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。     

Causes of low vision and major low-vision devices prescribed in the low-vision clinic of Nepal Eye Hospital,Nepal

Visual impairment is a major public health problem. Identifying the main causes of low vision and the major low-vision devices prescribed will help to develop and implement the low-vision rehabilitation service. We find out the causes of low vision and the low-vision devices prescribed in the low-vision clinic of Nepal Eye Hospital. A retrospective cross-sectional review of all patients attending the low-vision clinic from 1 May 2009 to 31 April 2011. Patients having visual acuity less than 3/60 in the better eye with best refractive correction were excluded. Of the 137?patients, the mean age was 32.53?±?22.90?years; 71.5% were male and 67.88% were under 40. The major causes of low vision were nystagmus (30.70%), high refractive error (22.62%), cataract (15.30%), retinitis pigmentosa (15.30%) and age-related macular degeneration (13.10%); 78.10% patents were wearing glasses while telescopes were prescribed for 29.20% patients. Nystagmus, high refractive error and cataract are the main causes of low vision in Nepal. The majority of the low-vision patients seen in this clinic are of working age. Telescopes are the major low-vision device prescribed. We review approach the cause of low-vision problem in low-vision clinic Nepal Eye Hospital, Nepal.     

Amyloid PET: Its diagnostic potential compared to FDG

Amyloid PET using high-affinity ligands for fibrillary amyloid is providing high specificity and sensitivity for detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD) even before onset of dementia. Most current published data have been acquired using 11C-Pittsburgh Compound B (PIB). However, due to the extremely short half-life of 11C, PIB is available only in some research laboratories. This limitation will be overcome by 18F-labeled ligands which are currently undergoing formal clinical trials as amyloid imaging agents and are expected to become commercially available for clinical use in the near future. Compared to FDG, which demonstrates regional metabolic deficits in AD and late-stage mild cognitive impairment (MCI), amyloid imaging is expected to provide higher sensitivity for early detection of AD. By detecting amyloid, it is providing information that is complementary to clinical symptoms, while FDG-PET is more closely related to dementia severity and cognitive symptoms. Current data suggest that a negative amyloid PET scan is likely to rule out AD with more than 90% certainty, while a positive scan in a dementia patient or a patient with amnestic MCI indicates a very high likelihood of AD. There is still uncertainty about the clinical significance of positive amyloid scans in elderly normal controls (10 to 40% depending on age and selection criteria).     

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。     

Spermidine boosts autophagy to protect from synapse aging

All animals form memories to adapt their behavior in a context-dependent manner. With increasing age, however, forming new memories becomes less efficient. While synaptic plasticity promotes memory formation, the etiology of age-induced memory formation remained enigmatic. Previous work showed that simple feeding of polyamine spermidine protects from age-induced memory impairment in Drosophila. Most recent work now shows that spermidine operates directly at synapses, allowing for an autophagy-dependent homeostatic regulation of presynaptic specializations. How exactly autophagic regulations intersect with synaptic plasticity should be an interesting subject for future research.     

Abortion is incommensurable with fetal alcohol syndrome

A recent article argued for the immorality of abortion regardless of personhood status by comparing the impairment caused by fetal alcohol syndrome to the impairment caused by abortion. I argue that two of the premises in this argument fail and that, as such, one cannot reasonably attribute moral harms to abortion on the basis of the moral harms caused by fetal alcohol syndrome. The impairment argument relies on an inconsistent instantiation, which undermines the claim that personhood is irrelevant, and it does not fulfill its own ceteris paribus clause, which demands that no additional benefit be gained from abortion that would not be gained from causing fetal alcohol syndrome.     

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。