Fraud detection and analysis has traditionally involved a silo approach. Rarely does an investigator look across product lines to identify fraudulent connections. However, with the introduction of social network analysis (SNA), investigators are now able to detect data patterns within and across product lines as a potential crime ring or group is developing, saving companies from losses as the ...

Partial nerve injury leads to peripheral neuropathic pain. This injury results in conducting/uninterrupted (also called uninjured)sensory fibres, conducting through the damaged nerve alongside axotomised/degenerating fibres. In rats seven days after L5 spinal nerve axotomy (SNA) or modified-SNA (added loose-ligation of L4 spinal nerve with neuroinflammation-inducing chromic-gut),we investigated...

We examined the effect of L-Dopa, after peripheral L-amino acid decarboxylase inhibition, on sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) and blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and in normotensive control rats. L-Dopa reduced SNA in both groups of animals. The SHRs were significantly more sensitive to the depressor effect of L-dopa than were the control animals, the threshold dose for ...

In addition to central nervous system actions, angiotensin (Ang) II may increase sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) via a direct action on sympathetic ganglia. We hypothesized that sympathetic ganglionic actions of endogenous Ang II contribute to SNA in transgenic mice that overexpress renin and angiotensinogen (R+A+ mice). Renal SNA and arterial pressure were recorded in anesthetized R+A+ and li...

The effects of the muscle mechanoreflex on the arterial baroreflex neural control have not previously been analyzed over the entire operating range of the arterial baroreflex. In anesthetized, vagotomized, and aortic-denervated rabbits (n = 8), we isolated carotid sinuses and changed intracarotid sinus pressure (CSP) from 40 to 160 mmHg in increments of 20 mmHg every minute while recording rena...

BACKGROUND Social network analysis (SNA) has been widely used across a range of disciplines but is most commonly applied to help improve the effectiveness and efficiency of decision making processes in commercial organisations. We are utilising SNA to inform the development and implementation of tailored behaviour-change interventions to improve the uptake of evidence into practice in the Engli...

NINOMIYA, ISHIO, NAOKO NISIMARU, AND HIROSHI IRISAWA. Sympathetic nerve activity to the spleen, kidney, and heart in response to baroceptor input. Am. J. Physiol. 221(5): 1346-1351. 1971.-The effects of the baroceptor reflex on sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) to spleen, kidney, and heart were analyzed in anesthetized cats. The baroceptor reflex times of SNA to the spleen, kidney, and heart wer...

A baroreflex equilibrium diagram describes the relation between input pressure and sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) and that between SNA and arterial pressure (AP). To calibrate the SNA axis (abscissa) of the baroreflex equilibrium diagram, the AP response to intravenous bolus injections of phenylephrine (0.2-50 μg/kg) or norepinephrine (NE, 0.02-5 μg/kg) was examined in normal control rats (NC...

22 The sympathoexcitatory response to insulin is mediated by neurons in the arcuate 23 nucleus (ARC) and hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVH). Previous studies have 24 reported that stimulation of ARC neurons increases sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) 25 and arterial blood pressure (ABP) through glutamate receptor activation in the PVH. 26 Therefore, the purpose of the present study was t...

PURPOSE Thiazides are suggested as a treatment for intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired hypernatremia (IAH). The primary aim of the study was reducing serum sodium concentration (sNa) in patients with IAH with hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) in comparison to placebo. Secondary end points were a difference in urine sodium concentration (uNa) and duration of severe IAH. MATERIALS A monocentric, double-...