国人无综合征性耳聋患者的线粒体基因组7445A→G突变263例调查

目的 :探讨国人无综合征性耳聋 ( NSD)患者的线粒体 DNA 744 5 A→ G( m t DNA744 5 A→ G)突变的发生情况。方法 :对 32个 NSD家系 12 8例和 135例散发的 NSD患者 ,10 0例正常人 ,以 PCR法检测 mt DNA 744 5 A→ G突变情况。结果 :全部受检者无 mt DNA744 5 A→ G突变发生。结论 :国人 NSD患者的 m t DNA744 5 A→ G突变的发生率较低 ,且明显低于 mt DNA15 5 5 A→ G的突变发生率     

Anxiolytic-like effects of yohimbine in the murine plus-maze: strain independence and evidence against α2-adrenoceptor mediation

The influence of ₂-adrenoceptor antagonists in animal models of anxiety is quite inconsistent, with results spanning the full range of effect from anxiogenesis to anxiolysis. In the present study, an ethological technique was used to examine the effects of yohimbine (0.5–4.0 mg/kg) on plus-maze behaviour in DBA/2 mice. Results indicated significantanxiolytic-like effects on standard spatiotemporal measures at 2.0–4.0 mg/kg, and on risk assessment measures across the entire dose range. Full-scale follow-up studies with T1 and BALB/c strains confirmed that this action of yohimbine in the murine plus-maze is not peculiar to DBA/2 mice. The more selective ₂-adrenoceptor antagonist, idazoxan (0.63–5.0 mg/kg), exerted much weaker behavioural effects in the maze while the ₂-adrenoceptor agonist, clonidine (0.01–0.1 mg/kg), produced a profile consistent with non-specific behavioural disruption. Data are discussed in relation to the possible involvement of 5-HT_1A receptor mechanisms in the observed anxiolytic-like effects of yohimbine in the murine plus-maze.     

Overview of causes and costs of injuries in Massachusetts: a methodology for analysis of state data.

Massachusetts has developed the first State profile of the causes and costs of injury based on the national study, "Cost of Injury in the United States: A Report to Congress." Incidence of fatal injuries is based on Massachusetts data; nonfatal hospitalized injuries, on Massachusetts age and sex rates and U.S. cause data; and nonhospitalized injuries, on U.S. rates applied to Massachusetts census data. Lifetime costs per injured person are based on national data adjusted for higher personal health care expenditures and for higher mean annual earnings in Massachusetts. The estimated total lifetime cost for the 1.4 million injuries that occurred in 1989 is $4.4 billion--$1.7 billion for health care and $2.7 billion for lost earnings. Injuries attributed to motor vehicles and falls account for more than half of the total cost. The other cause categories are poisonings, fire-burns, firearms, drowings-near drownings, and other. For every person who dies from an injury, 17 people are hospitalized, and an estimated 535 people require outpatient treatment, consultation, or restricted activity. Development of a State-based cost report can be useful in monitoring the contribution of injuries to health status and in planning effective injury prevention strategies in a community-based health care system. The methodology described in this paper can be replicated by other States through accessing their State-specific mortality and hospital discharge data bases.     

舰艇环境对舰员心理功能和神经行为的影响

探讨封闭型舰艇环境对舰员心理功能和神经行为的影响。方法 采用微机化神经行为评价系统和症状自评量表对封闭型水面舰艇舰员进行了测试,并以开放型水面舰艇舰员为对照。结果 封闭型舰艇人员符号译码成绩明显低于开放型舰艇人员,并出现类似“空调病”的症状。结论封闭型舰艇环境能危害舰员的心理健康,负离子浓度低为重要的环境因素,应改进通风。     

Influence of spatial and temporal manipulations on the anxiolytic efficacy of chlordiazepoxide in mice previously exposed to the elevated plus-maze

It has been widely reported that the anxiolytic efficacy of benzodiazepines in the elevated plus-maze test is abolished in subjects (rats or mice) that have been given a single prior undrugged experience of the test apparatus. The present series of experiments was designed to further characterise the key experiential determinants of this intriguing phenomenon in Swiss Webster mice. Using a standard 5 min test duration for both trials, Experiment 1 confirmed the anxiolytic efficacy of chlordiazepoxide (CDP; 5-20 mg/kg) in mice naive to the plus-maze, but a virtual elimination of drug effects in animals that had been pre-exposed to the maze 24 h earlier. Experiments 2 and 3 demonstrated that, while extending the duration of initial exposure to 10 min did not prevent the loss of CDP (10 mg/kg) efficacy in a standard-duration second trial, increasing the duration of both trials reinstated an anxiolytic profile for the compound. Finally, although trial 1 confinement to an open arm did not compromise CDP efficacy when animals were subsequently allowed to freely explore the maze (Experiment 4), closed arm confinement during initial exposure abolished the drug's anxiolytic action upon retest (Experiment 5). In contrast to previous findings in rats, these data suggest that the experientially induced loss of benzodiazepine efficacy in the mouse plus-maze depends rather critically upon prior discovery and exploration of relatively safe areas of the maze (i.e. closed arms). Results are discussed in relation to the hypothesis that the absence of an anxiolytic response to benzodiazepines in plus-maze-experienced subjects reflects the acquisition of an open arm phobia during trial 1.     

人类白细胞抗原B27亚型基因与急性前葡萄膜炎的相关性研究

目的 探讨人类白细胞抗原B27亚型基因与急性前葡萄膜炎(acute anterior uveitis,AAU)易感性的关系。 方法 对49例临床确诊的AAU患者,通过聚合酶链反应(polymerase chain reaction, PCR)特异性扩增技术检测B27;以B27阳性者的DNA为模板对其人类白细胞抗原HLA-B的第二、三外显子片段扩增。采用DNA测序技术对扩增产物做基因序列分析,经计算机处理获得受检者HLA-B27亚型的信息。 结果 受检者中29例为B27阳性,占59.39%,其中仅发现B2704(13例,占44.00%)和B27052(16例,占56.00%)二种亚型基因携带者。二者间多数临床表现差异不大,但携带B27052基因的AAU患者伴发强直性脊柱炎(ankylosing spondylitis, AS)的人数(7人,占24.24%)显著高于B2704基因携带者(1人,占3.74%)。 结论 B2704和B27052单独的亚型特异性与AAU无易感性关联;但B27052基因可能与并发AS有关。 (中华眼底病杂志, 1999, 15:139-142)     

Different behavioural profiles of the R(+)- and S(-)-enantiomers of 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino) tetralin in the murine elevated plus-maze

(=) 8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin (8-OH-DPAT) has been the most widely used pharmacological tool in research on 5-HT(1A) receptor function. In the present study, the behavioural effects of 8-OH-DPAT entantiomers were compared using an ethological version of the murine elevated plus-maze test. Subcutaneous pretreatment (-20min) with R(+)-8-OH-DPAT (0.03-1.0mg/kg) produced a pronounced; and dose-dependent behavioural suppression (decreased open/closed/total arm entries and increased nonexploratory behaviours). In contrast, over the same dose range, S(-)-8-OH-DPAT reduced several ethological indices of anxiety without altering the majority of conventional parameters or general activity levels, e.g. arm entries and per cent time measures, as well as head dipping. Findings are discussed in relation to differences in the intrinsic activity of 8-OH-DPAT isomers at 5-HT(1A) sites and the putative role of these receptors in anxiety-related processes. The differential behavioural profiles of 8-OH-DPAT enantiomers suggest that racemic 8-OH-DPAT may not be an ideal tool for research on the behavioural pharmacology of 5-HT(1A) receptors.     

Hydrops of the gallbladder in children

Gallbladder disease in children today is being diagnosed increasingly because of better awareness of its existence and of improved diagnostic capability. A case is presented to describe an unusual pathologic variant termed "acute hydrops" of the gallbladder. This entity occurs specifically in children and is characterized by an acute illness with massive distention of the gallbladder in the absence of stones, bacteria, or congenital malformations. Differential diagnoses include appendiceal abscess, intussusception, volvulus, peritonitis, and pyelonephritis. Routine and contrast radiographic techniques may be combined with abdominal ultrasound to aid in the preoperative diagnosis. The etiology of hydrops is not known, but bile stasis and mesenteric lymphadenitis seem to be important factors. Treatment has varied from supportive observation to operative aspiration or cholecystectomy.