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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-5233
    Keywords: Visual evoked potentials ; Hyperglycaemic clamp ; Central nervous conduction
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Multimodality evoked potentials frequently reveal subclinical involvement of the central nervous system in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. We devised this study to evaluate the possible effects of acute hyperglycaemia on visual evoked potential (VEP) parameters in type 1 diabetic patients. A hyperglycaemic clamp (250 mg/dl for 180 min) was performed in ten patients. Monocular pattern reversal VEPs (check size 15′, contrast 50%) were recorded before, and every 30 min after the start of the clamp. Basal VEP latencies and amplitudes were normal bilaterally in nine patients. No significant changes in pattern reversal and flash VEP parameters were observed after the induction or during the clamp period. None of the neurophysiological parameters evaluated during the test was related to the duration of the disease, the basal VEP latency or amplitude or the presence of retinopathy. Our data suggest that the neurophysiological abnormalities detected in insulin-dependent diabetic patients are due to structural involvement of the central nervous pathways and not to functional damage induced by acute short-term hyperglycaemia.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Keywords: Key words Quantitative genetics ; Recurrent selection ; Partial resistance ; Magnaporthe grisea ; Oryza sativa L.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract  The CNA-IRAT 5 upland rice population has been improved for 4 years by recurrent selection for blast resistance in Brazil. In order to predict the efficiency of recurrent selection in different test systems and to compare the relative advantage of hybrids versus pure line breeding, a combined genetic analysis of partial blast resistance in the CNA-IRAT 5 population was undertaken. A three-level hierarchical design in inbreeding and a factorial design were derived from the base population. Partial blast resistance of lines and hybrids was evaluated in the greenhouse and in the field by inoculation with one virulent blast isolate. The means and genetic variances of the hybrids and lines were estimated. Genetic advance by recurrent selection was predicted from estimates of variance components. The inheritance of partial blast resistance was mainly additive but non-additive effects were detected at both levels of means and variances. Mean heterosis ranged from 4%–8% for lesion size and lesion density to 10–12% for leaf and panicle resistance. High dominance or homozygous dominance variances relative to additive variance and negative covariance between additive and homozygous dominance effects were estimated. A low frequency of favourable alleles for partial resistance would explain the observed organisation of genetic variability in the base population. Recurrent selection will efficiently improve partial blast resistance of the CNA-IRAT 5 population. Genetic advance for line or hybrid values was expected to be higher testing doubled haploid lines than S1 lines, or than general combining ability. Two components of partial resistance assessed in the greenhouse, lesion size and lesion density, could be used as indirect selection criteria to improve field resistance. On the whole, hybrid breeding for partial blast resistance appeared to be slightly more advantageous than pure line breeding.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Keywords: Quantitative genetics ; Recurrent selection ; Partial resistance ; Magnaporthe grisea ; Oryza sativa L.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The CNA-IRAT 5 upland rice population has been improved for 4 years by recurrent selection for blast resistance in Brazil. In order to predict the efficiency of recurrent selection in different test systems and to compare the relative advantage of hybrids versus pure line breeding, a combined genetic analysis of partial blast resistance in the CNA-IRAT 5 population was undertaken. A three-level hierarchical design in inbreeding and a factorial design were derived from the base population. Partial blast resistance of lines and hybrids was evaluated in the greenhouse and in the field by inoculation with one virulent blast isolate. The means and genetic variances of the hybrids and lines were estimated. Genetic advance by recurrent selection was predicted from estimates of variance components. The inheritance of partial blast resistance was mainly additive but non-additive effects were detected at both levels of means and variances. Mean heterosis ranged from 4%–8% for lesion size and lesion density to 10–12% for leaf and panicle resistance. High dominance or homozygous dominance variances relative to additive variance and negative covariance between additive and homozygous dominance effects were estimated. A low frequency of favourable alleles for partial resistance would explain the observed organisation of genetic variability in the base population. Recurrent selection will efficiently improve partial blast resistance of the CNA-IRAT 5 population. Genetic advance for line or hybrid values was expected to be higher testing doubled haploid lines than S1 lines, or than general combining ability. Two components of partial resistance assessed in the greenhouse, lesion size and lesion density, could be used as indirect selection criteria to improve field resistance. On the whole, hybrid breeding for partial blast resistance appeared to be slightly more advantageous than pure line breeding.
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    Neurological sciences 17 (1996), S. 385-391 
    ISSN: 1590-3478
    Keywords: Multiple Sclerosis ; Magnetic Resonance ; Clinical Trials ; Natural History
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Sommario In questo articolo vengono presi in esame i principali contributi che le tecniche di risonanza magnetica (RM) forniscono per il monitoraggio del decorso della sclerosi multipla (SM), sia esso naturale o modificato da interventi terapeutici. Le correlazioni riscontrate tra parametri di RM ed attività a breve termine della malattia rendono appropriato l'uso di tali misure come end-point primari in trial di fase II volti ad esplorare la efficacia di nuovi trattamenti. Le correlazioni tra parametri di RM ed evoluzione clinica a lungo termine sono invece modeste nelle forme clinicamente definite di malattia e pertanto tali misure sono attualmente utilizzate esclusivamente come end-point secondari nei trial di fase III. In questo articolo vengono inoltre presentati i risultati ottenuti dall'applicazione clinica di nuove tecniche non convenzionali di RM, nonché il loro possibile ruolo futuro nel monitorare l'efficacia dei trattamenti volti a prevenire lo sviluppo di disabilità in pazienti con SM.
    Notes: Abstract In this review the main contributions of magnetic resonance (MR) techniques in the monitoring of multiple sclerosis (MS) course, both natural or modified by treatments, are presented. MR measures well correlate with short-term disease evolution and therefore their use is appropriate as primary end-points in preliminary clinical trials evaluating the effects of new treatments. In contrast, the correlation between MR measures and long-term clinical evolution in clinically definite MS is less clear, thus indicating that such measures can be used at present only as a secondary end-point in large scale definitive trials. The results coming from the clinical application of newer MR techniques with higher pathological specificity are also presented and their possible future roles in monitoring treatment aimed at preventing development of disability in MS are discussed.
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