Little information is available regarding triple-phase computed tomography (CT) of canine pancreatic insulinoma. A few case reports with small numbers of cases have indicated that hyper-attenuation in the arterial phase was a common finding on multi-phasic CT in dogs with insulinoma. Our purpose was to clarify the characteristic findings of dogs with insulinoma on triple-phase CT. Nine dogs wit...

A mechanism used by cells to regulate their volume under hypo-osmotic conditions is the release of organic osmolytes, one of which is myo-inositol. The possibility that activation of phospholipase-C-linked receptors can regulate this process has been examined for SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. Incubation of cells with hypo-osmolar buffers (160-250 mOsm) led to a biphasic release of inositol which...

441individualswith bipolardisorder treated at a UShealthmaintenance organisation investigated the distribution ofmanic and depressive symptomsinthat illness.Clinically significantdepressive symptoms occurred in 94.1% ofthosewith (hypo)mania, while 70.1% in a depressive episode had clinically significantmanic symptoms.DSM-unrecognised depression-plus-hypomaniawas over twice asprevalent as DSM-re...

The ideal approach to monitor the haematological response of patients with the anaemia associated with chronic renal failure during erythropoietin therapy is controversial. The reticulocyte haemoglobin content (CHr) and percentage hypochromic red cells (% Hypo) may be used as sensitive and specific indicators of functional iron deficiency in clinical situations with otherwise normal red cell in...

The effect of different levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) and a decreased temperature combined with severe hypoxia were studied in the blue shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris in relation to molt stage. In the first experiment, shrimps were submitted to DO concentrations of 5 to 1 mg l. Osmoregulatory capacity (OC) was measured in shrimps at molt stage C after 6, 24, or 48 h of exposure. No mortality...

PURPOSE To evaluate the thinnest corneal thickness changes during and after corneal collagen cross-linking treatment with ultraviolet-A irradiation, using hypo-osmolar riboflavin solution in thin corneas. METHODS Eighteen eyes of 18 patients were included in this study. After epithelium removal, iso-osmolar 0.1% riboflavin solution was instilled to the cornea every 3 minutes for 30 minutes. H...

Epinephrine, norepinephrine, and corticosterone responses to hypoglycemia are impaired in diabetic rats. Recurrent hypoglycemia further diminishes epinephrine responses. This study examined the sympathoadrenal system and hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis for molecular adaptations underlying these defects. Groups: Normal (N); Diabetic (D); Diabetic exposed to 4 days of 2 episodes/day of hyperin...