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Enhanced antinociceptive response to intracerebroventricular kyotorphin in Pept2 null mice
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009-06)
Functional Bone Engineering Using ex Vivo Gene Therapy and Topology-Optimized, Biodegradable Polymer Composite Scaffolds
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2005-09-01)
Bone tissue engineering could provide an alternative to conventional treatments for fracture nonunion, spinal fusion, joint replacement, and pathological loss of bone. However, this approach will require a biocompatible ...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Ethyl-nitrosourea-induced Rat Gliomas: A Model for Experimental Therapeutics of Low-grade Gliomas
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2001-07)
Human low-grade gliomas represent a population of brain tumors that remain a therapeutic challenge. Preclinical evaluation of agents, to test their preventive or therapeutic efficacy in these tumors, requires the use of ...
PEPT2-Mediated Uptake of Neuropeptides in Rat Choroid Plexus
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2001-06)
Purpose . The peptide transporter PEPT2 was recently shown to be functionally active in rat choroid plexus, suggesting that it may play a role in neuropeptide homeostasis in the cerebrospinal fluid. This study, therefore, ...
Effects of Ethanol and Naltrexone in a Model of Traumatic Brain Injury With Hemorrhagic Shock
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2001-06)
Ethanol predisposes to traumatic injury and causes respiratory depression and cardiovascular compromise in models of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and hemorrhagic shock (HS). Endogenous opioids may play a role in ethanol ...
Carnosine uptake in rat choroid plexus primary cell cultures and choroid plexus whole tissue from PEPT2 null mice
(Blackwell Science Ltd, 2004-04)
PEPT2 is functionally active and localized to the apical membrane of rat choroid plexus epithelial cells. However, little is known about the transport mechanisms of endogenous neuropeptides in choroid plexus, and the role ...
Fast food and neighborhood stroke risk
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-08)
Objective To investigate the association between the number of fast food restaurants and ischemic stroke in neighborhoods. Methods This work was a prespecified part of the Brain Attack in Corpus Christi (BASIC) project. ...
CT Angiography is Cost-Effective for Confirmation of Internal Carotid Artery Occlusions
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2008-10)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE While sensitive to internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion, carotid ultrasound can produce false-positive results. CT angiography (CTA) has a high specificity for ICA occlusion and is safer and cheaper ...
Ethnic differences in stroke recurrence
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006-10)
Objective To determine whether stroke recurrence and the effect of recurrence on mortality differ by ethnicity. Methods Using methods from the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi project, we prospectively ...
Growth Hormone (GH) Secretion in Primary Adrenal Insufficiency: Effects of Cortisol Withdrawal and Patterned Replacement on GH Pulsatility and Circadian Rhythmicity
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-11)
We studied the effects of cortisol withdrawal and patterned replacement upon spontaneous GH secretion and circadian rhythmicity in 7 patients with Addison's disease. Hydrocortisone was administered in physiological daily ...