人内耳半规管嵴顶时间常数的定量分析

目的 通过数值仿真和实验定量探究人内耳前庭半规管中的嵴顶时间常数,明确半规管编码角运动的时间过程。方法 建立人双耳半规管数值模型,通过流固耦合数值模拟嵴顶的生物力学响应,进而计算嵴顶的力学松弛时间常数。同时,对志愿者进行前庭眼反射实验,根据志愿者的眼震慢相角速度计算嵴顶的时间常数。结果 通过人内耳半规管数值模型计算得出的嵴顶力学松弛时间常数为3.75 s。通过实验测量得出平均嵴顶时间常数约为4.86 s。数值模型和实验中的结果近似保持一致。结论 人内耳前庭半规管中的嵴顶时间常数大约为4.86 s,反映了嵴顶力学松弛和半规管传入神经适应性的联合作用效果,体现了半规管编码角运动的时间过程。     

数值模拟前庭系统膜迷路的生物力学响应

目的研究平衡感受器嵴顶对旋转椅试验的生物力学响应,为前庭系统功能状态的评估提供定量分析的平台。方法基于健康志愿者右侧颞骨完整的组织切片数据进行三维几何重建。运用拉格朗日法数值模拟头前倾30毅、频率0.8Hz、幅度依40毅的正弦摆动旋转椅试验中受试者前庭系统膜迷路的生物力学响应。结果右耳水平半规管嵴顶峰值位移为54.2μm,后规管嵴顶峰值位移为15.9μm;右耳前半规管嵴顶峰值位移为43.7μm,但是左右耳响应相同,对眼球运动的作用相互抵消;向右旋转,右耳水平半规管壶腹嵴嵴顶法向位移从管侧偏向椭圆囊侧,左耳水平半规管壶腹嵴嵴顶法向位移从椭圆囊侧偏向管侧,向左旋转时则相反。结论数值模拟得到的嵴顶的生物力学响应符合Flourens定律和Ewald定律。     

基于仿生物理模型的半规管壶腹嵴顶变形

目的 探讨人类半规管在3种基本旋转感知过程中的生物力学响应。方法 采用3D打印技术及水凝胶物理交联技术成功制备了与人体等比例的一维可视化半规管物理模型,并通过施加恒定角速度刺激、恒定角加速度刺激以及正弦摆动刺激来探究嵴顶的响应变形情况。结果 仿生半规管模型的时间常数基本稳定在3 s左右,且与人体时间常数数值接近,壶腹嵴顶运动的位移变形与施加的角加速度成正比;在0.07~5.00 Hz正弦摆动刺激下,半规管的增益从1.54 μm/°上升到42.34 μm/°,但相位差从109.72°下降到11.27°。结论 制备的仿生半规管模型能够准确模拟人体半规管的工作机制,有望在人体前庭半规管的机理研究和疾病诊断中发挥一定作用。     

半规管与动物敏捷度

正半规管是脊椎动物内耳的一个古老组成部分。在有颌动物(有颌骨的脊椎动物)的听泡中,骨性管道和其中的膜性管道组成了半规管,每侧听泡中各有上、外、后3个半规管,代表空间3个不同的平面,分别感受运动过程中头部在不同方向的旋转~([1])。大脑将半规管的传人冲动与耳石、视觉和本体感觉的信息进行整合分析,进而调整运动过程中躯体的姿势和动作~([2])。注视锁定是半规管最重要的功能之一,这一功能是通过前庭眼反射和前庭丘反射实现的,在运动中眼外肌和颈部肌肉需要配合躯体     

基于磁共振数据的三维半规管建模空间方向测量

目的测量半规管相互夹角和空间方向。方法对16例磁共振3D-CISS序列内耳检查影像,分割半规管结构建立三维模型,生成3D PDF文件,在各半规管取3点坐标,通过数学方法对同侧和双侧的半规管相互夹角以及各半规管和水平面的夹角进行计算。结果左右后半规管夹角为98.49°±12.07°,可以推测后半规管和矢状面的夹角为49.25°±6.04°。左右水平半规管夹角为171.58°±3.78°;左侧后半规管和右侧前半规管夹角为165.56°±5.78°,右侧后半规管和左侧前半规管夹角为164.74°±6.46°,左侧水平半规管和水平面夹角为19.43°±3.02°,右侧水平半规管和水平面夹角22.11°±4.12°。结论左右共同平面对半规管近乎平行,后半规管和矢状面的夹角大于45°,两侧半规管总脚分叉点和眼球下缘平面更加接近水平面。     

外半规管良性阵发性位置性眩晕诊断试验分析和物理引擎耳石运动观察

目的对外半规管良性阵发性位置性眩晕(BPPV)诊断试验进行分析,了解其诊断机制。方法建立基于物理引擎三维物理仿真的BPPV迷路模型,设定外半规管不同位置结石,分析水平滚转试验过程不同位置耳石运动情况,进而可以推断所诱发眼震表现。结果水平滚转试验眼震表现形式多样,包括双侧背地眼震,可以判断为壶腹部结石和嵴帽结石,眼震弱侧为患侧;双侧向地眼震,可以判断为外半规管长臂侧结石,眼震强烈侧为患侧;一侧背地眼震一侧向地眼震,考虑长臂侧壶腹部结石;水平滚转试验存在的设计缺陷是会导致耳石复位,影响诊断试验的敏感性。10次重复试验结果一致。结论60°水平滚转试验有效修正了90°水平滚转试验存在的缺陷。基于物理引擎对诊断试验进行分析,对于我们理解外半规管BPPV的诊断机制有重要意义,也有助于改良和创新诊断方法。     

眼动系统研究

Ⅲ前庭眼动系统引言如[1]所述,眼动系统的输出都是眼动信号EOG(Electro oculargraph),然而随着刺激的不同,系统会有不同的神经通路,不同的解剖生理构成。本文研究的眼动信号是典型的眼震图ENG(Electronystagmograph)。众所周知,前庭器官中的半规管是人体运动平衡系统中的重要组成部分,担负着角加速     

上半规管良性阵发性位置性眩晕诊断试验分析和物理引擎耳石运动观察

目的 对上半规管良性阵发性位置性眩晕（BPPV）诊断试验进行分析，了解其诊断机制。方法 建立标准空间坐标系的膜迷路模型，设定膜迷路不同位置结石，基于物理引擎三维物理仿真，分析Dix Hallpike试验和仰卧悬挂头位试验耳石运动情况，进而推断所诱发眼震表现。结果 Dix-Hallpike试验和仰卧悬挂头位试验所有位置的结石都有一定程度的运动，并能诱发椭圆囊的结石经总管进入半规管。出现下跳眼震的情况，包括结石从椭圆囊进入后半规管，对侧后半规管结石向壶腹运动，上半规管的结石从壶腹嵴帽底部滑动到顶部，后者重复诊断实验仍为下跳眼震。重复10次观察，试验结果一致。结论 对于上半规管BPPV的诊断标准，还需要重新评估，观察眼震动态变化是必要的，其诊断方法需要改良。     

后鼓室手术入路的应用解剖学研究

目的　为后鼓室入路手术提供解剖学依据。方法　利用成人 6 0侧颞骨标本 ,用牙科钻磨开乳突腔 ,打开外耳道外侧壁和鼓室盾板 ,充分暴露后鼓室入路手术中有关的解剖结构。以外耳道上棘、面神经管锥曲为测量标志 ,在手术显微镜下 ,对在手术中遇到的解剖结构之间的距离进行了测量。结果　外耳道上棘至砧骨窝、锥隆起、鼓索隆起、面神经管锥曲、外侧半规管、后半规管、前庭窗、蜗窗、匙突、乙状窦垂直部前缘中点、窦膜角的距离分别是 17 19、18 0 2、15 2 2、14 4 9、15 39、17 35、19 5 8、2 0 0 9、2 0 32、15 6 8、18 76mm。面神经管锥曲至鼓索隆起、水平半规管、后半规管的距离分别是 3 33、1 5 3、2 15mm。结论　外耳道上棘、面神经管锥曲是后鼓室入路的重要手术标志 ,鼓索隆起向内 3mm是手术入路的安全区 ,面神经减压术时应避免损伤水平半规管及后半规管等结构     

前庭器感受变速转动的动力学原理

虽然实验早已揭示,人能感觉到变速转动是由于变速转动使前庭器半规管内淋巴流动冲击其感受器而引起的,但至今未见有阐明其原理的完整的动力学理论体系。本研究目的在于构建起这一理论体系。本研究采用理论性研究方法,建立恰当的直角坐标系,揭示优弧具有的优势,引入一系列创新公式,从而实现预期研究目的。研究得出了前庭器半规管内淋巴流动的4条规律,即无流律、流向律、取向律和距离律。本研究的突出意义有:(1)首创所研究问题的动力学理论体系,促进生理科学发展;(2)为医学院校物理课结合讲授医学中的人体物理问题提供实例;(3)为纠正生理学教科书长期存在的相关错误提供理论依据。     

Renal dysplasia and asplenia in two sibs

A family is reported in which two sibs, one male and the other female, both died within 24 hours of birth with enlarged polycystic kidneys. Postmortem histology in the second child showed gross renal dysplasia. In both children the pancreas was enlarged, nodular and cystic but the liver appeared macroscopically normal. In the second child, histological examination confirmed pancreatic fibrosis with cystic dilation of ducts, but showed portal fibrosis with bile duct proliferation in the liver.
This combination of findings is very reminiscent of those in a girl and her brother reported by Ivemark et al. (1959). The children reported here also showed absence or hypoplasia of the spleen, cardiac anomalies and other features of the Ivemark syndrome (Ivemark 1955), a quite different, usually sporadic, congenital disorder. It is suggested that the children described here have a distinct lethal congenital disorder, probably inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.     

Schizophrenia in a North Swedish geographical isolate, 1900–1977. Epidemiology, genetics and biochemistry

Over 200 schizophrenic patients belonging to three major and interrelated pedigree complexes have been investigated over the past 30 years in a North Swedish geographically isolated population, presently numbering about 6,000. An intensive investigation of a number of biochemical correlates and genetic markers in a few selected families belonging to one of the major pedigrees has indicated new strategies for the current research program.
Schizophrenia, as defined operationally, is significantly associated with decreased activities of two enzymes (1) blood platelet monoamine oxidase, (2) plasma dopamine-β-hydroxylase, and (3) with the genetic marker Gc² (group specific antigen). Both enzymes are subject to genetic variation. A positive score for linkage between schizophrenia and low plasma DBH activity has been calculated, but, so far, available data are insufficient for discrimination between linkage and partial contribution of genetically controlled low plasma DBH to the pathogenesis of the disease. Alternatively, both mechanisms could be involved.
As a model for continued research, schizophrenia is explained as based on a double dominant-recessive genotype (Aabb), representing a vulnerability which in about 50 % of cases develops into clinical schizophrenia. It is suggested that the dominant mutation (A) operates on or affects MAO activity, and that the recessive genotype (bb) is instrumental in low variates of DBH activity and very likely such variates within the normal range of physiological variation. Moreover, it is suggested that the combined effects of MAO- and DBH-reduced efficiency on the metabolism of e.g. dopamine could be an essential pathogenic mechanism for the schizophrenic illness which is segregating in this population.     

The dominant diseases of modernized societies as omega-3 essential fatty acid deficiency syndrome: Substrate beriberi

About 1900, modern food selection and processing caused widespread $\text{epidemics}$ of the B vitamin deficiency diseases of beriberi and pellagra which, for genetic reasons, often expressed as different diseases ranging from bowel and heart disease to dermatoses and psychoses. But the B vitamins merely help convert essential fatty acids (EFA) into the prostaglandin (PG) tissue regulators and it now turns out that, through hydrogenation, milling and selection of w3-poor southern foods, we have also been systematically depleting, by as much as 90%, a newly discovered trace Nordic EFA (w3) of special importance to primates and sole precursor of the PG3(4) series, even as a concurrent fiber deficiency increases body demand for EFA. Since substrate EFA is processed by many B vitamin catalysts, an EFA deficiency will mimic a $\text{panh}$ypovitaminosis B, i.e., a mixture of $\text{substrate}$ beriberi and $\text{substrate}$ pellagra resembling vitamin beriberi and pellagra but exhibiting as even more diverse $\text{endemic}$ disease. This would consitute a second stage of the Modern Malnutrition and explain why some workers now hold the dominant diseases of modermized societies to be new, nutritionally based, pellagraform yet lipid-related and to range, once again, from heart disease to psychosis. It is an assumption that our dominant diseases are unrelated to each other or are merely revealed by our diagnostic acumen and therapeutic success; and that hydrogenating millions of tons of food oils annually, to destroy the rancidity producing w3-EFA, is safe for $\text{primates}$. Extensive beriberiform disease is reported here in 32 typical cases taken from medical practice which responds strikingly to linseed oil supplements (60% w3-EFA) in confirmation of identical results in Capuchins.     

What will studies of Fulani individuals naturally exposed to malaria teach us about protective immunity to malaria?

There are an estimated over 200 million yearly cases of malaria worldwide. Despite concerted international effort to combat the disease, it still causes approximately half a million deaths every year, the majority of which are young children with Plasmodium falciparum infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Successes are largely attributed to malaria prevention strategies, such as insecticide-treated mosquito nets and indoor spraying, as well as improved access to existing treatments. One important hurdle to new approaches for the treatment and prevention of malaria is our limited understanding of the biology of Plasmodium infection and its complex interaction with the immune system of its human host. Therefore, the elimination of malaria in Africa not only relies on existing tools to reduce malaria burden, but also requires fundamental research to develop innovative approaches. Here, we summarize our discoveries from investigations of ethnic groups of West Africa who have different susceptibility to malaria.     

'Very sore nights and days': the child's experience of illness in early modern England, c.1580-1720

Sick children were ubiquitous in early modern England, and yet they have received very little attention from historians. Taking the elusive perspective of the child, this article explores the physical, emotional, and spiritual experience of illness in England between approximately 1580 and 1720. What was it like being ill and suffering pain? How did the young respond emotionally to the anticipation of death? It is argued that children’s experiences were characterised by profound ambivalence: illness could be terrifying and distressing, but also a source of emotional and spiritual fulfilment and joy. This interpretation challenges the common assumption amongst medical historians that the experiences of early modern patients were utterly miserable. It also sheds light on children’s emotional feelings for their parents, a subject often overlooked in the historiography of childhood. The primary sources used in this article include diaries, autobiographies, letters, the biographies of pious children, printed possession cases, doctors’ casebooks, and theological treatises concerning the afterlife.     

Guidelines for the Validation and Use of Immunoassays for Determination of Introduced Proteins in Biotechnology Enhanced Crops and Derived Food Ingredients

Recent advancements in agricultural biotechnology have created a need for analytical techniques to determine introduced proteins in crops enhanced through modern biotechnology techniques. These proteins are expressed in plant tissues and may be present in food ingredients. Immunoassays are ideally suited for protein detection and may be used as both quantitative and threshold methods. Microplate ELISA and lateral flow devices are two of the most commonly used immunoassay formats for agricultural biotechnology applications. This paper provides general background information and a discussion of criteria for the validation and application of immunochemical methods to the analysis of proteins introduced into plants and food ingredients using biotechnology methods. It is the result of a collaborative effort of members of the Analytical Environmental Immunochemical Consortium. This collaborative effort represents the combined expertise of several organizations to reach consensus on establishing guidelines for the validation and use of immunoassays. Further, the paper offers developers and users a consistent approach to adopting the technology as well as aid in producing accurate and meaningful results.     

HLA in North Colombia Chimila Amerindians

HLA-A,-B,-C,-DRB1 and -DQB1 alleles have been studied in Chimila Amerindians from Sabana de San Angel (North Colombian Coast) by using high resolution molecular typing. A frequent extended haplotype was found:HLA-A*24:02-B*51:10-C*15:02-BRB1*04:07-DQB1*03:02 (28.7%) which has also been described in Amerinndian Mayos Mexican population (Mexico, California Gulf, Pacific Ocean). Other haplotypes had already been found in Amerindians from Mexico (Pacific and Atlantic Coast), Peru (highlands and Amazon Basin), Bolivia and North USA. A geographic pattern according to HLA allele or haplotype frequencies is lacking in Amerindians, as already known. Also, five new extended haplotypes were found in Chimila Amerindians. Their HLA-A*24:02 high frequencies characteristic is shared with aboriginal populations of Taiwan; also, HLA-C*01:02 high frequencies are found in New Zealand Maoris, New Caledonians and Kimberly Aborigines from Australia. Finally, this study may show a model of evolutionary factors acting and rising one HLA allele frequency (-A*24:02), but not in others that belong to the same or different HLA loci.     

Ultracryotomy: development and application (with examples from the yeast cytology) (author's transl)

The preparation steps usually necessary for obtaining ultrathin frozen sections of biological material (chemical prefixation, enclosing, cryoprotective treatment, freezing, sectioning, and post-staining the sections for transmission electron microscopy) are submitted to a critical analysis. The application of cryo-ultramicrotomy, in particularly for cytochemical purposes, is reviewed. Fundamental considerations of chemical prefixation and poststaining are supported by examples from yeast cytology. Furthermore, the efficiency of the cryo-ultramicrotomy (electron optical resolution of ultrastructural details) is demonstrated on yeast cells and protoplasts.     

The universal muscular chamber. A basic unit of the genitourinary, cardiovascular, gastro-intestinal, skeletal, cutaneous, respiratory and other systems, endocameral hypertension; and spasm, the key to their idiopathic diseases and arthropathies

Starting with the integument, we see many organs are contractile sacs or multiples thereof, which tubes or bags constitute the major part of the entire body. Recognition of this basic unit and its characteristics sheds new light, individually and collectively, on many disorders previously considered unrelated. Muscular tears and perforations develop in the walls of these chambers, being no way peculiar to those organs, wherein, hydrochloric acid occurs. So, it is not necessary to explain the absence of excessive acid from patients who exhibit holes in the gastric, uterine, aortic, duodenal, rectal, pulmonary, retina, and other walls. Muscle, not acid is the great common factor relating idiopathic disorders in the gastrointestinal tract to each other and to similar diseases in other systems. When the units are linked together, the lesions tend to appear as arthropathies, i.e. at the joints. Rephrasing common-place observations, frees us from conventional, conceptual cul-de-sacs. An observation is only as good as its interpretation, so all possibilities must be considered, otherwise, we will remain blinded by our misconceptions.