Statistical analysis of gait patterns of persons with cerebral palsy

Patients at Boston's Children's Hospital diagnosed as having cerebral palsy were filmed walking. These films were digitized and translated into measurements associated with leg motion. In this paper we use the gait measurements of 128 such patients to illustrate that the kth nearest neighbour clustering procedure results in a gait typology for patients with cerebral palsy. The procedure identifies four subpopulations from the sample data; the membership of a patient within this typology is mostly determined by the patient's motor control. The developed typology differs from the present diagnostic system which classifies a cerebral palsy patient as either quadriplegic, diaplegic or hemiplegic.     

老年脑梗死患者急性期血小板活化功能定量检测

目的 :探讨老年脑梗死患者外周血中血小板膜糖蛋白变化的临床意义。　方法 :应用流式细胞术检测了 6 8例急性期老年脑梗死患者外周血血小板活化分子标记物CD4 1、CD6 2p和CD6 3的含量水平 ,与 4 2例正常老年人对照 ;并对脑梗死组病灶大小、梗死部位、病情分级等与血小板活化分子表达的变化进行分析 ,应用统计学进行处理。　结果 :急性期脑梗死患者血小板粘附分子CD4 1、CD6 2 p和CD6 3的表达水平显著高于正常对照组 (P <0 .0 1) ,且与梗死灶大小及病情分级密切相关 ,与梗死部位无关。　结论 :老年脑梗死患者急性期外周血血小板活化功能明显增强 ,为早期应用抗血小板聚集药物的治疗提供了实验依据     

Cortical circumferential profile of SPECT cerebral perfusion in Alzheimer''s disease

We developed a semiautomatic method termed “cortical circumferential profiling” for objective analysis of cerebral cortex function in emission tomographic neuroimaging studies. This method treats cortex as a continuous ring near the outer brain edge. A computer algorithm samples the cortex at 60 contiguous, equiangular locations, using 1-cm² samples. These values are plotted as a function of cortical angle to produce the cortical circumferential profile. This method was used in a study of regional cerebral perfusion in 15 patients with Alzheimer's disease and 8 elderly control subjects using N-isopropyl [I-123]-iodoamphetamine. Cortical circumferential profiling decreases variability, examines the entire cortex within slices at preselected levels above the orbital-meatal line, and facilitates intrasubject and intersubject comparisons.     

经颅彩色双功超声在脑血管疾病中的临床应用和进展

经颅彩色双功超声是一种新型、无创的超声诊断仪,高空间分辨率显示颅内血管和脑实质的结构,笔者查阅了近年来相关文献,主要综述经颅彩色多普勒血流显像在颅脑血管疾病中的诊断价值,同时讨论二维经颅超声的应用及新的实验性显像技术。     

Ischemia independent lesion evolution during focal stroke in rats

Lesion evolution during focal cerebral ischemia may depend on flow restrictions or on accumulation of toxic mediators within the infarct and expansion of these factors to the periinfarct region. So far, the precise contribution of flow dependent versus spreading-mediated impairment of viable periinfarct tissue has not been determined. Therefore, we measured lesion expansion, flow restrictions and glutamate distribution on serial brain sections at different time points after experimental focal ischemia.Permanent focal ischemia was induced by occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery in male rats and the flow reduction was subsequently measured at 1, 12 and 24 h using iodo[¹⁴C]antipyrine autoradiography. Additionally, the necrotic volume was determined on serial brain sections and the glutamate content was measured in tissue samples from adjacent microdissections.Twelve hours after focal ischemia no noteworthy viable areas with blood flow restrictions of 20-40 ml 100 g^− 1 min^− 1 existed but at 24 h the necrotic tissue exceeded the hemodynamically compromised region by 40 ± 21 mm³ (24%). Furthermore, at 12 and 24 h the glutamate content was elevated in areas surrounding the infarct.Relevant flow restrictions are detectable only during early stages of infarct maturation, whereas the propagation of secondary factors may be the predominant mechanism for delayed infarct evolution.     

血浆同型半胱氨酸水平与动脉粥样硬化和脑梗死的关系

目的 探讨血浆同型半胱氨酸(Hcy)水平与颈动脉粥样硬化和脑梗死关系.方法 2005-05～2006-02收治的91例脑梗死住院患者被列入研究对象.根据病灶大小分3组大片梗死21例,小片梗死44例,腔隙性梗死26例.根据颈动脉彩超检测结果将研究对象分为颈动脉斑块组34例,无颈动脉斑块组57例.全部患者测定血浆Hcy、血清叶酸、VitB12水平.分析血浆Hcy水平与脑梗死的危险因素、病灶大小、颈动脉粥样硬化斑块及血清叶酸、VitB12的关系.结果 血浆Hcy水平(1)与高血压、糖尿病、血脂、性别、年龄各指标无明显相关关系.(2)与脑梗死病灶大小无关.(3)与颈动脉粥样硬化斑块有关,有斑块34例,血浆Hcy(20.73±9.31)μmol/L,无斑块57例,血浆Hcy (15.46±11.4) μmol/L,前者高于后者(P＜0.05).(4)与血清叶酸、VitB12水平呈负相关(r1s=-0.264,r2s=-0.16,P＜0.05).结论 血浆Hcy水平与脑梗死病灶大小无关;Hcy水平升高与颈动脉粥样硬化斑块密切相关;与血清叶酸、VitB12水平呈负相关.高血浆Hcy血症可能是颈动脉粥样硬化的危险因素,但与脑梗死关系不明确.     

近红外光谱仪监测窒息新生儿听觉刺激诱发时的脑氧合代谢及脑血流变化

目的了解窒息新生儿在听觉刺激诱发脑神经活动时的脑氧合代谢和脑血流量的改变。 方法1998~2003年北京中日友好医院儿科选择窒息新生儿34例为窒息组，健康新生儿40名为对照组。使用近红外光谱仪，观察听觉刺激试验诱发的脑氧合血红蛋白\[Hb O2\]、还原血红蛋白\[Hb H\]和总血红蛋白\[Hb tot\]浓度的变化，并比较两组脑氧合代谢和脑血流量的改变。根据\[Hb O2\]、\[Hb H\]和\[Hb tot\]不同的变化，将氧合代谢曲线分为A(\[Hb O2\]、\[Hb H\]和\[Hb tot\]均增加)； B(\[Hb O2\]和\[Hb tot\]增加,\[Hb H\]降低)；C(\[Hb O2\]和\[Hb tot\]降低,\[Hb H\]增加)3种曲线类型。 结果窒息组中25例(25/34、73.5%)显示C型变化，对照组中28例(28/40、70.0%)显示A型变化，两组中A、C两型例数比较差异显著(P<0.05)。两组\[Hb O2\]和\[Hb tot\]数值变化幅度比较差异显著(P<0.05)。 结论窒息新生儿听觉刺激诱发相应皮层的神经活动时，显示局部脑血流量下降、氧合代谢降低，重度窒息儿更明显。     

L-arginine对局灶脑缺血脑细胞凋亡和微血管密度的影响

目的探讨NO合成底物左旋-精氨酸(L-Arg)对兔局灶脑缺血后血管再生和脑细胞凋亡的影响。方法兔局灶脑缺血后应用L-Arg,流式细胞仪定量分析细胞凋亡率的变化,CD34免疫组织化学测脑组织微血管密度(MVD),脑组织含水率评价脑水肿。结果与对照组比较,L-Arg组脑细胞凋亡率明显减少(8.72±2.62 vs 16.62±2.82,P<0.01),同时脑组织MVD却明显增加(1.21±0.43 vs 0.69±0.22,P<0.01)。结论外源性L-Arg可减少缺血后脑细胞凋亡并促进缺血后血管再生,对局灶脑缺血具有重要的神经保护作用。     

表皮生长因子对大鼠脑梗死后神经功能恢复的影响

目的 观察表皮生长因子（EGF）对大鼠脑梗死后神经功能恢复的影响。方法 采用肾血管性高血压大鼠制作一侧大脑中动脉皮层支闭塞（MCAO）模型。MCAO术后24 h，32只大鼠侧脑室注入10μl EGF（100μg/L），连续2d，共2μg（EGF组）；32只大鼠只注入不含EGF的等量溶液（对照组）。MCAO术后1、2、3和4w，行Bederson神经功能评分后，免疫印迹检测双侧大脑半球生长相关蛋白（GAP43）、突触囊泡蛋白（SYN）和胶质原纤维酸性蛋白（GFAP）的表达。结果 与同期对照组相比，EGF组大鼠在MCAO术后1、2w神经运动功能恢复更好，脑梗死灶同侧半球GAP43、SYN和GFAP有更早期和更高表达（P<0.05）。结论 GAP43、SYN和GFAP等蛋白的早期高峰表达可能与EGF引起的早期神经可塑性改善有关。