Exogenous protease addition may be an option to increase proteolysis of zein proteins and thus starch digestibility in rehydrated and high-moisture corn (HMC) ensiled for short periods. In addition, microbial inoculation may accelerate fermentation and increase acid production and thus increase solubilization of zein proteins. Four experiments were performed to evaluate the effect on fermentati...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Digestion of dietary protein elevates intraluminal concentrations of glutamate in the small intestine, some of which gain access to the enteric nervous system (ENS). Glutamate, in the central nervous system (CNS), is an excitatory neurotransmitter. A dogma that glutamatergic neurophysiology in the ENS recapitulates CNS glutamatergic function persists. We reassessed the premise t...

The term dystonia was introduced in the twentieth century to describe patients with severe generalised dystonia, who were supposed to have an alteration of muscle tone (hence the etymology of this word) [1]. The clinical spectrum of dystonia is broad, yet this is one of the most under-recognised among movement disorders. Historically, the term dystonia has been used extensively by some authors ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To review current knowledge on nasal airflow sensation in relation to empty nose syndrome (ENS). STUDY DESIGN PubMed searches. METHODS Current literature pertaining to measurement of nasal patency, mechanism of sensory perception of nasal airflow, and ENS. RESULTS A reliance on pure anatomical analysis of the anatomy in ENS falls short of explaining the disorder. Our...

Cell therapy is a promising approach to generate an enteric nervous system (ENS) and treat enteric neuropathies. However, for translation to the clinic, it is highly likely that enteric neural progenitors will require manipulation prior to transplantation to enhance their ability to migrate and generate an ENS. In this study, we examine the effects of exposure to several factors on the ability ...

Zebrafish lacking functional sox10 have defects in non-ectomesenchymal neural crest derivatives including the enteric nervous system (ENS) and as such provide an animal model for human Waardenburg Syndrome IV. Here, we characterize zebrafish phox2b as a functionally conserved marker of the developing ENS. We show that morpholino-mediated knockdown of Phox2b generates fish modeling Hirschsprung ...

AIM To report rare findings of oral and periodontal manifestations in a patient with Epidermal nevus syndrome (ENS). BACKGROUND The ENS describes the rare association of an epidermal nevus with abnormalities of central nervous system,ocular and skeletal abnormalities. Reports of oral involvement have been few. Also, most of the intraoral lesions have been reported in patients with nevi that d...