间接血凝试验诊断旋毛虫病

本文采用经Sephadex G-200层析后的旋毛虫幼虫抗原对实验感染旋毛虫大鼠和旋毛虫病人血清作间接血凝试验(IHA)。结果表明,20只大鼠感染后第16天全部出现阳性反应。9例旋毛虫病患者为阳性。本试验用于囊虫病、华枝睾吸虫病和健康人及正常大鼠均为阴性。检查本地区31只狗,阳性符合率为66.7％。     

Synaptic potentials and effects of amino acid antagonists in the auditory cortex

Neurons of in vitro guinea pig and rat auditory cortex receive a complex synaptic pattern of afferent information. As many as four synaptic responses to a single-stimulus pulse to the gray or white matter can occur; an early-EPSP followed, sequentially, by an early-IPSP, late-EPSP, and late-IPSP. Paired pulse stimulation and pharmacological studies show that the early-IPSP can modify information transmission that occurs by way of the early-EPSP. Each of these four synaptic responses differed in estimated reversal potential, and each was differentially sensitive to antagonism by pharmacological agents. DNQX (6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione), a quisqualate/kainate receptor antagonist, blocked the early-EPSP, and the late-EPSP was blocked by the NMDA receptor antagonist APV (D-2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate). The early-IPSP was blocked by the GABA-a receptor antagonist bicuculline, and the late-IPSP by the GABA-b receptor antagonists 2-OH saclofen or phaclofen. Presentation of stimulus trains, even at relatively low intensities, could produce a long-lasting APV-sensitive membrane depolarization. Also discussed is the possible role of these synaptic potentials in auditory cortical function and plasticity.     

Effect of anti-interferon-γ and anti-interleukin-2 monoclonal antibody treatment on the development of actively and passively induced experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in the SJL/J mouse

SJL/J mice challenged with myelin basic protein (MBP) in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) developed only mild chronic-relapsing experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) with very low incidence. However, treatment of challenged mice with anti-infeferonγ (IFN-γ) monoclonal antibody (mAb) determined severe disease in all cases. Similarly, in passive EAE, the addition of anti-IFN-γ to the in vitro MBP-activated cells at the time of transfer led to significant disease exacerbation in all recipients. The disease enhancing effect was observed only when the mAb was given at the time of active challenge or of passive transfer, but not at later times. Anti-interleukin-2 (IL-2) antibody had only a marginal effect in the active induction, but drastically reduced the manifestations of passive EAE, even when mixed with a disease-enhancing dose of anti-IFN-γ. These findings support the notion that IL-2 is required for disease induction whereas IFN-γ plays a disease-limiting role early in the development of EAE.     

The influence of clinical problems, age and social support on outcomes for elderly persons referred to regional aged care assessment teams

Abstract Background: Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs) have been established throughout Australia during the past seven years. Early studies of their effect have concentrated on their impact on the rate of institutionalisation of disabled elderly, the clinical characteristics of referred cases and the relationship between disability and recommended care plan. Aims: The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between age, clinical features and social characteristics of AC AT subjects with outcomes at 12 months after assessment. Methods: The examination of an arbitrary sample of persons referred to ACATs over a year by one generalist geriatrician with follow-up of all cases by the three ACATs associated with the study was carried out. All analyses were performed on raw data presented as categorical variables in the form of contingency tables. Results: The sample included 324 subjects who suffered from 2030 clinical problems with a mean of 6.5 per person aged 75 or over and 5.5 for those under 75. Cardiovascular and neurological disease were the commonest source of problems. Study of accommodation outcome at 12 months, for those subjects who survived this period revealed that, in the older group, over 60% of subjects with neurological disease were resident in nursing homes while the majority of all other groups remained in the community, as did two-thirds of those aged under 75. Admission to a nursing home was independent of social support for older subjects with neurological disease, but it played a significant role in those with cardiopulmonary or musculoskeletal disease. Conclusions: The study demonstrates that for one-year survivors there is an increased likelihood of admission to a nursing home of people aged 75 or over with neurological disease, while those under 75 were more likely to remain at home. The association was independent of whether spouse, family or friends were living with the subject. (Aust NZ J Med 1994; 24: 378–385.)     

国人青年男性新鲜尸体颈椎X射线断而解剖及CT测量

用33例男性青年新鲜尸体的脊柱,自蛛网膜下腔灌入铸型造影剂.低温冷冻,横断各颈椎照X线片,测出C_3～C_7椎体、椎管、硬膜囊和脊髓的横、矢径平均值。取4例先做脊髓造影CT测量,再做铸型造影对比,证明33例标本测量数值可作为正常男性椎管及脊髓CT测量的标准参考数据。选20例X线片进行图像面积扫描,其中C_4与C_5脊髓与椎管的面积比例较小。     

乌鲁木齐市维汉族学龄儿童细胞免疫功能及影响因素的探讨

本文应用植物血凝素(PHA)检测了乌市维汉族学龄儿童的细胞免疫功能。结果表明,汉族儿童的PHA红斑直径均值高于维族,不论维汉族男女生均以9～10岁年龄段PHA红斑均值最大,并有随年龄增加而下降的趋势。同时对缺铁性贫血、生长发育水平及营养状况对细胞免疫功能的影响进行了初步探讨。     

Lipoprotein(a) concentration in diabetes: relationship to proteinuria and diabetes control

Diabetic patients are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, particularly when proteinuria is present. Lipoprotein(a)[Lp(a)] levels were assessed in 37 patients with insulin dependent (IDDM) and in 75 patients with non-insulin dependent (NIDDM) diabetes who showed varying degrees of proteinuria and glycaemic control. Median Lp(a) in 112 diabetic patients was significantly greater than in 116 healthy controls (113 vs 48 mg/L; p <0.01). 86 of the patients had first morning urine albumin concentration < 30 mg/L (normoalbuminuria = NA), 16 patients 30–200 mg/L (microalbuminuria = MA) and ten patients < 200 mg/L (albuminuria = ALB). There was no significant difference in median Lp(a) concentration between the three groups (NA = 108, MA = 163, ALB = 98 mg/L; p > 0.5). No significant difference in median Lp(a) concentration was found between patients with IDDM, NIDDM treated with insulin, or NIDDM treated with oral agents and/or diet (120, 98, 115 mg/L respectively; p > 0.7). When the 86 NA patients were divided on the basis of median fructosamine concentration (357 umol/L), no significant difference was found in median Lp(a) levels between those grouped below or above this median (98 mg/L vs 118 mg/L; p < 0.5). Across all diabetics studied there was no significant correlation present between Lp(a) and urinary protein or glycaemic control. These cross-sectional results suggest that median Lp(a) concentration is increased in both IDDM and NIDDM patients, but this increase is not related to the degree of proteinuria or short-term glycaemic control.     

Distribution of prion protein in German patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is different from that in Japanese patients

We investigated the distribution of prion protein (PrP) in 14 German patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and compared it with that observed in Japanese patients. Immunohistochemical study revealed diffuse gray matter stainings including synaptic structures in all cases. In addition, 4 patients showed plaque-type deposition which was very rarely observed among sporadic Japanese patients without known mutation of the PrP gene but with valine at codon 129. A higher incidence of PrP plaques in German sporadic CJD may be related to the racial difference in the PrP gene.     

Human brain atlas: For high-resolution functional and anatomical mapping

We present the new computerized Human Brain Atlas (HBA) for anatomical and functional mapping studies of the human brain. The HBA is based on many high-resolution magnetic resonance images of normal subjects and provides continuous updating of the mean shape and position of anatomical structures of the human brain. The structures are transformable by linear and nonlinear global and local transformations applied anywhere in 3-D pictures to fit the anatomical structures of individual brains, which, by reformatting, are transformed into a high-resolution standard anatomical format. The power of the HBA to reduce anatomical variations was evaluated on a randomized selection of anatomical landmarks in brains of 27 young normal male volunteers who were different from those on whom the standard brain was selected. The HBA, even when based only on standard brain surface and central structures, reduced interindividual anatomical variance to the level of the variance in structure position between the right and left hemisphere in individual brains. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

黑木耳抗动脉粥样硬化的实验研究

本文观察黑木耳对实验性动脉粥样硬化(AS)家兔AS病变及有关生化指标的影响。实验结果,黑木耳有降低血浆胆固醇(TC)、过氧化脂质(LPO)、血栓素A_2(TXA_2)的含量,提高前列环素/血栓素A_2(PGI_2/TXA_2)比值,减轻AS病变的作用。表明黑木耳具有抗AS作用。其机理可能是通过降血TC,保护动脉内膜,抑制血小板聚集,并由此抑制TXA_2合成;血TC降低亦可减少脂质过氧化,从而使环氧化酶、TXA_2合成酶活性降低,TXA_2合成减少。黑木耳通过以上途径维系PGI_2/TXA_2平衡,保护血管完整性的内环境相对稳定,对抗动脉粥样硬化的发生。