Diastolic augmentation index (DAI), calculated from radial artery pressure waveform, has been associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate whether DAI could be used as a predictor of arterial stiffness and the effect of heart rate (HR) on it.Measurements of anthropometric parameters, blood pressure (BP),Augmentation index (AI) andDAIwere taken i...

The present study was conducted to clarify the effects of Dai-kenchu-to on accelerated small intestinal movement. We evaluated the effects of Dai-kenchu-to and its constituent herbs (dried ginger root, ginseng, zanthoxylum fruit, and malt sugar) on carbachol-accelerated mouse small intestinal transit, and contractions induced by low-frequency electrostimulation (ESC), KCl, or acetylcholine (ACh...

OBJECTIVE To determine how cortical compensation occurs in higher cognitive systems during the recovery phase of diffuse axonal injury (DAI). DESIGN 12 right-handed patients with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lesion pattern compatible with pure DAI were identified. Pure DAI was defined as finding of traumatic microbleeds on T2*-weighted gradient-echo images in the absence of otherwise tr...

キーワード:大建中湯,消化管ペプチド,モルヒネ,腸管蠕動運動反射 大分大学 医学部附属病院 薬剤部(〒879 -5593 大分県由布市挾間町医大ヶ丘 1 -1) E-mail: syuhki@oita -u.ac.jp 原稿受領日:2013 年 11 月 27 日,依頼原稿 Title: Improvement effect of Daikenchuto on morphine induced constipation through gastrointestinal peptides Author: Yuhki Sato 要約:大建中湯は消化管術後イレウスや過敏性腸症候 群に対して臨床的有用性の高い漢方方剤として知られ ている.動物を用いた基礎的検討により,本剤はモル ヒネ誘発性の消化管障害に対して改善効果を示すこと が報告されている.また大建中湯の主要な薬理作用は 消化管運動亢進...

The present study investigated the effects of the herbal medicine Dai-kenchu-to (DKCT) and its 4 individual ingredients on intestinal blood flow (IBF) in rats by laser Doppler flowmetry. Intraduodenal administration of DKCT (30, 100 and 300 mg/kg) increased IBF in a dose-dependent manner, whereas the mean arterial blood pressure was not affected. One of the ingredients in DKCT is dried ginger r...

BACKGROUND Many studies have been conducted in India to know the prevalence of malocclusion and the orthodontic treatment needs using dental aesthetic index (DAI), but no study so far has been conducted in Shimla city, Himachal Pradesh. OBJECTIVE To know the prevalence of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment needs among 16- and 17 year-old school-going children in Shimla city, Himachal Prad...

The aim was to investigate clinical predictors of adherence to antipsychotics. Medication use was electronically monitored with a Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS(®)) for 12 months in 112 outpatients with schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like psychosis according to DSM-IV. Symptom burden, insight, psychosocial function (PSP) and side effects were rated at baseline. A comprehensive neurop...

BACKGROUND In the contemporary orthodontics, the number of people who demand orthodontic treatment to improve their psychosocial issues related to facial esthetic is constantly increasing. Even in treatment plans, appearance and esthetic gain more attention. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the need for orthodontic treatment on the basis of the dental aesthetic index (DAI...