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The total glucosides of paeony root ( TCP ) extracted from paeony root of Boxian county, Anhui province was studied on the immunoregulatory effects in mice.The delayed hypersensitivity (DH) was increased by TGP at dose of 200mg/kg/d ig for 8d in the normal 6l5 mouse. Both depressed DH & enhanced DH induced by cyclophosph-amid ( Cy ) were restored by TGP ( 5 mg/kg/d ip x 5 - 8 d) in ICR mice. The decreased hemolysin antibody formation of spleen induced by Cy in BALB/c mice immunized with SRBC was raised by TGP ( 5mg /kg/d ip x 4d) . The phagocytic activity of ICR mice peritoneal macrophage on chiken RBC . In addittion, it was considerably Stimulated by using ip TGP at dose of 40mg/kg/d for 3d. The results suggested that TGP might possess the immunoregulatory effects in mice.
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The appearance and changes of Acetylcholinesterase (ACHE) in the brains of 62 rats from early embryos to adults were studied by histochemical method and the brains of 19 rats of corresponding stages were examined with Nissl stain. The main results are as follows:1. AChE appeared in the following sequence: spinal cord, myelencephalon, metencephalon, mesencephalon, diencephalon and finally in telencephalon. In telencephaIon, AChE appeared earlier in paleocortex than in neocortex. The sequence described above showed that the appearance of AChE reflects cephalization of the nervous system in the rat.2. AChE-positive neurons of the rat brain consisted of cholinergic neurons and cholinoceptive ceils, both of which are related to the neurotransmitter ACh.3. The following nuclei of adult rat brain were shown to be AchE-positive in our specimens, but had not been reported in available literature: n. tractus mesencephali, n. anterior dorsalis thalami, n. anterior ventralis thalami, n. lateralis thalami, n. habenulae lateralis, n. reticularis thalami, n. supraopticus, n. paraventricularis, n. parafascicularis and n. ruber. In the cerebral cortex very few positive cells have been noticed.
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Three Chinese adult brains were selected for the study of the histological struc-ture of the cerebral cortex of the Broca's area with a comparison between thecorresponding parts of both hemispheres.Nissl's staining,Weil's and Golgi's techniqueswere employed for the microscopic examination.The results are as follows:(1)The thickness of the cortex of the Broca area in the specimen stained byM?lligan's method is in the range of 3.5 mm to 5.0 mm.(2)The thickness measurements of the six layers in the thickest cortex are 0.17mm(Ⅰ),0.11 mm(Ⅱ),1.06 mm(Ⅲ～Ⅴ),1.52 mm(Ⅵ)and in total 2.86 mm inthe left hemisphere,and 0.15 mm(Ⅰ),0.10 mm(Ⅱ),0.87 mm(Ⅲ～Ⅴ),1.50 mm(Ⅵ),and in total 2.62 mm in the right hemisphere respectively.(3)The ratio of height/width of pyramidal cells in the second layer are 16.84?4.46 ?m/9.50?2.32 ?m in the left hemisphere and 15.60?4.56 ?m/8.88?2.03 ?min the right hemisphere respectively.(4)The ratio of the height/width of the pyramidal cells in the fifth layer are56.90?7.99 ?m/14.79?3.26 ?m in the left hemisphere and 49.80?9.08 ?m/14.67?7.88 ?m in the right hemisphere respectively.There is a very significant difference(P0.05)betweenthe widths of the pyramidal cells of the two hemispheres.(5)Within an area of 6400 ?m~2 of a section 10 ?m in thickness,in the firstmolecular layer,there are 13.0 cells in the left hemisphere and 11.7 cells in the righthemisphere respectively.(6)In this area all of the pyramidal cells are not exceeding 60 ?m in height,hence there is no Betz cells.In addition to the large population of pyramidal cells,there are cajal horizontal cell,Martinotti cells,fusiform cells,etc.