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Intradural extramedullary ganglioneuroma: Case report and review of the literature
(Elsevier, 1992-03)
The authors present a unique case of an intradural extramedullary ganglioneuroma in the thoracic spine of an adult. Intraspinal ganglioneuromas are rare, benign tumors of sympathetic nervous tissue origin, but exclusively ...
Choroid Plexus Potassium Cotransport: Modulation by Osmotic Stress and External Potassium
(Blackwell Science Ltd, 1995-06)
The choroid plexuses are involved in CSF secretion and CSF K homeostasis. This study examines the potential role of K cotransport in these two processes using isolated rat lateral ventricle choroid plexuses. Bumetanide-sensitive ...
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 ...
Modification of focal cerebral ischemia by cardiac output augmentation
(Elsevier, 1985-11)
Intravascular volume expansion has been employed successfully for treatment of ischemic stroke from cerebral vasospasm and from cerebrovascular occlusive disease. The physiologic mechanism responsible for this success has ...
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 ...
Acromegaly
(Elsevier, 1992-08)
In the majority of cases, acromegaly is due to GH hypersecretion by a somatotroph pituitary tumor. The etiology of acromegaly is not known, and may be related to GHRH hypersecretion, intrinsic pituitary defect, or a ...
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 ...