Zusammenfassung Die Alzheimer-Demenz ist die häufigste Demenzform und zählt zu den neurodegenerativen Erkrankungen. Im Verlauf kommt es bei Betroffenen einer zunehmenden kognitiven Verschlechterung mit damit einhergehender Einschränkung von Alltagskompetenz Veränderung der Persönlichkeit. Typische Symptome Beginn sind unter anderem Gedächtnisprobleme, Orientierungslosigkeit, Schwierigkeiten Spr...

background: recognition of helminth-derived pathogen associated molecular patterns (pamps) by pattern recognition receptors (prrs), including toll like recep­tors (tlrs) is the first step towards initiating anti–helminth immune re­sponses. methods : using somatic antigens of ostertagia occidentalis, an important abomasal parasite of ruminants, the expression of ovine tlr2 and tlr4 in peripheral...

Somatic embryogenesis was initiated in C. sativus L. from shoot meristems on LS medium containing BAP (2×10-5 M)+NAA (2×10-5 M). Various stages of somatic embryogenesis were observed in the same medium and the development was asynchronous. Somatic embryo development proceeded through well recognized sequences (globular to embryoids) with clearly discernible bipolar regions. Matured embryos coul...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the validity of the Ghent Multidimensional Somatic Complaints Scale (GMSCS) in a Clinical Sample. METHOD Three hundred fifty-four non-clinical subjects and 151 clinical patients completed the GMSCS, an 18-item five-factorial scale for the assessment of somatic complaints. RESULTS The five-factorial structure was reliable and valid in the non-clinical as well as the cli...