补益肝肾汤联合美多巴治疗帕金森患者的临床效果及对认知功能的影响

目的:探讨补益肝肾汤联合美多巴治疗帕金森(PD)患者的临床效果及对认知功能的改善作用。方法:选择2012年3月至2016年3月80例我院收治的PD伴轻度认知功能障碍患者并将其随机分作2组,对照组40例仅予美多巴片单药治疗,研究组40例在对照组的基础上另加服补益肝肾汤。治疗前后分别采用帕金森病综合评分量表(UPDRS)和简易精神量表(MMSE)对患者进行评估,评价和比较两组的疗效和不良反应的发生情况。结果:治疗后,研究组UPDRS总分明显低于对照组(P0.05);MMSE评分明显高于对照组(P0.05);总有效率明显高于对照组(P0.05);不良反应发生率与对照组比较差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:补益肝肾汤联合美多巴治疗PD患者的临床效果优于美多巴片单药治疗,并可显著改善患者的认知功能障碍,且安全性高。     

等速肌力康复训练对阿尔茨海默病患者认知功能及运动功能的影响

目的:探讨等速肌力康复训练对阿尔茨海默病患者认知功能及运动功能的影响。方法:符合入组条件的40例阿尔茨海默病患者随机分为试验组和对照组,两组常规治疗相同,试验组在常规治疗的同时予等速肌力康复训练,两组治疗时间均为2个月。在纳入研究1周内和研究结束1周内进行认知功能和运动功能评价,对前后两次评分进行对比分析。结果:试验组患者与对照组比较,剑桥老年认知量表、Berg平衡、功能伸展测试、起立-行走计时测试改善差异有统计学意义,试验组明显优于对照组(P0.05)。结论:等速肌力康复训练能明显促进阿尔茨海默病患者的认知功能和运动功能的改善。     

栓塞和夹闭治疗对颅内动脉瘤患者认知功能的影响

目的:评估血管内栓塞治疗和显微手术夹闭两种治疗方法对颅内动脉瘤患者认知功能的影响。方法:选取2014年3月至2015年9月重庆市中医院神经外科收治的颅内动脉瘤患者80例,按随机数字表法分为对照组和实验组各40例,对照组采用显微手术夹闭治疗,实验组采用血管内栓塞治疗。应用简易精神状态检查量表(MMSE)评估术后认知功能,并对比两组住院时间、院内死亡率和1年死亡率以及术后不良反应发生率。结果:实验组MMSE总分为(26.78±0.85)分,高于对照组的(22.25±0.63)分(P0.05);实验组认知功能障碍率为37.50%,低于对照组的55.00%(P0.05);实验组住院时间为(6.7±3.9)天,低于对照组的(9.6±4.5)天(P0.05),两组院内死亡率和1年死亡率比较无统计学差异(P0.05);两组术后不良反应发生率比较无统计学差异(P0.05)。结论:血管内介入治疗可改善颅内动脉瘤患者治疗后的认知功能,缩短住院时间。     

Novel 5-HT7R antagonists,arylsulfonamide derivatives of (aryloxy)propyl piperidines: Add-on effect to the antidepressant activity of SSRI and DRI,and pro-cognitive profile

A novel series of arylsulfonamide derivatives of (aryloxy)propyl piperidines was designed to obtain potent 5-HT₇R antagonists. Among the compounds evaluated herein, 3-chloro-N-{1-[3-(1,1-biphenyl-2-yloxy)2-hydroxypropyl]piperidin-4-yl}benzenesulfonamide (25) exhibited antagonistic properties at 5-HT₇R and showed selectivity over selected serotoninergic and dopaminergic receptors, as well as over serotonin, noradrenaline and dopamine transporters. Compound 25 demonstrated significant antidepressant-like activity in the forced swim test (0.625–2.5 mg/kg, i.p.) and in the tail suspension test (1.25 mg/kg, i.p.), augmented the antidepressant effect of inactive doses of escitalopram (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) and bupropion (dopamine reuptake inhibitor) in the FST in mice, and similarly to SB-269970, exerted pro-cognitive properties in the novel object recognition task in cognitively unimpaired conditions in rats (0.3 mg/kg, i.p.). Such an extended pharmacological profile, especially the augmentation effect of the identified 5-HT₇R antagonist on SSRI activity, seems promising regarding the complexity of affective disorders and potentially improved outcomes, including mnemonic performance.     

血府逐瘀丸治疗老年2型糖尿病伴失眠的临床疗效及其对认知功能的影响

目的:探究血府逐瘀丸治疗老年2型糖尿病伴失眠患者的临床疗效及其对认知功能影响。方法:选取43例我院收治的老年2型糖尿病伴失眠患者,将其随机分为实验组及对照组。对照组21例予地西泮治疗,实验组22予血府逐瘀丸治疗。观察两组治疗前后失眠症状及认知功能的变化情况。结果:治疗后,实验组总有效率(86.4%)高于对照组(61.9%),其差异经比较有统计学意义(P0.05);两组匹兹堡睡眠质量指数量表(PSQI)评分均较治疗前显著降低(P0.05),与对照组相比,实验组PSQI评分较低(P0.05),空腹血糖水平较低(P0.05),蒙特利尔认知评估量表(MoCA)评分较高(P0.05)。结论:血府逐瘀丸可有效降低老年2型糖尿病伴失眠患者的血糖水平,提升睡眠质量,改善失眠及认知功能障碍。     

Meaning in Nature: Organic Manufacture?

The paper examines Marcello Barbieri’s (2007) Introduction to Biosemiotics. Highlighting debate within the biosemiotic community, it focuses on what the volume offers to those who explain human intellect in relation to what Turing called our ‘physical powers.’ In scrutinising the basis of world-modelling, parallels and contrasts are drawn with other work on embodied-embedded cognition. Models dominate biology. Is this a qualitative fact or does it point to biomechanisms? In evaluating the 18 contributions, it is suggested that the answers will shape the field. First, they will decide if biochemistry and explanatory reduction can be synergised by biosemantics. Second, they will show if our intellectual powers arise from biology. Does thinking use—not a language faculty—but what Marko? and colleagues call semiosis by the living? Resolution of such issues, it is suggested, can change how we view cognition. Above all, if the biomechanists win the day, cultural models can be regarded as extending natural meaning. On such a view, biomechanisms prompt us to act and perceive as we model our own natural models. This fits Craik’s vision: intellect gives us the alphanumerical ‘symbols’ that allow thoughts to have objective validity. For the biomechanist, this is explained—not by brains alone—but, rather, by acting under the constraints of historically extended sensoria.     

不同麻醉方法对食管癌手术患者免疫及认知功能的影响

目的:探讨全麻或全麻复合硬膜外麻醉对食管癌手术患者的T细胞水平及术后认知功能的影响。方法:选择2014年1月至2015年12月于我院择期行开胸手术的食管癌患者100例为研究对象,根据手术时间顺序分为观察组(全麻复合硬膜外麻醉)和对照组(全麻),每组50例,观察记录两组患者诱导前、插管时、术中1 h、拔管后的平均动脉压(MAP)、血氧饱和度(Sp O2)和心率(HR);两组患者术前30 min、术后2 h、术后2 d和术后7 d的T细胞亚群水平,包括CD3~+、CD4~+、CD8~+、CD4~+/CD8~+;两组患者术前1 d,术后6 h,术后1 d,术后3 d的认知功能;术后认知功能障碍(POCD)发生率。结果:诱导前观察组和对照组患者的MAP、Sp O2和HR比较,差异均不显著(P0.05),插管时、术中1h和拔管后观察组患者的MAP和HR水平均明显低于对照组(P0.05),而Sp O2明显高于对照组(P0.05)。术后2 h,观察组和对照组的CD3~+、CD4~+、CD8~+、CD4~+/CD8~+值均较术前30 min明显降低(P0.05),但两组间各指标值无显著性差异(P0.05);术后2 d,观察组的CD3~+、CD4~+、CD8~+、CD4~+/CD8~+值均明显高于对照组(P0.05)。术后7 d,两组的T细胞亚群水平均较术前30 min无显著性差异(P0.05)。术后6 h和术后1 d,两组的MMSE评分均较术前1 d明显下降(P0.05),观察组术后1 d、3 d和7 d的MMSE评分均明显高于对照组(P0.05)。术后6 h,观察组的POCD发生率明显低于对照组(P0.05),术后1 d和3 d观察组的POCD发生率低于对照组,但无统计学差异(P0.05)。结论:与单凭全麻比较,全麻复合硬膜外麻醉对食管癌手术患者的T细胞水平及术后认知功能的影响较小,术后恢复快。     

文拉法辛联合认知行为疗法治疗帕金森病抑郁、认知功能障碍的临床疗效评价

目的:探讨文拉法辛联合认知行为疗法治疗帕金森病(PD)抑郁、认知功能障碍的临床疗效和安全性。方法:选择我院收治的60例PD合并抑郁、认知功能障碍患者并将其随机分为三组,分别为对照组(单用文拉法辛治疗),联合奥氮平组(文拉法辛联合奥氮平),联合认知行为疗法组(文拉法辛联合认知行为疗法),每组20例,于治疗前及治疗后4、8周末采用汉密尔顿抑郁量表(HAMD)进行抑郁程度评定,简易精神状态评价量表(MMSE)和事件相关电位(event-related potentials,ERPs)P300进行认知功能评定。结果:治疗4、8周时,三组的HAMD评分均较治疗前有不同程度下降,P300潜伏期较治疗前有不同程度缩短,P300波幅、MMSE评分有不同程度升高(P0.05),联合奥氮平组和联合认知行为疗法组HAMD评分较对照组明显下降,P300潜伏期较对照组明显缩短,P300波幅、MMSE评分明显升高(P0.05),联合认知行为疗法组HAMD评分较联合奥氮平组明显下降,P300潜伏期明显缩短,P300波幅、MMSE评分明显升高(P0.05)。三组均无特殊不良反应。结论:文拉法辛联合认知行为疗法治疗PD抑郁、认知功能障碍疗效确切,能显著改善患者抑郁症状,提高患者的认知功能,疗效较单用文拉法辛或文拉法辛联合奥氮平治疗更好,且安全性高。     

Amelioration of cognitive impairment and neurodegeneration by catechin hydrate in rat model of streptozotocin-induced experimental dementia of Alzheimer’s type

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder resulting in cognitive decline and enhancement of oxidative loads in the brain. Flavonoids have been considered to exert human health benefits by anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. The present study is aimed to elucidate the neuroprotective effect of catechin hydrate (CH), a natural flavanoid with potential antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, on intracerebroventricular streptozotocin (ICV-STZ) induced neuronal loss and memory impairment. To test this hypothesis, male Wistar rats were pretreated with CH (10 and 20 mg/kg bwt) orally once daily for 21 days and then bilaterally injected with ICV-STZ (3 mg/kg bwt), while sham group rats receive the same volume of vehicle. After 2 weeks of ICV-STZ infusion, rats were tested for cognitive performance using Morris water maze (MWM) test and then sacrifice for biochemical and histopathological assays. CH was found to be successful in upregulating the antioxidant status and prevented the memory loss. The expression of choline acetyl transferase (ChAT) was decreased in ICV-STZ group and CH pretreatment increases the expression of ChAT. Moreover, inflammatory mediators like TNF-α, IL-1β levels and expression of iNOS were significantly attenuated by CH pretreatment. The study suggests that CH is effective in preventing memory loss, ameliorating the oxidative stress and might be beneficial for the treatment of sporadic dementia of Alzheimer’s type (SDAT).     

A randomized trial of cognitive rehabilitation in cancer survivors

Aims

The second most frequently reported post-treatment symptom in cancer survivors are concerns about impaired cognition. Despite numerous studies demonstrating significant impairments in a portion of survivors, information on effective treatments remains an emerging area of research. This study examined the effectiveness of a group-based cognitive rehabilitation intervention in cancer survivors.

Main methods

This study was a randomized, controlled study of a 7-week cognitive rehabilitation intervention delivered in group format. Participants were evaluated with subjective symptom questionnaires and objective neurocognitive tests prior to and following treatment.

Key findings

Twenty-eight participants (mean age 58 years) with a median of 3 years (± 6 years) post-primary/adjuvant treatment and various cancer sites (breast, bladder, prostate, colon, uterine) completed the study. Compared to baseline, the treatment group demonstrated improvements in symptoms of perceived cognitive impairments (p < .01), cognitive abilities (p < .01) and overall quality of life with regard to cognitive symptoms (p < .01) as measured by the FACT-Cog. The treatment group also improved on objective measures of attention (p < .05) and a trend toward improvement on verbal memory. Significant improvement was not observed on all cognitive tests.

Significance

A group based cognitive rehabilitation intervention in cancer survivors was effective for improving attention abilities and overall quality of life related to cognition. Results suggest that group based cognitive rehabilitation may be an effective intervention for treating cognitive dysfunction in cancer patients and should be further studied in a larger trial with an active control condition.