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Objective To explore the influence of atorvastatin on the carotid atherosclerotic plaque and prognosis of older apoplexy.Methods 124 patients with carotid atherosclerotic plaque were randomly divided into 2groups,64 cases in the observetion group who had given atorvastatin(20mg) and general,and 60 cases in control group who had given genenal treatment.The relapse rate of apoplexy,the level of blood-fat and live viability condition were compared.Results ( 1 ) In the treatment group,the recurrence rate was 4.7％,and 18.3 ％ in the control group,the difference was statistically significant(x2=5.76,P ＜ 0.05 ).The two groups of adverse events had no significant difference ( x2=0.00,P ＞ 0.05 ).(2) In the treatment group,after treatment compared with before treatment,after the treatment group compared with the control group after treatment,TC,TG,LDL-C,HDL-C levels were statistically different ( all P ＜ 0.05 ).(3) The life skills of the treatment group after treatment was signiflcantly better than the control group,the difference was statistically significant( x2 =24.18,P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusion A torvastatin could significantly reduce the level of blood fat,improve prognosis,and reduce the rate of apoplexy,and had good effect.
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ObjectiveTo evaluate the significance of the detection of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus and cerebral infarction.MethodsSeventy-two patients with diabetes mellitus and cerebral infarction (diabetic cerebral infarction group),66 patients with cerebral infarction and without diabetes mellitus (non-diabetic cerebral infarction group) and 60 healthy persons (control group) from October 2008 to January 2011 were selected.The level of serum CRP was detceted.ResultsThe level of CRP was ( 3.81 ± 2.23 ) mg/L in diabetic cerebral infarction group,( 2.48 ± 2.24 ) mg/L in non-diabetic cerebral infarction group and (0.68±0.16) mg/L in control group.The levels of CRP in diabetic cerebral infarction group and non-diabetic cerebral infarction group were significantly higher than that in control group (P ＜ 0.05).The level of CRP in diabetic cerebral infarction group was obviously higher than that in non-diabetic cerebral infarction group(P ＜0.05).CRP abnormal rate was 70.8％(51/72) in diabetic cerebral infarction group and 43.9％ (29/66) in non-diabetic cerebral infarction group,which had statistical significance (P ＜ 0.05).ConcluslonCRP has important predictive value to the occurrence and development of diabetic cerebral infarction.
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Objective To investigate the clinical features of internal carotid steal syndrome. Methods The clinical manifestations, CT or MRI, digital subtraction angiography, and blood flow compensation in 6 patients with internal carotid steal syndrome were analyzed. Results Of the 6 patients, 2 had unilateral internal carotid artery stenosis, 4 had severe stenosis (in which 2 were on the left side, 1 was on the right side, and 1 was on both sides). The clinical manifestations of the patients with internal carotid steal syndrome were watershed infarction and transient ischemic attack. Four patients had posterior circulation ischemia and 2 had anterior circulation ischemia. Digital subtraction angiography demonstrated that collateral circulation was established in all the 6 patients. The anterior communicating artery, posterior communicating artery, and pial artery were the common compensatory vessels. Conclusions Internal carotid artery steal syndrome can be presented as anterior or posterior circulation ischemia, and the collateral circulation plays an important role in the compensation.
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Objective To explore the possible effects of nutritional supplements on brain function as reflected by Water Maze test performance in mice after +Gz exposure.Method Mice were arranged into control group (group A),+Gz group without nutritional supplementation (group B) and +Gz plus nutritional supplementation group (group C).Each group contains 12 mice.Mice in group A were not exposed to +Gz while mice in both group B and group C were exposed to 8 min +10 Gz.Distilled water was gavaged to group B mice 3 h before +Gz exposure.On the day before +Gz exposure pyridoxol fortified water was given and 3 h before exposure mixed amino acids solution were gavaged to group C mice.Water Maze test was done and scores were recorded in all groups.After the Water Maze test was completed,blood was collected through the eyes for serum amino acid determinations and brain tissue was collected by decollation for monoamine determination and γ-glutamyl transferase (GGT) activity evaluation. Result After +Gz exposure,longer completion time and more mistakes were observed in Water Maze test in group B as compared with group A and a trend of improvement in group C was noticed. The ratio of brain 5-HT to dopamine(DA) was significantly reduced in group C as compared with group B.Gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) activity in brain tissue in group C and group B increased significantly. Conclusion High sustained +Gz exposure significantly reduces Water Maze test performance in mice (longer completion time and more mistakes).It seems that there is a trend of improvement in Water Maze performance in mice in dietary nutritional supplementation group,which might be due to significant reduction in ratio of brain 5-HT to DA in mice with nutritional supplementation.
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Objective To study the effect of human Slitrk1 gene on proliferation and differentiation of PC12 cells. Methods The CDS sequence of Slitrk1 was amplified by PCR, and then cloned into pcDNA4 vector. The recombinant plasmid pcDNA4/Slitrk1 were transfected into rat PC12 cells by lipofectamine. The stable expression cell clones were screened by RT-PCR. MTT method was used to detect the proliferation rate of PC12 cells. The morphologic changes in PC12 cells were observed microscopically. Results The stable cell lines expressing pcDNA4 (pcDNA4/PC12) and pcDNA4/Slitrk1 (ST1/PC12) were established. Compared to pcDNA4/PC12 cells, the growth rate of ST1/PC12 cells was decreased. In addition, pcDNA4/PC12 cells tend to grow as well as the normal PC12 cells. However, most of the ST1/PC12 cells adhered to the plate with one or two neurites. Conclusion Over-expression of human Slitrk1 gene inhibited the proliferation of PC12 cells and promoted the outgrowth of neurites. It is suggested that human Slitrk1 gene may be involved in differentiation of PC12 cells.