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Selective lesioning of the basal forebrain cholinergic system by intraventricular 192 IgG-saporin : behavioural, biochemical and stereological studies in the rat

The elucidation of the functional role of the basal forebrain cholinergic system will require access to a highly specific and efficient cholinergic neurotoxin. Recently, selective depletion of the nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor-bearing cholinergic neurons in the rat basal forebrain and a dramatic loss of cholinergic innervation in the related cortical regions have been obtained following intra

Growth in girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

The height development during childhood and puberty was analyzed in 54 girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis by the use of the Infancy Childhood Puberty growth model, which is based on healthy Swedish children. This model adjusts adolescent reference values for height for individual age at pubertal maturation. The scoliotic girls had an above-average height 2 years before the onset of the pub

Spinal canal remodeling after thoracolumbar fractures with intraspinal bone fragments : 17 cases followed 1-4 years

The long-term fate of nonreduced intraspinal bone fragments in 17 thoracolumbar fractures - three not operated on and 14 stabilized with Harrington's rods or a Hartshill rectangle - was studied with CT. the reduction of the spinal canal area was measured in conjunction with the trauma in the nonoperated on cases and immediately after surgery in the other cases. the mean reduction was 29 (10-70) pe

Amphetamine induces excess release of striatal acetylcholine in vivo that is independent of nigrostriatal dopamine

The effect of amphetamine on striatal acetylcholine (ACh) release was studied by an in vivo intrastriatal microdialysis technique. Although we expected systemic amphetamine to inhibit baseline striatal ACh release, the opposite was found. In addition, we found that the amphetamine-induced striatal ACh release did not depend on nigrostriatal DA since 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesions had no effect

Immobilization related to early linear growth

This study shows that children with late-diagnosed congenital dislocation of the hip (CDH) have close to normal height development during the initial 6.0 years of life. The treatment consisted of immobilization for 0.5 to 1.3 years starting between 0.2 and 0.7 years of age. The present work addresses one specific issue that is related to the age at onset of the childhood component of the ICP growt

Articulotrochanteric distance in slipped capital femoral epiphysis

The difference in altitude between the proximal limit of the femoral head and the tip of the greater trochanter - the articulotrochanteric distance (ATD) -was recorded in 312 patients with slipped capital femoral epiphysis and compared with that in normal hips. The ATD was markedly reduced after severe slipping, independent of the method of treatment. In mild or moderate slippings, the ATD differe

Basal forebrain grafts in the hippocampus and neocortex : regulation of acetylcholine release

The regulation of acetylcholine (ACh) release from cholinergic neurons transplanted to the hippocampus or neocortex was studied by microdialysis in awake rats. Fetal basal forebrain tissue was implanted as a cell suspension or solid graft into the fimbria-fornix-lesioned hippocampus, or as a cell suspension into the frontal cortex after excitotoxic lesion of the nucleus basalis. Several months aft

Autogenic bone paste in posterolateral fusion of the lower lumbar spine

In order to facilitate bone graft harvesting and to get more mouldable bone graft in posterolateral fusions of the lower lumbar spine, a modified technique of bone graft harvesting was utilized. Through a midline skin incision the most posterolateral part of an iliac crest was ground with a reamer to a smooth bone paste. The technique was used in lumbar posterolateral fusions without osteosynthesi

A case of bilateral duplication of the patella

A boy with bilateral duplication of his patellae was radiographically examined between 8 and 11 years of age. the duplication was probably caused by a disrupted fusion of two ossification centra.

Polymorphisms in potential mercury transporter ABCC2 and neurotoxic symptoms in populations exposed to mercury vapor from goldmining

Background: Artisanal small-scale gold miners have high levels of mercury in human specimens often above recommended threshold values. There are differences reported in the manifestation of neurological symptoms of individuals with a comparable level of exposure to mercury, suggesting a genetic component influencing the susceptibility to mercury neurotoxicity. Objective: To investigate association

Anticholinergic sensitivity in the aging rat septohippocampal system as assessed in a spatial memory task

The effects of central cholinergic blockade on spatial memory were tested in aged and basal forebrain-lesioned rats using the Morris Water Maze. In Experiment 1, aged rats (18-21 months old) were characterized as behaviorally impaired or nonimpaired based on water maze performance prior to an atropine sulfate challenge. In the atropine test (50 mg/kg, IP), both the impaired and the nonimpaired rat

Stapling for tibial-growth deformity : A case report on roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis

A 9-year-old boy sustained a Salter-Harris Type IV fracture in the proximal tibia. the injury resulted in a progressive valgus deformity, detected already after 3 months by roentgen stereophotogrammetry. After temporary stapling medially, the growth rate increased laterally and the deformity was corrected. Unilateral stapling is an alternative procedure for correcting angular deformity following a

Functional activity of intrahippocampal septal grafts is regulated by catecholaminergic host afferents as studied by microdialysis of acetylcholine

Previous microdialysis experiments have shown that acetylcholine (ACh) release from septal grafts in the hippocampus of awake rats is influenced by the behaviour of the animals, which strongly suggests that the host brain can exert a regulatory control over the activity of the grafted neurons. Since the activity of the normal septo-hippocampal cholinergic system is likely to be regulated, in part,

The calcar femorale as a landmark in hip physiolysis

The position of the femoral head in relation to the calcar femorale was analyzed from 120 radiographs of normal hips. A constant relationship was found, providing a method of calculating the normal position of the femoral head. the method was tested in 56 cases with physiolysis of the hip and was found to be useful in determining the degree of slipping in both adolescents and adults.

Bilaterality in slipped upper femoral epiphysis

The frequency of slipping and osteoarthritis of the contralateral hip was recorded in 260 patients with slipped upper femoral epiphysis between 1910 and 1960. Twenty-three of these patients (9%) had primary bilateral slipping, 32 (12%) had a contralateral slip diagnosed later during adolescence and a further 104 (40%) had signs of contralateral slipping at follow-up 16 to 66 years later, giving a