PURPOSE Retinal ischemia and reperfusion injuries (IRI) permanently affect neuronal tissue and function by apoptosis and inflammation due to the limited regenerative potential of neurons. Recently, evidence emerged that the noble gas Argon exerts protective properties, while lacking any detrimental or adverse effects. We hypothesized that Argon inhalation after IRI would exert antiapoptotic eff...

The possibility to conduct simulations of homogeneous nucleation of argon from a supersaturated vapor phase using a microcanonical or NVE ensemble is evaluated (NVE: number of particles N, volume V, and energy E are constant). In order to initiate a phase separation kinetic energy is removed from the system in one step which transfers the system into a supersaturated state. After this temperatu...

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Despite years of research, treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains challenging. Considerable data exists that some volatile anesthetics might be neuroprotective. However, several studies have also revealed a rather neurotoxic profile of anesthetics. In this study, we investigated the effects of argon 50%, desflurane 6% and their combination in an in vitro TBI model with incubation tim...

2. In the case of poultry, the Committee considered two methods for gas stunning and killing poultry (Argon 1: >90% argon in air; Argon 2: a mixture of >60% argon and 30% CO2 in air). Insufficient scientific information was available to consider other gas mixtures that could be used for stunning poultry species, although there was some evidence that some methods using carbon dioxide were inadeq...

This study analyses the in uence of the argon ow on the Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) of silicon oxide thin lms by using TEOS as silicon source. The argon ow increases the deposition rate, however it also can creates some defects in the deposited lm. Several characterization techniques were used to analyze the deposited lms. The presence of argon, in the gas phase, modi es t...

Increasing evidence indicates that argon has organoprotective properties. So far, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Therefore, we investigated the effect of argon preconditioning in cardiomyocytes within the first and second window of preconditioning. Primary isolated cardiomyocytes from neonatal rats were subjected to 50% argon for 1 h, and subsequently exposed to a sublethal...

Certain noble gases, though inert, exhibit remarkable biological properties. Notably, xenon and argon provide neuroprotection in animal models of central nervous system injury. In the previous issue of Critical Care, Loetscher and colleagues provided further evidence that argon may have therapeutic properties for neuronal toxicity by demonstrating protection against both traumatic and oxygen-gl...