简介:Injurytoaxonsclosetotheneuronalbodiesinthemammaliancentralnervoussystemcausesalargeproportionofparentingneuronstodegenerate.Itisknownthatopticnervetransectionclosetotheeyeinrodentsleadstoalossofabouthalfofretinalganglioncellsin1weekandabout90%in2weeks.Usinglowlevellasertreatmentinthepresentstudy,wedemonstratedthattreatmentwithhelium-neon(660nm)laserwith15mWpowercoulddelayretinalganglioncelldeathafteropticnerveaxotomyinadulthamsters.Theeffectwasmostapparentinthefirstweekwithashortperiodoftreatmenttime(5minutes)inwhich65–66%ofretinalganglioncellssurvivedtheopticnerveaxotomywhereas45–47%ofretinalganglioncellsdidsoinopticnerveaxotomycontrols.Wealsofoundthatsingledoseandearlycommencementoflaserirradiationwereimportantinprotectingretinalganglioncellsfollowingopticnerveaxotomy.Thesefindingsthusconvincinglyshowthatappropriatelasertreatmentmaybeneuroprotectivetoretinalganglioncells.更多还原
简介:BACKGROUND:Exposuretolow-levelleadhasatoxiceffectonthedevelopmentofneonates,whichhasattractedwideattention.Colostrumleadlevelcanbeusedastheindicationofleadexposure.OBJECTIVE:Toobservetherelationshipofcolostrumleadlevelandtheneurobehavioraldevelopmentofinfants.DESIGN:Aprospectivecontrolobservation.SETTING:CenterforMaternalandChildHealth,ShanxiProvincialChildren'sHospital.PARTICIPANTS:Totally128neonatesoffull-termnormaldelivery,76maleand52female,fromShanxiProvincialMaternalandChildHealthCenterandJiexiuMaternalandChildHealthCenterwereinvolvedinthisstudy.Alltheinvolvedneonateshadnoperipartalischemic/hypoxichistoryorfetusintrauterinedevelopmentallag.Pregnantwomenhadnovariousacuteandchronicdiseasesinpregnancy,familyhistoryofneurologicaldiseaseoroccupationalleadexposure.128portionsofcolostrumsampleoffull-termnormaldeliverywerecollected.Informedconsentsofdetecteditemswereobtainedfromthepuerperantsandtheirrelatives.METHODS:①Experimentalgrouping:Leadlevelinthecolostrumwasdeterminedbyatomicabsorptionspectrometry.Accordingtoleadlevelinthecolostrum,theneonateswereclassifiedintotwoexposuregroupsofgreaterthanorequalto0.24μmol/Linahigh-levelleadgroupandlessthan0.24μmol/Linalow-levelleadgroup.②Experimentalevaluation:Mentaldevelopmentalindex(MDI)andpsychologicaldevelopmentalindex(PDI)of3-month-oldinfantswereevaluatedwithBayleyScalesofInfantDevelopment(BSID).TherelationshipsofMDI,PDIandcolostrumleadlevelwereperformedcorrelationregressionanalysis;Therelationshipofcolostrumleadlevelanddevelopmentwasperformedmulti-factoranalysiswithfamilyenvironmentandhealthquestionnaires.MAINOUTCOMEMEASURES:①EvaluationresultsofMDIandPDI.②Multi-factoranalysisresults.RESULTS:Totally128neonateswereinvolvedinthestudy.Tenandelevenneonateswerelostduetoemigra
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简介:BACKGROUND:Functionalmagneticresonanceimaging(fMRI)isinitiallyusedforvisualcortexlocation.However,theapplicationoffMRIininvestigatingthedevelopmentofvisualpathwaylesionsneedstobefurtherobserved.OBJECTIVE:Thisstudyistolongitudiallyobservethedynamicchangesincorticalfunctionandwhitematterfibrousstructureofpatientswithvisualpathwaylesionsbybloodoxygenationleveldependent-functionalmagneticresonanceimaging(BOLD-fMRI)combinedwithdiffusiontensorimaging(DTI),andtoanalyzethecharacteristicsofbrainfunctionandstructuralrecombinationatconvalescentperiodoflesions.DESIGN:Randomizedcontrolledobservation.SETTING:DepartmentofRadiology,theGeneralHospitalofNanjingMilitaryAreaCommandofChinesePLA.PARTICIPANTS:Eightpatientswithunilateralorbilateralvisualdisordercausedbyvisualpathwaylesions,whoadmittedtoDepartmentofRadiology,theGeneralHospitalofNanjingMilitaryAreaCommandofChinesePLAfromJanuarytoSeptember2006wereinvolved,andservedasexperimentalsubjects.Thepatients,6malesand2females,wereaged16-67years.Theyhadvisualdisorderconfirmedbyclinicalexamination,i.e.visualpathwaylesion,whichwasfurtherdiagnosedbyMRorCT.Another12subjectsgenerallymatchingtothosepatientsofexperimentalgroupingender,ageandsight,whoreceivedhealthexaminationinsynchronizationwereinvolvedandservedascontrols.Thesubjectshadnohistoryofeyediseases.Theirbinocularvisualacuity(orcorrectedvisualacuity)wasover1.0.Bothroutineexaminationofophthalmologyandexaminationoffunduswerenormal.Informedconsentsofdetecteditemswereobtainedfromallthesubjects.METHODS:SignaExciteHD1.5Tmagneticresonanceimagingsystemwith16passages(GECompany,USA)andcoilwith8passageswereused;brainfunctionalstimulusapparatus(SAV-8800.MeideCompany)wasusedforshowingexperimentalmission.Attheearlystageandconvalescentperiodoflesions,thepatie