get in contact with human feces by visiting rural villages, where open-air defecation is common. It is also possible that travelers first become Taenia carriers (by ingesting undercooked pork infected by cysticerci) and then infected themselves by the fecal-oral route. The most common pattern of NCC expression in travelers (single cysticercus granuloma) suggests that the most common form of dis...

The thiazide-sensitive Na/Cl cotransporter NCC mediates NaCl reabsorption by the distal convoluted tubule (DCT) playing an important role in Na homeostasis and blood pressure regulation. In addition, the DCT is involved in maintaining K homeostasis by controlling the amount of K secreted into the lumen through the apical channel ROMK (renal outer medulla K channel). NH 2 -terminal NCC phosphory...

BACKGROUND The absence of NCC does not cause significant salt wasting in NCC deficient mice under basal conditions. We hypothesized that ENaC and pendrin play important roles in compensatory salt absorption in the setting of NCC inactivation, and their inhibition and/or downregulation can cause significant salt wasting in NCC KO mice. METHODS WT and NCC KO mice were treated with a daily injec...

Neuroscientists continue to search for "the" neural correlate of consciousness (NCC). In this article, I argue that a framework in which there are at least two distinct NCCs is increasingly making more sense of empirical results than one in which there is a single NCC. I outline the distinction between phenomenal NCC and access NCC, and show how they can be distinguished by experimental approac...

BACKGROUND Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) can be rarely ablated from the noncoronary cusp (NCC) of the aorta. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and the clinical, electrocardiographic, and electrophysiologic characteristics of idiopathic NCC VAs. METHODS We studied 90 consecutive patients who underwent successful catheter ablation of idiopathic a...

BACKGROUND Few studies have estimated prevalence of neurocysticercosis (NCC) among persons with epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa. While the limitations of serological testing in identification of NCC are well known, the characteristics of persons who are misdiagnosed based on serology have not been explored. The first objective of this pilot study was to estimate the prevalence of NCC in epilepsy...

INTRODUCTION Taenia solium is a common two-host parasitic cestode, residing in both humans (definitive) and pigs (intermediate). Invasion of this parasitic cyst into central nervous system leads to a condition known as neurocysticercosis (NCC). The World Health Organization (WHO) considers NCC as one of the "most neglected" tropical zoonotic diseases. The disease is presented with pleomorphic c...

Nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) with small particle size and high crystallinity was prepared via the combined method of ultrasonication and acid hydrolysis from bleached softwood kraft pulp (BSKP). Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used for determination of morphology, crystal structure, and ...

AIM To investigate the indications and clinical value of the surgical therapy of neurocysticercosis(NCC) Material and Methods: Retrospectively reviewed all 10 patients with NCC treated surgically from January 2009 to January 2014 in our institute. The NCC types include parenchymal cysticerci in 6 cases, subarachnoid cysticerci in 3 and ventricular cysticerci in 1. RESULTS All 10 patients unde...