Ödembildung durch arsenige Säure

Zusammenfassung An der überlebenden Extremität entwickelt sich bei Durchblutung mit Natriumarsenit ein mächtiges Ödem. Das Ödem bleibt aus, wenn man den Durchblutungsdruck auf die Hälfte herabsetzt. An der überlebenden Leber findet sich die Erscheinung nicht.Nach As₂O₃-Zusatz sinkt der kolloidosmotische Druck des Serums, und zwar nur, wenn das Blut mit der Extremität in Berührung war. Der Abfall des kolloidosmotischen Druckes wird als Ursache des Ödems angesehen.Wir haben demnach an der überlebenden Extremität auf drei Arten Ödem erzeugen können: 1. durch arteriellen Hochdruck, 2. durch venöse Stauung, 3. durch Herabsetzung des kolloidosmotischen Druckes.     

Slow excitatory synaptic potentials evoked by distension in myenteric descending interneurones of guinea-pig ileum

The functional significance of the slow excitatory synaptic potentials (EPSPs) in myenteric neurones is unknown. We investigated this using intracellular recording from myenteric neurones in guinea-pig ileum, in vitro . In all, 121 neurones responded with fast EPSPs to distension of the intestine oral to the recording site. In 28 of these neurones, distension also evoked depolarizations similar to the slow EPSPs evoked by electrical stimulation in the same neurones. Intracellular injection of biocytin and immunohistochemistry revealed that neurones responding to distension with slow EPSPs were descending interneurones, which were immunoreactive for nitric oxide synthase (NOS). Other neurones, including inhibitory motor neurones and interneurones lacking NOS, did not respond to distension with slow EPSPs, but many had slow EPSPs evoked electrically. Slow EPSPs evoked electrically or by distension in NOS-immunoreactive descending interneurones were resistant to blockade of NK₁ or NK₃ tachykinin receptors (SR 140333, 100 n m ; SR 142801, 100 n m , respectively) and group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (PHCCC, 10–30 μ m ), when the antagonists were applied in the recording chamber of a two-chambered organ bath. However, slow EPSPs evoked electrically in inhibitory motor neurones were substantially depressed by SR 140333 (100 n m ). Blockade of synaptic transmission in the stimulation chamber of the organ bath abolished slow EPSPs evoked by distension, indicating that they arose from activity in interneurones, and not from anally directed, intrinsic sensory neurones. Thus, distension evokes slow EPSPs in a subset of myenteric neurones, which may be important for intestinal motility.     

Eine Methode zur vergleichenden Messung des Herzschlagvolumens beim Menschen

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Arylsulfatase A in urine of patients with urothelial tumors

A significant increase in urine arylsulfatase A activity (p less than 0.01) was found in patients with urothelial tumors. Arylsulfatase A activity was 1.36 +/- 1.10 U/24-h urine in control specimens, 1.90 +/- 1.66 U/24-h urine in various genitourinary tract disorders, and 3.90 +/- 1.98 U/24-h urine in transitional cell carcinoma specimens. Surgical treatment of the neoplastic patients lowered the arylsulfatase A activity found in urine to within reference values. The arylsulfatase A excreted by patients with these tumors was highly sensitive to thermal inactivation while the enzyme activity in the control urines was less affected by the heat treatment. The time course of the arylsulfatase A reaction with 4-nitrocatechol sulfate was not linear in normal individuals, while it was linear in 90% of patients with urothelial tumors. This difference in the kinetic pattern of the enzyme could be used to increase the diagnostic specificity of the determination.     

Prevalence of anti-Legionella antibodies in a healthy population and in patients with tuberculosis or pneumonia

The prevalence of antibodies to 13 antigens of Legionellaceae were compared in three populations: 583 blood donors, 140 tuberculosis patients and 66 patients with acute non Legionellosis pneumonia. Antibody levels were determined by indirect immunofluorescence (IFA) using formalized antigens prepared from bacteria developed in embryonated hen yolk sac. The very weak prevalence of anti L. pneumophila antibodies in a healthy population [almost nil for serogroups 2, 3, 4 and 5; 1.5% for serogroup 6, maximum of 2.5% for serogroup 1 (titres of 16)] confirms the positive and presumptive criteria that have been recommended by Centers for Disease Control (CDC). But as regards the other Legionellae studied, these criteria cannot be applied owing to the prevalences that are higher in healthy populations (until 14.5% with levels of 16-32 and 1% with levels of 64-128 for L. bozemanii) and clearly amplified in tuberculosis patients and in acute pneumonia. Although the significance of these antibodies remains to be discussed, with formalized antigens, it seems reasonable as regards these species to assign a threshold of 256 for the presumptive and positive criteria following seroconversion.     

Tourette syndrome and neuropsychological performance

This study examined performance on a battery of neuropsychological tests in a sample of 28 patients with Tourette's syndrome (TS). Test scores were converted to age-corrected T-scores to control for the effect of age on test performance. The frequency of abnormal test performances was variable, but more frequent on motor and sensory tasks. Symptom severity as measured by the Tourette Syndrome Global Scale was inversely related to neuropsychological performance. In general, neuropsychological performance was mildly below average. The pattern of performance was similar to previous studies of TS patients.     

Post-stimulus depression of reflex changes in circular muscle activity in the guinea pig small intestine.

The extent and time course of depression of successive reflex responses recorded with intracellular microelectrodes from the circular smooth muscle of the guinea pig small intestine were determined. Two stimuli were used, distension and distortion of the mucosa by compression; these were applied either at the same or at different sites. Excitatory responses oral and inhibitory responses anal to the stimuli were recorded. Post-stimulus depression of both ascending excitatory and descending inhibitory reflexes occurred, but the extent of depression was slightly less for the descending inhibition. A conditioning distension lasting 9 s depressed the excitatory response to a test distension applied 2 s later at the same site by 90%. After 30 s the depression was 50% and test responses were normal if inter-stimulus intervals were increased to 2 min. Increasing the duration of the conditioning stimulus increased the depression. Post-stimulus depression was less for compression stimuli than for distension stimuli and prior mucosal compression had almost no effect on responses to subsequent distension. The post-stimulus depression was greater if conditioning and test stimuli were at the same rather than different sites. For different sites, conditioning stimuli at 15 mm from the recording site (near) depressed responses to stimuli at 30 mm (far) to a greater extent than far stimuli depressed responses to near stimuli. If the conditioning stimulus at 15 mm was maintained until after the far test stimulus was applied, depression of the test response did not occur. It is concluded that the major sites of post-stimulus depression are at the synapses between primary sensory neurons and the first interneurons of reflex pathways, and that post-stimulus depression also occurs at other places in the pathway, presumably at synapses between interneurons or between interneurons and motor neurons.     

Basilar artery blood flow in subclavian steal

Subclavian "steal", when blood siphons from one vertebral artery to the other, has been suggested as a cause of brain stem ischaemia and stroke. We investigated 33 patients using transcranial Doppler to determine the direction and velocity of basilar blood flow. All patients had severe subclavian stenosis with reversed vertebral blood flow in the ipsilateral artery previously demonstrated by extracranial Doppler. Basilar flow was normal in direction in all cases, but its velocity was significantly increased (p less than 0.0008) compared to age- and sex-matched controls. These findings, in conjunction with previous observations using extracranial Doppler techniques, suggest that subclavian steal is little more than a harmless haemodynamic phenomenon.     

Critical importance of stimulus unawareness for the production of subliminal psychodynamic activation effects. An attributional model.

This paper describes a new theoretical model of subliminal psychodynamic activation (SPA) effects. The model conceptualizes subliminal-supraliminal differences in SPA effects as being due to differences in subjects' attributions for the changes in anxiety level that are produced by subliminal versus supraliminal SPA stimuli. Changes in anxiety level produced by supraliminal SPA stimuli can be attributed by subjects to the experimental procedures, diminishing the impact of these messages on subjects' responses. In contrast, subjects cannot attribute changes in anxiety level produced by subliminal SPA stimuli to the experimental procedures. Therefore, no "discounting" (i.e., situational) attributions for subliminally induced changes in anxiety levels are available to subjects, and subliminal SPA messages produce significantly stronger effects on responding than do supraliminal SPA messages. The attributional model of SPA effects is discussed in the context of other long-term research programs investigating subliminal phenomena. The implications of this model for clinical treatment and empirical research utilizing the SPA paradigm are discussed.