What does the head impulse test versus caloric dissociation reveal about vestibular dysfunction in Ménière's disease?

abstract：:The purpose of the present experiment was to determine if there is a factor in serum of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) that interferes with binding of (125I)-alpha-bungarotoxin to acetylcholine receptors of normal mouse diaphragm. Diaphragms were incubated aerobically for 1 hour in either Krebs-Henseleit solutio...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Keesey J,Shaikh I,Wolfgram F,Chao LP

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella, a Gram-negative bacterial species of the family Enterobacteriaceae, causes bacillary dysentery in humans, an acute rectocolitis that reflects the capacity of the microorganism to disrupt, invade, and cause the inflammatory destruction of the intestinal epithelium. Here, the pathogenesis of Shigella infection...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sansonetti PJ

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac development is characterized by a complex interplay of chemical, mechanical, and electrical forces, which together contribute to the proper formation of the heart muscle. In adult myocardium, cardiomyocytes are elongated, well-coupled by gap junctions, and organized in spatially well-defined muscle fibers. Thi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Pijnappels DA,Gregoire S,Wu SM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In today's climate of government outsourcing and multiple stakeholder involvement in public sector management and service delivery, it is more important than ever to rethink and redesign the structure of how policy decisions are made, implemented, monitored, and adapted to new realities. The traditional command-and-co...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： van den Belt M,Kenyan JR,Krueger E,Maynard A,Roy MG,Raphael I

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azathioprine may be tried for treatment of severe myasthenia gravis, in a dose of 2 mg/kg BW. With careful monitoring the side reactions may be controlled. The therapeutic response will occur after a time delay of 4-8 months. About one-third of patients with type II MG (severe, late onset, HLA B8-) will proceed to a c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Matell G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the frequency of CIND, the profile of early cognitive deficits in stroke patients, the differences in the profile of cognitive impairment in people with CIND and those with vascular dementia, and the MRI associations of CIND in older stroke patients. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ballard C,Stephens S,McLaren A,Wesnes K,Kenny RA,Burton E,O'Brien J,Kalaria R

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astronomers and physicists of diverse interest are teaming up to study enigmatic cosmic phenomena, such as the life cycle of black holes. A "disruptive innovation" is about to emerge during the next decade: Advanced gravitational-wave observatories. The emergence of gravitational-wave physics as a viable observational...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Márka S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Music-supported therapy (MST) has been developed recently to improve the use of the affected upper extremity after stroke. MST uses musical instruments, an electronic piano and an electronic drum set emitting piano sounds, to retrain fine and gross movements of the paretic upper extremity. In this paper, we first desc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rodriguez-Fornells A,Rojo N,Amengual JL,Ripollés P,Altenmüller E,Münte TF

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells produce and bind to multiple basement membrane components. Fibronectin and interstitial collagens seem to promote migration and proliferation, whereas basement membrane collagen and laminin stimulate attachment and differentiation. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells will rapidly form capillary-li...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Grant DS,Kleinman HK,Martin GR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid cooling of small samples is necessary both to cryofixation for electron microscopy and to vitrification for cryopreservation. Several effects on the cooling rates of small samples quenched into liquid nitrogen were studied, including the diameter of samples, the subcooling of liquid nitrogen, the quenching speed...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cao Q,Hua TC

更新日期：1998-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors that regulate various pathways of Maillard reaction leading to aroma, color, or carcinogen generation have not been identified, due to the difficulties associated with analyzing complex reaction mixtures. In particular, the role played by oxidation in directing aromagenic, chromogenic, or carcinogenic pathways...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yaylayan VA,Haffenden L,Chu FL,Wnorowski A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccinia virus encodes secretory proteins termed virokines. One of the major virokines encoded by the N1L open reading frame is the 13.8 kDa protein. A recombinant virus, termed vGK5, lacking this protein when injected intracranially into mice, has one of the highest levels of in vivo attenuation achieved by deletion ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Billings B,Smith SA,Zhang Z,Lahiri DK,Kotwal GJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the complete genome sequences of the Nine Mile, K, and G isolates to improve our understanding of the unique virulence properties of C. burnetii and to provide important insight into the genome architecture and genetic diversity of this pathogen. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Beare PA,Porcella SF,Seshadri R,Samuel JE,Heinzen RA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the two first cases of human ehrlichiosis described in Italy. One patient presented symptoms indicative of ehrlichiosis, such as fever, conjunctivitis, and increase of hepatic enzymes; HGE was confirmed by fourfold seroconversion for HGE antigen. The second patient, a forest worker, was affected by Lyme...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ruscio M,Cinco M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined dopamine (DA) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) releasers such as phentermine (PHEN) and fenfluramine (FEN) are reported, in open label studies, to reduce craving for alcohol and cocaine and to prevent relapse. The objective of the studies reported here was to assess the actions of these agents alone and in comb...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rothman RB,Elmer GI,Shippenberg TS,Rea W,Baumann MH

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotional or physical stress triggers Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in postmenopausal females, which is characterized by an elevation of the ST segment in the electrocardiogram (ECG) and left ventricular apical ballooning in the left ventriculogram (LVG). Immobilization stress (IMO) of rats can reproduce these ECG and LVG...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ueyama T

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gypsy/Ty3 retrotransposons, a group of long terminal repeat retrotransposons related to vertebrate retroviruses, are found in the genome of many fungi, plants, and animals. Although multiple families of such retroelements are present in fish, active Gypsy/Ty3 retrotransposons have all been eliminated from the lineage ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Volff JN

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our studies have indicated that normal human placental cytosol contains a complex mixture of nucleoside kinase enzymes, some of which conform to previously characterized activities. Deoxyadenosine is phosphorylated by deoxycytidine kinase, adenosine kinase, and two as yet uncharacterized activities. Deoxyguanosine pho...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hurley MC,Fox IH

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Babesia felis, originally identified in wild cats in the Sudan, was subsequently found to cause clinical disease in domestic cats. Although babesiosis in domestic cats has been reported sporadically from various countries, as a significant disease it appears to be a distinctly South African phenomenon. Apart from an i...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Penzhorn BL,Schoeman T,Jacobson LS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Especially since the (re-)discovery of T cell subpopulations with specialized regulatory activities, mechanisms of anti-inflammatory T cell regulation are studied very actively and are expected to lead to the development of novel immunotherapeutic approaches, especially in chronic inflammatory diseases. Heat shock pro...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Van Eden W,Wick G,Albani S,Cohen I

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic era has fueled a rapid emergence of new information at the molecular level with a great potential for developing innovative approaches to detection, risk assessment, and management of oral cancers and premalignant disease. As yet, however, little research has been done on complementary approaches that woul...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rosin MP,Poh CF,Guillard M,Williams PM,Zhang L,MacaUlay C

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results obtained from projects in which self-organizing musical structures spontaneously arise through electrical interface between the brain and generative musical systems are surveyed. This provides a springboard for examining important paradigm shifts taking place in our thinking about what musical forms can be and...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rosenboom D

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "steroid- or glucocorticoid-resistant (GR) asthma" has been used to describe a group of asthmatics who demonstrate persistent airway obstruction and inflammation despite treatment with high doses of systemic glucocorticoids (GCs). There are at least two forms of GR asthma. The first group of patients has an a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Leung DY,de Castro M,Szefler SJ,Chrousos GP

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a placebo-controlled double-blinded study, the effect of 8 weeks of grape juice was compared to the effect of isocaloric placebo juice. Volunteers with a systolic blood pressure > 130 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure > 90 mmHg were recruited. A total of 40 healthy subjects were randomized to receive isocaloric jui...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Park YK,Lee SH,Park E,Kim JS,Kang MH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The four diseases discussed in this chapter (dracunculiasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, and trachoma) are among the officially designated "Neglected Tropical Diseases," and each is also both the result of and a contributor to the poverty of many rural populations. To various degrees, they all have adverse effect...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hopkins DR,Richards FO Jr,Ruiz-Tiben E,Emerson P,Withers PC Jr

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human female reproductive aging consists of multiple processes and interacts with other physiological systems in unique ways. Here we discuss eight recent longitudinal, epidemiologic studies of female reproductive aging that include endocrine data to highlight their contributions to our understanding of these various ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ferrell RJ,Sowers M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease characterized by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells. Genetic and environmental factors contribute in this disease. There is evidence that MHC class I chain-related gene (MIC-A) plays a role in the susceptibility to this and other autoimmune diseases...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zake LN,Ghaderi M,Park YS,Babu S,Eisenbarth G,Sanjeevi CB

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-lived proteins undergo age-related postsynthetic modifications by glycation and advanced glycation end products (AGEs), which destabilize them by altering their conformation and charge. It was accidentally discovered that ornithine (orn) increased with age in acid hydrolyzates of human skin collagen and lens crys...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sell DR,Monnier VM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its structurally related proteins are involved in the developmental regulation of various brain neurons, including midbrain dopaminergic neurons. We recently reported EGF and EGF-receptor abnormalities in both the brain tissues and blood of schizophrenic patients. Administration of EG...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mizuno M,Malta RS Jr,Nagano T,Nawa H

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asbestos contamination of relatively contained environments within structures can occur under many conditions and in association with various activities. Such contamination persists and can potentially expose all structure users. The more significant contamination levels are associated with disturbance of friable asbe...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sawyer RN

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00