能只拘守手部形式,针刺关键在于"治神"。治神是医者手法的核心,贯穿于整个施治过程中。以神"侯气"、"调气",进而"调神"、"调形体"。其理论在《内经》中已有叙述,具体包括:守神、守机和守气。这三者是对针灸医生针刺手法的要求,也是衡量针灸医生水平高低的标准之一。然而针道易陈而难入,针灸医生须认真钻研针刺手法和心法。针刺治神在于医者必须"心领神会",方能感悟。     

家兔阴茎皮肤感觉脊神经来源的电生理研究

目的:探讨家兔阴茎感觉神经来源。方法:健康成年雄性新西兰白兔12只,随机均分为两组:每组6只,A组在左侧脊神经上记录,B组在右侧脊神经上记录。对家兔阴茎施加不同大小的机械刺激,用神经单纤维记录技术,在同侧S1~S4脊神经上记录单纤维放电。结果:通过对家兔阴茎施加各种不同机械刺激,在同侧S2~S3脊神经上能记录到放电,S1、S4脊神经上未能记录到放电。左侧脊神经放电纤维数量分别为:S2:39.67±3.14,S3:21.00±2.19;右侧脊神经放电纤维数量分别为:S2:40.00±3.16,S3:19.67±2.58,左右侧差异无显著性(P>0.05)。结论:家兔阴茎皮肤感觉来源于S2~S3脊神经。     

Three-dimensional biomechanical properties of the human rectum evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging

A method to evaluate the three-dimensional (3-D) geometry of the human gastrointestinal wall may be valuable for understanding tissue biomechanics, mechano-sensation and function. In this paper we present a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based method to determine rectal geometry and validation of data obtained in three volunteers. A specially designed rectal bag was filled in a stepwise manner while MRI and bag pressure were recorded. 3-D models of curvatures, radii of curvature, tension and stress were generated and the circumferential and longitudinal strains were calculated. The computed bag volumes corresponded to the infused volumes. A pronounced bag elongation and decrease in wall thickness was observed during the bag filling. The spatial distributions of the biomechanical parameters were distinctly different between individuals and non-homogeneous throughout the rectal wall due to its complex geometry. The average tension and stress increased as a function of infused volume and circumferential strain. The present study provides a method for characterizing the complex in vivo 3-D geometry of the human rectum. The non-homogenous spatial curvature distribution suggests that simple estimates of tension based on pressure and volume do not reflect the true 3-D biomechanical properties of the rectum.     

Comfort of fenestrated hydrogel lenses

A controlled, double-masked, randomized study was conducted on ten subjects to determine the effect of fenestration size on the initial comfort of hydrogel contact lenses. Four fenestrated lenses were tested, each lens containing four mid-peripheral fenestrations of the same size. The diameter of the fenestrations used in the four lenses ranged from 0.39 to 0.96 mm. An unfenestrated lens was also tested. All lenses were made of HEMA and were ordered with the following specifications: -3.00 D, 14.0 mm diameter, 8.4 mm back central optic radius and 0.06 mm centre thickness. There was a significant negative correlation between comfort and fenestration size, indicating that larger fenestrations are less comfortable. Even the lens with the smallest fenestrations (0.39 mm) was significantly less comfortable than the unfenestrated lens. The implication of this finding is that fenestrations may not be clinically efficacious in view of the poor comfort (and presumably increased mechanical effect of the fenestration edges on the tarsal conjunctiva) of fenestrated lenses.     

健康人加压素释放和渴感的渗透压阈值

报道１２名受试者在静滴５％ＮａＣｌ２ｈ（每分钟０．０６ｍｌ／ｋｇ）的过程中血钠、血渗、血浆精氨酸加压素（ＡＶＰ）浓度和渴感等级的变化。结果显示，血浆ＡＶＰ浓度及渴感等级分别与血渗呈线性相关，回归方程分别为：血浆ＡＶＰ浓度（ｐＡＶＰ）－０．２４［血浆渗透压（ｐＯｓｍ）－２７４］（ｒ＝０．７２，Ｐ＜０．００１）；渴感等级（Ｔｈ）＝０．２３（ｐＯｓｍ－２７９）（ｒ＝０．６２，Ｐ＜０．００１）．两者灵敏度及阈值均较国外文献报道的结果低，认为加压素释放及渴感的渗透压阈值可能与遗传因素及生活习俗有关，ＡＶＰ分泌及渴感的渗透压调节可能存在种族差异。