癫痫性痉挛发作的头皮及颅内脑电图特点

目的：研究难治性癫痫性痉挛发作患者的头皮及颅内脑电图（EEG）特点,探讨与痉挛发作相关的EEG变化及其与发作间期放电、神经影像学之间的关系。方法：回顾性分析经外科手术治疗的11例患者的临床资料,分析头皮同步视频脑电图（V-EEG）。此11例患者均行术中皮层EEG监测30～60min,其中4例术前行颅内电极长程EEG监测。结果：8例患者表现为双侧基本对称的痉挛发作,发作期头皮EEG为全导高波幅慢波、尖波伴低波幅快波活动或广泛低波幅快波活动发放;另3例患者表现为一侧肢体的痉挛发作,EEG为局灶性棘慢波发放。术中皮层监测5例患者为反复的、暴发出现的多棘波活动,2例患者见持续性的棘波、尖波活动,4例未见明显的癫痫样电活动。4例行颅内电极监测者发作期EEG表现,2例为“前导性”的高波幅棘波伴随20Hz左右的低波幅快波发放;另2例为局灶性低波幅快波活动并迅速扩散,无“前导性棘波”。手术切除“前导性棘波”或反复性、节律性痫样放电的皮层可消除发作。结论：在一部分癫痫性痉挛发作患者,其痉挛发作可能因新皮层局灶的电发放点燃,颅内EEG如果存在前导性的棘波,这个棘波部位可能是促发痉挛发作的点燃灶。完整切除术中监测呈现反复性、节律性痫样放电的皮层可取得较好的手术效果。     

头皮脑电图继发双侧同步样放电的特点及其临床意义

目的:探讨局灶性癫(癎)患者头皮脑电图(EEG)上继发双侧同步(癎)样放电(SBSD)的表现特点及临床意义.方法:回顾性地分析自2002年3月至2006年3月,于我研究所接受治疗的所有局灶性癫(癎)患者的EEG资料,排除所有颞叶癫(癎),共32例患者的术前EEG上均存在SBSD表现.对这些患者的发作间期与发作期EEG结果进行分析研究.结果:32例患者中,SBSD起源于额区者20例,枕区者10例,顶区者2例.SBSD可表现为棘或尖波、棘慢复合波与快节律三种类型,以棘慢复合波最为常见,占63%.SBSD发作间期较为常见的特点是双侧存在时间差,SBSD始于EEG局灶性异常改变以及局限性慢波一侧;53%的病人发作期EEG表现为局灶性起源.结论:SBSD在局灶性癫(癎)患者中并不少见,而且以额叶最为常见.通过分析SBSD波形的各个特点,有助于判断SBSD原发灶侧别,并与全面性癫(癎)相鉴别,对癫(癎)外科的术前评估具有非常重要的临床意义.     

头皮脑电图继发双侧同步(癎)样放电的特点及其临床意义

目的:探讨局灶性癫(癎)患者头皮脑电图(EEG)上继发双侧同步(癎)样放电(SBSD)的表现特点及临床意义.方法:回顾性地分析自2002年3月至2006年3月,于我研究所接受治疗的所有局灶性癫(癎)患者的EEG资料,排除所有颞叶癫(癎),共32例患者的术前EEG上均存在SBSD表现.对这些患者的发作间期与发作期EEG结果进行分析研究.结果:32例患者中,SBSD起源于额区者20例,枕区者10例,顶区者2例.SBSD可表现为棘或尖波、棘慢复合波与快节律三种类型,以棘慢复合波最为常见,占63%.SBSD发作间期较为常见的特点是双侧存在时间差,SBSD始于EEG局灶性异常改变以及局限性慢波一侧;53%的病人发作期EEG表现为局灶性起源.结论:SBSD在局灶性癫(癎)患者中并不少见,而且以额叶最为常见.通过分析SBSD波形的各个特点,有助于判断SBSD原发灶侧别,并与全面性癫(癎)相鉴别,对癫(癎)外科的术前评估具有非常重要的临床意义.     

外伤性癫癎的脑电图分析

目的:观察外伤性癫癎患者的脑电图(EEG)变化及其与临床的关系。方法:对40例外伤性癫癎患者分别进行EEG检查,并对检查结果进行分析。结果:EEG正常4例,边缘状态8例,异常28例;28例异常EEG中,轻度异常14例,中度异常12例,重度异常2例;表现为广泛性异常14,有10例显示局限性异常,广泛性异常一侧偏胜8例;癫癎样放电6例,阵发性中幅至高波幅多节律放电10例。异常EEG多表现为广泛性散在性低幅或高幅慢波以及阵发性慢波或快波活动,局限性异常多表现为局限性δ波、θ波、棘(尖)波、棘(尖)慢综合波,且多见于额、颞、顶部导联,结论:外伤性癫癎EEG的异常表现与脑损伤的程度、部位、病程有一定的相关性且随着时间的推移而逐渐减轻,EEG检查能客观反映外伤性癫癎患者的脑功能状况,对癫癎患者诊断、治疗及判断预后有一定的临床价值。     

癫(痫)误诊为晕厥的27例脑电图分析

目的:通过对晕厥病人行脑电图(EEG)检查,为临床医生提供癫(痫)与晕厥的重要诊断依据.方法:随机抽取2008年1月至2012年5月300例晕厥者中27例(痫)样放电的EEG进行回顾性分析.结果:300例晕厥中误诊的27例患者的EEG显示棘波、尖波、棘慢波或尖慢波,异常放电检出率为9％,因晕厥来就诊的人群中有些存在(痫)样放电.对这部分病人的病史进行回顾并追踪确定为癫(痫).结论:癫(痫)的临床症状可以表现为惊厥,也有不典型的表现如晕厥样的发作,EEG检查可能提供重要的诊断依据.     

伴中央-颞区棘波的儿童良性癫(癎)动态脑电图监测的价值

目的:探讨动态脑电图(AEEG)监测对伴中央-颞区棘波的儿童良性癫(癎)(BECT)的价值.方法:使用MB 8000型8道AEEG仪对2005年1月至2007年10月监测的36例BECT患儿的AEEG结果进行分析.结果:发作间歇期常规脑电图(REEG)与AEEG(癎)样波相比差异有极显著意义,χ2=16.15,P<0.001.发作间歇期AEEG睡眠期(癎)样波与清醒期(癎)样波相比差异有显著意义,χ2=5.184,P<0.05.发作期一侧中央-颞区有(癎)样放电(尖、棘波)者26例(72.2 %),双侧中央-颞区有(癎)样放电者10例(27.8 %).结论:BECT是儿童最常见的原发性良性部分性癫(癎),是与睡眠密切相关的癫(癎),具有特殊的发作症状和EEG放电,AEEG睡眠期发作对BECT诊断的重要性更加突出,甚至起着决定性的作用.     

儿童癫癎发作的临床特征与录像脑电图分析

目的：分析儿童癫痫发作的临床表现和录像脑电图(Video—EEG)特征。方法：对123例年龄9天至15岁癫痫患儿进行Video—EEG监测，记录并同步分析发作时EEG与临床表现。结果：123例中记录到568次发作，分三种类型。1、全面性发作53例201次发作：①婴儿痉挛18例中53次发作，发作期EEG表现为广泛低波幅快活动或高波幅慢波暴发与低电压抑制；②肌阵挛发作12例中79次发作，发作期EEG表现各导联多棘波、多棘慢波；③强直发作10例中24次发作，发作期EEG表现导联低波幅快节律、多棘慢波；④阵挛发作10例中39次发作，发作期EEG表现各导联棘慢波、尖慢波；⑤失神发作3例中6次发作，发作期EEG表现全导联3Hz棘慢波。2、部分性发作67例中339次发作．分别起源于额、中央、顶、颞、枕，其中38例191次发作为继发全身发作。3、混合发作3例中28次发作。结论：Video—EEG有助于临床医师对儿童癫痫的正确分型及指导治疗。     

皮质发育障碍模型鼠脑皮质形态学和致痫机制研究

目的：观察皮质发育障碍（DCDs）大鼠脑皮质形态学及海马苔藓纤维发芽的情况，探讨其与癫痫发生的关系。方法：建立DCDs动物模型，观察其行为、EEG改变，采用HE染色、Nissl染色和Timm’s硫化银组织化学染色，肉眼和光镜下观察大鼠脑皮质形态变化，评估海马苔藓纤维发芽情况，各组数据取苔藓纤维发芽评分，采用非参数秩和Kruskal-Wallis H检验，组间两两比较用Nemenyi法。结果：①正常对照组和母鼠组大鼠无抽搐发作，F1代组少数自发性癫痫发作，大多表现活动增多、兴奋躁动、搔抓和“洗脸样活动”频繁。②大多数皮层电极EEG示小波幅节律为主，无典型的尖波、棘波、尖慢波、棘慢综合波发放。③F1代鼠脑皮质结构紊乱，双侧海马CA3区均有苔藓纤维发芽（P〈0．05），而正常对照组和假手术组脑结构未见异常。结论：脑皮质和海马的结构异常及海马CA3区苔藓纤维发芽可能是DCDs导致癫痫发生的重要机制。     

粉防己碱对戊四唑致(癎)大鼠皮层电图和海马超微结构的影响

目的:探讨钙拮抗剂粉防己碱(tetradrine,Tet)对戊四唑(Pentylentetrazol,PTZ)诱导的大鼠癫(癎)模型的作用.方法:健康SD大鼠24只,随机分为4组,对照组和Tet 3个剂量组(15 mg/kg,30 mg/kg,60 mg/kg)各6只.观察大鼠腹腔注射PTZ前后癫(癎)发作的情况,按Racine分级标准分级,同时记录皮层电图(ECoG),观察PTZ注射后到出现(癎)样放电的潜伏期及1 h内(癎)样放电累加的持续时间.电镜观察海马神经元超微结构的改变.结果:对照组给PTZ后均出现癫(癎)发作,程度均为5级,Tet组发作程度明显减轻.ECoG上出现(癎)样放电的潜伏期延长,(癎)样放电在1 h中的持续时间缩短.同时,Tet也能明显减轻PTZ致(癎)大鼠海马CA1区锥体细胞线粒体的损伤程度.结论:Tet对PTZ诱导的癫(癎)大鼠的发作有明显的对抗作用,对海马锥体神经元的拟伤具有保护作用.     

粉防己碱对戊四唑致大鼠皮层电图和海马超微结构的影响

目的:探讨钙拮抗剂粉防己碱(tetradrine,Tet)对戊四唑(Pentylentetrazol,PTZ)诱导的大鼠癫(癎)模型的作用.方法:健康SD大鼠24只,随机分为4组,对照组和Tet 3个剂量组(15 mg/kg,30 mg/kg,60 mg/kg)各6只.观察大鼠腹腔注射PTZ前后癫(癎)发作的情况,按Racine分级标准分级,同时记录皮层电图(ECoG),观察PTZ注射后到出现(癎)样放电的潜伏期及1 h内(癎)样放电累加的持续时间.电镜观察海马神经元超微结构的改变.结果:对照组给PTZ后均出现癫(癎)发作,程度均为5级,Tet组发作程度明显减轻.ECoG上出现(癎)样放电的潜伏期延长,(癎)样放电在1 h中的持续时间缩短.同时,Tet也能明显减轻PTZ致(癎)大鼠海马CA1区锥体细胞线粒体的损伤程度.结论:Tet对PTZ诱导的癫(癎)大鼠的发作有明显的对抗作用,对海马锥体神经元的拟伤具有保护作用.     

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.