High-dose gadoteridol in MR imaging of intracranial neoplasms.

Twelve patients with a high suspicion of brain metastases by previous clinical or radiologic examinations were studied in a phase III investigation with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging at 1.5 T after a bolus intravenous injection of 0.1 mmol/kg gadoteridol followed at 30 minutes by a second bolus injection of 0.2 mmol/kg gadoteridol. All lesions were best demonstrated (showed greatest enhancement) at the 0.3-mmol/kg (cumulative) dose, with image analysis confirming signal intensity enhancement in the majority of cases after the second gadoteridol injection. More lesions were detected with the 0.3-mmol/kg dose than with the 0.1-mmol/kg dose, and more lesions were detected with the 0.1-mmol/kg dose than on precontrast images. In this limited clinical trial, high-dose gadoteridol injection (0.3-mmol/kg cumulative dose) provided improved lesion detection on MR images specifically in intracranial metastatic disease.     

Lignocaine–induced convulsion does not induce c–fos protein (c–Fos) in rat hippocampus

Recent studies have shown that proto–oncogene c–fos mRNA is induced in the central nervous system by a variety of stimuli including generalised convulsions. In this study, the expression of c–fos protein (c–Fos) following lignocaine–induced convulsions was examined and compared with that following convulsions induced by non–anesthetic convulsants, such as pentylenetetrazol, kainic acid and electroconvulsive shocks, in rat brain.
Administration of 120 mg kg^-1 lignocaine by the intraperitoneal route induced generalised convulsions in all rats examined within 10 min. C–Fos was markedly induced in the piriform cortex and amygdala, and slightly induced in the neocortex and thalamus, while no c–Fos expression was observed in the hippocampus. In contrast, c–Fos expression following generalised convulsions induced by non–anaesthetic convulsants was very marked in the hippocampal region, piriform cortex and amygdala, and extended to the thalamus and neocortex.
These results contradict those of previously reported local cerebral metabolic studies using 2–deoxyglucose as a metabolic marker, and suggest that lignocaine–induced convulsions, unlike those induced by non–anaesthetic convulsants, may not cause severe sequelae (plastic changes) in the hippocampus.     

B型超声对诊断半月板损伤的临床价值

自１９８７年以来，我院采用Ｂ超对半月板进行实验研究并对２６４例病人进行检测，结果表明Ｂ超不仅能显示半月板图象还能区分正常与异常半月板。Ｂ超诊断的临床符合率为８６．３６％，手术符合率为９５％。本检查具有无创性，不接触ｘ射线，操作简便等优点。     

经鼻给予神经生长因子对沙林染毒大鼠梨状皮质神经元的影响

目的 探讨经鼻给予神经生长因子(NGF)对沙林染毒大鼠脑组织梨状皮质区神经元的影响.方法 建立大鼠沙林染毒模型,常规治疗后经鼻给予NGF或生理盐水,24 h后采用HE染色和免疫组织化学染色观察梨状皮质区神经元的变化.结果 与空白对照组相比,经鼻给予生理盐水的大鼠梨状皮质区可见较多变性、坏死的神经元,神经元数量[(404.75±25.17)个/mm2]明显减少(39.44%);而经鼻给予NGF组变性、坏死的神经元较少,神经元数量[(651.94±36.02)个/mm2]减少不明显.结论 经鼻给予NGF可以减轻沙林染毒大鼠梨状皮质区损伤程度.经鼻给予NGF有可能成为针对沙林所致脑损伤的有效治疗手段.     

血液透析脑型失衡综合征发生机制的研究

目的 探讨血液透析脑型失衡综合征的发生机制。方法 采用急性肾功能衰竭的动物模型,观察血液透析后血浆渗透浓度迅速下降对脑水含量、颅内压、脑脊液生化和酸碱平衡的影响。结果 血液透析使血浆渗透浓度迅速下降,形成明显的脑/血渗透浓度梯度和尿素浓度梯度,使脑水含量明显增加,颅内压显著升高。透析后脑脊液pH下降、碳酸氢根(HCO_3~-)降低、Pco_2升高,与同期血浆相应值比较,差异有显著性意义(P<0.05)。结论 血液透析引起的血浆尿素氮快速下降可以导致脑水增加及颅压增高,其机制主要是由尿素的反向渗透效应引起。     

治疗血浓度下抗癫(癎)药对未成熟脑发育影响的实验研究

目的 探讨抗癫(癎)药物(AEDs)在治疗血浓度下对未成熟脑发育的影响.方法 以AEDs血浓度达到临床治疗稳态血浓度为实验剂量,设立健康幼鼠及成年SD大鼠氯硝西泮(CNP)、苯巴比妥(PB)、丙戊酸(VPA)、托吡酯(TPM)实验组及正常对照组(各18只).AEDs灌胃5周,于停药后次日、2周及1个月末,行Morris水迷宫及穿梭箱测试.停药当天记录体重、脑重,海马及额叶组织行苏木素-伊红(HE)、尼氏染色及电镜观察.结果 (1)停药后次日及2周的穿梭箱实验,幼鼠CNP和PB组逃避潜伏期明显长于对照组.即使停药后1个月,幼鼠CNP[(6.05±2.04)s]及PB组[(5.81±1.75)s]与对照组的差异仍有统计学意义[(4.75±2.43)s,P＜0.01].而停药后2周,成年鼠各AEDs组与对照组已无差异;(2)Morris水迷宫实验,分别于停药后次日、2周及1个月,幼鼠CNP和PB组登平台潜伏期均长于对照组.而成年鼠各组登平台潜伏期于停药后2周已无差异;(3)幼鼠CNP组脑重(1.67±0.04)g,PB组脑重(1.66±0.04)g,较对照[(1.75±0.06)g]轻;(4)神经元广泛变性坏死,神经细胞数[CNP组为(76.87±18.60)个/200倍视野,PB组(72.60±17.26)个/200倍视野]较对照少[(109.13±33.73)个/200倍视野,P＜0.01];(5)停药1个月后,PB组幼鼠神经元超微结构仍异常.结论 长期服用PB、CNP可引起未成熟脑学习记忆功能及脑组织病理学持续异常,PB对未成熟脑的损伤存在可能是不易恢复的.     

Cortical Reorganization Allows for Motor Recovery after Crossed Cerebrocerebellar Atrophy

The authors report the case of a 33-year-old woman who exhibited, at the age of 17, a left-sided hemiplegia, which was followed by good motor recovery, though with a permanent deficit in fine finger movements. She had a widespread loss of neural tissue in the right hemisphere (crossed cerebrocerebellar atrophy), including (1) marked atrophy and thinning of the precentral and postcentral gyri; (2) widespread deep white matter destruction, including the corticospinal tract; and (3) crossed cerebellar atrophy. Except over the supplementary motor area (SMA), transcranial magnetic stimulation did not elicit motor evoked potentials in the affected hand. Nevertheless, during opening and closing of the affected hand, functional magnetic resonance imaging showed an activation of the lesioned primary sensorimotor cortex (SMC), as well as of the intact SMA and the parietal areas, but not of the ipsilateral motor areas. The authors speculate that recovery was achieved by a motor command generated in the SMC and the parietal cortex, passing through corticospinal axons originating in the SMA.     

重型颅脑损伤并发急性呼吸窘迫综合征危险因素分析

目的　探讨重型颅脑损伤并发急性呼吸窘迫综合征 (ARDS)的危险因素。方法对 2 4例重型颅脑损伤并发ARDS患者的临床资料进行回顾性分析 ,分析年龄、性别、GCS评分、肋骨骨折、肺挫伤、血气胸、呕吐误吸、PaO2 /FiO2 等相关因素与急性呼吸窘迫综合征的关系。结果年龄、GCS评分、肋骨骨折、肺挫伤、血气胸、呕吐误吸、PaO2 /FiO2 等因素统计学分析有显著性差异 (P <0 .0 5 )。结论年龄、GCS评分、胸部外伤程度、呕吐误吸是重型颅脑损伤并发急性呼吸窘迫综合征的危险因素 ,PaO2 /FiO2 是判断伤情发展趋势的重要指标。     

红细胞对创伤性脑内出血大鼠脑含水量及HO-1表达的影响

目的研究大鼠创伤性脑内出血(TICH)中红细胞对脑含水量和血红素氧合酶-1(HO-1)表达的影响,并分析二者的关系,以探讨红细胞在TICH后脑水肿形成中的作用机制。方法120只大鼠随机分为创伤性脑损伤组(TBI组),TBI加注全血组(WB组),TBI加注溶解红细胞组(LRBC组)和TBI加注压积红细胞组(PRBC组),每组30只。4组均采用自由落体打击法造成大鼠脑外伤。后3组借助立体定向仪分别向伤区脑皮质内注射全血、溶解红细胞或压积红细胞,造成TICH模型。每组于伤后1、3、5d分别处死10只大鼠,5只测伤区脑组织含水量,5只用免疫组化法检测HO-1的表达。结果4组组内比较:TBI、WB和PRBC3组第3d的脑含水量最高(分别为82.85%±0.60%,85.00%±1.12%,84.93%±1.21%),LRBC组第1d的含水量最高(84.44%±0.85%;4组间比较,1d时LRBC组含水量最高,3d时WB和PRBC组含水量最高。在WB、PRBC和LRBC组,HO-1阳性表达的强弱与脑含水量的高低变化相一致。结论红细胞在TICH后迟发性脑水肿的形成中有重要作用,其机制涉及红细胞的降解产物。     

影响急性外份性硬脑膜外血肿疗效的相关因素分析（附484例报告）

目的探讨影响急性外伤性硬脑膜外血肿疗效的相关因素。方法对1994年5月至2004年5月收治的484例外伤性硬脑膜外血肿患者的临床资料进行回顾性分析。结果无脑疝症状者手术死亡率7.7%,有脑疝症状者死亡率21.3%。手术距脑疝发生时间<1h死亡率8.2%,1～2h死亡率40.0%,>2h死亡率72.2%。结论影响外伤性硬脑膜外血肿疗效的相关因素较多,除脑疝形成及手术距脑疝发生的时间外,创伤性低血压、合并脑损伤的程度、呼吸功能不全、大面积脑梗塞、血糖与血浆渗透压升高及肝功能异常等均对患者预后有重要影响。