Primary tuberculous nasal polypi—A case report

Primary tuberculous pathology in nasolpolypi is a rare condition. A case of bilateral ethmoidal polypi with tubercular lesion diagnosed on histopathologlcal examination is being reported and the available relevant literature has been reviewed.     

LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES : INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS

In a prospective hospital based study, during the period from Jan 95 to Dec 96, 3100 consecutively delivered live newborns were studied for the incidence of low birth weight neonates and to evaluate the associated risk factors. One thousand fourteen newborns were classified as low birth weight babies. The incidence expressed per 1000 live births was 327 (32.7%). Of these, 815 (80.4%) were small for gestational age neonates and 199 (19.6%) were preterm neonates. Five hundred seventy small for gestational age neonates (70%) were weighing between 2001 to 2500 gms. Mothers belonging to the age group of 19-25 years delivered the maximum number of low birth weight babies (618/1014) and of these 82.8% were small for gestational age neonates. There were 48 neonates with low birth weight born to mothers below the age of 18 years. Primiparous mothers were found to contribute higher number of low birth weight neonates (414/1014). Spacing as a factor did not show any major difference. Two hundred sixty two low birth weight neonates were born to mothers with significant obstetrical problems such as pregnancy induced hypertension, bad obstetrical history and premature rupture of membranes. The incidence of 32.7% of low birth weight babies is high enough to ring alarm bells.     

The effect of lesions to cortical areas V4 or AIT on pupillary responses to chromatic and achromatic stimuli in monkeys

We measured the pupillary response to achromatic and chromatic grating stimuli in left and right visual hemifields of two rhesus monkeys, who were trained to fixate the centre of a screen. After removing the rostral inferior temporal cortex of one hemisphere, the response to chromatically modulated gratings in the contralateral hemifield was abolished, whereas the response to the luminance modulated grating was unaffected. In one of the monkeys, in which area V4 of the other hemisphere was also removed, there was no effect on the pupillary response to either kind of grating presented in the hemifield contralateral to the V4 lesion. The results show that the cortical contribution to the response of the pupil to purely chromatic changes is mediated by rostral temporal cortex, not by area V4.     

猪脑钠素及其类似物的合成

以固相多肽合成方法合成了猪的二十六肽脑钠素(BNP)和它的一个类似物(Mpr⁴,D-Ala^6,13)-BNP(4-24)-NH₂,保护肽用HF裂解除去保护基、在碱性条件下空气氧化形成二硫桥后,粗产物经凝胶过滤和高效液相色谱分离纯化,均有与天然脑钠素相同的活性。合成肽相对于树脂初始取代量的产率分别为9.56%和11.03%。     

Behavioural and electrophysiological chromatic and achromatic contrast sensitivity in an achromatopsic patient.

OBJECTIVES--In cases of incomplete achromatopsia it is unclear whether residual visual function is mediated by intact striate cortex or results from incomplete lesions to extrastriate cortical visual areas. A patient with complete cerebral achromatopsia was tested to establish the nature of his residual vision and to determine the integrity of striate cortex function. METHODS--Behavioural contrast sensitivity, using the method of adjustment, and averaged visually evoked cortical potentials were measured to sinusoidally modulated chromatic and achromatic gratings in an achromatopsic patient and a normal observer. Eye movements were measured in the patient using a Skalar infrared monitoring system. RESULTS--The patient's chromatic contrast sensitivity was normal, indicating that despite his dense colour blindness his occipital cortex still processed information about spatial variations in hue. His sensitivity to achromatic gratings was depressed particularly at high spatial frequencies, possibly because of his jerk nystagmus. These behavioural results were reinforced by the nature of visually evoked responses to chromatic and achromatic gratings, in which total colour blindness coexisted with an almost normal cortical potential to isoluminant chromatic gratings. CONCLUSIONS--The results show that information about chromatic contrast is present in some cortical areas, and coded in a colour-opponent fashion, in the absence of any perceptual experience of colour.     

叶表面角质层对草珊瑚生药鉴定的意义

本文用扫描电镜对草珊瑚Sarcandra glabra(Thunb.)Nakai叶表角质层进行了研究,发现不同产地和同株不同发育程度草珊瑚叶表角质层雕纹型式均有一些差异。