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Developmental changes in taste responses from glossopharyngeal nerve in sheep and comparisons with chorda tympani responses
(Elsevier, 1983-12)
To learn whether there are developmental changes in salt and acid taste responses from the posterior tongue, we recorded from the glossopharyngeal nerve, which innervates taste buds in circumvallate papillae, in sheep ...
A decision-making process for planning patient education
(Elsevier, 1984)
Health professionals tend to resist incorporating education into their patient-care activities despite increasing evidence that educating patients in self-care management can favorably influence health outcomes. More-over, ...
Revisiting reliability of quantified perineal ultrasound: Bland and Altman analysis of a new protocol for the rectangular coordinate method
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006)
Aims This study tested the reliability of a new protocol for the rectangular coordinate method of quantifying perineal ultrasound. Methods Representative scans of healthy primiparous females were quantified by positioning ...
Comparison of the cellular cytotoxic activities of colostral lymphocytes and maternal peripheral blood lymphocytes
(Elsevier, 1985-05)
Colostral lymphocytes (CL) from mothers 2 to 4 days post-partum and autologous maternal peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) were investigated for (1) natural killer (NK) and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxic (ADCC) ...
Pulsatile LH secretion in women with premenstrual syndrome (PMS): Evidence for normal neuroregulation of the menstrual cycle
(Elsevier, 1992)
The premenstrual syndrome (PMS) has been proposed to result from excessive exposure to and/or withdrawal of brain opioid activity during the luteal phase. Because hypothalamic opioids are believed to modulate GnRH secretion, ...
College students' perception of vulnerability/susceptibility and desire for health information
(Elsevier, 1993-06)
The specific aims of this study were to develop a questionnaire and conduct a survey of college students 18-22 years of age, in order to determine (1) their perception of being vulnerable and susceptible to health problems ...
Interrater reliability and physical examination of the pubovisceral portion of the levator ani muscle, validity comparisons using MR imaging
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006-01)
Aims Defects in the pubovisceral portion of the levator ani muscle are seen with MR imaging. This study aims to determine interrater reliability of physical examination in detecting these defects, and to validate findings ...