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  • 1925-1929
  • 1996  (12.011)
  • Chemistry  (11.016)
  • Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling  (433)
  • Magnetic resonance imaging  (275)
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  • 1
    ISSN: 1530-0358
    Schlagwort(e): Anal sphincter ; Endoanal coil ; Magnetic resonance imaging
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract PURPOSE: To obtain high resolution images of the anal sphincter and adjacent anorectum using an endoanal coil in patients with sepsis, trauma, and low rectal tumors and to compare imaging appearances with findings at time of surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cylindrical saddle geometry coil (diameter, 9 mm; length, 75 mm) was used to examine 30 patients (mean age, 53.6 years). Pathologies included perianal sepsis (10 patients), obstetric trauma (7 patients), and low rectal tumors (13 patients). Imaging was performed on an 0.5-T Picker Asset or 1.0-T Picker HPQ Vista (Picker International, Highland Heights, OH). T 1 and T 2 weighted and short inversion time inversion recovery transverse images and T 1 weighted coronal images were obtained. Intravenous gadopentetate dimeglumine (0.1 mmol/kg) was given to all patients with suspected infection and neoplasms. RESULTS: Abscesses and fistulas identified using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with perianal sepsis were confirmed at surgery in all cases; site of fistulous internal opening into the anal canal was correctly identified in 80 percent of cases. Extent of sphincter tear was correctly assessed on endoanal MRI in all patients with obstetric trauma when compared with surgical findings. Tumor invasion of anal sphincter was seen in 38.5 percent of low rectal carcinomas. CONCLUSIONS: MRI with an endoanal coil provides detailed images of the site and extent of anal fistulas, sphincter tears, and local tumors and is of considerable value in preoperative assessment.
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  • 2
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    Digitale Medien
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    Diseases of the colon & rectum 39 (1996), S. 935-937 
    ISSN: 1530-0358
    Schlagwort(e): Anus/injuries ; Foreign bodies ; Rectum/injuries ; Rectum/surgery ; Human ; Vacuum extraction, obstetric instrumentation
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract PURPOSE: Rectal foreign bodies can be extracted by non-surgical methods. However, glass objects require technical considerations to minimize morbidity and may necessitate surgical extraction. We describe a technique that allowed safe transanal extraction of a glass foreign body and avoided laparotomy. METHODS: A patient with a history of a previous rectal foreign body that required laparotomy presented with another incarcerated rectal foreign body. After attempts at manual extraction failed, spinal anesthesia was induced, and an obstetric vacuum extractor was used to transanally withdraw the glass foreign body. RESULTS: The glass foreign body was withdrawn uneventfully using the vacuum extractor. Laparotomy was avoided. The patient was hospitalized for observation and discharged 24 hours later. CONCLUSIONS: Use of the delivery vacuum extractor provided a safe, cost-effective method of glass foreign body removal by the transanal route. Literature review found no other reports of rectal foreign body removal by this method.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1435-604X
    Schlagwort(e): Photosensitizer ; Photodynamic therapy ; mTHPC ; Temoporfin ; Pharmacokinetics ; Human
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin , Physik , Technik allgemein
    Notizen: Abstract A Phase I photodynamic therapy (PDT) clinical trial was carried out with Temoporfin (Foscan®, mTHPC) at the Departments of Otolaryngology at Orebro Medical Center (OMC) and Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJMC). A range of drug doses, consisting of 0.3, 0.15, 0.075 and 0.0375 mg kg−1, were utilized. Light treatment was performed on the sixth day after injection of the photosensitizer mTHPC. Photodynamic therapy was done on prostate cancer (six cases), bronchial cancer (one case), nasopharyngeal cancer (three cases), laryngeal cancer (eight cases), mesothelioma (one case), laryngeal papilloma (five cases) and basal cell nevus syndrome (one case). A number of patients were treated more than once. Plasma was collected and analysed at 1, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120 and 144 h and at 2 weeks post-injection, to follow the loading and clearance rate of the photosensitizer. Normal and malignant tissues were collected immediately prior to PDT, chemically extracted, and analysed for drug content spectrofluorometrically. Plasma drug levels were proportional to the dose. The half-life of the drug was 45.4 h across the entire dose range. The ratio of the drug in the tumour compared to normal adjacent mucosa was in the range of 2–3. There were no significant adverse effects. These data establish the basis for full clinical trials.
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  • 4
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 677-681 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Anthraquinone ; crystal structure ; intramolecular hindrance
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The title compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group, P21/c;a=12.938(1),b=11.041(1),c=19.285(2) Å, β=104.314(8)°,Z=4. Refinement based on 1660 unique observed reflections converged toR=0.054. The anthraquinone moiety is distorted due to intramolecular steric hindrance from the tosylate groups.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Organoiron complex ; dinuclear complex ; crystal structure ; phosphonium ylid
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The title compound crystallizes in the centrosymmetric monoclinic space group P21/n withZ=4. The cation consists of two (η5-C5h5)Fe(CO) units which are linked via a metal-metal bond (Fe(1)−Fe(2)=2.530(1) Å), a bridging carbonyl ligand (Fe(1)−C(4)=1.912(8) Å. Fe(2)−C(4)=1.940(9) Å) and a bridging phosphonium ylid ligand (Fe(1)−C(1)=1.991(6) Å, Fe(2)−C(1)=1.985(6) Å and C(1)−P(1)=1.781(6) Å).
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  • 6
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    Digitale Medien
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 747-752 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Phosphine oxide ; quaternary ammonium ; water-soluble phosphine ; crystal structure ; hydrogen bonding
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The title compound crystallizes in the centrosymmetric triclinic space group $$P\bar 1$$ withZ=4. The crystallographic asymmetric unit contains two independent cations; interatomic distances within these include P=O=1.47(1) and 1.47(1) Å, P−C6H5=1.78(2)–1.81(1)Å and P−CH2CH2NMe3 +=1.80(1) and 1.81(1) Å. The phosphine oxide moiety is involved in intermolecular hydrogen bonding ()...H−C, with O...H≥2.42Å) and the iodide is involved in I...H−C contacts with I...H≥3.10Å.
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  • 7
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    Digitale Medien
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 185-189 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Solid-solid reaction ; inclusion compound ; p-toluidine ; cholic acid ; crystal structure
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract Cholic acid undergoes solid-solid reactions with some aromatic molecules to form inclusion compounds. Simple shaking of a mixture of powdered cholic acid andp-toluidine results in formation of the 1∶1 (host:guest) inclusion compound which has the same structure as that formed by conventional crystallization methods: monoclinic space groupP21 witha=13.577(4),b=8.078(2),c=14.182(6) Å, β=114.42(3)°,Z=2 andR 1=0.061 for 2680 unique reflections.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Ruthenium(II) complex ; disordered structure ; crystal structure ; solvate ; triphenylphosphine ; bipyridyl
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The complexcis-[Ru{4,4′-(t-Bu)2bpy}2(PPh3)Cl+][ClO 4 − ·0.5(toluene)·0.5(MeCN), where 4,4′-(t-Bu)2bpy=4,4′-di(t-butyl)-2,2′-bipyridyl crystallizes with an ordered racemic mixture of the chiral cations in the centrosymmetric triclinic space group $$P\bar 1$$ (No. 2). The structure was refined toR=4.42% for those 6426 reflections with 20=5–50o and |F o|〉6σ(F). Ruthenium ligand distances are Ru−Cl=2.423(2)Å, Ru−PPh3=2.346(2)Å and Ru−N=2.056(4)–2.098(4)Å. Both the Ru(II)-containing cation and the perchlorate anion are ordered, but the toluene and acetonitrile exhibit an interesting type of scrambled disorder about the inversion center atx=1,y=1/2,z=0.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1572-8862
    Schlagwort(e): Rhenium ; dirhenium complexes ; rhenium-rhenium multiple bonds ; isocyanide ligands ; carbonyl ligand ; structural isomers ; crystal structure
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Maschinenbau , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The monocarbonyl complex Re2Cl4(µ-dppm)2(CO) reacts with xylyl isocyanide in acetonitrile to afford the bioctahedral complex (CO)Cl2Re(µ-dppm)2 ReCl2(CNxyl), 2b. This is a different structural isomer from the edge-sharing bioctahedral complex Cl2Re(µ-Cl)(µ-dppm)2ReCl(CNxyl) or this same stoichiometry which A formed when acetone is be reaction solvent. The complex2b reacts with a further equivalent of xylNC in the presence of TlO3SCF3 in dichloromethane to form a red complex of composition [Re2Cl3(µ-dppm)2 (CO)(CNxyl)2]O3SCF3. 3, which has the open bioctahedral structure [(xylNC)2ClRe(µ-dppm)2ReCl2(CO)]O3SCF3. This is a third isomeric form of this dirhenium cation: the previously isolated green and yellow forms have edge-sharing bioctahedral structures. Crystal data for3 at 295 K: orthorhombic space group Pbca (No. 61) witha=22.654(5) Å,b=22.717(4) Å,c=27.324(4) A,V= 14061(7) Å3, andZ = 8. The structure was refined to R = 0.059 (R, = 0.134 ) for 14164 data. The Re-Re distance is 2.3833(8) Å.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Ruthenium(II) ; bipyridyl ; phenyldi(o-tolyl)phosphine ; solvate ; hydrogen bonding ; crystal structure
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The complexcis-[Ru(bpy)2{PPh(o-tolyl)2}Cl+][ClO4 −] crystallized from a solution in dichloromethane as the dichloromethane-water solvate. The structure was refined toR=4.5% for those 2433 reflections with |F o|〉6σ(|F o|). The octahedral Ru(II) cation is associated with metal-ligand distances as follows: Ru−Cl=2.434(3)Å, Ru-PPh(o-tol)2=2.382(2)Å, and Ru−N=2.037(7)–2.088(7)Å. The structure is stabilized by a hydrogen-bonded CH2Cl2...ClO4 −...H2O channel which incorporates adventitious water of crystallization.
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  • 11
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Silver ; stearate ; triphenylphosphine ; crystal structure
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The crystal and molecular structure of [bis-triphenylphosphine-silver(I) stearate], [((C6H5)3P)2Ag(O2C(CH2)16CH3)], has been determined by single crystal X-ray analysis: the space group is PT witha=12.021(4),b=13.916(5)1,c=14.678(5) Å, α=95.952(5), β=101.249(6), γ=93.259(5)°,V=2388(2) Å3, andD calc=1.293 g/cm3 forZ=2. The silver is four coordinate: the carboxylate symmetrically chelates the silver while the triphenylphosphine ligands occupy the third and fourth coordination sites. The strong bonding nature of the phosphine ligands, as indicated by the Ag−P bond lengths, 2.446(3) and 2.424(3) Å, dominates the coordination sphere of the silver and forces the initial carboxylate ligand to rearrange from bridging to chelating resulting in weaker Ag−O bonds, as indicated by the extended Ag−O bond lengths, 2.399(8) and 2.449(8) Å. Unlike the free acid, the long hydrocarbon chain is not linear, and exhibits disorder in the lattice. The structure of the title complex explains the dramatic shift in solubility properties compared to the starting phosphine free silver carboxylate.
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  • 12
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Ruthenium(II) complex ; organoruthenium compound ; bis(1,2-diphenylphosphino)ethane ligand ; ruthenium-nitro complex ; crystal structure ; cyclopentadienyl derivative ; methanol solvate
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The title complex crystallizes in the centrosymmetric monoclinic space group C2/c (No. 15) withZ=8. The structure was refined toR=4.49% for those 2745 independent reflections with 2θ=5–50o and |F σ|〉6σ(F). Ruthenium-ligand distances are as follows: Ru-P=2.284(2) and 2.286(2) Å, Ru-NO2=2.049(6) Å and Ru-C(Cp)=2.210(10)-2.246(9) Å. Bond lengths within the nitro ligand are N(1)-O(1)=1.226(10) Å and N(1)-O(2)=1.244(10) Å. The methanol of solvation is ordered but is subject to large thermal vibrational motions.
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  • 13
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 461-465 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Molecular dynamics ; crystal structure ; TOT clathrate ; thiophene
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract Tri-o-thymotide (TOT) forms a cage-type clathrate with the thiophene guest molecule in a host:guest ratio of 2∶1. This clathrate crystallizes in the trigonal system (space groupP3121). The unit cell, of dimensionsa=b=13.585(4),c=29.914(12)Å, contains 6 TOT and one thiophene molecule. The crystal structure, established by direct methods (R=0.053), indicates that the host cavity has an oblate-ellipsoid shape with a crystallographic twofold axis parallel to the largest dimension of the cage. The guest molecule within the cavity is disordered. Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed and indicate that the guest molecules have hindered molecular freedom around the shortest ellipsoid axis of the cavity, and may produce a dynamic disorder in the cage of the TOT clathrate.
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  • 14
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Ruthenium(II) complex ; tri-n-propylphosphine ; terpyridine ; ruthenium-nitro complex ; crystal structure ; disordered ligands
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The complexmer,trans-[Ru(NO2)(trpy)(PPr3) 2 + ][ClO 4 − ]crystallizes in the centrosymmetric orthorhombic space group Pnma withZ=4. Both the ruthenium(II) cation and the perchlorate ligand lie about crystallographic mirror planes. The nitro ligand is not coplanar with the Ru(trpy) moiety and suffers from two fold disorder about its Ru−N bond such that the two sets of oxygen atoms have symmetry-related sites above or below the crystallographic mirror plane. The n-propyl groups within the PPr3 ligands suffer from disorder of their C(α) and C(β) atoms but share common C(γ) sites. Ruthenium-ligand distances are: Ru−PPr3=2.398(2)Å, Ru−NO2=2.053(7) Å, Ru−N(trpy, outer)=2.078(6) and 2.092(6) Å and Ru−N(trpy, central) =1.965(6) Å.
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  • 15
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 355-360 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Chromium ; carbonyl ; arene ; acetal ; crystal structure ; conformation
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The structures of the (benzene dialkylacetal)tricarbonyl chromium complexes [η6-C6H5-CH(OR)2]Cr(CO)6 (R=Me,1; Et,2), are reported. The compounds were examined as part of a study of the conformations of the tripodal tricarbonylchromium group. For [η6-C6H5-CH(OMe)2]Cr(CO)3,1, monoclinic,P21/c (# 14),a=15.235(1) Å,b=6.5304(5) Å,c=12.702 Å, β=103.197(1)o,Z=4. For [η6-C6H5-CH(OEt)2]Cr(CO)3,2, monoclinic,P21/c (# 14),a=9.859(3) Å,b=10.547(3) Å,c=15.138(3) Å, β=108.42(2)o,Z=4. The data show that the molecules adopt the expected “three-legged piano stool” structure. The carbonyl ligands in1 adopt an eclipsed arrangement with respect to the arene ring and its substituent, while those in2 are staggered. These conformations are consistent with the notion that the acetal substituent behaves largely as an electroneutral group, or at most as a weak electronic acceptor.
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  • 16
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 389-392 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): p-Methoxyphenyltelluro ; x-ray diffraction ; crystal structure
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract C23H18TeO,M r=437.97, $$P\bar 1$$ ,a=9.940(2),b=13.664(3),c=7.895(2) Å, α=80.60(1), β=69.71(2), γ=75.95(1)°,V=972.0(4) Å3,Z=2,R=0.041 for 2668 observed reflections. The Te−C bond distances are 2.109(5)Å and the C−Te−C angle is 96.0(2)°. The phenyl rings are planar to within experimental accuracy, making dihedral angles of 64.6(2), 65.3(2) and 31.1(3)°.
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  • 17
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 403-406 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Cyclotrithiazene ; arylaminophospine ; crystal structure
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The title compound (C6H5)2(OC4H8N)P=N−S3N3 crystallizes in the space group $$P\bar 1$$ with unit cell parametersa=9.3900(2),b=9.4747(1),c=11.3850(3) Å, α=95.73(4), β=96.85(6), γ=104.26(2)o, and Z=2. The tricoordinated sulfur of the cyclotrithiazene ring deviates from the mean plane of other skeletal atoms by 0.683(4) Å. The angle at this atom is the smallest in the ring and is enclosed by the longest S−N bonds observed in the ring.
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  • 18
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Copper(II) complex ; crystal structure ; coordination polymer ; betaine ; dicarboxylate ligand
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract Three polymeric copper(II) complexes of a flexible double betaine, namely, [{Cu(L)Cl2(H2O)} n ]·2 n H2O (1), [{Cu(L)Br2(H2O)} n ]·2nH2O (2), and [{Cu(L)(H2O)4} n ](ClO4)2n ·2nH2O (3) [L=−O2CCH(Me3N+)CH2CH2CH(Me3N+CO2], have been prepared and characterized by singlecrystal X-ray analysis. Isomorphous complexes (1) and (2) crystallize in space groupC2/c (No. 15) witha=17.725(3),b=5.958(2),c=19.077(3) Å, β=110.70(1)o,V=1881.4(4) Å3, Z=4 anda=18.268(4),b=5.948(3),c=19.166(5) Å, β=109.08(2)o,V=1964.7(9) Å3, Z=4, respectively. Complex (3) belongs to space groupPĪ (No. 2) witha=6.203(1),b=9.293(2),c=12.035(2) Å, α=86.56(2), β=87.33(3), γ=71.23(2)o,V=655.4(2) Å3 and Z=1. The crystal structure of (1) and (2) features an infinite zigzag chain composed of an alternate arrangement of metal atoms and double betaines ligands, with each Cu(II) atom in a distorted CuX2O3 [X-Cl, Br] square-pyramidal geometry, and hydrogen bonding between adjacent chains leads to a layer structure concentrated the (200) family of planes. Complex (3) exhibits a layer structure corresponding to the (001) family of planes, in which neighboring chains constructed from the metal atoms and the double betaine ligands are cross-linked by hydrogen bonding between the aqua ligands. The Cu(II) atom is coordinated in a CuO6 octahedral geometry with Jahn-Teller distortion.
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 503-508 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Tin(IV) sodium(I) complex ; ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid ; crystal structure
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract NaSn(OH)(edta)(H2O) is monoclinic, space groupP21/c, witha=9.747(3)Å,b=9.121(3)Å,c=16.430(6)Å, β=98.69(4)°, Å3, andZ=4. The coordination environment of Sn(IV) is a capped octahedron. Sn−O distances range from 1.990(6)Å to 2.351(7)Å. Na(I) is five coordinated to three different edta molecules. Na−O distances range from 2.283(9)Å to 2.414(7)Å. The edta ligand presents the E, G/R conformation. The crystal structure is composed of sheets parallel to (001): inside a sheet Sn(OH)(edta) molecules are connected to each other by the Na(I) interactions.
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 515-518 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Antiarrhythmic agent ; crystal structure ; absolute configuration
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The title compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space groupP212121, withZ=4,a=4.770(1)Å,b=6.620(1)Å,c=37.550(7)Å,R=0.04. The most important factors affecting conformation of the molecules are: the protonation state of the N(9) atom andortho-substitution of the benzene ring in the acetanilide system. Protonation promotes an extended form of the molecule and 2,6-substitution forces a twist of at least 60° between the benzene ring and amide group planes. The resulting separation of lipophilic (xylidine) and amine groups, being two important pharmacophores, equals about 5Å in tocainide and all other structures comprising the amino-2,6-dimethylacetanilide system.
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  • 21
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 553-557 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Silver(I) complex ; synthesis ; crystal structure ; spectroscopic properties
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The reaction of [Ph3PAgI]4 with sodium phenylacetate in MeOH and CH2Cl2 at room temperature gave rise to a binuclear silver complex with triphenylphosphine and phenylacetate mixed ligands, [Ph3PAg(O2CCH2Ph)]2. The crystal and molecular structure of the complex has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The space group is $$P\bar 1$$ witha=9.198(2),b=9.516(2),c=13.842(3) Å, α=102.00(3), β=108.34(3), γ=93.58(3)°,Z=1, andDc=1.506 g cm−3. The silver atoms are each coordinated by one phosphorus atom from triphenylphosphine and two oxygen atoms from the carboxylate groups in a T-shape. The complex is further characterized by its IR,1H, and31P NMR spectra.
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    Schlagwort(e): Ruthenium(II) complex ; tri-n-propylphosphine ; bipyridyl ; crystal structure ; disorder
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The complexcis-[Ru(bpy)2(PPr3)Cl+][ClO 4 − ] · 0.5 (toluene) crystallizes as a racemate in the monoclinic space group P21/n. Both the PPr3 ligand and the toluene of crystallization are subject to disorder. Ruthenium—ligand distances are: Ru−PPr3=2.348(2) Å, Ru−Cl=2.426(2) Å and Ru−N(bpy)=2.035(6)–2.112(5) Å.
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  • 23
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    Schlagwort(e): Ruthenium(II) complex ; terpyridine ; triphenylphosphine ; ruthenium-nitro complex ; crystal structure ; pseudo-lattice
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    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The complexmer,trans-[Ru(NO2)(trpy)(PPh3) 2 + ][PF 6 − ] crystallizes in the centrosymmetric monoclinic space groupP21/n withZ=4; the ruthenium atom lies close toy=1/4 and all data withh+l=2n+1 are systematically weak. The trpy ligand is not strictly planar, but has a “dish-like” geometry. The nitro ligand is rotated from the plane of the Ru(trpy) moiety, the N3Ru/NO2 interplanar angle being 32.5o. Ruthenium-ligand distances are: Ru−PPh3=2.418(4) Å and 2.429(4) Å, Ru−NO2=2.063(12) Å, Ru−N(trpy, outer)=2.100(12) Å and 2.116(12) Å and Ru−N(trpy, central)=2.004(11) Å.
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 661-665 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): N,N′-bis(2-hydroxyphenyl)butanediamide ; crystal structure ; hydrolysis product
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    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The structure of N,N′-bis(2-hydroxyphenyl)butanediamide has been determined. The molecule consists of two 2-hydroxyphenyl moieties which are attached (at the 2 position) to the two nitrogens of the butanediamide. The compound C16H16N2O4 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c witha=5.576(1),b=4.8853(6),c=25.397(6) Å and β=90.58(1)°.
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 691-694 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Organotin ; crystal structure ; flavone
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    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The 1∶1 adduct of chlorotriphenyltin with 2′,6′-dimethoxyflavone, (C35H29O4ClSn)Mr=667.78, crystallizes in the triclinic space groupP1 with the following data:a-9.094(2),b=12.369(3),c=14.674(3) Å, α=74.78(2), β=77.00(2), γ=73.06(3)°,V=1503.8(4) Å3,Z=2, Mo-Kα, μ=9, 8 cm−1,Dc=1.475 g cm−3, F(000)=676,T=293K. The structure was solved by direct-methods and has been refined to a finalR value (l〉3σ(I)) of 0.0301. The flavone coordinates to the tin atom through the carbonyl oxygen atom. The metal center exhibits a trigonal bipyramidal configuration with the three phenyl groups in equatorial positions.
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  • 26
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Betaine ; 4-dimethylaminopyridinioacetate ; hydrogen bonding ; crystal structure
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    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The crystalline dihydrate and hydrochloride trihydrate of a new betaine, namely, L·2H2O (1) and [L2H]Cl·3H2O(2) (L=p-Me2NC5H4N+CH2CO2), have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography. Molecule L in compound1 [space groupPbcn, witha=15.732(3),b=7.894(2),c=18.304(4) Å, andZ=8] possesses approximateC s symmetry. The formation of hydrogen bonds by water molecules bridging neighboring carboxy oxygen atoms leads to an infinite two-dimensional network composed of a packing of two different kinds of 12-membered rings. In compound2 [space group PT witha=7.341(2),b=9.543(2),c=17.010(4) Å, α=82.43(2)°, δ=80.34(2)°, λ=74.05(2)°, andZ=2], the carboxylate groups of a pair of betaine molecules are bridged by a proton to form a dimeric cation L2H+ with a very strong asymmetric hydrogen bond of length 2.464(7) Å. The crystal structure features a hydrogen-bonded corrugated ribbon comprising an alternate arrangement of edge-sharing centrosymmetric (H2O)4(Cl−)2 and (H2O)4 rings running parallel to thea axis.
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  • 27
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    Schlagwort(e): Bidentate ligand ; crystal structure ; pyrazolyl group ; hydrogen bonding
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    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The title compound lies on a site of C2 symmetry, with the two planar pyrazolyl moieties oriented at 86.1° to one another. The hydrogen atoms were located and refined.
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 219-222 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Steroid ; organometallic ; crystal structure
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    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract 3α-Triphenylstannylcholest-5-ene (1) has been synthesised and its molecular structure has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Refinement in the triclinic space groupP1 witha=7.805(6),b=7.862(5),c=32.351(10)Å, α=90.87(8), β=94.77(8) and γ=101.15(4)o converged atR=0.063. One of the two crystallographically independent molecules in the unit cell has a patially disordered side chain. The bond lengths and valency angles about tin indicate some steric hindrance due to the proximity of one of the phenyl rings with the B ring of the steroid nucleus.
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 841-846 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Cu(II) resorcylidene aminoguanidine ; synthesis ; crystal structure
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    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The tridentate Schiff base, β-resorcylidene aminoguanidine (RAG)1 was synthesized from 2,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde and aminoguanidine and complexed with copper(II) to form a copper(II)-β-resorcylidene aminoguanidine (Cu-RAG)2 complex. X-ray diffraction analysis of compound2 (orthorhombic, Pnma,a=11.674(1);b=6.7198(7);c=17.836(2) Å) revealed a square-planar copper(II) cation with a tridentate·ligand bound through two nitrogen atoms (N1 and N3) of the aminoguanidine moiety and an oxygen (O1) of the monodeprotonated dihydroxybenzaldehyde function. The remaining coordination site was occupied by chloride and the structure was rigidly planar as demanded by the restrictions of the crystallographic space group. The unit cell contents exhibited an extended sheet-like structure constructed via hydrogen bonds both intermolecularly and involving two water molecules (O3 and O4) also restricted by the same mirror symmetry. The remaining water (O5) provided for interlayer hydrogen bonding.
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    Schlagwort(e): Pyrazolyl group ; crystal structure ; bidentate ligand ; hydrogen bonding
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    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The title compound consists of two planar pyrazolyl fragments oriented at 73.0° to each other and linked to a common carbon atom. All hydrogen atoms were located unambiguously and their positions were refined.
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  • 31
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Ruthenium(II) complex ; bipyridyl ; diphenyl(o-tolyl)phosphine ; dichloromethane solvate ; crystal structure
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    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The complexcis-[Ru(bpy)2 {PPh2(o-tol)}Cl][ClO4] crystallizes from dichloromethane as the sesqui-dichloromethane solvate. The complex crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/n with Z=4. The structure was refined toR=5.50% for those 2552 independent reflections with |F 0|〉6σ(|F 0|) The octahedral Ru(II) cation is associated with the following bond lengths: Ru-PPh2(o-tol)=2.360(3)Å. Ru−Cl=2.433(2)Å and Ru−N(bpy)=2.041(8)–2.095(8)Å. Both the perchlorate anion and the dichloromethane molecules of solvation exhibit large amplitudes of vibration. One dichloromethane molecule lies in a general position, the other lies about an inversion center and suffers from disorder.
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    Journal of chemical crystallography 26 (1996), S. 615-619 
    ISSN: 1572-8854
    Schlagwort(e): Disordered trifluoromethyl group ; quinoline ; crystal structure ; AM1 calculation ; mefloquine
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Geologie und Paläontologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The title compound crystallized in space groupPna21 with lattice constantsa=13.406(1),b=18.799 (4), andc=4.785(1). The molecule is essentially flat with only fluorine atoms, methylene hydrogen atoms, and the hydroxyl hydrogen atom out of the plane of the quinoline ring. Only one of the trifluoromethyl groups of the title compound is disordered following a pattern observed in other crystal structures. Quantum chemical calculations at the AM1 level are consistent with this phenomenon. Although the carbon atom of the fixed trifluoromethyl group is further from the quinoline nitrogen atom than the carbon atom of the disordered trifluoromethyl group, the fluorine atoms of the fixed trifluoromethyl group more closely approach the quinoline nitrogen atom by 0.3 Å if the C(8)−C(10) bond in the crystal structure is freely rotated.
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  • 33
    ISSN: 1572-8862
    Schlagwort(e): Niobium(III) ; edge-sharing bioctahedra ; di-p-tolylformamidinato ; thiomethoxide ; double-bond ; crystal structure
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Maschinenbau , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract The reaction of NaEt3BH with Nb2(μ-SMe2)3Cl6 results in the transfer of a hydride ion to dimethylthioether with concomitant production of methane. Further reaction with potassium di-p-tolylformamidinate, KDTolF, yields Nb2(μ-SMe)2(μ-DTolF)2η2-DTolF:)2.2 toluene, 1. In the latter, two thiomethoxide ions and two DTolF groups bridge the trivalent niobium atoms. Each of the other two DTolF groups chelate a metal atom to give the molecule an edge-sharing bioctahedral structure, The niobium-niobium distance of 2.655(2) A is consistent with the presence of a double bond between the metal atoms.
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    Journal of molecular medicine 74 (1996), S. 233-251 
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Schlagwort(e): Angiotensin receptors types ; Cloning ; Signaling ; Transgenic models ; Regulation ; Transcription ; Organ specificity ; Human ; Cardiovascular ; Receptor antagonists
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The actions of angiotensin II in the cardiovascular system are transmitted by two known and possibly some unknown angiotensin receptor types. AT1 and AT2 both correspond to G-protein-coupled receptors with seven hydrophobic transmembrane domains, several N-glycosylation sites and a potential G-protein binding site. Cloning of coding regions and promoter sequences contributed to the understanding of receptor protein function and regulation. Angiotensin receptors with atypical binding properties for the known AT1- and AT2-specific ligands are expressed on human cardiac fibroblasts and in the human uterus. In several animal models, receptors with high affinity for angiotensin (1–7) have been described. AT1 stimulation is mediated by the generation of phospholipid-derived second messengers, activation of protein kinase C, the MAPkinase pathway and of immediate early genes. Recently, phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of tyrosine kinases have been associated with AT1- and AT2-mediated signal transduction. ATR are regulated by phosphorylation, internalization, modification of transcription rate and mRNA stability. Regulation is highly cell and organ specific and includes upregulation of ATR in some pathophysiological situations where the renin angiotensin system is activated. Whereas the function of AT1 in the cardiovascular system is relatively well established, there is little information regarding the role of AT2. Recent hypotheses suggest an antagonism between AT1 and AT2 at the signal transduction and the functional level. Transgenic animal models, particularly with targeted disruption of the AT1 and AT2 genes, suggest the contribution of both genes to blood pressure regulation. Genetic polymorphisms have been described in the AT1 and AT2 gene or neighbored regions and are used to analyze the association between gene defects and cardiovascular diseases. AT1 antagonists are now being introduced into the treatment of hypertension and potentially heart failure, and more interesting pharmacological developments are expected from the ongoing basic studies.
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    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Angiotensin receptors ; mRNA ; Quantitative PCR ; Human ; Atrium
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract  The number of atrial angiotensin II binding sites is reduced in end-stage human heart failure. The goals of our study were the development of a quantitative polymerase chain reaction for angiotensin II receptor type 1 mRNA to determine the angiotensin receptor type1 (AT1) mRNA content in the atria of patients with end-stage heart failure. We established a quantitative PCR based on coamplification of AT1 wild-type and an internal standard in the same PCR, followed by liquid-phase hybridization of PCR products in microtiter plates and quantitation by ELISA. Glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA in the same samples was used to relate the AT1 mRNA content to a stably expressed reference gene. Atrial samples from 11 patients with end-stage heart failure obtained at cardiac transplantation were compared with atrial samples from 11 patients with normal cardiac function undergoing routine cardiac surgery. A PCR/ELISA system with a variance of about 6% after reverse transcription and a linear measuring range was established. In the samples from 11 patients with end-stage heart failure a 58% decrease in AT1 mRNA content was found in comparison with 11 controls (heart failure: 185680±196912 AT1 mRNA copies/μg RNA, controls: 440555±268456, P〈0.02). When AT1 mRNA content was related to glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA, a 65% decrease was detected (AT1/glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase: heart failure: 4.84±5.18; controls: 13.74±7.77; P〈0.005). Standardization of PCR resulting in a low coefficient of variance, high reproducibility, and large sample capacity is possible using optimal internal standardization and the liquid-phase hybridization/ELISA system for detection. The optimized PCR procedure indicated downregulation of atrial AT1 in end-stage human heart failure, suggesting a reduced capacity of the atria to respond to angiotensin II stimulation in end-stage heart failure.
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  • 36
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Schlagwort(e): Angiotensin receptors ; mRNA ; Quantitative PCR ; Human ; Atrium
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The number of atrial angiotensin II binding sites is reduced in end-stage human heart failure. The goals of our study were the development of a quantitative polymerase chain reaction for angiotensin II receptor type 1 mRNA to determine the angiotensin receptor typel (AT1) mRNA content in the atria of patients with end-stage heart failure. We established a quantitative PCR based on coamplification of AT1 wild-type and an internal standard in the same PCR, followed by liquidphase hybridization of PCR products in microtiter plates and quantitation by ELISA. Glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA in the same samples was used to relate the AT1 mRNA content to a stably expressed reference gene. Atrial samples from 11 patients with endstage heart failure obtained at cardiac transplantation were compared with atrial samples from 11 patients with normal cardiac function undergoing routine cardiac surgery. A PCR/ELISA system with a variance of about 6% after reverse transcription and a linear measuring range was established. In the samples from 11 patients with end-stage heart failure a 58% decrease in AT1 mRNA content was found in comparison with 11 controls (heart failure: 185680±196912 AT1 mRNA copies/μg RNA, controls: 440555±268456, P〈0.02). When AT1 mRNA content was related to glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA, a 65% decrease was detected (AT1/glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase: heart failure: 4.84±5.18; controls: 13.74±7.77; P〈0.005). Standardization of PCR resulting in a low coefficient of varince, high reproducibility, and large sample capacity is possible using optimal internal standardization and the liquid-phase hybridization/ELISA system for detection. The optimized PCR procedure indicated downregulation of atrial AT1 in end-stage human heart failure, suggesting a reduced capacity of the atria to respond to angiotensin II stimulation in end-stage heart failure.
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  • 37
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Rabbit ; Human ; 5-HT1Dα receptor structure ; 5-HT1Dβ receptor structure ; Radioligand binding ; Ketanserin ; Methiothepin
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract  The study of serotonin receptor function has been complicated by the extreme molecular diversity of serotonin receptor subtypes, the lack of selective agonists and antagonists for many of the subtypes, and divergence in the pharmacological properties of a single receptor subtype across different animal species. An example of this pharmacological diversity between species homologues is provided by the 5-HT1D receptor subfamily. To further advance the ability to characterize and pharmacologically compare functional responses mediated by native 5-HT1D receptors, we have cloned the 5-HT1Dα and 5-HT1Dβ receptor subtypes from the rabbit and evaluated their pharmacological profiles using radioligand binding assays. The deduced amino acid sequences of the rabbit 5-HT1Dα and 5-HT1Dβ receptor genes displayed 60% overall identity [75% transmembrane (TM) identity] to each other and 〉90% overall identity (95% TM identity) to their corresponding human homologues. Two compounds were identified in binding assays which discriminated between the closely-related 5-HT1D receptors. Ketanserin exhibited high affinity (pKi=7.66) and selectivity (〉20-fold) for the 5-HT1Dα receptor while methiothepin displayed high affinity (pKi=7.86) and selectivity (16-fold) for the 5-HT1Dβ receptor subtype. The rabbit and human recombinant 5-HT1D receptors showed significant intraspecies (rabbit 5-HT1Dα vs. 5-HT1Dβ) and interspecies (i.e. rabbit vs. human 5-HT1Dα) similarities in their ligand binding profiles. These data suggest that 5-HT1D-mediated responses in rabbit preparations may provide information relevant to the pharmacology of the 5-HT1D receptor subtypes in humans.
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    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 354 (1996), S. 765-772 
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Albino rabbit ; Pigmented rabbit ; Human ; Iris dilator ; α-Adrenoceptor subtype ; Imidazolines
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The relative potency of α-adrenoceptor agonists and the dissociation constants of competitive antagonists were studied to characterize the post-junctional α-adrenoceptor of the human iris dilator muscle. The data obtained from human iris dilator tissue was compared to that from rabbit. The iris dilator muscle was mounted in an organ bath and tension changes were recorded. (–)-Norepinephrine, (–)-phenylephrine (PE), oxymetazoline and p-aminoclonidine caused contractile responses in albino rabbit, pigmented rabbit and human iris dilator muscle in a concentration-dependent manner. The imidazoline molecules were partial agonists. In rabbit iris dilator, desensitization occurred to repeated oxymetazoline application at an interval of 1 h but recovery to the agonist activity was complete in about 3 h. Exposure to cocaine (10 μmol/l), hydrocortisone (100 μmol/l) and U-0521, a catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor (100 μmol/l), significantly potentiated the response to norepinephrine by 92-, 32- and 7 fold in iris dilator tissue of albino rabbit, pigmented rabbit and human, respectively. After block of „uptake1” and „uptake2”, the EC50 values of norepinephrine in the albino rabbit, pigmented rabbit and human iris dilator did not differ and ranged from 99 to 195 nmol/l. Small but significant potentiation by uptake blockers was also observed in the responses to PE in the albino rabbit or pigmented rabbit iris dilator. The average maximum tension induced by 100 μmol/l PE was 96 ± 11 mg (n =10), 197 ± 11 mg (n = 11), 45 ± 5 mg (n = 27) in albino rabbit, pigmented rabbit and human iris dilator, respectively. In human iris dilator, the responses to PE were competitively antagonized by prazosin, 5-methylurapidil and phentolamine with apparent pK B values of 7.3, 6.6 and 7.5, respectively. The pK B values of the prazosin-PE interaction in iris dilator of albino and pigmented rabbit were 8.6 and 6.4, respectively. These results suggest that the post-junctional α-adrenoceptors in iris dilator may be similar to that in pigmented rabbit iris. The α-adrenoceptor of the human or pigmented rabbit iris dilator may be characterized as α1L-adrenoceptor subtype. The α-adrenoceptor of albino rabbit iris dilator appears to be a high affinity subtype. Furthermore, albino rabbit may not be the best strain for the drug research which is relevant to human ocular therapeutics.
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  • 39
    ISSN: 1432-0584
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Bone marrow transplantation ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy ; Therapy monitoring
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract  Lumbar bone marrow was assessed by means of magnetic resonance (MR) in 23 examinations of eight patients who underwent autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT). Various imaging and spectroscopic techniques were applied for measurements carried out prior to conditioning for ABMT/PBSCT and in the course of reconstitution and correlated with clinical and blood chemistry data in these patients. The signal intensity from lumbar bone marrow was determined in T1-weighted and water- and fat-selective MR images. The distribution of the magnetic field was demonstrated by a field-mapping method. Localized proton spectroscopy was performed from volume elements of 2 ml located in the central region of vertebral bodies in order to evaluate the fraction of the water signals, the transverse relaxation times T2 of the signals from water and lipids, and the line widths of the spectral signals. Regions of bone marrow after inflammatory conditions or intensive irradiation are shown to be not involved in marrow reconstitution. Additional information about marrow composition was obtained by the magnetic field mapping and by the line widths in the spectra. Considerable alterations of the amount of paramagnetic hemosiderin were revealed following transplantation. Patients with low water signal and strong local inhomogeneities of the magnetic field in the marrow prior to transplantation had a delayed hematopoietic reconstitution compared with the patients lacking these MR features.
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  • 40
    ISSN: 1432-0843
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Hydroxyurea ; Pharmacokinetics ; Toxicity ; Human ; Drug therapy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract  A group of 18 patients with advanced cancer were entered on a phase I study of a 120-h continuous intravenous infusion of hydroxyurea. The dose of hydroxyurea was escalated in cohorts of patients from 1 to 2 to 3.2 g/m2 per day. The primary dose-limiting toxicity was neutropenia, often accompanied by leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and generalized skin rash. Prophylactic treatment of patients with dexamethasone and diphenhydramine hydrochloride prevented the skin rash, but not the hematopoietic toxicities. The pharmacokinetics of hydroxyurea were studied in all patients. The steady-state concentrations of hydroxyurea were linearly correlated with the dose (R 2 = 0.71, n = 18, P〈0.0001). The mean±SE concentrations were 93±16, 230±6 and 302±27 μM at 1, 2 and 3.2 g/m2 per day, respectively. The mean±SE renal and nonrenal clearances of hydroxyurea were 2.14±0.18 and 3.39±0.28 l/h per m2 (n = 16), neither of which correlated with the dose. The concentration of hydroxyurea in plasma decayed monoexponentially with a mean±SE half-life of 3.25±0.18 h (n = 17). The steady-state concentration of hydroxyurea was 〉200 μM in all nine patients treated at 2 g/m2 per day, a dose which was well tolerated for 5 days. We recommend this dose for phase II trials in combination with other antineoplastic agents.
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    International urogynecology journal 7 (1996), S. 321-324 
    ISSN: 1433-3023
    Schlagwort(e): Magnetic resonance imaging ; Pelvic floor ; Puerperium
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to assess anatomical changes in the pelvic floor after childbirth. Six women underwent serial MRI examination within 30 hours and at 1 week, 2 weeks, 6 weeks and 6 months after delivery; 8 additional women were studied only within 30 hours of delivery. T-1 and T-2-weighted images of the pelvis in the transverse and sagittal planes with a 1.5-T MR imager were obtained. In the sagittal section we assessed the urethrovesical angle, urethral length, distance from the symphysis to the proximal and distal vagina, vaginal length, width and length of the sphincters, and the presence of sphincter defects. Axial sections were assessed for sphincter defects for the distance between the symphysis and midurethra, vagina and rectum. Only one parameter (distance between symphysis and distal vagina) changed significantly over time, without a clear trend in direction. Interobserver variation was reasonable (〈15%) except for anal canal length, urethral length and distance between symphysis and anus. There were no significant correlations between birthweight and MRI parameters. There was a non-significant association (P=0.09) between the sole combined sphincter defect and rectal injury, but not with episiotomy or parity. We concluded that it is feasible to determine multiple measurements on MR images to evaluate structures of the pelvic floor.
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    Der Unfallchirurg 99 (1996), S. 665-670 
    ISSN: 1433-044X
    Schlagwort(e): Schlüsselwörter: Hämarthros ; Kniegelenkerguß ; MRT-Arthroskopie ; Therapieplanung ; Key words: Hemarthrosis ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Arthroscopy ; Treatment
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    Pediatric surgery international 11 (1996), S. 45-46 
    ISSN: 1437-9813
    Schlagwort(e): Purulent cystic lymphangioma ; Mesenteric cyst ; Intra-abdominal cystic lymphangioma ; Magnetic resonance imaging
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    Notizen: Abstract Infected intra-abdominal cystic lymphangiomas are very rare. We report a case of a purulent mesenteric cyst, histologically a cystic lymphangioma, w which developed in a 1-year-old girl who presented with marked abdominal distension and high fever. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed that the huge cystic lesion occupied the entire peritoneal cavity. It originated from the mesocolon. It was removed completely, and contained sticky pus at the base where the right fallopian tube penetrated it, which indicated the focus of infection. This may be the first report of a purulent mesenteric cyst in which the route of infection was suspected.
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    Pediatric surgery international 11 (1996), S. 33-40 
    ISSN: 1437-9813
    Schlagwort(e): Immunohistochemistry ; Human ; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide ; Somatostatin ; Neuropeptide
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    Notizen: Abstract The pathophysiology of the impaired sphincter function in Hirschsprung's disease is still unclear. The peptidergic innervation of the aganglionic large intestine is known to be disturbed. The present study analyzes the peptidergic innervation of the aganglionic internal anal sphincter (IAS) in comparison with that of the circular layer of ganglionic and aganglionic large intestine. Immunoreactivity for the following substances was analyzed: vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), substance P (SP), met-enkephalin (ENK), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), somatostatin (SOM), and neuropeptide Y (NPY). All patients were operated upon with Soave's endorectal pull-through technique and a posterior partial myectomy of the IAS. For comparison, specimens of resected IAS from adult patients operated upon for rectal cancer as well as autopsy specimens from a 2-year-old child were analyzed. Differences in the density of nerve fibers between the ganglionic and aganglionic large intestine were in accordance with previous studies. In sections of normoganglionic IAS moderately dense networks of nerve fibers immunoreactive for NPY, SOM, and VIP were observed. The occurrence of NPY and SOM was somewhat more frequent here compared to the colonic circular muscle coat, whereas the opposite was seen for VIP. In aganglionic IAS abundant nerve fibers immunoreactive for NPY, SOM, and VIP were observed. Only a few SP-, CGRP-, and ENK-immunoreactive fibers were found in normal and aganglionic IAS. It is concluded that there were moderate differences in the peptidergic innervation of the aganglionic IAS as compared to the normal ganglionic IAS and the circular muscle coat of the ganglionic and aganglionic large intestine.
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    Schlagwort(e): Key words Bone bruise ; Ankle sprain ; Lateral collateral ligament ; Magnetic resonance imaging
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    Notizen: Abstract  Objective. The objective of this study was to elucidate the relationship between lateral collateral ligamentous injuries of the ankle (ankle sprain) and bone bruise (trabecular trauma) of the talus and/or malleoli in the patients with twisting injuries of the ankle. Design. Magnetic resonance studies of the ankle were retrospectively reviewed, focusing on the presence or absence of lateral collateral ligamentous injuries and the location of bone bruise in the talus and/or malleoli. Patients. Thirty-five patients with acute twisting injuries of the ankle were studied. Results and conclusion. Four patterns of bone bruise were found in 14 patients: (1) bone bruise in the talar dome equivalent to osteochondral fracture in two patients, (2) bone bruise in the posteromedial aspect of the talus and the medial malleolus singly or in combination in four, (3) bone bruise in the anteromedial aspect of the talus in six, and (4) bone bruise with a combination of the second and third patterns in two. The second pttern was associated with tear of the anterior talofibular (ATAF) ligament in all patients and injury of the calcaneofibular (CF) ligament in one out of four. The third and fourth patterns were associated with tears of both ATAF and CF ligaments in all patients. The identification of bone bruise was of value in indicating lateral collateral ligamentous injuries.
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    Schlagwort(e): Key words Rheumatoid arthritis ; Cervical spine ; Cervical myelopathy ; Magnetic resonance imaging
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    Notizen: Abstract  Objective. Comparison of clinically observed neurologic long tract signs in a heterogeneous group of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with morphologic abnormalities of the cervical spine as depicted on radiographs and magnetic resonance (MR) images. Design. The patients were prospectively assigned to one of three classes on the basis of their neurologic status. Lateral cervical spine radiographs and sagittal T1-weighted and gradient echo images were performed. The qualitative MR features evaluated were erosion of the dens and atlas, brain stem compression, subarachnoid space encroachment, pannus around the dens, appearance of the fat body caudal to the clivus, and the signal intensity of the pannus. The quantitative imaging parameters were the cervicomedullary angle and the distance of the dens to the line of McRae. Patients. Sixty-three consecutive patients with RA and subjective symptoms, especially neck or occipital pain, and/or clinical objective signs consistent with a compromised cervical cord were included in this study. Results and conclusions. Damage documented with radiographs and MR imaging in patients with RA is often severe, even in those without neurologic signs (class 1). None of the abnormalities confined to the atlantoaxial level correlated significantly with neurologic classification. Subarachnoid space encroachment anywhere in the entire cervical spine did correlate significantly with neurologic classification.
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    Skeletal radiology 25 (1996), S. 127-132 
    ISSN: 1432-2161
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Computed tomography ; Diabetes mellitus ; Infarction ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Ultrasound
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    Notizen: Abstract  Objective. Diabetic muscle infarction (DMI) is frequently misdiagnosed clinically as abscess, neoplasm, or myositis, and is often biopsied. Clinical and radiologic findings are presented here to enable the radiologist to suggest the correct diagnosis. Design and patients. Four patients with severe diabetes mellitus presenting with acute thigh pain, tenderness, and swelling were evaluated by imaging techniques and biopsy. Results and conclusions. Edema in the affected muscles was seen in two patients with MRI studies. Femoral artery calcification and mild muscle swelling was present in one patient who underwent CT. Decreased echogenicity was seen in the involved muscle in a patient studied with ultrasound. Serum enzymes were normal or mildly elevated in three patients (not reported in one). Biopsy demonstrated necrosis and regenerative change in all cases. MRI, although nonspecific, is the best imaging technique to suggest the diagnosis of DMI in the appropriate clinical setting, thereby obviating biopsy.
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    Skeletal radiology 25 (1996), S. 165-170 
    ISSN: 1432-2161
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Massive bone allograft ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Histology
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    Notizen: Abstract  Objective. The objective of this study was to better understand the MRI appearance of massive bone allografts. Design. The MRI findings of three massive bone allografts imaged in vivo were correlated with the histologic findings following removal of the allografts. A fourth allograft, never implanted, was imaged and evaluated histologically. Patients. Allografts were placed for the treatment of primary or recurrent osteosarcoma. Results and conclusions. The in-vivo allografts have a heterogeneous appearance on MRI which we attribute to the revascularization process. Fibrovascular connective tissue grows into the graft in a patchy, focal fashion, down the medullary canal from the graft-host junction and adjacent to the periosteum. The marrow spaces are initially devoid of normal cellular elements and occupied by fat and gelatinous material. This normal postoperative appearance of massive bone allografts must not be interpreted as recurrent neoplasm or infection in the allograft. Recognition of these complications rests on features outside the marrow.
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    Skeletal radiology 25 (1996), S. 255-261 
    ISSN: 1432-2161
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Cystic angiomatosis ; Multifocal hemangiomas of bone ; Hemangioendothelioma of bone ; Angiosarcoma of bone ; Plain radiography ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Radionuclide bone scintigraphy ; Radionuclide tagged red blood cell scan
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    Notizen: Abstract  Objective. Multifocal vascular processes which arise in bone are a very inhomogeneous class of diseases. Four of these processes are derived from endothelial precursors, however, and share a similar radiographic spectrum. These four entities are reviewed in order to clarify their imaging patterns and the diagnostic utility of imaging modalities. Methods. Eight cases of cystic angiomatosis, multifocal hemangioma, hemangioendothelioma and angiosarcoma presenting to a tertiary referral center over a 7-year period were reviewed. The medical literature was also reviewed for information concerning the imaging of these processes. Results. All four diseases produced radiolucent defects on plain radiographs with variable margination reflecting the aggressiveness of the lesions. Computed tomography was used to examine five patients and provided supportive, though generally non-diagnostic, information in the five cases in which it was performed. Radionuclide bone scintigraphy, as reported in the literature, underestimated the extent of skeletal involvement in all eight cases, though some lesions were identified. Radionuclide imaging with labeled red blood cells, performed in three cases, did not add any information, which is contrary to some reports in the literature. Magnetic resonance imaging proved the most sensitive for identifying lesions, although the imaging characteristics were not diagnostic. Conclusions. Plain radiographs are the mainstay for imaging multifocal endothelial processes. Radiographs provide information on aggressiveness, multifocality and distribution of lesions. Computed tomography provides similar information. Magnetic resonance imaging often detects additional lesions. The insensitivity of radionuclide bone scintigraphy is surprising. Reports of unique deposition of radionuclide in tagged red blood cell scanning has been reported to support the diagnosis of vascular lesions, but it did not do so in these cases.
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    Skeletal radiology 25 (1996), S. 283-286 
    ISSN: 1432-2161
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Lipoblastoma ; Neoplasm ; Magnetic resonance imaging
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    Notizen: Abstract  Lipoblastoma is an uncommon benign lipomatous soft tissue mass of childhood, occurring most commonly in children less than 3 years of age. We present a case of lipoblastoma occurring in the foot of a 14-year-old boy and review the literature. The appearance of the mass on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is illustrated and is correlated with the findings at gross and microscopic pathological examination. A lobulated architecture, the presence of adipose tissue, thin nonenhancing septa, peripheral lobules of more immature and therefore less specific tissue, and a peripheral pseudocapsule were evident on MRI and at pathological examination.
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    Skeletal radiology 25 (1996), S. 309-317 
    ISSN: 1432-2161
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Popliteal ; Mass ; Magnetic resonance imaging
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    Notizen: Abstract  A wide variety of masses may be visualized in the posterior knee. Some are encountered incidentally on MRI obtained for seemingly unrelated symptoms; others are palpable and present for MRI characterization. We describe the appearance, significance and pathophysiology of some of the most common lesions found in the popliteal fossa as well as several of the less common entities we have encountered. Thorough understanding of the appearance and location of the more specific masses should augment precise diagnosis in a majority of cases. In turn, this will eliminate unnecessary additional investigations and enable prompt and appropriate treatment.
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    Skeletal radiology 25 (1996), S. 337-343 
    ISSN: 1432-2161
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Fungal infections ; Skeletal coccidioidomycosis ; Computed tomography ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Skeletal scintigraphy
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    Notizen: Abstract  Objective. The objective of this study was to describe the distribution and radiologic appearance of skeletal coccidioidomycosis in 19 documented cases. Design and patients. Medical records of 19 patients (17 men, 2 women; age range 17–62 years, mean age 34 years) with clinically confirmed skeletal coccidioidomycosis were retrospectively reviewed. The patients were studied with plain radiography (n=19), skeletal scintigraphy (n=6), computed tomography (CT) (n=5), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (n=1). Results. Multiple lesions were seen in 11 of 19 patients (58%). Of a total of 46 lesions, 27 (59%) were described as punched-out lytic, 10 (22%) as permeative/destructive, and 9 (17%) as involving a joint and/or disk space. Lesions were identified in almost every bone (with the exception of the facial bones, ulna, carpus, and fibula) and were most commonly found in the axial skeleton (20 of 46; 43%). Conclusion. Skeletal coccidioidomycosis is frequently multicentric and may involve almost any bone. The axial skeleton is the most common site of involvement. Lesions are usually well demarcated but may present with an ill-defined border and permeative type of bone destruction, especially in the spine. Joint involvement is not uncommon. Plain radiographs are effective in the initial evaluation of bones and joints, scintigraphic studies can identify disseminated disease, and CT and MRI are effective in determining soft tissue involvement and spinal abnormalities.
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    Skeletal radiology 25 (1996), S. 345-348 
    ISSN: 1432-2161
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Intra-arterial chemotherapy ; Soft tissues ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Neoplasms ; Bone
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    Notizen: Abstract  Objective. Intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) is frequently used as an adjuvant treatment for musculoskeletal tumors. Past studies have noted that IAC not only induces favorable effects in tumor, but may also cause muscle edema and necrosis in previously normal tissue, reflected as increased signal on T2-weighted scans. In order to evaluate the prevalence of these effects, we reviewed all patients receiving IAC and MRI at our institution. Methods. Our study population consisted of 24 patients who underwent IAC. All subjects were studied with MRI both pre-and post-IAC. None of the subjects in this study underwent surgery or radiation therapy until after the post-IAC MRI examination. Any muscle group involved by the tumor or peritumoral edema on the initial scan was excluded from the study. Catheter position during IAC was recorded as central or peripheral. Scans were scored positive if muscle groups in regions remote from the tumor site demonstrated increased T2 signal following IAC. Results. Six out of these 24 patients (25%) were found to have positive results. A significant association was found between peripheral catheter position and a positive scan post-IAC (Fisher’s exact test, P=0.024). Conclusion. Because of our exclusion criteria, we are convinced that the finding of increased T2 signal in 25% of our patients was caused by IAC and represents muscle edema or necrosis. Knowledge of this post-chemotherapy MR finding should help prevent confusion during the interpretation of follow-up MR examinations.
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    Skeletal radiology 25 (1996), S. 349-356 
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    Schlagwort(e): Key words Acetabular labrum ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; hip ; Gadolinium ; Traction
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    Notizen: Abstract  Objective. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of continuous leg traction on contrast-enhanced MR imaging of the hip joint and to determine whether MR imaging under these conditions is useful for demonstrating acetabular labral tears. Design and patients. Nineteen hips underwent MR imaging with a T1-weighted spin-echo sequence, followed by MR imaging under continuous leg traction after intravenous injection of gadolinium-DTPA. Joint fluid enhancement and labral contour detection were evaluated. Eleven hips had labral tears shown by conventional arthrography, arthroscopy and macroscopic surgical findings. Assessment of labral tears by MR imaging was correlated with the diagnosis based on these standard techniques. Results and conclusions. Joint fluid enhancement was obtained in all hips at 30 min after injection. Superior and inferior labral surfaces were completely delineated in 1 hip on the unenhanced MR images, and in 7 and 13 hips, respectively, on the enhanced images under traction. The enhanced images under traction depicted 9 of the 11 labral tears. Comparison between the unenhanced image and the enhanced image under traction avoided mistaking undercutting of the labrum for a tear in 4 hips. Contrast-enhanced MR imaging under traction was valuable for detecting labral tears non-invasively and without radiation. Follow-up examinations using this method in patients with acetabular dysplasia can help to clarify the natural course of labral disorders and enable better treatment planning.
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    Schlagwort(e): Key words Tumoral calcinosis ; Cervical spine ; Soft tissue calcification ; Bone ; Computed tomography ; Magnetic resonance imaging
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    Notizen: Abstract  We report a case of a 12-year-old girl with idiopathic tumoral calcinosis of the neck. There are calcium deposits in the paraspinal soft tissue with bony involvement in the cervical spine. CT and MR images are presented along with clinical and pathological features. Bony involvement in this disease has not been recognized before.
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    Skeletal radiology 25 (1996), S. 563-567 
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    Schlagwort(e): Key words Radiography ; Human ; Hand ; Fracture
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    Notizen: Abstract  Objective. A commercially available positioning device was evaluated to assess whether standardized positioning of hand radiographs for the pronated oblique view was facilitated. Design and subjects. One hundred hands of volunteers were radiographed in postero-anterior, antero-posterior and pronated oblique projections, with and without use of the positioning device, and with and without application of a plaster cast. Results. The variation in pronation angle in the uncovered hand was 6° with, and 24° without the positioning device. Use of the device diminished intra- and inter-positioning variation by 14° and 18° respectively. A plaster cast led to a variation of up to 26°, despite use of the device. Conclusions. Use of the positioning device improved consistency for the pronated oblique radiograph. There was no improvement with a cast on the forearm.
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  • 57
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    Schlagwort(e): Key words Burst fracture ; Plain radiography ; Computed tomography ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Diagnosis ; Management
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    Notizen: Abstract  The burst fracture of the spine was first described by Holdsworth in 1963 and redefined by Denis in 1983 as being a fracture of the anterior and middle columns of the spine with or without an associated posterior column fracture. This injury has received much attention in the literature as regards its radiological diagnosis and also its clinical managment. The purpose of this article is to review the way that imaging has been used both to diagnose the injury and to guide management. Current concepts of the stability of this fracture are presented and our experience in the use of magnetic resonance imaging in deciding treatment options is discussed.
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  • 58
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    Schlagwort(e): Key words Elbow ; Ulnar collateral ligament ; Magnetic resonance imaging
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    Notizen: Abstract  Objective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injury of the elbow in throwing athletes by MRI and MR arthrography. Design. Ten elbows of throwing athletes were examined on both plain MRI and MR saline arthrography and the injuries subsequently surgically proven. Spin-echo (SE) T1-weighted and fast SE T2-weighted coronal images were obtained. Results. The UCL was unclear in all ten cases on T1-weighted MRI. In five cases an avulsion fracture was also found on T1-weighted MRI. On T2-weighted MRI, abnormal high-intensity areas were identified in or around the UCL. On T2-weighted MR arthrography images, extracapsular high-intensity areas, which represent extracapsular leakage, were found in four of five cases with avulsion fracture. At surgery, all these four cases showed avulsion fractures with instability; the other case had a fracture but it was stable and adherent to the humerus. On T2-weighted MR arthrography images, an extracapsular high-intensity area was found in one of the five cases without avulsion fracture. At surgery this patient had a complete tear of the UCL itself. Conclusion. MR arthrography provided additional information for evaluating the degree of UCL injury.
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    Skeletal radiology 25 (1996), S. 625-628 
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    Schlagwort(e): Key words Pectoralis muscle ; Rupture ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Computed tomography
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    Notizen: Abstract  Rupture of the pectoralis major muscle is a rare clinical entity. Only few reports have discussed its MRI or CT features. We have reviewed the imaging features of four cases of complete rupture of the pectoralis major muscle. One case of acute injury underwent surgical repair. MRI is useful in delineating the site and extent of the rupture in relation to the musculotendinous junction, which will help the surgeons with possible treatment options and surgical planning. Because of the complex anatomy of the pectoralis major muscle near its insertion on the humerus and the signal characteristics of hematoma and edema in the muscle, axial T2-weighted images were most valuable for the evaluation of acute and subacute injuries. Axial T1-weighted images were helpful in delineating chronic injuries. CT is inferior to MRI for direct visualization of muscle rupture.
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    Skeletal radiology 25 (1996), S. 775-778 
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    Schlagwort(e): Key words Lymphoma ; Calcaneus ; Magnetic resonance imaging
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    Notizen: Abstract  Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) of bone is a rare condition. Presented herein is a case of primary NHL of the calcaneus illustrating many of the classic features of the disease. Emphasized in this report are the nonspecific clinical and conventional radiographic features of primary NHL of bone, which may mimic inflammatory, neuropathic, infectious, or other neoplastic conditions of the extremities. The importance of early cross-sectional radiologic studies, such as magnetic resonance imaging, lies in the early characterization of the mass-like features and local extent of such lesions, helping to raise the suspicion of neoplastic disease.
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    Virchows Archiv 428 (1996), S. 125-129 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Schlagwort(e): Soft tissue ; Aneurysmal bone cyst ; Magnetic resonance imaging
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    Notizen: Abstract We report a case of primary aneurysmal cyst of soft tissues in a 57-year-old woman presenting with a painful mass in her left arm. Conventional radiography showed a radiolucent soft tissue mass surrounded by a ring of bone. MRI displayed an unusual, ill-defined soft tissue lesion that was not connected to the nearby humerus and appeared to be an aggressive tumour. Microscopically, the mass consisted of multiple anastomosing cavernous channels surrounded by a peripheral band of mature trabecular bone. These bloody channels were separated by fibrous septa containing fibroblasts, histiocytes and multinucleated giant cells, as well as fibromyxochondroid material. Some of these giant cells lined the septa and partially occupied the lumen of the channels. Ultrastructurally, the features observed in this tumour were similar to those described in aneurysmal bone cyst; the giant cells lining the septa were an additional observation. Whereas most bone tumours have a well-known extraosseous counterpart, this unique lesion is not well recognized by surgical pathologists and the few published cases have been reported under different names. Gross, microscopic, radiological and ultrastructural findings are presented to familiarize pathologists with this underdiagnosed condition.
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    Schlagwort(e): Bax ; Bcl-2 ; Apoptosis ; Central nervous system ; Human
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    Notizen: Abstract Bax and Bcl-2 proteins are identified as regulating molecules for programmed cell death. In the central nervous system, programmed cell death or apoptosis is considered to be an important phenomenon that is related to neuron vulnerability to a variety of toxic effects, including ischaemic insult. In this study, localization of Bax and Bcl-2 proteins was investigated in the human central nervous system using autopsy cases without any neurological disorder. Results were compared with findings in the rat. Most neurons in human cerebral cortex, basal ganglia and brain stem were positive for both Bax and Bcl-2 proteins, whereas Purkinje cells in cerebellum and neurons in hippocampal CA1, CA2 and CA3 regions were positive for Bax but negative or weakly positive for Bcl-2. Glial cells examined in all sections were negative for both proteins. Choroid plexus, ependymal cells and arachnoid villi showed positive reactivity for both proteins. A possible relationship between the localization of Bax or Bcl-2 proteins and the cell vulnerability in central nervous system is discussed.
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    Schlagwort(e): Key wordsβ-Amyloid precursor protein ; Ubiquitin ; Human ; Spinal cord ; Trauma
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    Notizen: Abstract We evaluated by immunohistochemistry the presence of β-amyloid precursor protein (ßAPP) and ubiquitin-like material which may accumulate in axons of the human spinal cord subjected to injury. Autopsy material was obtained from nine cases with different types of trauma: breech delivery with neonatal spinal injury, compression of the cord induced by fractures of the vertebral column, haematomas or intradural meningioma. The post-trauma period ranged from 10 days to several years. The spinal cord of six control cases without evidence of injury presented βAPP immunoreactivity in nerve cell bodies and in a few axonal profiles but not in dendrites. Seven of the nine cases with spinal cord trauma showed an accumulation of βAPP-immunoreactive material in axons of the longitudinal tracts at the site of the injury. Five cases presented similar axonal immunoreactivity in the grey matter of the cord. Ubiquitin-like immunoreactivity was present in expanded axons in cases with spinal cord injury. Cases with spinal cord trauma thus present βAPP-immunoreactive axons particularly of the longitudinal tracts in the same way as in trauma to rat spinal cord and in various brain injuries. The aggregation of βAPP-immunoreactive material indicates disturbed axonal transport of βAPP. Accumulation of ubiquitin-like immunoreactive material in expanded axons at the site of trauma may be one prerequisite for degradation of abnormal proteins by the ubiquitin-mediated proteolytic pathway.
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  • 64
    ISSN: 1432-055X
    Schlagwort(e): Schlüsselwörter Sedierung ; Kinder ; Magnetresonanztomographie ; Methohexital ; Propofol ; Key words Children ; Sedation ; Methohexital ; Propofol ; Spontaneous breathing ; Magnetic resonance imaging
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    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Abstract The purpose of the present study was to compare two sedation regimens with either propofol (P) or methohexital (M) for elective magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children with respect to safety, side effects, recovery, and discharge time. Methods. After Institutional Review Board approval, 120 unpremedicated children with a mean age of 26.5 ±21.4 months (M) and 28.1±19.9 months (P) were randomly assigned to receive a hypnotic induction dose of either M or P. Supplemental bolus injections of M or P were administered to maintain adequate sedation. The following parameters were measured: heart rate, oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry (SpO2), respiratory rate, end-tidal CO2 (PetCO2), side effects, and recovery and discharge times. Results. Spontaneous respiration was maintained in all patients, and ventilatory support was only necessary for 2 min in 1 M patient immediately after the induction dose. The mean loading and total doses for M were 2.3±0.7 and 6.1±3.3 mg/kg respectively, and for P 2.3±0.9 and 5.8±2.7 mg/kg. Following induction SpO2 〈90% occurred in 0.49% with M and in 0.64% with P (n.s.). Apnoe 〉20 s was observed in 2 children each after M and P (n.s.). The frequency of hypoventilation (PetCO2〉48 mmHg) was 0.36% in the M group and 0.71% in the P group (n.s.). MRI sequences had to be repeated in 5% of the children in each group because of spontaneous movements. The heart rate fell significantly during MRI in both groups, while P children had lower frequencies than M children (P〈0.01). Recovery and discharge times were significantly shorter in the P group, at 0.8 min (0.08–4.8) and 2.2 min (0.2–15.0), compared to 1.5 min (0.3–28.5) and 3.5 min (0.6–40.0) in patients receiving P (P〈0.01). No patient required admission to the postanaesthesia care unit and all were free from nausea and vomiting. Discussion. Intravenous sedation with M or P using the reported technique is a safe regimen for children undergoing elective MRI. The fast recovery and discharge times seem to offer advantages over general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation. The faster recovery and discharge of only a few minutes after P compared with M is without clinical relevance.
    Notizen: Zusammenfassung Es war das Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung, zwei intravenöse Sedierungstechniken mit Propofol (P) oder Methohexital (M) zur elektiven Magnetresonanztomographie (MRT) bei 120 Kindern unter 6 Jahren bezüglich Sicherheit, Nebenwirkungen, Aufwachverhalten und Verlegungszeiten zu vergleichen. Jeweils 60 unprämedizierte Kinder erhielten prospektiv, randomisiert eine Einschlafdosis von M oder P und zusätzliche Injektionen bei Anzeichen unzureichender Sedierungstiefe. Herzfrequenz (HF), pulsoxymetrische Sättigung (SpO 2 ), Atemfrequenz (AF) sowie endtidaler CO 2 -Partialdruck (PetCO 2 ) wurden kontinuierlich gemessen. Bei einer Untersuchungdauer von 28,4 min (M) bzw. 28,9 min (P) betrug die durchschnittliche Einschlaf- und Gesamtdosis für Methohexital 2,3±0,7 mg/kg und 6,1 ±3,3 mg/kg und für Propofol 2,3 ±0,9 mg/kg und 5,8±2,7 mg/kg. Erniedrigungen der SpO 2 〈90% traten nur nach der Erstinjektion mit einer Häufigkeit von 0,49% (M) bzw. 0,64% (P) aller Messungen auf. Apnoephasen 〉20 s wurden bei 2 Kindern jeder Gruppe, eine Erhöhung des PetCO 2 〉48 mm Hg in 0,36% (M) bzw. 0,71% (P) aller Meßbeobachtungen registriert. Spontane Bewegungen machten bei 5% der Kinder jeder Gruppe eine Wiederholung der vorangehenden MRT-Sequenz notwendig. Aufwach- und Verlegungszeiten waren mit 0,8 min und 2,2 min unter P signifikant kürzer als unter M (1,5 min und 3,5 min; p〈0,01). 10 min nach MRT-Ende waren alle Kinder gleich vigilant. Übelkeit und Erbrechen wurden weder unter M noch unter P beobachtet. Die vorgestellte intravenöse Monosedierung mit M oder P ist ein sicheres Verfahren zur Ruhigstellung von Säuglingen und Kindern zur elektiven MRT. Beide Medikamente sind gleich gut geeignet.
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    Anatomy and embryology 193 (1996), S. 181-190 
    ISSN: 1432-0568
    Schlagwort(e): Testis ; Myoid cells ; Fetus ; Human
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    Notizen: Abstract Testicular peritubular cells are located in the lamina propria of seminiferous tubules. These cells, significantly contributing to the basal membrane of seminiferous epithelium, have been studied in a number of species. However, there is a lack of data on the development of the lamina propria in the human testis. The aim of our survey was to investigate the characteristics of the lamina propria and, in particular, peritubular cells in the fetal human testes by immunohistological and stereological methods. Therefore, testes (14–39 weeks of gestation, n=45) were dissected and fixed in a 4% buffered paraformaldehyde solution. Several pieces of each testis were embedded in paraffin and processed for immunohistochemical and stereological analysis. All investigated testes have shown sex cords in the process of development and differentiation. Morphologically, peritubular cells in the lamina propria can be divided into two types: fibroblast-like (FL) and myoid-like (ML) type (cells which much resemble mature myoid cells). By immunohistochemistry, both FL and ML cells are found to be strongly positive for the intermediate filament desmin, but negative for α-smooth actin. While FL cells intensively express Ki-67 demonstrating proliferative activity, ML cells are found to be negative. The basement membrane of sex cords as well as the blood vessels of the interstitium show strong positivity to collagen IV and laminin. Concerning the correlation between the appearance of the investigated antigens with the gestational age, all antigens have been expressed (in the manner described above) already in the 14th week of gestation. The stereological analysis of the number (Nv) and volume (Vv) of peritubular cells indicates a pulsatile development of these cells in the lamina propria of the human fetal testis. While the stereological variables determined for FL cells show a gradual decrease, the same variables determined for ML cells demonstrate a successive increase. It appears that the lamina propria of the fetal human testes shares many of the properties previously discovered in rodents.
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    Acta neuropathologica 91 (1996), S. 409-415 
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Nerve growth factor ; Low-affinity nerve ; growth factor receptor ; Phosphoprotein B-50/ ; neuromodulin ; Immunohistochemistry ; Human ; skeletal muscle
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    Notizen: Abstract Phosphoprotein B-50, also termed neuromodulin or growth-associated protein GAP43, is a membrane-bound molecule expressed in neurons. It is particularly abundant during periods of axonal outgrowth in development and regeneration of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Recently it was reported that B-50 plays a role in the growth morphology of regenerating muscle fibers. Moreover, in vitro studies have demonstrated that the expression of B-50 in the pheochromocytoma PC12 cells can be stimulated by the nerve growth factor (NGF). Expression of the low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor (LNGFR) during muscle regeneration has also been reported. Here, we studied the expression of NGF, LNGFR and B-50 in myopathy. To investigate the state of regeneration, we examined serial sections stained to demonstrate neural cell adhesion molecule and desmin. Light microscopy showed that muscle fiber regeneration in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy corresponds closely to NGF, LNGFR and B-50 immunoreactivity. The coexpression of phosphoprotein B-50, NGF and LNGFR in regenerating muscle fiber corroborates the assumption that in muscle there is a trophic pathway concerning phosphorylation or de novo synthesis of B-50 by the NGF via the LNGFR. In conclusion, a simultaneous expression of NGF, LNGFR and B-50 in muscles plays a role in the growth morphology of regenerating muscle fibers.
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  • 67
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Asymptomatic ; Cytokines ; Human ; immunodeficiency virus ; Major histocompatibility ; complex class II ; Polymerase chain reaction
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    Notizen: Abstract Among the various mechanisms proposed to explain the pathogenesis of cerebral lesions in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-induced encephalitis, a cytokine-mediated action has found most favour. Indeed, elevated expression of cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-1 and tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), thought to be neurotoxic, has been found in AIDS patients. As a previous study had demonstrated the presence of HIV proviral DNA in brain tissue of a number of HIV-positive non-AIDS patients, we undertook this present investigation using morphological, immunohistochemistry (IHC) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods to detect the expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules, the presence of HIV-1 proviral DNA and of the cytokines TNF-α, IL-1α, IL-4 and IL-6 in brains of the same group of individuals. The study included brains of 36 asymptomatic HIV-1 positive patients and the results were compared with those of AIDS patients either affected by HIV encephalitis (n = 8) or exempt from any neuropathological changes (n = 10) as well as of normal controls (n = 5). Results show that: HIV proviral DNA could be detected by PCR in 17 out of the 36 brains from HIV-positive pre-AIDS cases; most (15 of 17) of PCR-positive brains showed minimal to severe expression of MHC class II antigen; and cytokines could be detected predominantly within white matter even at this early stage. The data demonstrated that the state of immune activation described in AIDS is already present at the pre-AIDS stage and suggest that the presence of cytokines may already trigger the cascade of events leading to brain damage.
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    Acta neuropathologica 92 (1996), S. 525-527 
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Mercury ; Human ; Neurotoxicity ; Cortical ; motor neuron ; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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    Notizen: Abstract A 24-year-old man injected himself intravenously with metallic mercury in a suicide attempt, and died 5 months later after cutting his wrists. The brain was removed at postmortem and 7-μm paraffin sections were cut from representative blocks. Dense deposits of mercury were found on autometallography in large cortical motor neurons, but in no other cerebral neurons. Smaller mercury deposits were found in the brain stem (in the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus, noradrenergic neurons, and in neurons for extraocular muscles), the cerebellum (in the dentate nucleus) and in lateral motor neurons in the C2/3 spinal cord. Mercury deposits were found in glial cells in all regions. The finding that elemental mercury enters human cortical motor neurons in preference to other cerebral neurons raises the possibility that this neurotoxin may play a part in the pathogenesis of some human motor neuron diseases.
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  • 69
    ISSN: 1432-0568
    Schlagwort(e): trk neurotrophin-receptor proteins ; p75 protein ; Paravertebral-sympathetic ganglia ; Human
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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    Notizen: Abstract We investigated the expression of immunoreactivity (IR) for low- (p75) and high-affinity (trk proteins) neurotrophin-receptor proteins in adult human paravertebral-sympathetic ganglion neurons. Mouse monoclonal antibodies against the pan-neurotrophin-receptor p75, and rabbit polyclonal antibodies against specific epitopes of the intracytoplasmic domain on trk neurotrophin-receptor proteins were used in fresh unfixed and formaldehyde-fixed paraffin-embedded sympathetic ganglia. All adult human paravertebral-sympathetic neurons displayed trkA neurotrophin-receptor-like protein IR, 10% express trkC neurotrophin-receptor-like protein IR, 37–44% show p75 IR, and no IR was obtained for trkB neurotrophin-receptor-like protein. The intensity of immunostaining was independent of the neuron size. Labelling of non-neuronal tissues, especially blood-vessel walls, was observed for p75, trkA and trkC neurotrophin-receptor proteins. These results indicate that overlapping exists in the expression of p75 and trk neurotrophin-receptor proteins in adult human paravertebral-sympathetic neurons, and suggest that neurotrophins might act on these neurons.
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    Anatomy and embryology 194 (1996), S. 439-444 
    ISSN: 1432-0568
    Schlagwort(e): Human ; Embryogenesis ; Three-dimensional reconstruction ; Computer-assisted design
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Three-dimensional computer graphic reconstructions of four human embryos at Carnegie stages 11 to 23 portray the relationships and dimensions of individual organ systems. This paper illustrates the cranial, neural, pharyngeal, gut, vascular and nephric architecture in these developing embryos. This technology can be applied to in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry to map zones and times of developmental gene activity.
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  • 71
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Schlagwort(e): Key words AIDS ; Apoptosis ; Human ; immunodeficiency virus ; Rabies ; Neuropathology
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    Notizen: Abstract A 46-year-old man was bitten by a dog in Mali; anti-rabies vaccination was incomplete. Three months later he was admitted to hospital with fever and diarrhea. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) serology was positive and CD4 count was 70/mm3. His status worsened rapidly with confusion hydrophobia and hypersialorrhea. Despite anti-rabies serotherapy and vaccination, he died suddenly 12 days after admission. Immunofluorescence on cerebral tissue samples established rabies encephalitis. Neuropathology showed mild encephalitis with occasional Babès nodules and rare perivascular mononuclear cuffs. Intraneuronal Negri inclusion bodies were remarkably diffuse and abundant. They were clearly demonstrated by immunocytochemistry and electron microscopy. Apoptotic neurons were identified in the brain stem and hippocampus in the vicinity of inflammatory foci. In contrast, apoptosis could not be demonstrated in non-inflammatory areas, even where Negri bodies were numerous. There was no associated HIV encephalitis or opportunistic infection. The occurrence of rabies encephalitis in AIDS represents a random association, but is probably not exceptional as rabies is endemic in many countries and the AIDS epidemic is spreading worldwide. In this case, although the incubation duration and clinical presentation were comparable to those in classical rabies, the T-cell-mediated immunosuppression may account for the weak inflammatory reaction and unusually abundant viral multiplication. This observation confirms that all those at risk for rabies, particularly immunocompromised patients, should receive complete anti-rabies treatment including vaccines and specific immunoglobulins, as soon as possible after infection.
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    Anatomy and embryology 194 (1996), S. 373-378 
    ISSN: 1432-0568
    Schlagwort(e): Paravertebral sympathetic ganglia ; Calretinin ; Aging ; Immunoblotting ; Immunohistochemistry ; Human
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Calretinin is an “EF-hand” calcium-binding protein involved in the maintenance of intracellular calcium ion homeostasis. This study was understaken to investigate the presence of calretinin in human lumbar paravertebral sympathetic ganglia from subjects of different ages (26–85 years) using immunohistochemical and immunoblotting methods. Calretinin-like immunoreactivity was found in a subpopulation of postganglionic sympathetic neurons, whose percentage decreased progressively with aging by about 50% (63% of immunoreactive neurons at ≤40 years; 29% at ≥81 years) whereas the neuronal density remained basically unchanged. Calretinin-like immunoreactivity showed a granular pattern of cytoplasmic distribution suggesting preferential localization of this protein associated with intracellular membranes. Occasionally diffuse cytosolic labelling was also observed. The immunoblotting demonstrated a protein band with an estimated molecular weight of 30 kDa, approximately. Present results provide, for the first time, evidence for the presence of calretinin in human paravertebral sympathetic ganglia. Since the number of calretinin-like immunoreactive neurons decreased significantly with aging our findings suggest an involvement of this protein in the age-dependent impairment of sympathetic function.
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  • 73
    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Varicella-zoster virus ; AIDS ; Human ; immunodeficiency virus ; Vasculitis ; Spinal cord ; infarction
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection is usually benign and self-limited. However, particularly in the immunosuppressed host, serious central nervous system complications may occur, including encephalitis, myelitis, and cerebral vascular occlusion. We report the case of a 57-year-old male with AIDS, who rapidly developed a sixth cranial nerve palsy and progressive myelopathy. There was no antecedent zoster rash. Autopsy revealed VZV ventriculo-encephalitis and vasculitis, as well as a transverse infarction of the spinal cord without evidence of direct infection of the cord parenchyma. Spinal cord infarction secondary to VZV vasculitis is an unusual cause of myelopathy in immunosuppressed patients.
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    Anatomy and embryology 194 (1996), S. 253-257 
    ISSN: 1432-0568
    Schlagwort(e): Epidermal growth factor receptor ; Dorsal root ganglia ; Immunoblotting ; Immunohistochemistry ; Human
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    Notizen: Abstract Transforming growth factor-α (TGFα) enhances neuronal survival and neurite outgrowth in cultured dorsal root ganglia (DRG) sensory neurons. It binds a membrane protein, denominated epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr). EGFr has been localized in developing and adult human DRG. However, it remains to be elucidated whether all DRG neurons express EGFr or whether differences exist among neuronal subtypes. This study was undertaken to investigate these topics in adult human DRG using immunoblotting, and combined immunohistochemistry and image analysis techniques. A mouse monoclonal antibody (clone F4) mapping within the intracytoplasmic domain of EGFr was used. Immunoblotting revealed two main proteins with estimated molecular masses of ∼- 65 kDa and 170 kDa, and thus consistent with the full-length EGFr. Additional protein bands were also encountered. Light immunohistochemistry revealed specific immunoreactivity (IR) for EGFr-like proteins in most (86%) primary sensory neurons, the intensity of immunostaining being stronger in the small- and intermediate-sized ones. Furthermore, EGFr-like IR was also observed in the satellite glial cells of the ganglia as well as in the intraganglionic and dorsal root Schwann cells. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that EGFr, and other related proteins containing the epitope labeled with the antibody F4, are responsible for the EGFr IR reported in DRG. Furthermore, we demonstrated heterogeneity in the expression of EGFr-like IR in adult human primary sensory neurons, which suggests different responsiveness to their ligands.
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  • 75
    ISSN: 1432-0568
    Schlagwort(e): Embryology ; Temporomandibular joint ; PGP 9.5 ; Innervation ; Human
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    Notizen: Abstract The development of nerve fibres in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in relation to the development of bone, muscle and fibre components was investigated in human fetuses ranging from 9 weeks of gestation to birth. Immunohistochemistry for the glia-associated protein S-100 and for the neuro-specific marker protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5) were used; specimens were compared to specimens of adult TMJ capsule and disc. At 9–10 weeks, a small number of neural elements are already present in the connective tissue around the joint and in the mesenchyme between the two articular blastemas from which the disc will differentiate. By 19 weeks many nerve fibres are clearly visible. Immunohistochemical results suggest diffuse disc innervation extending along the entire disc but not in the thin central area. More complex structures, i.e. encapsulated corpuscles, were also seen. The fetal disc appears highly innervated compared to adult tissue; already at this developmental stage morphology and distribution of nerves and corpuscles in the joint capsule are comparable to those in the adult joint. It may be concluded that the innervation of the TMJ is detectable from the end of the second month and that it develops fully between the third and the fifth month of gestation. Nerve endings in the disc are most numerous at 20 weeks, after which a progressive reduction, possibly secondary to the growth of articular tissues, is observed throughout the last trimester of fetal life and into adult life. The innervation of the lateral pterygoid muscle, on the contrary, is much less than that seen in adult muscles, even at full-term.
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    Archives of dermatological research 289 (1996), S. 52-54 
    ISSN: 1432-069X
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Photodynamic therapy ; Cisplatin ; Human ; squamous cell carcinoma cell line ; Apoptosis ; Nuclear ; matrix protein
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    Surgical and radiologic anatomy 18 (1996), S. 133-135 
    ISSN: 1279-8517
    Schlagwort(e): Spinal cord ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Cadaver ; Embalming ; Anatomy
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    Thema: Medizin
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Résumé Il y aurait un grand intérêt à utiliser des vertèbres cervicales et des moelles épinières issues de cadavres pour évaluer quels degrés de subluxation traumatique et quelles lésions nerveuses sont liés. Cependant, avant d'entreprendre une telle étude, il serait important d'appréhender le degré de rétrécissement ou d'élargissement de la moelle épinière qui survient au cours de l'embaumement. C'est ce que nous avons réalisé dans ce travail en comparant les diamètres de la moelle épinière de cadavres à ceux de coupes sagittales obtenues par résonance magnétique nucléaire sur des sujets vivants. Les mesures géométriques sur des radiographies de sujets vivants ont déjà été évaluées, mais aucun modèle directement applicable aux traumatismes de la moelle épinière n'a été décrit [1]. Si les diamètres des moelles épinières embaumées représentaient fidèlement les diamètres des moelles épinières des sujets vivants, les colonnes cervicales de cadavres pourraient être utilisées comme modèles. On pourrait évaluer l'importance de la compression de la moelle épinière correspondant à des degrés variés de fractures et de luxations. Notre étude montre que les dimensions de moelles épinières augmentent après l'embaumement selon la technique de Cambridge [4].
    Notizen: Summary It would be valuable to use cadaveric models of cervical vertebrae and spinal cord to assess how varying degrees of traumatic subluxation would relate to neurological damage. However, before such a study may be undertaken, it would be important to assess the degree of shrinkage or expansion of the spinal cord that occurs during the embalming process. This is achieved in this study by comparing diameters of cadaveric spinal cord to that of sagittal magnetic resonance scans of living subjects. The geometric measurements of radiographs in living subjects has been assessed but no direct model for spinal cord injury has been described [1]. If embalmed spinal cord diameters were a good estimator of living spinal cord diameters then cadaveric cervical spines could be used as a model. By reproducing various degrees of fracture and dislocation the extent of corresponding cord compression could be assessed. Our study shows that spinal cord dimensions increase after embalming using the Cambridge procedure [4].
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    Intensive care medicine 22 (1996), S. 199-207 
    ISSN: 1432-1238
    Schlagwort(e): Closed-loop controlled ventilation ; Human ; Initial settings ; Computer ; Mechanical ventilation
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    Notizen: Abstract Objective To test a method that allows automatic set-up of the ventilator controls at the onset of ventilation. Design Prospective randomized crossover study. Setting ICUs in one adult and one children's hospital in Switzerland. Patients Thirty intubated stable, critically ill patients (20 adults and 10 children). Interventions The patients were ventilated during two 20-min periods using a modified Hamilton AMADEUS ventilator. During the control period the ventilator settings were chosen immediately prior to the study. During the other period individual settings were automatically determined by the ventilator (AutoInit). Measurements and results Pressure, flow, and instantaneous CO2 concentration were measured at the airway opening. From these measurements, series dead space (V DS), expiratory time constant (RC), tidal volume (V T), total respiratory frequency (f tot), minute ventilation (MV), and maximal and mean airway pressure (P aw, max andP aw, mean) were calculated. Arterial blood gases were analyzed at the end of each period.P aw, max was significantly less with the AutoInit ventilator settings whilef tot was significantly greater (P〈0.05). The other values were not statistically significant. Conclusions The AutoInit ventilator settings, which were automatically derived, were acceptable for all patients for a period of 20 min and were not found to be inferior to the control ventilator settings. This makes the AutoInit method potentially useful as an automatic startup procedure for mechanical ventilation.
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  • 79
    ISSN: 1432-1238
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Atrial natriuretic peptide ; Infusion ; Human ; Cardiac surgery ; Renal function ; Acute renal failure ; Inotropic agents
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    Notizen: Abstract Objective: To investigate the effects of IV infusion of atrial natriuretic peptide (human ANP 1–28) on renal function in patients with acute heart failure and renal impairment after cardiac surgery. Design: Pharmocodynamic dose-effect investigation. Setting: Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit of a university hospital. Patients: Twelve patients (mean age 68 years, range 44–78 years) treated with inotropic drugs and an intra-aortic balloon pump (n=8) were studied 1–3 days after cardiac surgery. Patients had acute renal impairment, defined as a rise in serum creatinine of more than 50% compared to preoperative values. Patients were receiving dopamine and furosemide infusion to increase urine flow. Interventions: Baseline measurements of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal blood flow (51Cr-EDTA and PAH clearance) were first performed during two 30-min periods. ANP was then administered for two consecutive 30-min periods (25 and 50 ng/kg per min), followed by two control periods. Measurements and main results: Mean arterial pressure decreased by 6% at the highest ANP dose. Urine flow, GFR and RBF increased 62%, 43% and 38%, respectively, while renal vascular resistance decreased 30%. At this dose level, circulating ANP concentrations were on the average eight fold higher than preinfusion levels. Conclusions: ANP improved renal function and decreased elevated renal vascular resistance in patients with renal dysfunction after cardiac surgery. The improvement in renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate may be of potential therapeutic value to prevent or treat exaggerated renal vasoconstriction in patients with acute renal impairment following cardiac surgery.
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  • 80
    ISSN: 1432-1238
    Schlagwort(e): Atrial natriuretic peptide ; Infusion ; Human ; Cardiac surgery ; Renal function ; Acute renal failure ; Inotropic, agents
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Objective To investigate the effects of IV infusion of atrial natriuretic peptide (human ANP 1–28) on renal function in patients with acute heart failure and renal impairment after cardiac surgery. Design Pharmocodynamic, dose-effect investigation. Setting Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit of a university hospital. Patients Twelve patients (mean age 68 years, range 44–78 years) treated with inotropic drugs and an intra-aortic balloon pump (n=8) were studied 1–3 days after cardiac surgery. Patients had acute renal impairment, defined as a rise in serum creatinine of more than 50% compared to preoperative values. Patients were receiving dopamine and furosemide infusion to increase urine flow. Interventions Baseline measurements of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal blood flow (51Cr-EDTA and PAH clearance) were first performed during two 30-min periods. ANP was then administered for two consecutive 30-min periods (25 and 50 ng/kg per min), followed by two control periods. Measurements and main results Mean arterial pressure decreased by 6% at the highest ANP dose. Urine flow, GFR and RBF increased 62%, 43% and 38%, respectively, while renal vascular resistance decreased 30%. At this dose level, circulating ANP concentrations were on the average eight fold higher than preinfusion levels. Conclusions ANP improved renal function and decreased elevated renal vascular resistance in patients with renal dysfunction after cardiac surgery. The improvement in renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate may be of potential therapeutic value to prevent or treat exaggerated renal vasoconstriction in patients with acute renal impairment following cardiac surgery.
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  • 81
    ISSN: 1432-1084
    Schlagwort(e): Myelin ; Brain stem ; Pons ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Electrolyte disorder
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    Notizen: Abstract Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is a neurologic disorder once thought to be uniformly fatal. With the introduction of CT and MRI there was an increasing number of reports on nonfatal cases of CPM. Nearly all reports on nonfatal cases describe severe clinical syndromes with tetraparesis, bulbar palsy, and coma. We reviewed nine patients with CPM and compared the size of the pontine lesion on MRI and CT with the severity of clinical presentation. Clinical presentation of CPM was highly variable: The symptoms ranged from severe neurologic disorders to mild neurologic disturbances only. Two of nine patients died from CPM. The size of the pontine lesion did not correlate with the severity of the neurologic illness or the final outcome. Mild forms of CPM might be difficult to diagnose clinically. This applies even more for patients with underlying diseases such as Wernicke's encephalopathy, which in itself might cause a clinical picture similar to that of CPM. Central Pontine Myelinolysis is a major differential diagnosis in acute neurologic deterioration indicating pontine damage. Magnetic resonance imaging is the decisive diagnostic tool for CPM.
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  • 82
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    European radiology 6 (1996), S. 704-706 
    ISSN: 1432-1084
    Schlagwort(e): Ovary, torsion ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Adnexal torsion ; children
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Torsion of the adnexa can be the cause of abdominal pain. An immediate diagnosis is very important because early surgical intervention is the only way to save the ovary from necrosis. Torsion of a normal adnexa is rare, but occurs more frequently than is generally appreciated. If US findings are equivocal, MRI can provide additional information. In our case the MRI findings leading to the diagnosis of ovarian torsion were: (a) A medial ovarian mass existed with dislocation of the uterus to the affected side with hyperintense, cystic lesions on T2-weighted images at the periphery of the ovary. (b) Beaked protrusion of the mass continuing in a band-like structure connecting it with the uterus obviously represented the Fallopian tube. (c) Low and inhomogeneous signal intensity of the stroma on T1- and T2-weighted images and lack of gadolinium uptake were indicative of infarction.
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  • 83
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    Experimental brain research 108 (1996), S. 450-462 
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Schlagwort(e): Spinal cord ; H-reflexes ; Ia afferents ; Reflex pathways ; Homosynaptic depression ; Human ; Cat
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract It was demonstrated that the soleus H-reflex was depressed for more than 10 s following a preceding passive dorsiflexion of the ankle joint. This depression was caused by activation of large-diameter afferents with receptors located in the leg muscles, as an ischaemic block of large-diameter fibres just below the knee joint abolished the depression, whereas a similar block just proximal to the ankle joint was ineffective. The depression of the H-reflex was not caused by changes in motoneuronal excitability, as motor-evoked potentials by magnetic brain stimulation were not depressed by the same passive dorsiflexion. Therefore it was concluded that the long-lasting depression is due to mechanisms acting at presynaptic level. The transmission of the monosynaptic Ia excitation from the femoral nerve to soleus motoneurones was not depressed by the ankle dorsiflexion. The depression thus seems to be confined to those afferents that were activated by the conditioning dorsiflexion. In parallel experiments on decerebrate cats, more invasive methods have complemented the indirect techniques used in the experiments on human subjects. A similar long-lasting depression of triceps surae monosynaptic reflexes was evoked by a preceding conditioning stimulation of the triceps surae Ia afferents. This depression was accompanied by a reduction of the monosynaptic Ia excitatory postsynaptic potential recorded intracellularly in triceps surae motoneurones, but not by changes in the input resistance or membrane potential in the motoneurones. Stimulation of separate branches within the triceps surae nerve demonstrated that the depression is confined to those afferents that were activated by the conditioning stimulus. This long-lasting depression was not accompanied by a dorsal root potential. It is concluded that the long-lasting depression is probably caused by a presynaptic effect, but different from the “classical” GABAergic presynaptic inhibition which is widely distributed among afferent fibres and accompanied by dorsal root potentials. It is more probably related to the phenomenon of a reduced transmitter release from previously activated fibres, i.e. a homosynaptic post-activation depression. The consequences of this post-activation depression for the interpretation of results on spinal mechanisms during voluntary movements in man are discussed.
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  • 84
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Schlagwort(e): Posture ; Spindle group II afferents ; Crossed pathways ; EMG ; Human
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    Notizen: Abstract During upright stance, foot dorsiflexion induced by the movement of a supporting platform elicits a short-(SLR) and a medium-latency response (MLR) in both the soleus and the flexor digitorum brevis muscles; foot plantarflexion elicits a MLR in the tibialis anterior. The SLR is the counterpart of the stretch reflex, but no general agreement exists about the origin of the MLR, though recent results suggest that it is transmitted through group II afferent fibres. Animal studies have shown that group II fibres impinge on interneurones projecting contralaterally as well as ipsilaterally, whereas group I fibres impinge on interneurones which project mainly ipsilaterally. Therefore, we compared the changes in amplitude and latency of the SLRs and MLRs in the right and left limb during postural perturbations induced while subjects maintained both feet on the platform (both-on condition) or while they maintained only one foot on the platform and the other on firm ground (one-on condition). Under the both-on condition, the pattern of EMG responses described above occurred bilaterally. Under the one-on condition, both SLRs and MLRs occurred in the displaced leg. However, whereas the SLRs did not change in amplitude compared with the both-on condition, the MLRs decreased in amplitude to about 50%. MLRs were also present in the non-displaced leg. They were not preceded by any SLR but showed a further decrease in size with respect to the corresponding responses in the perturbed leg. Latency of the MLRs of the perturbed leg increased by about 5 ms passing from the both-on to the one-on condition. In the latter condition, a further increase of 5 ms was observed in the nonperturbed leg with respect to the displaced one. The occurrence of the MLRs but not of the SLRs in the contralateral non-displaced leg is in keeping with the notion that crossed neural pathways fed by spindle group II afferent fibres subserve the MLRs. The changes in latency of the MLRs under the one-on condition compared with both-on give a cue about the synaptic delays along the neural circuit and the time taken by the afferent impulses to cross the spinal cord.
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  • 85
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    Experimental brain research 109 (1996), S. 127-135 
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    Schlagwort(e): Transcranial magnetic brain stimulation ; Motor cortex excitability ; Lorazepam ; Benzodiazepine ; Human
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The effect of the short-acting benzodiazepine lorazepam on motor cortex excitability was investigated in 11 healthy volunteers using the technique of focal transcranial magnetic stimulation. The threshold intensity for evoking an electromyographic response in the resting and active abductor digiti minimi muscle, the size of the motor evoked potential, the duration of the cortical and peripheral silent periods, the corticocortical inhibition and facilitation after paired magnetic stimuli, and the transcallosal inhibition were used as parameters to assess various aspects of motor system excitability. Baseline values were compared with data obtained 2, 5 and 24 h after a single oral dose of 2.5 mg lorazepam. Resting and active motor thresholds and the size of the motor evoked potential remained unchanged. The duration of the cortical silent period was prolonged with a maximum effect 5 h after drug intake, while the peripheral silent period did not show any lengthening at that time. The corticocortical inhibition showed a tendency toward more inhibition, while the corticocortical facilitation was almost completely suppressed. The transcallosal inhibition showed an inconsistent trend to less inhibition. In parallel to the pharmacokinetics of lorazepam, all effects peaked at 2 h and 5 h, and were (partially) reversible after 24 h. It is hypothesized that most of these findings are due to the reinforcement of GABA action by lorazepam at the level of the motor cortex. The lack of effect on motor threshold and on the size of the motor evoked potential may indicate that these parameters are physiologically distinct from corticocortical excitability and the cortical silent period. The relevance of the present data in clinical epileptology is discussed.
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  • 86
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Schlagwort(e): Deafferentation ; Proprioception ; Reaching ; Target localization ; Human
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract This experiment investigated the relative extent to which different signals from the visuo-oculomotor system are used to improve accuracy of arm movements. Different visuo-oculomotor conditions were used to produce various retinal and extraretinal signals leading to a similar target amplitude: (a) fixating a central target while pointing to a peripheral visual target, (b) tracking a target through smooth pursuit movement and then pointing to the target when its excursion ceased, and (c) pointing to a target reached previously by a saccadic eye movement. The experiment was performed with a deafferented subject and control subjects. For the deafferented patient, the absence of proprioception prevented any comparison between internal representations of target and limb (through proprioception) positions during the arm movement. The deafferented patient's endpoint therefore provided a good estimate of the accuracy of the target coordinates used by the arm motor system. The deafferented subject showed relatively good accuracy by producing a saccade prior to the pointing, but large overshooting in the fixation condition and undershooting in the pursuit condition. The results suggest that the deafferented subject does use oculomotor signals to program arm movement and that signals associated with fast movements of the eyes are better for pointing accuracy than slow ramp movements. The inaccuracy of the deafferented subject when no eye movement is allowed (the condition in which the controls were the most accurate) suggests that, in this condition, a proprioceptive map is involved in which both the target and the arm are represented.
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  • 87
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    Experimental brain research 109 (1996), S. 457-466 
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Schlagwort(e): Eye-head coordination ; Reaction time ; Gaze ; Ocular ; Human
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Gaze shifts vary in the extent of eye and head contribution; a large amplitude and/or an eccentric ocular orbital starting position alter the participation of head movement in the shift. The interval between eye onset and head onset determines compensatory counterrolling before and after the shift and the extent of vestibular ocular reflex reduction during the shift. The latency of eye saccades in the head-fixed condition was measured with respect to target amplitude and orbital position in order to establish base-line operations of these two variables as they apply to the headfree condition. Eye movements were measured during single-step saccades in nine young adult humans. The target step, hereafter called a jump, started from three possible fixation lights; e.g., rightward saccades started from the midline (0°) or from -20 or -40° left of the midline, with a maximum amplitude of 80°. The latency of saccades starting from the primary position increased with jump amplitude (amplitude-latency relation). When the eye started eccentrically, the latency was decreased (orbital position-latency relation), with the largest jump amplitudes most affected. These changes can be related to active eye-head coordination. Thus, with a leftward maximal orbital eccentricity, compensatory eye rotation would be impossible with a rightward head movement; however, incorporating the orbital position-latency relation, the forward ocular saccade is expedited by 90 ms. Conversely, with a primary starting position, the ocular component of an 80° gaze saccade could be slowed 125 ms by incorporating the amplitude-latency relation, thus facilitating a head contribution to the gaze shift. The orbital position and amplitude-latency relations were prominent in those subjects with habitually large head contributions to the gaze shift and minimal in individuals with typically small head contributions.
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  • 88
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    Experimental brain research 109 (1996), S. 483-494 
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Schlagwort(e): Movement organisation ; Movement control ; Spring perturbation ; Human
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The discrepancy between traditional (force scaling models) and the more recently conceived dynamic explanations of load compensation (λ model) was the departure point for the present study. By using the complex “open” motor skill of catching a ball rather than the traditional “closed” skills under “normal” (baseline) conditions and under conditions where a spring load was applied to the catching hand (thereby changing the dynamics of the skeleto-muscular system) it was hoped to provide further clarification of this issue. Traditional force scaling models, in this respect, would predict that maximal closing velocity of the grasp action, and movement time would not be significantly different between a control and a spring-load condition. In contrast, a dynamic system perspective would maintain that spring loading would be compensated for by a change in the rate of shift of the reciprocal command (R-command). The obtained results showed a significant difference for conditions with regard to the maximal closing velocity of the grasp action, the baseline condition being higher than the two spring-load conditions. Furthermore, a significant difference was found for the aperture at moment of catch, the aperture at moment of catch being smaller in the baseline condition than that under the two springload conditions. With regard to the temporal variables, no significant differences were obtained. A comprehensive overall explanation of the obtained data in terms of the force scaling models was not realisable. It may be that findings supporting such theories are task specific and that for constrained tasks such as catching a ball-different underlying organisational principles apply. The λ model, however, could explain adequately the obtained results. It was concluded that, except for the preparatory phase associated with load compensation before the onset of the movement of the ball, the spatiotemporal structure of the control pattern underlying catching remains the same (invariant) in both baseline and load conditions. Thereby, the spatiotemporal structure of the resulting movement changes under the influence of the load and thus is not the same for load and baseline condition.
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  • 89
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    Experimental brain research 109 (1996), S. 507-512 
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    Schlagwort(e): Saccade ; Express saccade ; Antisaccade ; Attention ; Fixation ; Human
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract In a gap paradigm, where the saccadic reaction times are usually short, the number of express saccades can be further increased and their latency decreased when a valid transient peripheral cue is given 100 ms before target occurrence. In the present study we measured the saccadic reaction times of seven human subjects who had been instructed to make antisaccades (saccades to the side opposite to stimulus presentation) in the gap paradigm. In the first experiment, we presented a 100% valid cue with 100 ms cue lead time. To explore whether the cue reduced the reaction times of the antisaccades, the cue was always presented on the opposite side to where the stimulus occurred (stimulus direction was randomized between 4° to the left and right), and it was thus indicated in each trial to which side the antisaccade was required (procue). In the second set of experiments the cue was consistently presented on either the left or the right side in two different blocks; it was thus noninformative with respect to the direction of the antisaccade. In the first experiment, a significant increase in mean reaction times of correct antisaccades and a considerable increase in erratic prosaccades to the stimulus were obtained compared with a control session with no cue. In the two experimental blocks with noninformative cues, the reaction times of correct antisaccades were decreased when cue and stimulus were on at the same side, while large numbers of erratic prosaccades were again obtained when cue and stimulus were presented on opposite sides. These results suggest that the orienting mechanism elicited by a transient peripheral cue relates to the command and to the decision to make a proversus an antisaccade. Since the subjects reported that they could not prevent, or, moreover, in some cases did not even realize that they were making erratic prosaccades, we conclude that this orienting mechanism occurs automatically, being largely beyond voluntary control.
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  • 90
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    Experimental brain research 110 (1996), S. 99-110 
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Schlagwort(e): Voluntary movement ; Coordination dynamics ; Stability ; Index finger ; Forearm ; Human
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Four right-handed subjects performed rhythmic flexion and extension movements of the index finger in time with an auditory metronome. On each block of trials the forearm of the response hand was placed in a prone, neutral or supine position. In the flex-on-the-beat condition, subjects were instructed to coordinate maximum excursion in the direction of finger flexion with each beat of the metronome. In the extend-on-the-beat condition, subjects were instructed to coordinate maximum excursion in the direction of finger extension with each beat of the metronome. The frequency of the metronome was increased from 1.75 Hz to 3.50 Hz in eight steps (8-s plateaus) of 0.25 Hz. During trials prepared in the extend-on-the-beat pattern, abrupt transitions to either a flex-on-the-beat pattern or to phase wandering often occurred, particularly at higher pacing frequencies. In marked constrast, during trials prepared in the flexon-the-beat pattern such transitions were never present. Both the frequency and the alacrity of these transitions were greater when the forearm was in a prone or neutral position than when the forearm was in a supine position. These results are discussed with reference to the constraints imposed on the coordination dynamics by the intrinsic properties of the neuromuscular-skeletal system.
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  • 91
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Schlagwort(e): Grip force ; Friction ; Motor control ; Gravity ; Human
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Humans preserve grasp stability by automatically regulating the grip forces when loads are applied tangentially to the grip surfaces of a manipulandum held in a precision grip. The effects of the direction of the load force in relation to the palm, trunk, and gravity were investigated in blindfolded subjects. Controlled, tangential load-forces were delivered in an unpredictable manner to the grip surface in contact with the index finger either in the distal and proximal directions (away from and toward the palm) or in the ulnar and radial directions (transverse to the palm). The hand was oriented in: (1) a standard position, with the forearm extended horizontally and anteriorly in intermediate pronosupination; (2) an inverted position, reversing the direction of radial and ulnar loads in relation to gravity; and (3) a horizontally rotated position, in which distal loads were directed toward the trunk. The amplitude of the grip-force responses (perpendicular to the grip surface) varied with the direction of load in a manner reflecting frictional anisotropies at the digit-object interface; that is, the subjects automatically scaled the grip responses to provide similar safety margins against frictional slips. For all hand positions, the time from onset of load increase to start of the gripforce increase was shorter for distal loads, which tended to pull the object out of the hand, than for proximal loads. Furthermore, this latency was shorter for loads in the direction of gravity, regardless of hand position. Thus, shorter latencies were observed when frictional forces alone opposed the load, while longer latencies occurred when gravity also opposed the load or when the more proximal parts of the digits and palm were positioned in the path of the load. These latency effects were due to different processing delays in the central nervous system and may reflect the preparation of a default response in certain critical directions. The response to loads in other directions would incur delays required to implement a new frictional scaling and a different muscle activation pattern to counteract the load forces. We conclude that load direction, referenced to gravity and to the hand's geometry, represents intrinsic task variables in the automatic processes that maintain a stable grasp on objects subjected to unpredictable load forces. In contrast, the grip-force safety margin against frictional slips did not vary systematically with respect to these task variables. Instead, the magnitude of the grip-force responses varied across load direction and hand orientation according to frictional differences providing similar safety margins supporting grasp stability.
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  • 92
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    Experimental brain research 110 (1996), S. 248-264 
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    Schlagwort(e): Stiffness ; Impedance ; Stability ; Posture ; Motor control ; Human
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The stiffness that is measured at the hand of a multijoint arm emerges from the combined effects of the elastic properties of the muscles and joints, the geometry of the linkages and muscle attachments, and the neural control circuits that act on the arm. The effective stiffness of a nonlinear linkage such as a two-joint arm depends on the force acting on the system as well as the intrinsic stiffness of the actuators. This paper presents an analysis of the factors that affect limb stiffness, including the effects of external forces. Three potential strategies for controlling the stability of the limb are proposed and demonstrated by computer simulations. The predictions from the simulations are then compared experimentally with measured stiffness values for human subjects working against an external force. These experiments were directed toward understanding what strategies are used by the CNS to control limb stiffness and stability. The experimental evidence showed that human subjects must increase the stiffness at the joints in order to maintain limb stability in the presence of applied external forces at the hand. In the process we identified a precise role for muscles which span two or more joints in the control of overall limb stiffness. A local strategy may be used to achieve limb stability, in which the muscle stiffness increases with muscle force. Multijoint muscles are shown to provide mechanical couplings which are necessary for the maintenance of stability. By utilizing these muscles, the neuro-musculo-skeletal system can control a global property of the system (stability) with a passive local strategy.
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  • 93
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    Experimental brain research 110 (1996), S. 289-297 
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Schlagwort(e): Muscular and cutaneous afferents ; Fall ; Compensatory reactions ; Stepping ; Human
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The effects of lower limb deafferentation were examined during execution of a balance recovery step following a forward fall induced by release of an initial inclined posture. The subjects were healthy control subjects and patients with a unilateral loss of the Achilles tendon reflex following S1 radiculitis. Deafferentation of healthy subjects was obtained by unilateral leg ischemia (four subjects) and by foot anesthesia (five subjects). The balance recovery step was characterized by the surface electromyographic (EMG) activity of right and left soleus and tibialis anterior muscles and the kinetics of the center of gravity and center of foot pressure. Experimentally induced and pathological deafferentation decreased the EMG activity of the ipsilateral soleus and lowered the vertical ground reaction force. The lower limb motor activity was more affected by loss of muscle proprioceptive afferents than by loss of plantar cutaneous afferents. Patients showed early and bilateral changes in soleus and tibialis activities, whichever side was affected. The step length of patients was also shorter than that of controls, but it remained similar before and after deafferentation in the healthy subjects. The results are discussed in terms of ipsilateral and crossed pathway connections and functional adaptive strategies.
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  • 94
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    Experimental brain research 110 (1996), S. 315-321 
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Schlagwort(e): Ocular torsion ; Vestibulo-ocular reflex ; Linear vestibulo-ocular reflex ; Ocular counterroll ; Human
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract We measured human ocular torsion (OT) monocularly (using video) and binocularly (using search coils) while sinusoidally accelerating (0.7 g) five human subjects along an earth-horizontal axis at five frequencies (0.35, 0.4, 0.5, 0.75, and 1.0 Hz). The compensatory nature of OT was investigated by changing the relative orientation of the dynamic (linear acceleration) and static (gravitational) cues. Four subject orientations were investigated: (1) Y-upright — acceleration along the interaural (y) axis while upright; (2) Y-supine — acceleration along the y-axis while supine; (3) Z-RED — acceleration along the dorsoventral (z) axis with right ear down; (4) Z-supine — acceleration along the z-axis while supine. Linear acceleration in the Y-upright, Y-supine and Z-RED orientations elicited conjugate OT. The smaller response in the Z-supine orientation appeared disconjugate. The amplitude of the response decreased and the phase lag increased with increasing frequency for each orientation. This frequency dependence does not match the frequency response of the regular or irregular afferent otolith neurons; therefore the response dynamics cannot be explained by simple peripheral mechanisms. The Y-upright responses were larger than the Y-supine responses (P〈0.05). This difference indicates that OT must be more complicated than a simple low-pass filtered response to interaural shear force, since the dynamic shear force along the interaural axis was identical in these two orientations. The Y-supine responses were, in turn, larger than the Z-RED responses (P〈0.01). Interestingly, the vector sum of the Y-supine responses plus Z-RED responses was not significantly different (P=0.99) from the Y-upright responses. This suggests that, in this frequency range, the conjugate OT response during Y-upright stimulation might be composed of two components: (1) a response to shear force along the y-axis (as in Y-supine stimulation), and (2) a response to roll tilt of gravitoinertial force (as in Z-RED stimulation).
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  • 95
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    Schlagwort(e): Proprioception ; Kinesthesia ; Somatosensory evoked potentials ; Muscle afferent ; Generator sources ; Human
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Brisk passive flexion of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the middle finger, produced by using a newly devised instrument, elicited evoked potentials on the scalp. The present study carefully excluded the possible contribution of sensory modalities other than proprioception. The initial part of cortical response was a positive deflexion at the contralateral central area (P1 at 34.6 ms after the stimulus). This was followed by a midfrontal negative wave (N1 at 44.8 ms) and a clear positivity at the contralateral centroparietal area (P2 at 48.0 ms). The evoked responses persisted in spite of the abolition of cutaneous and joint afferents of the finger caused by ischemic anesthesia, but they were lost by ischemic anesthesia of the forearm. Thus, the cortical evoked responses obtained in this study most probably reflect muscle afferent inputs. The scalp distribution of P1 suggested that its cortical generator source was different from that of the N20-P20 components of evoked potentials to electrical median nerve stimulation. Brodmann areas 2 and 3a of human brain, which are known to receive deep receptor inputs, are the most plausible generator sites for the early components of the proprioception-related evoked responses. The amplitude of P2 was related to the velocity but not to the magnitude of movement. In conclusion, the present study established a method for recording the evoked responses to the brisk passive movement of the finger joint, which mainly reflect the dynamic aspects of proprioception mediated through muscle afferent.
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  • 96
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    Experimental brain research 111 (1996), S. 271-282 
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Schlagwort(e): Balance ; Locomotion ; Motion parallax ; Postural control and sway ; Vision ; Human
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Three experiments tested the hypothesis that postural sway during locomotion is visually regulated by motion parallax as well as optical expansion. Oscillating displays of three-dimensional scenes were presented to participants walking on a treadmill, while postural sway was recorded. Displays simulated: (a) a cloud, in which parallax and expansion are congruent, (b) a hallway, (c) the side walls of the hallway, (d) a ground surface, (e) a wall, (f) the wall with a central hole, (g) a hall farther from the observer, and (h) a wall farther from the observer. In contrast to previous results with a hallway, responses with the cloud were isotropic and directionally specific. The other displays demonstrated that motion parallax was more effective than simple horizontal flow in eliciting lateral sway. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that adaptive control of sway during walking is based on congruent expansion and parallax in natural environments.
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  • 97
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Schlagwort(e): Viually-induced gamma-band responses ; Coherency ; Evolutionary spectra ; Human
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Visual presentation of an object produces firing patterns in cell assemblies representing the features of the object. Based on theoretical considerations and animal experiments, it has been suggested that the binding of neuronal representations of the various features is achieved through synchronization of the oscillatory firing patterns. The present study demonstrates that stimulus-induced gamma-band responses can be recorded non-invasively from human subjects attending to a single moving bar. This finding indicates the synchronization of oscillatory activity in a large group of cortical neurons. Gamma-band responses were not as apparent in the presence of two independently moving stimuli, suggesting that the neuronal activity patterns of different objects are not synchronized. These results open a new paradigm for investigating the mechanisms of feature binding and association building in relation to subjective perception.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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  • 98
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Schlagwort(e): Pavlovian conditioning ; Slow potentials ; Event-related potentials ; Gamma-band activity ; Skin conductance ; Motor conditioning ; Cholinergic modulation ; Human
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract We examined slow potentials, transient event-related potentials, and oscillatory-like responses in the electroencephalogram during aversive conditioning in humans, in order to determine what is happening in the neocortex when behavioral adaptations are learned. Pictures of an angry and a happy human face served as rein-forced (CS+) and unreinforced (CS-) conditioned stimu li, respectively, in one group, and either the reversed condition or two discriminably different neutral faces in two other groups (total n=48 subjects). The unconditioned stimulus (US) was intracutaneous shock delivered to the left hand 5 s after CS+ onset. The electroencephalographic (EEG) activity was recorded from Fz, Cz, Pz, C3, and C4, electromyographic (EMG) activity from bilateral forearm and corrugator muscles, and skin conductance from the right hand. During acquisition a negative slow potential developed after CS+ (not CS-), which was more pronounced when a neutral face served as CS+. Early (iCNV, initial contingent negative variation) and late (tCNV, terminal contingent negative variation) components of the slow-potential response were positively related to the magnitude of conditioned EMG responses. Differentiation of tCNV was larger when neutral faces signaled the US; iCNV persisted during extinction when a happy face served as CS+. Late-occurring event-related potentials (ERPs) elicited by the US diminished over conditioning, whereas short-latency US components and ERPs elicited by CS events did not. Fourier analysis revealed oscillatory (“gamma-band”) activity between 30 and 40 Hz, which persisted up to 3 s after US delivery and diminished as conditioning progressed. Our findings indicate that learning is expressed in neocortical structures at the earliest stages of conditioning. The functional roles of the three types of EEG response in learning are discussed.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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  • 99
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Springer
    Experimental brain research 112 (1996), S. 485-495 
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Schlagwort(e): Proprioception ; Joint position sense ; Signal detection theory ; Models ; Human
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract This report describes two models of human behavior when detecting displacements of joints that allow one to compare and integrate findings from different proprioception tests in a quantitative way. Results from various tests have led to different and often conflicting conclusions about proprioceptive behaviors and their underlying neural mechanisms. However, it has been impossible to compare data and conclusions in any meaningful way due to lack of a suitable analytical framework to accommodate important differences in procedures used in the various tests. These models can provide one such framework. The models, developed using data from proprioception tests reported in the literature, describe how the amplitude and velocity of joint excursions, and the subject bias expressed as false alarm rate, affect the detectability of displacements of joints. Two models were needed to represent observed behaviors: one based on velocity signals alone (the velocity model) and the other based on both velocity and positional signals (the displacement-velocity model). To simulate the detection-decision process subjects used to determine whether a joint was displaced, we adapted strategies from signal detection theory. The models characterized reported behaviors from disparate proprioception tests remarkably well, requiring only 3 degrees of freedom in the velocity case, and 4 in the displacement-velocity case.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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  • 100
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Springer
    Experimental brain research 107 (1996), S. 486-496 
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Schlagwort(e): Periodontal afferent ; Mechanoreceptor ; Biting ; Sensorimotor control ; Human
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The force exerted by the central incisors while holding and splitting a food morsel was analyzed to characterize human biting behavior. The force was continuously sampled by a transducer-equipped plate upon which a small piece of dry biscuit or half a peanut rested. Subjects were instructed to position the plate between the incisor teeth and to split the morsel either immediately (“split task”) or after holding it for a brief period (“hold-and-split task”). While holding either food substance between the incisors, subjects automatically exerted light contact forces of less than 1 N (0.36–0.76N range among subjects). Considering that the subjects had no instructions about what force levels to employ, the hold force was remarkably stable during individual trials and highly similar among trials. Even during the split task, subjects opted to “hold” the morsel momentarily on ca. 50% of the trials with a similar, low contact force. For both tasks, subjects split the morsel by exerting a distinct, rapidly executed ramp increase in force. The split occurred at 7.8–10.3 N (range among subjects) bite force for the biscuit and 16.0–19.0 N for the peanut. The magnitude of the forces used during the hold phase were within the range over which most periodontal afferents are optimally sensitive to changes in force, i.e., forces below about 1 N. This observation suggested that the subjects automatically adjusted the force to maximize the availability of information from periodontal afferents and avoided higher forces at which the sensitivity of most afferents was not optimal. We further confirmed that the periodontal receptors serve a role in controlling the hold force by anesthetizing the periodontal tissues: subjects employed considerably higher and more variable hold forces, but there was no effect on the split phase. In addition, the morsel frequently escaped from the incisal edges of the teeth while the subject attempted to maintain it in position. It was concluded that subjects rely on signals from periodontal afferents to regulate the jaw muscles, particularly when they first contact, manipulate, and hold food substances between the teeth.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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