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  • tree management  (2)
  • Adrenal medulla  (1)
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  • 1
    ISSN: 1433-0407
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Alzheimer-Erkrankung ; Visuokonstruktive Störung ; Zeichnen ; Demenzausprägung ; Key words Alzheimer’s disease ; Visuo-constructive impairment ; Drawing ; Severity of dementia
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary In this study we assessed the drawing abilities in 37 patients with probable Alzheimer’s disease according to NINCDS-ADRDA criteria. Drawing abilities (drawing: house, flower, clock; Rey-Osterrieth figure; copying: MMST-figure; Rey-Osterrieth figure) were quantified with different rating schemes and related to other neuropsychological assessments. All patients underwent a positron emission tomography with 18-FDG. Drawing performance was highly correlated with severity of dementia – expressed in MMST scores (r=0.78; p〈0.0001) – with visuo-spatial short-term memory (r=–0.69; p=0.001), and writing abilities (r=–0.77; p〈0.0001). The summarized drawing score showed a statistically significant correlation with the rate of temporoparietal glucose metabolism measured with positron emission tomography and 18-FDG (r=0.39; p=0.017). In the drawings of AD patients omittings and simplifications were typical, whereas perseverations rarely occured. In severely demented patients closing-in phenomenons could be de- scribed, too. A subgroup of AD patients with visuo-constructive impairment as the leading symptom could not be identified.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Bei 37 Patienten mit der wahrscheinlichen Alzheimer-Erkrankung (AD) nach NINCDS-ADRDA-Kriterien wurden die Zeichenleistungen (freies Zeichnen: Haus, Blume, Uhr; Rey-Osterrieth-Figur; Abzeichnen: MMST-Figur; Rey-Osterrieth Figur) untersucht und mit anderen neuropsychologischen Tests verglichen. Bei allen Patienten wurde weiterhin eine Positronen-Emissions-Tomographie mit 18-FDG durchgeführt. Die Zeichenleistungen der Patienten waren hoch mit der Demenzausprägung, ausgedrückt in MMST-Werten, korreliert (r=0,78; p〈0,0001) und wiesen einen engen Zusammenhang zur visuospatialen Kurzzeitgedächtnisspanne (r=–0,69; p=0,001) und zur Schreibleistung (r=–0,77; p〈0,0001) auf. Der summierte Zeichenscore wies einen statistisch signifikanten Zusammenhang mit der temporoparietalen Stoffwechselrate – gemessen mit PET und FDG – auf (r=0,39; p=0,017). Bei den Zeichnungen der AD-Patienten zeigten sich v.a. Auslassungen und Vereinfachungen. Perseverationen kamen selten vor. Bei schwer dementen Patienten ließen sich auch Closing-in-Phänomene beobachten. Eine Subgruppe von AD-Patienten, bei denen visuokonstruktive Störungen die Leitsymptomatik ihrer Demenz waren, ließ sich nicht identifizieren.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1572-9680
    Keywords: indigenous knowledge ; parkland system ; Sahel ; semiarid regions ; tree management
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Cette étude sur la taille du néré (Parkia biglobosa) a été faite par des observations détaillées de 80 nérés et les entretiens avec leurs propriétaires dans 21 villages au Plateau Central du Burkina Faso. La taille du néré n'est pas générale, mais révèle diverses motivations et techniques. La plupart des motivations est orientée vers une gestion consciente de l'arbre en vue d'une amélioration de la production furitière, et rerament en vue d'une reduction de l'influence de l'arbre sur les cultures. Les caracteristiques des techniques de taille (fréquence, intensité, période de taille) et les motivations impliquées paraissent s'adapter à la dégradation de l'environnement et al détérioration de la viabilité des arbres. Les résultats montrent la durabilité des pratiques concernant la gestion des arbres.
    Notes: Abstract This study of the pruning of néré (Parking biglobosa) trees in central Burkina Faso included detailed surveys of 83 trees and their owners in 21 villages. Pruning is not widespread, but appears to be a practice with various motives and techniques. The motives are mainly aimed at deliberate management of the trees, in order to enhance their fruit production, and are rarely aimed at reducing tree impact on crop productivity. The characteristics of tree pruning techniques (e.g., frequency, intensity and seasonality) and their corresponding motives appear to change as an adaptation to land degradation processes and the deterioration of tree condition. The results demonstrate that indigenous silvicultural management techniques contribute to a sustainable use of tree resources.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-1920
    Keywords: Key words Brain ; MR ; Positron imaging ; Dementia ; Metabolism
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract We compared the correlation of PET and MRI with neuropsychological tests in 26 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD). The width of the temporal horns and the third ventricle, regional metabolic rates of glucose (rCMRGlu) and the proportion of cerebrospinal fluid space in mesial temporal and temporoparietal cortical regions were measured with three-dimensionally coregistered PET and MRI in two planes perpendicular to the Sylvian fissure. Highly significant correlations between rCMRGlu and neuropsychological tests were found mainly in the temporoparietal cortex, with and without correction for atrophy. Correlations of similar magnitude were seen also between most tests and the width of the temporal horns and third ventricle. Changes in the third ventricle and mesial temporal lobe were best seen with MRI, whereas PET most clearly depicted alterations in neocortical association areas. These two aspects of the disease correlated with the severity of dementia to a similar degree.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-1920
    Keywords: Brain, MR ; Positron imaging ; Dementia ; Metabolism
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract We compared the correlation of PET and MRI with neuropsychological tests in 26 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD). The width of the temporal horns and the third ventricle, regional metabolic rates of glucose (rCMRGlu) and the proportion of cerebrospinal fluid space in mesial temporal and temporoparietal cortical regions were measured with three-dimensionally coregistered PET and MRI in two planes perpendicular to the Sylvian fissure. Highly significant correlations between rCMRGlu and neuropsychological tests were found mainly in the temporoparietal cortex, with and without correction for atrophy. Correlations of similar magnitude were seen also between most tests and the width of the temporal horns and third ventricle. Changes in the third ventricle and mesial temporal lobe were best seen with MRI, whereas PET most clearly depicted alterations in neocortical association areas. These two aspects of the disease correlated with the severity of dementia to a similar degree.
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  • 5
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    Agroforestry systems 17 (1992), S. 97-118 
    ISSN: 1572-9680
    Keywords: West African parkland savanna ; tree-crop relations ; tree management ; shade influence ; Vitellaria paradoxa ; Parkia biglobosa
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Les rendements en graines de sorgho sous le karité et le néré sont respectivement environ 50% et 70% plus basses que celles hors des houppiers. La fertilité du sol, étant le facteur limitant pour la production primaire dans la région, est au moins assez favorable sous les arbres que hors des houppiers. L'ombre sous les arbres, réduisant la lumière sous le néré à 20% au minimum, est probablement largement responsable pour la réduction des rendements sous les arbres. Les profits par la vente des produits des arbres sont plus élevés que les pertes de rendements céréaliers, ce qui explique pourqoui les arbres sont conservés dans les champs. La taille des branches, la selection des cultures qui résistent l'ombre et la selection des arbres peuvent réduire les pertes de rendements, mais n'auront pas un grand effet sur la productivité des arbres ni des cultures.
    Notes: Abstract Sorghum grain yields under the karité and the néré are reduced by an average of 50% and 70% respectively, in comparison with yields in the open field. Soil fertility, limiting primary production in the region, is at least as favorable under the tree canopies as in the open field. Reduced light intensity, to a minimum of 20% under the néré canopy, is probably largely responsible for low sorghum production under the tree canopies. Benefits from the tree products are more valuable than losses in cereal yields, explaining why trees are maintained on the agricultural fields. Pruning of tree branches, selection of (shade-) crops and tree selection could reduce crop yield losses but cannot be expected to increase tree- and crop production.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Adrenal medulla ; Enkephalins ; Nicotinic receptors ; Pituitary-adrenal axis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Various neuroendocrine factors known to be important in the regulation of adrenal catecholamine biosynthesis were investigated for possible effects on enkephalin-like immunoreactivity (Enk-IR) in the adrenal medulla of the rat. In normal rats, the adrenal chromaffin cells were not stained for either methionine (met-) or leucine (leu-) Enk-IR. Staining for Enk-IR appeared in many chromaffin cells following denervation of the adrenal or treatment of rats with the nicotinic receptor antagonists chlorisondamine or pempidine. These observations suggest that splanchnic nerve activity normally depresses the levels of enkephalin-like peptides in chromaffin cells through a trans-synaptic mechanism involving acetylcholine release and nicotinic receptor stimulation. Paradoxically, treatment with reserpine also increased Enk-IR in chromaffin cells. However, this increase did not appear to result from the well known effect of reserpine to increase presynaptic nerve firing and tyrosine hydroxylase (TOH) activity, since no increase in Enk-IR was observed following treatment with phenoxybenzamine or 6-hydroxydopamine, drugs which also increase TOH activity through trans-synaptic mechanisms. The reserpine effect also did not appear to be mediated by a stress-induced increase in glucocorticoid hormones since glucocorticoid therapy alone did not increase adrenal Enk-IR. It is suggested that the increase in adrenal Enk-IR following reserpine may result from a direct action of reserpine on chromaffin cells. In general, these studies demonstrate that the characterization of neuronal phenotypes in vivo by immunocytochemistry may depend on the physiological state of the animal at the time of sacrifice. These experiments also show that enkephalin-like peptides in the adrenal, like catecholamines, are subject to trans-synaptic regulation. However, the two systems appear to be differentially regulated and not all factors which regulate the amines influence the peptides, even though both are localized in the same cells.
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