Blood supply of the olfactory nerve

Summary The authors report the results of a series of dissections and anatomic sections of the fronto-basal region of the brain and of the anterior cranial fossa in human cadavers. The constant presence of an arachnoidal cistern above the olfactory nerve was verified. The arachnoid separates from the pial membrane and forms a bridge with the ventral part of the olfactory bulb and tract, from the lateral edge of the olfactory sulcus to the medial edge of the gyrus rectus. The cistern is wide in its anterior portion, between the gyrus rectus and the olfactory bulb, and is reduced to a virtual slit in its posterior portion where the tract is lodged in the olfactory sulcus. The olfactory nerve can be separated without damaging fronto-basal arachnoidial adhesions over several centimeters. Dissection of this region after intravascular injection of colored media shows the constant presence of an artery destined to the olfactory bulb and tract. It originates either from the lateral surface of the anterior cerebral a. (segment A2), or from the medial fronto-basal a., and consistently provides terminal branches in front of the olfactory trigone in the medial olfactory sulcus. At their ventral extremity, the olfactory structures are therefore vascularised independently for several centimeters, from the lower face of the frontal lobe. The independent vascularisation of the olfactory nerve, the tenuous and easily detachable adhesions, and the actual presence of a true arachnoidal cistern all contribute to enabling surgical techniques which conserve olfactory function during anterior approaches.

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Vascularisation du nerf olfactif. Rapports méningés et applications chirurgicales

Résumé Les auteurs rapportent les résultats d'une série de dissections et de coupes de la région fronto-basale de l'encéphale et de la fosse crânienne antérieure sur sujets cadavériques. La présence constante d'une citerne arachnoïdienne au dessus du n. olfactif a été vérifiée. L'arachnoïde se sépare du feuillet pial et passe en pont à la partie ventrale du bulbe et du tractus olfactifs, du bord latéral du sillon olfactif au bord médial du gyrus rectus. La citerne est large dans sa portion antérieure, entre le gyrus rectus et le bulbe olfactif, se réduit à une fente virtuelle postérieure lorsque le tractus se loge dans le sillon olfactif. Le n. olfactif peut être séparé sans dommage des adhérences arachnoïdiennes fronto-basales sur quelques centimètres. La dissection de cette région, après injection intravasculaire de masses colorées montre, de façon originale, la présence constante d'une artère destinée au tractus et au bulbe olfactifs. Elle naît soit de la face latérale de l'a. cérébrale antérieure (segment A2), soit de l'a. fronto-basale médiale, pour donner ses branches terminales toujours en avant du trigone olfactif dans le sillon orbitaire médial. Sur quelques centimètres à leur extrémité ventrale, les structures olfactives ont donc une vascularisation indépendante de la face inférieure du lobe frontal. L'indépendance vasculaire du n. olfactif, des adhérences ténues, facilement détachables, et la réalité vérifiée d'une véritable citerne arachnoïdienne permettent d'imaginer des techniques conservatrices de la fonction olfactive utilisées dans plusieurs indications de la chirurgie de la fosse crânienne antérieure.

     

Ⅲ型胶原肾小球病的形态学观察

目的了解Ⅲ型胶原肾小球病的形态学改变,并对Ⅲ型胶原可能的细胞来源进行初步探讨。方法对3例肾活检组织进行光镜、免疫荧光、电镜和Ⅰ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ型胶原及d平滑肌肌动蛋白(α-SMA)的免疫组织化学染色(SP法)观察。结果2例患者临床表现为肾病综合征,其中1例伴高血压,第3例表现为肾功能不全和肾性高血压。3例均无肾病家族史。光镜检查可见肾小球基膜内和系膜区弥漫性过碘酸-希夫反应阳性物质沉积,系膜细胞无明显增生。电镜检查在基膜内疏松层和系膜区可见大量胶原纤维沉积,系膜细胞胞膜下平行排列的束状微丝明显增加。免疫组织化学显示这些胶原纤维为Ⅲ型胶原,Ⅰ型和Ⅳ型胶原阴性,同时系膜区多数系膜细胞α-SMA阳性。结论Ⅲ型胶原肾小球病光镜、电镜及免疫组织化学上都有其特殊的病理改变。肾小球内激活的系膜细胞可能是Ⅲ型胶原的来源。     

肿瘤坏死因子与肾小球系膜细胞的关系

目的研究肾小球系膜细胞的肿瘤坏死因子的自分泌功能,肿瘤坏死因子对肾小球系膜细胞作用的机制。方法利用体外培养的人和大鼠的肾小球系膜细胞,通过逆转录－多聚酶链反应、原位杂交和免疫组化方法,探讨它们之间的关系。结果肾小球系膜细胞既可产生肿瘤坏死因子,又有肿瘤坏死因子受体。结论肾小球系膜细胞是肿瘤坏死因子作用的靶细胞,肿瘤坏死因子通过旁分泌和自分泌两种途径作用于肾小球系膜细胞。     

电化学治疗昆明小鼠肉瘤及其机理分析

研究了电化学治疗昆明小鼠肉瘤的疗效,并分析其机理。在体外将S-180细胞用不同参数的电场处理,研究适合电化学治疗的电场条件。通过复制肉瘤模型,将肉瘤小鼠随机分成4组:对照组、电疗组、化疗组、电化疗组。研究了不同处理组的肿瘤抑瘤率、治愈率以及小鼠的自由基代谢水平。结果电化疗组的抑瘤率、治愈率都显著高于化疗组和电疗组(P<0.05),电化疗组小鼠受到氧自由基的攻击显著降低,免疫力提高。分析机理发现,电化学治疗肿瘤的机理可能至少涉及细胞膜通透性提高、细胞的耐药性降低、机体的免疫力提高三个方面。     

The GAP-related domain of tuberin, the product of the TSC2 gene, is a target for missense mutations in tuberous sclerosis

Tuberous sclerosis is an autosomal dominant trait in which the dysregulation of cellular proliferation and differentiation results in the development of hamartomatous growths in many organs. The TSC2 gene is one of two genes determining tuberous sclerosis. Inactivating germline mutations of TSC2 in patients with tuberous sclerosis and somatic loss of heterozygosity at the TSC2 locus in the associated hamartomas indicate that TSC2 functions as a tumour suppressor gene and that loss of function is critical to expression of the tuberous sclerosis phenotype. The TSC2 product, tuberin, has a region of homology with the GTPase activating protein rap1GAP and stimulates the GTPase activity of rap1a and rab5a in vitro. Here we show that the region of homology between tuberin and human rap1GAP and the murine GAP mSpa1 is more extensive than previously reported and spans approximately 160 amino acid residues encoded within exons 34-38 of the TSC2 gene. Single strand conformation polymorphism analysis of these exons in 173 unrelated patients with tuberous sclerosis and direct sequencing of variant conformers together with study of additional family members enabled characterisation of disease associated mutations in 14 cases. Missense mutations, which occurred in exons 36, 37 and 38 were identified in eight cases, four of whom shared the same recurrent change P1675L. Each of the five different missense mutations identified was shown to occur de novo in at least one sporadic case of tuberous sclerosis. The high proportion of missense mutations detected in the region of the TSC2 gene encoding the GAP-related domain supports its key role in the regulation of cellular growth.      

Assisted reproductive technology and complex chromosomal rearrangements: the limits of ICSI

Complex chromosomal rearrangements are very rare events in the human population. According to our knowledge on the consequences of simple reciprocal translocations for male fertility, translocations involving three or more chromosomes are thought to lead to severe reproductive impairments in terms of meiotic disturbance or chromosomal imbalance of gametes. We report the case of a 48 year old man whose sperm count revealed either oligozoospermia (<10(3) spermatozoa/ml) or azoospermia. He was referred to the laboratory for in-vitro fertilization after intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Cytogenetic investigations showed a complex chromosomal rearrangement involving firstly a translocation between the short arm of chromosome 7 and the long arm of chromosome 13 and secondly a translocation between the short arm of the same chromosome 13 and the short arm of chromosome 9. Diagnosis was ascertained by fluorescence in-situ hybridization and staining of the nucleolar organizer regions. Theoretical study of the translocated chromosomes predicted a 'chain' configuration of the hexavalent at the pachytene stage of meiosis. In all, 32 modes of segregation were considered and only one resulted either in a normal or a balanced gamete karyotype. Genetic counselling and choice of appropriate artificial reproduction technique are discussed.      

The morphological differentiation of the internal sphincter muscle of the anus in the human embryo and fetus (26.01.1990)

Conclusion The opening of the anal canal appears to be the factor which initiated the differentiation of the sphincter apparatus.The internal sphincter m. of the anus is entirely composed of smooth muscle as distinct from the striated fibers of the m. puborectalis, and the external sphincter which is a mixture of smooth and striated fibers (of skeletal type). It develops in the terminal part of the internal circular layer of the rectal m., outside which are longitudinal fibers which descend early to form the external sphincter (beginning around the third month).This study shows that the internal sphincter is scarcely evident before 12 SA. Thus continence between 10 and 12 SA (after the closure of the anal membrane) is closely related to the other components of the sphincter apparatus. On the other hand, the internal sphincter has become well formed after 28 to 30 SA and then plays a direct role in maintaining continence.     

电脉冲致离体S-180细胞电穿孔的观察与研究

扫描电镜下我们观察到了一定强度电脉冲致 S- 180细胞电穿孔的现象。同时分别改变电压、电容、脉冲个数 ,对 S- 180离体细胞进行电脉冲作用 ,通过苔盼蓝追踪 ,发现在一定的条件下 ,随着对 S- 180离体细胞电穿孔的电压越大、电容越小、脉冲个数越多 ,其穿孔百分率越大。     

医学信息学的研究领域及人才培养

医学信息学(MedicalInformatics,又称医药信息学)是计算机科学、信息科学与医学科学结合,新近形成的前沿多学科交叉的科学,它以信息论、系统论、计算机科学技术为理论基础,几乎全方位地涉及所有的医药卫生领域,已成为现代和未来生物医学发展的基石。目前,医学信息学应用的领域,面临人才短缺的现象,本文论述了在生物医学工程学科中,建立医学信息本科专业方向,通过相关课程体系的设置,培养符合社会需要的医学信息人才。     

应用PCR-酶切法进行脊肌萎缩症基因诊断

目的探讨脊肌萎缩症(SMA)的基因诊断方法.方法基于运动神经元生存基因(SMN)的两个同源拷贝碱基上的差异,应用PCR-酶切分析法对10例临床和病理诊断为Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ型SMA的患者及其直系亲属16人、25例正常对照进行SMN基因检测.结果 10例SMA患者中9例患者缺失SMN第7、8号外显子,1例患者仅缺失第7号外显子;正常对照组及患者亲属均未发现外显子缺失.结论 PCR-酶切检测SMN基因第7号、8号外显子缺失是诊断儿童型脊肌萎缩症可靠的基因诊断方法.