Distribution of thietazole in organs and tissues of rats after single and repeated administration

We studied the kinetics of thietazole distribution in the liver, brain, kidneys, spleen, heart, skeletal muscles, lungs, adipose tissue, and testicles after single and repeated administration of this drug. Single and repeated administration of thietazole was followed by elimination of this drug from the blood into organs and tissues. After repeated administration, thietazole was selectively accumulated in the spleen. __________ Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 145, No. 5, pp. 555–557, May, 2008     

Inputs from the olfactory bulb and olfactory cortex to the entorhinal cortex in the cat

Summary The spatial organization and laminar distribution of projections from the olfactory bulb and the anterior (PPCa) and posterior (PPCp) divisions of the prepiriform cortex to the entorhinal cortex were studied with anterograde (³H-leucine) and retrograde (WGA-HRP) tracing techniques. After ³H-leucine injections into the olfactory bulb transported labeling was seen over the lateral entorhinal area, except its most medial part, and over the rostral part of the medial entorhinal area. The labeling covers exclusively layer Ia. The lateral and medial entorhinal areas are also reached by fibers from the prepiriform cortex. The projection to the medial entorhinal area has not been described previously. Following injections of ³H-leucine into the PPCa transported labeling is present over the entire expanse of the entorhinal cortex and is located over layer Ib with the greatest density in its superficial part. Injections of ³H-leucine into the PPCp give rise to transported labeling over much of the entorhinal cortex. No labeling was found over the most medial parts of the medial subdivision (VMEA) of the lateral entorhinal area and the medial entorhinal area. Labeling occupies layer Ib, especially its middle part, and layers II and III. Both PPCa and PPCp appear to project most heavily to the dorsal (DLEA) and ventral (VLEA) subdivisions of the lateral entorhinal area. From the retrograde experiments it can be inferred that cells of layers II and III of the PPCa project predominantly to the DLEA, whereas those of the PPCp project predominantly to the VLEA. The MEA receives its heaviest projection from layer II of both PPCa and PPCp. In control experiments with ³H-leucine injections into the endopiriform nucleus it was found that this nucleus projects to the entire expanse of the entorhinal cortex. The fibers distribute to all layers with the exception of layer Ia.Abbreviations AI agranular insular cortex - AL lateral nucleus of the amygdala - BL basolateral nucleus of the amygdala - BM basomedial nucleus of the amygdala - C claustrum - CoA cortical nucleus of the amygdala - DLEA dorsal division of the lateral entorhinal cortex - END endopiriform nucleus - H hippocampus - I granular insular cortex - lot lateral olfactory tractus - MCL mitral cell layer of the olfactory bulb - MEA medial entorhinal area - OB olfactory bulb - PPCa anterior part of the prepiriform nucleus - PPCp posterior part of the prepiriform nucleus - VLEA ventral division of the lateral entorhinal cortex - VMEA ventromedial division of the lateral entorhinal cortex - 35 area 35 of the perirhinal cortex - 36 area 36 of the perirhinal cortex     

Pattern of spatial distribution inDrosophila melanogaster

The effect of temperature and sex on spatial distribution ofDrosophila melanogaster adults was studied in a specially designed apparatus. It was observed that individuals tend to aggregate in sections of the sphere independently of sex and temperature. Nevertheless, decrease in temperature increase aggregation. The mobility of both males and females indicates a megative geotactic tendency.     

Polyethylenes Having Well‐Defined Bimodal Molecular Weight Distributions Formed with Bis(phenoxy‐imine) Zr Complexes

Summary: Bis(phenoxy‐imine) Zr complexes with MAO activation can produce polyethylenes with well‐defined bimodal molecular weight distributions. Polymerization behavior indicates that minor changes in the ligand structures can have a significant effect on the modality of the resulting polyethylenes. Although there is no direct relationship between the bimodal catalytic behavior and the structure of a precatalyst complex in solution, a precatalyst complex having a methyl or methoxy group para to the phenoxy‐oxygen inclined to exhibit bimodal behavior whereas that with a pentafluorophenyl group on the imine‐nitrogen displayed unimodal behavior. Polymerization results suggest that bimodal behavior is linked to the presence of two kinds of cationic active species, which arise from different modes of ligand coordination. A qualitative correlation was found between the calculated amounts of possible cationic active species and the uni‐ and bimodal catalytic behavior. Based on the results obtained, we concluded that the bimodal polyethylenes are produced by two kinds of cationic active species having two available cis‐located sites with cis‐N, trans‐O and cis‐N, cis‐O arrangements. The results introduced herein are rare examples of the production of well‐defined bimodal polyethylenes using a single precatalyst.

Bis(phenoxy imine) Zr complexes can produce well‐defined bimodal polyethylenes.     

Chain Growth Polycondensation as a Polymer Generating Reaction in the Synthesis of Oligo(p‐phenyleneethynylene)s with Low Polydispersity

Summary: The polycondensation of 1‐ethynyl‐2,5‐dihexyl‐4‐iodobenzene in the presence of 1‐ethynyl‐2,5‐dihexyl‐4‐(2‐phenylethynyl)benzene proceeds according to the mechanism of initiated chain growth polycondensation. It has allowed the synthesis of oligomers with a desired molecular weight and a narrow molecular weight distribution. The reasons for the side reaction leading to the formation of diyne compounds are revealed and the presumed mechanism is given. This opens prospects for the preparation of defectless poly(p‐phenyleneethynylene)s with required molecular weights and narrow molecular weight distributions.

     

Voronoi Polyhedra Analysis of Optimized Arterial Tree Models

Topological and metric properties of Voronoi polyhedra (VP) generated by the distal end points of terminal segments in arterial tree models grown by the method of constrained constructive optimization (CCO) are analyzed with the aim to characterize the spatial distribution of their supply sites relative to randomly distributed points as a reference model. The distributions of the number N _f of Voronoi cell faces, cell volume V, surface area S, area A of individual cell faces, and asphericity parameter of the CCO models are all significantly different from the ones of random points, whereas the distributions of V, S, and are also significantly different among CCO models optimized for minimum intravascular volume and minimum segment length (p < 0.0001). The distributions of N _f , V, and S of the CCO models are reasonably well approximated by two-parameter gamma distributions. We study scaling of intravascular blood volume and arterial cross-sectional area with the volume of supplied tissue, the latter being represented by the VP of the respective terminal segments. We observe scaling exponents from 1.20 ± 0.007 to 1.08 ± 0.005 for intravascular blood volume and 0.77 ± 0.01 for arterial cross-sectional area. Setting terminal flows proportional to the associated VP volumes during tree construction yields a relative dispersion of terminal flows of 37% and a coefficient of skewness of 1.12. © 2003 Biomedical Engineering Society. PAC2003: 8719Uv, 8710+e, 4720Ky, 0260Pn, 0230Oz     

红细胞聚集增高与纤维蛋白原的关系及其对心绞痛患者发病的影响

目的 :探讨红细胞聚集改变与纤维蛋白原的关系及其对心绞痛发病的影响。方法 :测定 80例不稳定性心绞痛患者和 40例健康人的红细胞聚集指数 (光密度法 )、红细胞变形指数 (激光衍射法 )、血浆及全血粘度 (旋转式粘度计 )和纤维蛋白原 (双缩脲法 )。结果 :不稳定性心绞痛患者红细胞聚集指数和全血粘度 ( 4 0s- 1 )及纤维蛋白原浓度均高于对照组 (P均 <0 .0 1～ 0 .0 5 ) ,且红细胞聚集指数与纤维蛋白原呈直线正相关 ,与全血粘度 ( 4 0s- 1 )无相关性。结论 :纤维蛋白原含量增加是红细胞聚集增强的主要原因之一 ;红细胞聚集能力增强导致血液高粘滞 ,与心绞痛发作有关 ;选择 10s- 1 以下切变率测定低切全血粘度 ,利于观察全血粘度与红细胞聚集的关系     

人体腰椎活动节段应力分布的实验研究

本文采用三维光弹性实验方法观察了正常腰椎活动节段的应力分布。用精密浇铸,严格几何相似的光弹性环氧树脂腰椎和硅橡胶椎间盘模型进行三维光弹性实验,并观察腰椎的等应力差图和有效应力值分布。本实验观察到,腰椎椎体上下缘应力分布较均匀对称,其后缘应力大于前缘,后部结构应力较小。作者认为,三维光弹性实验方法具有直观性强,能有效和准确地确定腰椎的应力分布,对腰椎生物力学研究具有重要的实用价值。腰椎后缘应力大于前缘,使椎体后缘承载较大,将会增加腰椎间盘退变和损伤的机会,这可能是引起腰腿痛的重要因素。     

Dendritic spines in the visual cortex of the mouse: Introduction to a mathematical model

Summary The spines of apical dendrites of the layer V pyramidal cells of the area striata in the mouse represent a sequence of post-synaptic structures receiving a variety of contacts from terminal fibers derived fundamentally from short axon cells and superficial pyramidal cells. The study of Golgi preparations of mice 180 days old shows the existence of the most complicated terminal structures over portions of apical dendrites at the levels of layers III and IV. Observations on young mice reveals the terminations of the specific afferent fibers on the dendrites of short axon cells. A mathematical model which defines the distribution of spines along the apical dendrites is introduced. The principal equation of the model has been adjusted from the data processing of microscope countings through a series of programs written for an IBM 7070. The equation defines satisfactorily the different distributions of dendritic spines in mice 10–180 days old raised in normal conditions and in complete darkness. The equation defines also the distribution of dendritic spines in the visual cortex of mice enucleated at birth on one side, and the distribution along the apical dendrites of various cortical areas of the hamster, cat and man. The number of dendritic spines increases with the age of the subject and their distribution varies significantly according to the values of the parameters of the model.     

EEG asymmetries may be affected by cranial and Brain parenchymal asymmetries

Summary The plagiocephaly index, an index that reflects an underlying anatomic asymmetry of the brain, was assessed in ten schizophrenic patients and its values were correlated with the lateral distribution of quantitatively evaluated EEG. The correlations between the index and alpha power at F7 were significant, positive for frontal asymmetry (frontal bulging) and negative for occipital flattening. We then studied ten normal subjects in an attempt to illuminate the contribution of several cephalic and cranial variables to the imbalance of alpha-afterdischarges (AD) of VEP recorded at O1–O2. The asymmetry index of AD was computed and correlated with asymmetries of CT-derived measures of occipital bone thickness, occipital lobe width, mastoid area, and sulcal asymmetry (the asymmetry of intraparietal sulcus location from the longitudinal fissure). With the exception of the sulcal variable all measures significantly covaried with alpha AD. These findings caution that it may be important to determine cranial and brain parenchymal asymmetries where brain laterality is pertinent to studies of EEG.