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  • 1
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    End-Stage Cardiomyopathy and Secondary Mitral Insufficiency Surgical Alternative with Prosthesis Implant and Left Ventricular Remodeling (2003)
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    Journal of cardiac surgery 18 (2003), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1540-8191
    Quelle: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Secondary mitral insufficiency is a strong risk factor for death in end-stage cardiomyopathies. The possible correction of mitral regurgitation is now being accepted as an alternative to cardiac transplantation in a special subset of patients. We proposed a new surgical approach that consisted of implantation of a mitral prosthesis smaller than the annulus, as well as preservation and traction of the papillary muscles to reduce sphericity of the left ventricle. Between December 1995 and August 2001, 71 cases were operated on including the following etiologies: ischemic (38), idiopathic (29), Chaga's disease (2), viral (1), and postpartum (1). All patients were in an end-stage phase with more than two hospital admissions in the last three months; seven were in intensive care units receiving drugs and intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation, and one was in cardiogenic shock. The patients were analyzed according to clinical criteria, echocardiographic findings, and morphology of the left ventricle. Hospital mortality was 16.9% (12/71) and mid-term follow-up showed evidence of improvement in clinical status and some echocardiographic parameters. This technique, despite a high mortality rate (due to other clinical conditions at the time of surgery), offers a promising therapeutic alternative for the treatment of patients in refractory heart failure with cardiomyopathy associated with secondary mitral regurgitation.(J Card Surg 2003;18:201-205)
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1540-8191.2003.02018.x
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Carbohydrate-Protein Interactions in Vascular Biology (1995)
    Palo Alto, Calif. : Annual Reviews
    Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 11 (1995), S. 601-631 
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    ISSN: 1081-0706
    Quelle: Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection 1932-2001ff
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.cb.11.110195.003125
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    Digitale Medien
    Chemical Composition of Aboriginal Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Seeds from Peru (1995)
    s.l. : American Chemical Society
    Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 43 (1995), S. 102-105 
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    ISSN: 1520-5118
    Quelle: ACS Legacy Archives
    Thema: Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Gartenbau, Fischereiwirtschaft, Hauswirtschaft , Werkstoffwissenschaften, Fertigungsverfahren, Fertigung
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf00049a019
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    The acute pain service: effective or expensive care? (1998)
    Oxford : Blackwell Science Ltd, UK
    Anaesthesia 53 (1998), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-2044
    Quelle: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: The effect of introducing an Acute Pain Service into a District General Hospital was evaluated by conducting an audit of pain, emesis, sleep and satisfaction before and after inception. A total of 1518 questionnaires were collected, in which surgical patients had been asked to assess their experience pre- and postoperatively. The introduction of an Acute Pain Service significantly (p 〈 0.0001) improved in-patient perception of pain relief upon return of consciousness after anaesthesia and for 2 days postoperatively, when compared with the experience before its inception. The incidence of emetic sequelae did not increase and both patient satisfaction (p 〈 0.001) and sleep pattern (p 〈 0.05) in hospital were significantly improved. An estimate of the economic benefit suggests that the development of Acute Pain Services may be cost effective as well as providing an improved quality of service for patients undergoing surgery.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00343.x
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Sustainability, Efficiency, and God: Economic Values and the Sustainability Debate (1995)
    Palo Alto, Calif. : Annual Reviews
    Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 26 (1995), S. 135-154 
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    ISSN: 0066-4162
    Quelle: Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection 1932-2001ff
    Thema: Biologie
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.es.26.110195.001031
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Photoperiodic and Temporal Influences on Chemosensory Induction of Brain Fos Expression in Female Prairie Voles (2003)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Journal of neuroendocrinology 15 (2003), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-2826
    Quelle: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) typically stop breeding during winter. Male prairie voles respond to winter day lengths with gonadal regression, whereas female voles are relatively unresponsive to photoperiod. Unlike commonly studied laboratory rodents, female prairie voles do not exhibit spontaneous oestrous cycles. Instead, females are induced into oestrus by chemosensory cues from conspecific male urine. The present study investigated the interaction among day length, chemosensory cues and the initial brain responses during oestrus induction in female voles. A single drop of male conspecific urine, saline or skimmed milk was applied to the nares of female prairie voles housed for 9 weeks in either long (LD 16 : 8 h) or short (LD 8 : 16 h) days. Animals were killed 0.5, 1, 2 or 24 h after chemosensory treatment and their brains were processed for Fos immunocytochemistry. Body mass and ovarian fat pad mass were higher, but uterine and ovarian mass were lower, in short-day compared to long-day females. Regardless of photoperiod, Fos- immunoreactivity increased in the granule layer of the accessory olfactory bulb (AOB), the supraoptic nucleus and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) (anterior medial) in females treated with male urine compared to the two control groups. Fos staining intensified in the AOB, medial and posterocortical medial amygdala and BNST (posterior ventral), 1 h and 2 h after urine treatment. In the medial preoptic area, anterior and lateral hypothalamus, and ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus, Fos-immunoreactivity was elevated in females 2 h after receiving urine. Overall, long-day females displayed higher Fos expression in response to urine than females maintained in short days. These results identify a putative neural circuitry of oestrus induction in this species, and provide an approximate time line of activation in the brain circuit responsible for oestrus induction in prairie voles.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2826.2003.00963.x
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Sympathoadrenal System Differentially Affects Photoperiodic Changes in Humoral Immunity of Siberian Hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) (2002)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science, Ltd
    Journal of neuroendocrinology 14 (2002), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-2826
    Quelle: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) rely on photoperiod as a primary cue to coordinate seasonally appropriate changes in physiology and behaviour. Among these seasonal changes is reduced immune function in short ‘winter-like’ days, compared to long ‘summer-like’ days. Previous evidence suggests that immune function is regulated, in part, by the sympathoadrenal system. The precise role of the sympathoadrenal system in regulating photoperiodic changes in immune function, however, remains unspecified. The goal of the present study was to examine the differential contributions of direct sympathetic innervation of immune target tissue, as well as adrenal medullary catecholamines, to photoperiodic changes in immune function in male Siberian hamsters. In Experiment 1, hamsters underwent either bilateral surgical removal of the adrenal medulla (ADMEDx), or sham surgeries, and were maintained in long (LD 16 : 8) or short days (LD 8 : 16). In Experiment 2, hamsters received either surgical denervation of the spleen, or sham surgeries, and were then housed in long or short days. Serum anti-KLH IgG concentrations and splenic norepinephrine (NE) content were determined in both experiments. Short-day hamsters had reduced humoral immunity compared to long-day hamsters. ADMEDx reduced immune function, but only in long-day hamsters. In contrast, splenic denervation reduced humoral immunity, but only in short-day hamsters. Splenic NE content was increased in short days and by ADMEDx. NE content was markedly reduced in denervated hamsters compared to sham-operated hamsters. Collectively, these results suggest that the sympathoadrenal system is associated with photoperiodic changes in immune function.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.0007-1331.2001.00736.x
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Temperature and Photoperiod Interact to Affect Reproduction and GnRH Synthesis in Male Prairie Voles (2000)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Journal of neuroendocrinology 12 (2000), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-2826
    Quelle: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster), like most rodent species, exhibit a phenotypic polymorphism in reproductive response to winter conditions or to short day lengths in the laboratory. Laboratory studies on seasonally breeding species have traditionally focused on the role of photoperiod in modulating reproduction and other seasonal adaptions. However, because animals use proximate environmental factors in addition to photoperiod to phase seasonal adaptions with the appropriate time of year, the present study investigated the interaction of photoperiod and temperature on reproductive function and the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neuronal system. Male prairie voles were housed in either long (LD 16:8) or short (LD 8:16) photoperiods. Voles in each photoperiodic condition were also exposed to either mild (20 °C) or low (8 °C) temperatures. After 10 weeks, voles were killed and their brains were processed using in situ hybridization for mRNA for proGnRH. The results suggest that GnRH synthesis is not affected by exposure to a single inhibitory proximate factor (i.e. short days or low temperatures alone), even when reproduction is inhibited, whereas a combination of inhibitory proximate factors leads to a decrease in GnRH synthesis (i.e. fewer neurones staining for mRNA for proGnRH). These data suggest that the neuroendocrine mechanisms regulating seasonal alterations in reproductive function are likely to differ between harsh and mild winters.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00485.x
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Food Restriction Affects the Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Neuronal System of Male Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster) (2001)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science, Ltd
    Journal of neuroendocrinology 13 (2001), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-2826
    Quelle: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Individuals of species inhabiting temperate and boreal latitudes optimize the timing of energetically costly processes by curtailing nonessential energetically demanding processes when environmental conditions are not favourable. One proximate environmental variable used to fine-tune moment-to-moment changes in reproductive physiology and behaviour is food intake. The neuroendocrine mechanisms by which food restriction leads to the cessation of reproduction in seasonally breeding rodent species remain largely unspecified. The present study sought to determine the effects of extended food restriction on the gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) neuronal system. Male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) were either fed ad libitum or were exposed to either 1, 2 or 3 weeks of moderate (70% of daily mean) food restriction. In accordance with previous studies of food restriction, gross reproductive organ masses and body mass were unaffected by food deprivation. Although 1 week of food restriction did not result in alterations in the GnRH neuronal system, food restriction for 2 weeks was associated with increased GnRH-immunoreactive (GnRH-ir) neurone soma size. Three weeks of food restriction resulted in a pronounced increase in GnRH-ir neurone numbers, as well as an increase in fibre intensity in the main fibre pathway to the median eminence. Taken together, these findings suggest that extended food restriction leads to modifications in the GnRH neuronal system, providing a means for temporary cessation of reproduction without gross alterations in reproductive physiology. This transient change in the hypothalmo-pituitary-gonadal axis, without pronounced changes in reproductive organ morphology, likely provides a mechanism for the rapid reinitiation of breeding in nature when local conditions provide adequate food availability.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2826.2001.00704.x
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Photoperiod Alters the Time Course of Brain Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression in Siberian Hamsters (2003)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science, Ltd
    Journal of neuroendocrinology 15 (2003), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-2826
    Quelle: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Fever is initiated by activation of the arachidonic acid cascade and the biosynthesis of prostaglandins within the brain. Inducible cyclooxygenase (COX-2) is a rate-limiting enzyme in prostaglandin synthesis, and the number of blood vessels expressing COX-2 correlates with elevated body temperature following peripheral lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Despite its importance in host defense, fever is energetically expensive and we hypothesized that fever may be limited by available metabolic resources. During winter, when competing metabolic demands are constrained by low temperatures and food availability, it was predicted that fever duration would be reduced in seasonally breeding Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). We measured LPS-induced COX-2 expression in blood vessels of hamsters to test whether photoperiodic alterations in fever duration are centrally mediated, or whether they reflect changes in peripheral modulation of body temperature. Hamsters housed in long, ‘summer-like’ or short, ‘winter-like’ day lengths for 10 weeks were injected with LPS, and brains were collected 2, 4, or 8 h later. COX-2 expression was comparably increased in long- and short-day hamsters by 2 h and 4 h post-LPS; however, short-day hamsters exhibited significantly fewer COX-2-positive cells and blood vessels by 8 h post-LPS compared to long-day hamsters, corresponding with reduced fever duration in short-day hamsters. Cortisol concentrations increased more than two-fold in short-day compared to long-day hamsters by 4 h; this increase may have contributed to the decrease in COX-2 expression observed by 8 h in short days. We conclude that short photoperiods significantly altered the time course of central COX-2 protein expression in hamsters in a manner consistent with reduced fever duration.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2826.2003.01084.x
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