Morphological brain changes associated with Schneider's first-rank symptoms in schizophrenia: a MRI study

BACKGROUND: Schneider's first-rank symptoms involve an alienated feature of the sense of one's own mental or physical activity. To clarify the brain morphological basis for the production of these symptoms, volumes of the frontal and medial temporal regions and their clinical correlates were examined in patients with schizophrenia. METHOD: Twenty-two patients with schizophrenia and 44 age- and gender-matched healthy control subjects were included. All patients were in their psychotic episodes with definite Schneiderian symptoms, rated by using the Scale for Assessment of Positive Symptoms. Volumetric measurements of high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging were performed in the prefrontal area, cingulate gyrus, and precentral gyrus, and the medial temporal structures such as the amygdala, hippocampus, and parahippocampal gyrus. RESULTS: Patients had significantly decreased volumes in the cingulate gray matter and the amygdala compared to controls. In the patient group, Schneiderian symptom severity showed significant inverse correlations with volumes of the right posterior cingulate gray matter and of the left anterior parahippocampal gyrus. CONCLUSIONS: Schneiderian symptoms may be associated with morphological abnormalities in the limbic-paralimbic regions such as the cingulate gyrus and parahippocampal gyrus, which possibly serve the self-monitoring function and the coherent storage and reactivation of information.     

PKC途径和P13K在人γδT细胞分泌IL-2与IFN-γ中的作用

目的 研究信号转导中的蛋白激酶C(PKC)途径与磷酸肌醇3激酶(P13K)在人外周血γδT细胞分泌Th1型细胞因子IL-2与IFN-γ中的作用.方法 人PBMC先用P13K抑制剂Ly29400Z、PKC抑制剂Rottlerin或NT-κB抑制剂TPCK分别预处理1h,再加入结核杆菌低分子量多肽抗原(Mtb-Ag)和rhIL-2刺激3 d,最后用低浓度PMA Ionomycin短时再刺激后检测γδT细胞IL-2和IFN-T分泌;并同时检测,αβT细胞作为对照.结果 无抑制剂的对照组γδT和αβT细胞中分泌IL-2的比例分别为44.5%和15.2%,分泌IFN-γ的比例分别为51.1%和10.7%;Ly294002、Rottlerin、TPCK组分泌IL-2的γδT和αβT细胞均显著减少(P＜0.05或P＜0.01),后二组分泌IFN-γ的78T和αβT细胞亦显著减少(P＜0.05或P＜0.01);但Ly294002组分泌IFN-γ的γδT和αβT细胞反而上升至77.2%和22.3%(P＜0.01).结论 PKC途径活化促进人γδT细胞分泌IL-2与IFN-γ;PDK亦促进人γδT细胞分泌IL-2但在其分泌IFN-γ中起负向作用.     

Building a Methodological Foundation for Impactful Urban Planetary Health Science

Anthropogenic environmental change will heavily impact cities, yet associated health risks will depend significantly on decisions made by urban leaders across a wide range of non-health sectors, including transport, energy, housing, basic urban services, and others. A subset of planetary health researchers focus on understanding the urban health impacts of global environmental change, and how these vary globally and within cities. Such researchers increasingly adopt collaborative transdisciplinary approaches to engage policy-makers, private citizens, and other actors in identifying and evaluating potential policy solutions that will reduce environmental impacts in ways that simultaneously promote health, equity, and/or local economies—in other words, maximising ‘co-benefits’. This report presents observations from a participatory workshop focused on challenges and opportunities for urban planetary health research. The workshop, held at the 16th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH) in Xiamen, China, in November 2019, brought together 49 participants and covered topics related to collaboration, data, and research impact. It featured research projects funded by the Wellcome Trust’s Our Planet Our Health (OPOH) programme. This report aims to concisely summarise and disseminate participants’ collective contributions to current methodological practice in urban planetary health research.     

新型冠状病毒肺炎下护理人员心理状况调查及应对策略研究

目的 了解郑州市新型冠状病毒肺炎患者定点收治医院护理人员的心理状况,从而为应对突发公共卫生事件医务人员的心理卫生、心理干预咨询提供参考的理论依据及指导.方法 选择本市新型冠状病毒肺炎疑似及确诊患者定点救治医院护理人员,共收集到462名护理人员信息,采用填写网络问卷SCL-90量表的方法进行调查,并与常模数据做对比,用SPSS19.0统计软件进行统计分析.结果 最终完成436名护理人员调查统计与分析,SCL-90量表总得分为(144.51±36.20),高于1986年全国常模(129.96±38.26)分以及2006年全国常模(130.021±33.626)分.其中,躯体化、强迫、抑郁、焦虑、恐怖因子分高于护士常模(P＜0.05)及全国常模(P＜0.05).结论 新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情期间,本市护理人员存在一定的心理压力.我们应注意到护理人员的心理压力以及引起压力的主要危险因素,并采取积极有效的方式应对,采取针对性措施进行疏导,减轻护理人员的心理压力,保证护理人员工作有效顺利进行.     

氦氖激光对小鼠小脑信息传递物质一氧化氮及环磷酸鸟苷含量的影响

目的：研究低功率氦氖激光对小鼠小脑信息传递物质的影响。方法：采用雄性BALB／C小鼠,随机分为对照组,辐射后即刻组、1h组、2h组,注入氮氖合酶（NOS）抑制剂的辐射后即刻组、副射后1h组,用波长632．8nm、功率密度5mW/cm^2连续氦氖激光每天局部辐射1次,每次1h,连续5d。对照辐射功率密度为0。结果：辐射组分别于辐射后即刻、1h小脑组织中一氧化氮（NO）代谢产物亚硝酸根（NO2^-)及环磷酸鸟苷（cGMP)含量均升高（P＜0．01）,辐射2h二者均降至正常,此增高效应可同时被NOS抑制剂阻断。结论：低功率氦氖激光可使小鼠小脑NO代谢产物NO2^-及cGMP含量短暂性升高,在氦氖激光辐射产生的生物学效应中涉及NO／cGMP信息传递机制。     

Clinical significance of magnetic resonance imaging of bone marrow in patients with leukemia

Acute leukemia is a clonal malignancy ofhematopoietic tissue characterized by proliferation ofabnormalblastcellsin the bone marrow and impairedproduction of normal blood cells.Magnetic resonanceimaging( MRI) isuseful in characterizing normal andabnormal bone marrow ( BM) because of its ability todistinguish fatfrom denser,more cellulartissuessuchas leukemia.MRIalso presentsa more global view ofthe BM than biopsy materials and,therefore,mayprovide a better understanding of diffuse hematopoi-…     

尿液结合性胆红素的纯化

OBJECTIVES: To develop a simple, practical method with fine yield and purity for separating conjugated bilirubin(Bc) from a sustainable and facile material in order that it could serve as a calibrator for total and direct bilirubin determination. METHODS: Isolating Bc from urine of patients with obstructive jaundice by CHCl3: CH3CH2OH(1:1, V/V) followed by CNBr activated Sepharose 4B-HAS affinity chromatography, we analyzed the products by the use of Doumas J-G diazo method and HPLC, respectively. RESULTS: Determined by J-G diazo method, the crude product extracted by CHCl3: CH3CH2OH(1:1, V/V) yields 90.2 +/- 5.4%(n = 3) of urine Bc, the ratio of Bc to total dry weight being 67.9 +/- 6.4%(n = 3). The final product purified by affinity chromatography with the ratio of separation of 1.5, 1.737 and analyzed by HPLC has the yield of 46.9% and purity of 94.7%(BDG of 76.2%, BMG of 18.5%). CONCLUSION: The above data demonstrate that urine conjugated bilirubin can be successfully purified by CHCl3: CH3CH2OH extraction followed by Sephrose-HSA affinity chromatography with sufficient purity and output.     

8例大血管手术围手术期麻醉处理体会

大血管手术一般都有较大难度 ,围手术期一般都要求控制性降压、降温等特殊措施 ,有较特殊的血流动力学改变 ,因此对麻醉的要求较高 ,围手术期有其较特殊的处理方法 ,作者近期成功完成 8例大血管手术的麻醉 ,现将体会报告如下。1　临床资料1.1　一般资料　大血管手术 8例 ,男 5例 ,女 3例 ,年龄 40～ 6 8岁 ,平均 5 6岁。其中腹主动脉瘤切除、人工血管植入术4例 ,降主动脉假性巨大动脉瘤切除术 2例 ,肾癌根治、下腔静脉巨大癌栓取出术 2例 ,手术历时 2 6 0～ 6 5 0ｍｉｎ ,平均 380ｍｉｎ ,术中失血 3 5 0 0～ 92 0 0ｍｌ,平均 480 0ｍｌ。输…     

A comprehensive reconstruction strategy for moderate to severe faciocervical scar contractures

The focus of treatment of faciocervical scar contractures includes cervical reconstruction and elimination of hypertrophic scars. Unfortunately, most previous studies have neglected the esthetic appearance of scars. In this study, we tried to combine surgical therapy and ultrapulse fractional CO₂ laser (UFCL) to eliminate facial scars while restoring neck reconstruction and to establish the optimal conventional management for faciocervical contracture. Thirty-eight individuals were enrolled and divided into two groups. After received cervical release surgeries, comprehensive UFCL therapy group received treatment of UFCL at 3-month intervals, silicone sheets, and pressure garments, while another group only received treatment of silicone sheeting and compression. Twelve months after the termination of therapy, faciocervical scars of both two groups were assessed by two uninvolved physicians according to the Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS), and patients’ satisfaction survey was also recorded by the study participants using a patient four-point satisfaction scale. Thirty-six patients completed the treatment and follow-up. The results show that the VSS scores of both two groups decreased after 12 months, but comprehensive UFCL therapy group dropped more significantly than the conventional treatment group at follow-up session, which was statistically significant (P?<?0.001), and the patient satisfaction was higher than that of the conventional treatment group. This comprehensive treatment combined of surgery, UFCL, silicone sheets, and pressure garments works as an effective and esthetic reconstruction for moderate to severe postburn faciocervical scar contractures.