"催眠态"与"气功态"脑运动皮质低频活动差异的初步研究

目的:研究催眠态和气功态下脑运动皮质的低频同步活动,探讨催眠态与气功态对脑功能皮质活动的不同效应。材料和方法:研究对象为1例28岁的健康女性志愿者,右利手。采用气功入静和催眠诱导分别进入气功态和催眠态。研究采用GEsigna VH/i3.0T磁共振扫描机,先后进行无任务(静息态、催眠态和气功态)和运动任务的BOLD序列扫描。图像的处理先以运动任务获得的运动皮质定位作为种子对三种状态的功能图像做交互相关分析,获得脑功能连接的激活图,然后对这些激活的体素采用功率谱分析,获得相应的优势频率和能量。结果:脑功能低频连接激活体素的数量在静息态、催眠态、气功态间没有明显差异,但通过功率谱分析,催眠态主要表现为优势频率能量的升高,而气功态则主要表现为优势频率的增加。结论:气功态和催眠态下脑运动皮质的低频活动存在一定的差异,提示两种状态有通过不同的途径产生效应,但其生理基础有待于进一步研究。     

Prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy and relation to glycemic control therapies at baseline in the BARI 2D cohort

Abstract   We evaluated the associations between glycemic therapies and prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) at baseline among participants in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) trial on medical and revascularization therapies for coronary artery disease (CAD) and on insulin-sensitizing vs. insulin-providing treatments for diabetes. A total of 2,368 patients with type 2 diabetes and CAD was evaluated. DPN was defined as clinical examination score >2 using the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI). DPN odds ratios across different groups of glycemic therapy were evaluated by multiple logistic regression adjusted for multiple covariates including age, sex, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and diabetes duration. Fifty-one percent of BARI 2D subjects with valid baseline characteristics and MNSI scores had DPN. After adjusting for all variables, use of insulin was significantly associated with DPN (OR = 1.57, 95% CI: 1.15–2.13). Patients on sulfonylurea (SU) or combination of SU/metformin (Met)/thiazolidinediones (TZD) had marginally higher rates of DPN than the Met/TZD group. This cross-sectional study in a cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes and CAD showed association of insulin use with higher DPN prevalence, independent of disease duration, glycemic control, and other characteristics. The causality between a glycemic control strategy and DPN cannot be evaluated in this cross-sectional study, but continued assessment of DPN and randomized therapies in BARI 2D trial may provide further explanations on the development of DPN.     

Effect of Glycemic Carbohydrates on Short-term Satiety and Food Intake

We examine the relationships between glycemic carbohydrate and its effects on short-term satiety and food intake. Both high- and low-glycemic carbohydrates have an impact on satiety, but their effects have different time courses. High-glycemic carbohydrates are associated with a reduction in appetite and food intake in the short term (e.g., one hour), whereas the satiating effects of lower-glycemic carbohydrates appear to be delayed (e.g., 2 to 3 hours). There is no consistent evidence that an increase in blood glucose, either acute or sustained, is the primary determinant of their effects on food intake and satiety. Many other preabsorptive and postabsorptive signals for satiety exist and may be the determining factors. Further studies are needed to delineate the role of glycemic carbohydrates and their mechanisms of action in determining satiety.     

Glycemic Carbohydrate: An International Perspective

Attention to the different types of carbohydrates and their role in health and disease is relatively recent. FAO and WHO jointly published a report on carbohydrates in human nutrition in 1998, with a number of recommendations about increasing carbohydrate intake as a sound approach to the prevention of obesity. The glycemic index (GI) was recommended as a means of classifying foods on the basis of their potential for raising blood glucose; this concept was based on the understanding that the state of hyperglycemia that is observed following the intake of certain high-GI carbohydrate foods could constitute a risk factor for diseases of lifestyle.     

Blood pressure and heart rate in parkinsonian patients with and without wearing-off

Our study aimed to investigate the cardiovascular autonomic regulation related to the wearing-off phenomenon in Parkinson's disease (PD). We measured blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) at rest and during orthostatic test in 16 patients with PD with wearing-off and in 15 patients with PD without wearing-off both before (baseline) and repetitively at 1-h intervals for up to 4 h after the morning PD medication dose.
The patients with wearing-off had fluctuation of BP during the observation period, BP increasing when the motor performance worsened and vice versa. The mean supine BP was at its highest at the baseline measurement (patients with wearing-off, 145 ± 18 mmHg; patients without wearing-off, 138 ± 17 mmHg), fell during the first hour (patients with wearing-off, 119 ± 17 mmHg; patients without wearing-off, 126 ± 18 mmHg), and then rose again toward the end of the observation period (patients with wearing-off, 136 ± 15 mmHg; patients without wearing-off, 138 ± 18 mmHg). This BP change was statistically significant only in PD patients with wearing-off ( P  < 0.001).
In conclusion, BP seems to fluctuate with motor impairment in PD patients with wearing-off. This fluctuation may represent autonomic dysfunction caused by the PD process itself, the effect of PD medication, or both.     

低血糖指数食物饮食教育对2型糖尿病患者血糖的影响

目的观察低血糖指数食物饮食教育对2型糖尿病患者血糖的影响。方法将90例2型糖尿病患者随机分为对照组和观察组各45例。观察组采用低血糖指数食物饮食教育，对照组给予常规饮食教育，两组均随访观察4周。结果干预后对照组与观察组空腹血糖、餐后2h血糖比较，差异有显著性意义（均P〈O．01）。结论低血糖指数食物饮食教育有助于2型糖尿病患者提高饮食依从性和平稳控制血糖。     

Ca2+-induced excess capacitance fluctuation studied by phase-sensitive detection method in exocrine pancreatic acinar cells

A phase-sensitive detection method in combination with whole-cell voltage-clamp was applied to exocrine pancreatic acinar cells from rat. The results have shown that cell-aialysis with a solution containing 5×10^–7 M Ca²⁺ induces stp-wise changes in cell capacitance. The size distribution of increasing and decreasing capacitance steps is compatible with the idea that these capacitance steps are the results of individual granular fusion and retrieval events. This method may enable experiments studying the exo-and endo-cytotic mechanisms in morphologically polarized secretory cells.     

2型糖尿病患者自我管理、饮食依从性、心理负担与血糖水平的相关研究

目的 了解2型糖尿病患者的自我管理知识态度行为、饮食依从性、心理负担的现状,探讨其与血糖水平之间的关联。 方法 采用随机抽样法选取2019年9月—2020年10月在潍坊市某三甲医院就诊的2型糖尿病患者330例为调查对象,应用一般资料调查表、人体指标检测表、糖尿病患者自我管理知识态度行为评价简化量表、糖尿病患者饮食行为依从性测评量表、糖尿病痛苦量表进行问卷调查,采用二元logistic回归分析自我管理、饮食依从性、心理负担的影响因素,应用Spearman相关分析自我管理、饮食依从性、心理负担的相关性,采用多重线性逐步回归分析血糖水平的影响因素。结果 330例研究对象中HbA1c<7%者共99例(30.00%),自我管理合格、饮食依从性合格、略微心理负担者分别为184、189、150例(占比:55.76%、57.27%、45.45%)。二元logistic回归分析结果显示,居住地(OR=0.495,95%CI:0.280～0.874)、病程(OR=1.771,95%CI:1.421～2.206)、因糖尿病住院次数(OR=2.481,95%CI:1.396～4.408)、是否接受过专业系统宣教(OR=3.649,95%CI:1.239～10.751)、药物饮食运动联合控制(OR=4.354,95%CI:2.419～7.838)是自我管理的影响因素;年龄(OR=1.525,95%CI:1.119～2.078)、性别(OR=2.543,95%CI:1.465～4.415)、是否接受过专业系统宣教(OR=3.085,95%CI:1.368～6.960)、药物饮食运动联合控制(OR=11.910,95%CI:6.323～22.432)是饮食依从性的影响因素;年龄(OR=0.739,95%CI:0.559～0.979)、病程(OR=0.543,95%CI:0.449～0.657)是心理负担的影响因素。自我管理与饮食依从性、与心理负担,饮食依从性与心理负担相关(r=0.586、-0.443、-0.168,P<0.05)。多重线性逐步回归分析结果显示,饮食依从性、握力、药物饮食运动联合控制、心理负担是2型糖尿病患者血糖水平的影响因素(P<0.05)。 结论 2型糖尿病患者血糖水平与饮食依从性、心理负担、联合控制方式等密切相关;制定综合防控措施,着力提高饮食依从性,提升握力水平,有助于糖尿病患者维持良好的血糖水平。     

The SIMULTEST approach for testing mutagens in the Salmonella microtitre fluctuation assay

The concept of combining several histidine-dependent Salmonella strains in a single test, the SIMULTEST, has been applied to the microtitre fluctuation test. The activity of five mutagens was determined in strains TA97, TA98, TA100, and TA102 individually as well as in a SIMULTEST mixture. All five compounds were mutagenic in the SIMULTEST, demonstrating the utility of this time and labour-saving approach of combining strains for testing with this method. The microtitre fluctuation SIMULTEST results were quantitatively comparable to those of the SIMULTEST Salmonella/microsome plate test. The microtitre fluctuation test compared with the plate incorporation assay generally showed more favourable "sensitivity" and "quantity" indices in that four of the five chemicals tested in the fluctuation test were mutagenic at lower doses than in the plate test.