β-Adrenergic agonists suppress chronic/relapsing experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (CREAE) in Lewis rats

Chronic/relapsing experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (CREAE) serves as an animal model for relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis. Treatment with the β-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol or the β₂-adrenergic agonist terbutaline significantly suppressed both the first acute attack and the number of relapses in CREAE Lewis rats. The number of relapses was decreased even when treatment with β-adrenergic agonist was started after the onset of the first acute attack of CREAE. β-adrenergic receptor number was increased significantly on splenocytes from CREAE rats as compared to healthy controls or CFA-injected rats. Terbutaline treatment of CREAE rats lowered the splenocyte receptor number to normal values.     

食管癌患者与对照组血清维生素A水平分析

目的:为了解食管癌患者和非食管癌患者体内维生素A的水平及其与食管癌发病的关系.方法:采用微量荧光法对32例食管癌患者(实验组)和32例非食管癌患者(对照组)血清中维生素A含量进行了测定.结果:显示实验组与对照组血清维生素A均值分别为1.55μmol/L,1.69μmol/L.经统计学处理两组血清维生素A水平有显著性差异(P<0.01).结论:提示食管癌的发生可能与机体维生素A水平有关,这种关系需进一步探讨.     

蝎毒素Ⅳ的中枢镇痛作用

从东亚钳蝎粗毒中分离纯化出蝎毒素Ⅳ，经套管注入侧脑室，用辐射热测痛和屈肌反射检测两种方法，观察蝎毒素Ⅳ的中枢镇痛作用，结果蝎毒索Ⅳ可以明显延长大鼠缩腿潜伏期，并可显著抑制Ｃ纤维诱发的屈肌反射。提示蝎毒素Ⅳ具有显著的中枢镇痛作用。     

Neural networks in the study of the brain

Neural networks are models of the brain and have been used within Artificial Intelligence to provide alternative explanations to the symbolic explanations of cognition in which one assumes that an intelligent system has certain explicit representations of some aspect of the world and uses these in intelligent behavior. Obviously, if neural networks are indeed good models of the brain, and give a satisfactory account of cognition, then they could be a valuable tool to neuroscientists. This article gives a brief overview of the various neural network models, and critically reviews their status as models of the brain and of cognition.     

小脑萎缩的临床CT诊断

报告手术证实小脑萎缩110例,主要CT表现为小脑半球及(或)蚓部脑沟增多,增宽及不同程度第四脑室、桥前池、桥小脑角池、环池及小脑上池扩大。建议采用后颅窝薄层扫描以减少或避免后颅窝伪影干扰。提出小脑半球或蚓部脑沟在2条以上,小脑半球脑沟宽度超过1mm,蚓部脑沟宽度超过2mm,并有相应的小脑症状及体征,即可诊为小脑萎缩。还讨论了小脑萎缩的原因及其CT表现。     

双抗体夹心法检测胆管癌患者血清中胆管癌相关抗原的临床意义

胆管癌相关抗原（ＣＣＲＡ）是我们从人胆管癌组织中提取的一种新的肿瘤标志物。建立了检测ＣＣＲＡ的ＥＬＩＳＡ方法，检测了４０例正常人及２６８例良恶性疾病病人血清的ＣＣＲＡ浓度，后者包括胆管癌３６例、原发性肝癌４０例、胰腺癌２６例、胃癌３１例、结直肠癌３４例、肺癌１７例、肝硬变２０例、胆石症４０例及胃溃疡２４例。结果显示：４０例正常对照组的血清ＣＣＲＡ浓度为（１４．３８±７．３４）μｇ／ｍｌ（ｘ±ｓ），正常上限为２８．９５μｇ／ｍｌ（ｘ＋２ｓ）；血清ＣＣＲＡ诊断胆管癌的敏感性是７７．７８％，明显高于其它肿瘤组（０～２５）％（Ｐ＜０．００１），特异性是（７５～１００）％。认为对于胆管癌的诊断，ＣＣＲＡ可能是一种较特异的肿瘤相关抗原。     

IgA肾病和非IgA系膜增殖性肾小球肾炎抗内皮细胞抗体的检测

对１２７例ＩｇＡ肾病（ＩｇＡＮ）患者和２５例非ＩｇＡ系膜增殖性肾炎血清进行了抗内皮细胞抗体ＡＥＣＡ的检测。结果表明：ＩｇＡ肾病患者和非ＩｇＡ系膜增殖性肾炎患者血清ＡＥＣＡ－ＩｇＧ较正常对照组高，而ＩｇＡＮ患者较非ＩｇＡ系膜增殖性肾炎患者ＡＥＣＡ－ＩｇＧ的水平高，Ｐ〈０．０５。ＩｇＡＮ患者的ＡＥＣＡ－ＩｇＡ水平较正常对照组高。ＩｇＡＮ患者按ＡＥＣＡ水平分为阳性与阴性组，对两组硬化面积比进行比较，未见     

几种植物来源不同作用机制的抗癌药抗侵袭作用

用细胞培养法和癌细胞侵袭实验,观察几种植物来源不同作用机理的抗癌药如紫杉醇、三尖杉酯碱、高三尖杉酯碱及喜树碱^[1],对黑色素瘤高转移株B16-BL6细胞及人纤维肉瘤细胞HT-1080的细胞毒作用和抗侵袭作用。结果表明紫杉醇、三尖杉酯碱、高三尖杉酯碱及喜树碱对B16-BL6和HT-1080细胞增殖均有很强的抑制作用。紫杉醇、三尖杉酯碱及高三尖杉酯碱对B16-BL6细胞侵袭和运动也有明显的抑制作用,而喜树碱在同样浓度下对B16-BL6细胞侵袭和运动均无明显抑制。