Fucose and fucosyllactose enhance in-vitro hippocampal long-term potentiation

Bath application of -fucose and -fucosyllactose ( F1 increases the potentiation of the population spike amplitude (POP-spike) and the field excitatory postsynaptic potential (fEPSP) after tetanization of the Schaffer collaterals of the rat hippocampus. The ineffective isomers -fucose and 3-fucosyllactose (3-F1) have no such effect. Since not only the maintenance of long-term potentiation LTP is influenced but also its induction is drastically improved, an effect of the sugars via the formation of glycoproteins but also via different actions on induction mechanisms is discussed.     

测量大脑

事物的本质人类的智力是虚幻的,是难以受到约束的。甚至难以给它一个定义。智力可以用能力来解释吗?和记忆力有关吗?它和语言有关吗?还是数学?还是和上面的都有关系呢?只要你说你只是不能衡量智力,许多人会离去。为了使一个人     

Experiences with risk estimates for carriers of chromosomal reciprocal translocations

The risk estimates for individual carriers of ten different familial reciprocal translocations detected among 500 couples with reproductive failures are presented. These were established by application of the empirical data analysed by Stengel-Rutkowski et al. (1988) and the guidelines given in Stene & Stengel-Rutkowski (1988). Different risks were estimated for unbalanced offspring at birth or at second trimester prenatal diagnosis for abortions, or stillbirths/early deaths. These risk estimates varied considerably from translocation to translocation. Carriers of five translocations had risks for offspring with single-segment imbalances. The birth risk figures ranged from 0.1% to 13.8%. Carriers of five other translocations had risks for double-segment imbalances with birth risks ranging from 0% to 3.2%. The estimated risk figures were independent of the method of ascertainment. Among the parents of the index cases we found nine maternal carriers and only one paternal carrier. This presentation illustrates the need for individual risk counselling of each carrier with reciprocal translocation regarding further family planning.     

Serotonergic receptors in the brain of in utero undernourished rats

In this study, we report that 5-HT(1A) receptors are already present in fractions of axonal growth cones, from the normal rat fetal brain (E-17). Also, in utero undernourished (UN) rat pups at birth show a noteworthy enhancement in the B(max) of [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and [3H]8-hydroxy-(2-N,N-dipropilamin)-tetralin (([3H])8-OH-DPAT), in the brainstem and cerebral cortex up to the second week after birth. Afterwards, there is a significant decrease in the binding of these ligands. [125I]Cyanopindolo binding in the cerebral cortex only showed a decrease in the same period. An elevation of brain serotonin in both regions was also present. These findings together, suggest that the mechanisms of regulation of serotonergic receptors' expression during the period studied, may not depend on the amount of neurotransmitter in the synaptic cleft, because in the early UN brain it would be expected only a lower receptor's density due to the chronic serotonin increase. On this basis, we propose that developmental activation of brain serotonin biosynthesis observed in early UN animals may disrupt the mechanism regulating the expression of 5-HT receptors during development.     

Intracortical inhibition and facilitation in paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation: effect of conditioning stimulus intensity on sizes and latencies of motor evoked potentials.

The influence of the intensity of the conditioning stimulus on intracortical inhibition (ICI) and intracortical facilitation (ICF) was assessed in a study using paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation. Interstimulus intervals (ISIs) between conditioning and test stimuli were 3 msec and 13 msec. Latencies and areas of motor evoked potentials in response to the test stimulus were measured in the right extensor carpi radialis muscle. Motor evoked potential areas with ISIs of 3 msec and 13 msec showed a different dependence on the intensity of the conditioning stimulus. In contrast, the changes of motor evoked potential latencies were fairly similar with both ISIs. The findings point to a parallel action of ICI and ICF. Furthermore, the latencies seem to be a more sensitive indicator for ICF action than the size parameters of motor evoked potentials.     

Ninety-one Cases of Breast Cancer and Chronic Lymphoproliferative Neoplasm: A Retrospective Review of a Population at High Risk for Multiple Malignancies

Abstract: We performed a retrospective analysis of clinical course of 91 patients who developed both breast cancer and a chronic lymphoproliferative neoplasm and were seen at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center between January 1, 1970 and December 30, 1991. The sample included 24 individuals who developed lymphoproliferative neoplasm first (Group A), 22 individuals with concurrent diagnosis of both malignancies (Group B), and 45 individuals who developed breast cancer first (Group C). The median time to diagnosis of secondary breast cancer and lymphoproliferative neoplasm was 66 months (range, 7–459) and 65 months (range, 0–334), respectively. A higher proportion of Group B lymphomas were low-grade (77% vs. 47% [Group A] vs. 37% [Group C] p = 0.009). Prior occurrence of either one of these malignancies did not affect the disease-specific survival from the second malignancy. However, continuing mortality from the first malignancy appeared to contribute to a poor overall survival following second malignancy. Group A included 8 patients who developed breast cancer following radiation therapy for Hodgkin's disease after a mean interval of 18 (± 4.3) years. Three of these individuals had coexisting ductal and lobular histology (vs. none of the individuals in Groups B and C, p = 0.02). Another interesting finding was the high incidence of multiple additional malignancies in this patient population. A total of 29 additional neoplasms occurred in 21 (23%) of the 91 study subjects. These malignancies involved a wide variety of organ sites and could not be attributed to the therapy for either the breast cancer or the lymphoma in most cases. The data suggest that individuals who develop both breast cancer and a lymphoproliferative neoplasm are at a high risk for multiple malignancies. Close surveillance of such individuals for additional malignancies and further studies to understand the molecular basis of this predisposition are warranted.?