A new modification in temporary stent technique of microvenous anastomosis — An experimental study

Summary A new modification of microvenous anastomosis, which has increased patency rates while simultaneously decreasing the difficulty of the procedure, is presented in this paper. The primary purpose of this study was to compare the classical and the temporary stent techniques of microvenous anastomosis. Because of problems such as mixing and tangling of strings during insertion and tying of the last four sutures while applying the temporary stent technique, we decided to modify the procedure. The silastic tube was removed through an incision (venotomy), distant from the actual suture line. This modified technique and the other above mentioned techniques were carried out on rat femoral veins. The results indicate that this modification has increased patency rates, shortened the time of anastomosis and facilitated the procedure.     

肺灌注显像在Ⅲ期非小细胞肺癌调强放疗中对功能肺的保护

目的 探讨肺灌注显像在Ⅲ期非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)调强放疗(IMRT)保护功能肺的可行性。方法 选择拟行放疗的Ⅲ期NSCLC患者24例,分别行PET-CT和SPECT定位,图像传至治疗计划系统进行图像融合。根据SPECT图像确定功能肺(FL)和非功能肺(NFL),FL是指放射性计数为最大放射性计数的30%以上(包括30%)的区域,其他区域为NFL。肺灌注受损分为4级:0级,无灌注受损;1级,肿瘤及其周围局部肺灌注受损;2级,达1叶肺灌注受损;3级,超过1叶肺灌注受损。根据SPECT图像提供的肺功能信息制定IMRT计划进行优化,尽可能降低FL的照射体积剂量。采用配对t检验统计分析优化前后的IMRT计划的肺组织剂量参数变化。结果 患者均有不同程度的肺灌注缺损,其中肺灌注受损1级8例,2级6例,3级10例。根据SPECT提供的肺功能信息优化IMRT计划后WLV和FLV均有不同程度降低,而FLV降低程度更加明显。优化后WLV₁₀、WLV₁₅、WLV₂₀、WLV₂₅、WLV₃₀和FLV₁₀、FLV₁₅、FLV₂₀、FLV₂₅、FLV₃₀差异有统计学意义。结论 根据SPECT图像提供的肺功能信息优化IMRT计划以保护Ⅲ期NSCLC功能肺是可行的。     

两种单静脉法与传统Amplatzer法治疗动脉导管未闭

目的探讨两种单静脉入路法和动静脉双入路法治疗PDA各自的优缺点及最佳适应症,为PDA患者选择合理介入治疗方法提供依据。方法103例PDA患者经三种不同介入方法治疗,其中单静脉入路超声法37例,单静脉入路造影法14例,动静脉双入路法52例。PDA的位置、形态、大小经不同方法观察,单静脉超声法经超声观察,单静脉造影法在PDA内或降主动脉近PDA口外造影观察,动静脉双入路在主动脉弓降部侧位造影观察。选择合适型号的Amplatzer伞经股静脉建立的轨道进行封堵。术后15 min经胸超声及心脏听诊判断有无分流。术前、术后均行血流动力学测定,术后3 d、1个月复查超声心动图,观察大动脉水平有无分流及动脉导管未闭再通。结果103例患者全部一次封堵成功,技术成功率100%。术中操作平均透视时间(10.45±4.35)min,心导管检查测肺动脉收缩压由术前轻度增高[(33.2±3.11)mmHg]降为正常[(22.03±5.3)mmHg]。术后即刻所有患者心前区双期连续性杂音消失,术后无残余分流,无任何并发症发生,随访1个月未发生动脉水平分流及动脉导管再通。结论单静脉入路Amplatzer封堵器治疗动脉导管未闭简化了手术程序,不用或减少造影剂用量,缩短了操作透视时间,手术成功率高,疗效可靠,值得推广应用。     

The action of(±)-MDMA on medial prefrontal cortical neurons is mediated through the serotonergic system

The mechanism of action of systemitically administered(±)-MDMA (3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) on spontaneously active neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFc) of chloral hydrate anesthetized rats was examined using standard single unit extracellular recording techniques. Intravenously administered MDMA dose-dependently decreased the firing rates of the majority of mPFc neurons in control rats. In contrast, in rats that were pretreated withp-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA), which depletes the brain serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) content by inhibiting tryptophan hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of 5-HT, MDMA was largely ineffective in inhibiting the firing of mPFc cells. In PCPA-treated animals, the administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), which presumably restored the brain 5-HT content, but notl-DOPA, reinstated MDMA's inhibitory action in PCPA-treated rats. In rats that were pretreated withα-methyl-p-tyrosine (AMPT), which depletes the brain dopamine (DA) content by inhibiting tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of DA, MDMA inhibited the firing of all of the mPFc cells. MDMA's effect on mPFc neurons was reversed by 5-HT receptor antagonists such as granisetron and metergoline. These results strongly suggest that MDMA exerts its action on mPFc cells indirectly by releasing endogenous 5-HT.     

Directional tuning of motion-sensitive cells in the anterior superior temporal polysensory area of the macaque

An investigation was made into the directional sensitivity of cells in the macaque anterior superior temporal polysensory region (STPa) to the motion of objects. The cells studied were sensitive to the presence of motion but showed little or no selectivity for the form of the stimulus. Directional tuning was not continuously distributed about all possible directions. The majority of cells were most responsive to motion in a direction within 15° of one of the three cartesian axes (up/down, left/right, towards/away). Tuning to direction varied in sharpness. For most (34/37) cells the angular change in direction required to reduce response to half maximal was between 45 and 70° (for 3/37 cells it was > 90°). The estimates of the directionality (median I _d = 0.97) of STPa cells was similar to that reported for posterior motion processing areas (the middle temporal area, MT, and the medial superior temporal area, MST). The tuning for direction (sharpness, distribution and discrimination) of the motion-sensitive STPa cells were found to be similar to the tuning for perspective view of STPa cells selective for static form of the head and body. On average the STPa responses showed a 100- to 300-ms transient burst of activity followed by a tonic discharge maintained at approximately 20% of the peak firing rate for the duration of stimulation. The responses of motion-sensitive STPa cells occurred at an earlier latency (mean 91 ms) than responses of cells selective for static form (mean 119 ms), but the time course of responses of the two classes of cell were similar in many other respects. The early response latency and directional selectivity indicate that motion sensitivity in STPa cells derives from the dorsal visual pathway via MT/MST. The similarity of tuning for direction and perspective view within STPa may facilitate the integration of motion and form processing within this high-level brain area.     

The growth of the second underpotentially deposited silver layer on Pt(100)

The electrodeposition of Ag on Pt(100)-(1 × 1) in perchlorate electrolyte was studied by means of time-resolved in situ scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and cyclic voltammetry. One monolayer of Ag is deposited underpotentially (upd) ca. 500 mV positive of the Ag⁺/Ag equilibrium potential. Several millivolts positive of the equilibrium potential, a second well defined upd layer forms. Its growth was observed to proceed via island formation and coalescence. This process occurs in two separate stages that manifest themselves in voltammetric peaks as well as in the STM images.     

阑尾炎单病种患者的费用分析

目的：分析实行医保单病种后医保病人与非医保病人阑尾炎治疗的费用差距，提出对医保进一步改革的思索。方法：用Excel 2003建数据表，对我院2005年2月至2006年8月期间收治的单病种收费阑尾炎患者和非单病种收费患者的费用和并发症进行分析并进行统计学处理。结果：阑尾炎治疗并发症发生率及痊愈率在两组间无显著性差异，费用比较两组间差异显著。结论：目前的单病种收费标准基本可以满足临床治疗阑尾炎的需要，同时在实行单病种收费后可以节约大量医疗费用。如进一步扩大单病种范围，用经济手段调动医院的自律机制，医疗费用有进一步下降的空间。     

Isochronic transplantation of neonatal grafts in the visual cortex of cats: responsiveness,ocular dominance and specificity of cortical cells to visual stimulation

Summary The visual cortex of adult cats was studied physiologically following neonatal isochronic transplantation of grafts from areas 17,18, which were placed homotopically, in order to reveal their functional integration and thus possible repairing of damaged cortical neuronal circuits. Three homograft cats, in which transplantation was carried out between siblings (228 cortical cells) were compared to 4 animals receiving reimplanted autografts of the equivalent size (131 cells) as well as 3 animals with analogous sectioning of the visual cortex (162 cells) (pseudograft controls). The location of the boundaries between the transplant region and the host were determined using the Nissl's method for staining histological cross sections. Extracellular unit recording revealed typical waveform of the action potentials in the transplanted region and in the surrounding host tissue of all groups of cats. Visual responsiveness in the homograft cats was 17.5% in the transplanted region and 80.4% in the unoperated hemisphere; the corresponding results were 40.3% for the transplanted region and 82.2% for the unoperated hemisphere in the autografts and 23.1% and 73.4% in the pseudografts. The specificity of the cells to visual stimulation as expressed by their orientation and direction specificity, indicated preservation of these properties in the transplanted cats. While all responsive cells in the transplanted region of the homografts were orientation specific, their proportion was 60% in the autografts and 55.5% in the analogous region in the pseudograft controls. As to the direction specific cells, their performance in the grafted region of the grafted cats was even much higher than that of the pseudograft controls. The ocular dominance distribution of the cells showed preservation of binocularity in the transplanted region (90.0% binocular cells) of the homografts; it was however smaller in the equivalent region of the autografts (65.0%) and remarkably reduced (20.0%) in the pseudografts. It was concluded that despite the deafferentation induced during the transplantation procedure, a remarkable visual responsiveness was found in the transplanted region, indicating postoperative recovery. However, the cells there were mainly affected in their activity and less in their specificity to visual stimulation.     

多抗甲素对人NK细胞活性的作用机理研究

作者应用单细胞细胞毒试验及形态学观察，研究多抗甲素（ＰＡＡ）对人体自然杀伤（ＮＫ）细胞活性的作用机理。结果表明：ＰＡＡ能增强食道癌患者淋巴细胞（ＰＢＬ）明显低下的结合率（Ｂ％）和杀伤率（Ｋ％），也可增强正常人ＰＢＬ的Ｋ％，但对正常人ＰＢＬ的Ｂ％无影响。形态学观察发现：与靶细胞结合的ＰＢＬ除大颗粒ＰＢＬ外，尚有普通的非颗粒ＰＢＬ，结合的靶细胞损伤首先表现为线粒体肿胀、空泡变，然后核固缩，核膜损伤，细胞严重空泡变性等，偶见靶细胞与自然杀伤细胞结合部质膜破损的现象。经ＰＡＡ预处理的靶效细胞结合的形态改变无明显差异，但食道癌组的杀伤作用出现较早，且明显增强。     

Responses of tonically discharging neurons in the monkey striatum to primary rewards delivered during different behavioral states

In the primate striatum, the tonically discharging neurons respond to conditioned stimuli associated with reward. We investigated whether these neurons respond to the reward itself and how changes in the behavioral context in which the reward is delivered might influence their responsiveness. A total of 286 neurons in the caudate nucleus and putamen were studied in two awake macaque monkeys while liquid reward was delivered in three behavioral situations: (1) an instrumental task, in which reward was delivered upon execution of a visually triggered arm movement; (2) a classically conditioned task, in which reward was delivered 1 s after a visual signal; (3) a free reward situation, in which reward was delivered at irregular time intervals outside of any conditioning task. The monkeys′ uncertainty about the time at which reward will be delivered was assessed by monitoring their mouth movements. A larger proportion of neurons responsive to reward was observed in the free reward situation (86%) than in the classically conditioned (57%) and instrumental tasks (37%). Among the neurons tested in all situations (n = 78), 24% responded to reward regardless of the situation and 65% in only one or two situations. Responses selective for one particular situation occurred exclusively in the free reward situation. When the reward was delivered immediately after the visual signal in the classically conditioned task, most of the neurons reduced or completely lost their responses to reward, and other neurons remained responsive. Conversely, neuronal responses invariably persisted when reward was delivered later than 1 s after the visual signal. This is the first report that tonic striatal neurons might display responses directly to primary rewards. The neuronal responses were strongly influenced by the behavioral context in which the animals received the reward. An important factor appears to be the timing of reward. These neurons might therefore contribute to a general aspect of behavioral reactivity of the subject to relevant stimuli. Received: 16 September 1996 / Accepted: 1 April 1997