The pathophysiological basis of psychomotor retardation in depression is unclear. In this study, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was used to examine the functioning of the motor cortical system in 19 depressed patients and 10 healthy control subjects. Motor-evoked potentials were measured in the biceps brachii muscle during a series of tests with the muscle at rest and during voluntary ...

* Correspondence: radens@beotel. net Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Kraljice Marije 16, Beograd 11120, Serbia Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Abstract We introduce ordered quasicontractions and g-quasicontractions in partially ordered metric spaces and prove the respective coincidence point and (common) fixed point results. An e...

* Correspondence: arahim@kfupm. edu.sa Department of Mathematics and Statistics, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Abstract The existence of common fixed points is established for three mappings where T is generalized (f, g)-weakly contractive mapping on a nonempty subset of a Banach space. ...

Myofibroblasts promote tissue contractures during fibrotic diseases. To understand how spontaneous changes in the intracellular calcium concentration, [Ca(2+)](i), contribute to myofibroblast contraction, we analysed both [Ca(2+)](i) and subcellular contractions. Contractile events were assessed by tracking stress-fibre-linked microbeads and measured by atomic force microscopy. Myofibroblasts e...

Mucosal trypsin, a protease-activated receptor (PAR) stimulant, may have an endogenous bronchoprotective role on airway smooth muscle. To test this possibility the effects of lumenal trypsin on airway tone in segments of pig bronchus were tested. Bronchial segments from pigs were mounted in an organ chamber containing Kreb's solution. Contractions were assessed from isovolumetric lumen pressure...

Lactate is increased in myometrial capillary blood from women in slow or non-progressive labour (dystocia), suggesting that it is detrimental to uterine contractions. There are, however, no studies of the effect of lactate on the myometrium. We therefore investigated its effects and mechanism of action on myometrial strips from term pregnant rats. The effects on spontaneous and oxytocin-induced...

IMPORTANCE Although successful treatment of achalasia depends on alleviating the obstruction at the esophagogastric junction, the postintervention contractile and pressurization pattern may also play a role in outcome. OBJECTIVE To determine whether myotomy that alleviates the esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction in achalasia might improve peristalsis. DESIGN Retrospective study fro...

In recent time, fixed point theory has been developed rapidly in partially ordered metric space. Bhaskar and Lakshmikantham (2006) introduced the concept of mixed monotone property. Lakshmikanthem and Ciric (2009) generalized the concept of mixed monotone mapping and proved a common coupled fixed point theorem. In this paper, we find a new type of contractive condition on Gmetric spaces also th...

The aqueous-ethanolic extract of the Hibiscus rosasinensis aerial parts (Hr.Cr) was studied for the possible presence of spasmogenic and spasmolytic constituents to rationalize some of its traditional uses in gastrointestinal disorders. Segments of isolated rabbit jejunum and guinea-pig ileum, 2-3 cm long were mounted seprately in Tyrode’s solution and aerated with 95% oxygen in carbon dioxide....