noradrenalin/necrosis

The contributions of inflammatory and immunosuppressive cytokines and noradrenalin to the control of lipolysis in adipocytes surrounding and remote from lymph nodes were investigated in healthy adult guinea-pigs. A few hours after excision from fasting animals, spontaneous lipolysis in adipocytes

Abrams predicted that the pharmacoangiogram theory may improve intraarterial chemotherapy. We provide the following evidence to support this hypothesis from an experimental study on Walker-256 xenograft tumors: (1) selective drug delivery to tumor vessels, (2) increased injection pressure, and (3)

OBJECTIVE We prospectively compared the systemic immune and stress response of patients who underwent laparoscopic total nephrectomy (LRN) (14) and open nephrectomy (ON) (10) for renal cell carcinoma. The ON group comprised open radical (4), open total (2) and open partial (4) nephrectomy

BACKGROUND The trigeminocardiac reflex (TCR) is a relatively recently described brainstem reflex in the fields of neurosurgery which leads to a simultaneous drop in mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate of at least 20% from baseline levels after stimulation of a sensible branch of the

We report herein a rare female case of bladder pheochromocytoma with familial clustering. Her mother had received an operation for bladder pheochromocytoma. When the present case was 20 years of age, body weight loss and fever appeared. Thereafter, nausea, vomiting and palpitation occurred

Bupropion was initially developed and licensed for the treatment of major depressive disorder in the United States in 1989. It was licensed as a pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation in the United States in 1997 and in the United Kingdom in 2000, and for the prevention of seasonal major depressive

Experimental allergic neuritis (EAN) is a CD4+ T cell mediated autoimmune disease that is characterized by inflammation and demyelination affecting the peripheral nervous system (PNS). EAN represents an animal model for the study of the immunopathogenesis, immunoregulation and immunotherapy of human

Three common dosing regimens of the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced model of Parkinson's disease (PD) were compared in C57BL/6 mice on behavior, striatal and extra-striatal neurotransmission, and brain cytokines, to clarify the differences between regimens on these

Acupuncture reduces pain by activating specific areas called acupoints on the patient's body. When these acupoints are fully activated, sensations of soreness, numbness, fullness, or heaviness called De qi or Te qi are felt by clinicians and patients. There are two kinds of acupuncture, manual