Hearing loss, vestibular disorders and damaged eyesight can be the result of axonal degeneration (Int Jour Ped Otrlaryn, 61:1-15; Inst Opthalm, 7:109-125). Improper functioning of the myelin sheath may be responsible for this degeneration, due to its role in conducting chemical and electrical neural signaling. Investigation of myelin degeneration requires understanding of normal myelinogenesis ...

PURPOSE Evaluate the influence of aging on the quality of the skin of white women, analyzing the dermal collagen. METHODS Pre-auricular flaps were collected for histological and morphometric analysis of 218 white women who underwent spontaneous facial aesthetic plastic surgery. Picrosirius ultrared stain was used for analysis and quantification of collagen in five age groups (<40 years, 40 to...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main source(s): Institutional Grant Na Homolce Hospital Background The presence and extent myocardial fibrosis are associated with poor outcomes in patients severe aortic regurgitation. In the present study, we tested a correlation between left ventricular (LV) strain derived by using feature-trac...

Acid fuchsin and phloxine B are commonly used to stain plant-parasitic nematodes in roots and egg masses on root surfaces, respectively. Both stains can be harmful to both the user and the environment and require costly waste disposal procedures. We developed safer methods to replace both stains using McCormick Schilling red food color. Eggs, juveniles, and adults of Meloidogyne incognita stain...

Materials and Methods Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded lung SqCC (n=137) and LADC (n=60) tissue microarrays were acquired. DSG3/p40 + Napsin A double stain cocktail (Biocare Medical, Concord, CA), TTF-1 [SPT24] and TTF-1 [8G7G3/1] antibody titers were optimized for IHC. SPT24 was optimally titered at 1:1200. The double stain antibody cocktail was detected by using a polymer double stain detecti...

INTRODUCTION Numerous clinical cases have been reported showing the clinical picture of dementia but not meeting the neuropathological criteria for Alzheimer's dementia (AD). Different methods used to stain senile plaques (SPs) and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) might account for this discrepancy. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Here, brains of 11 patients with dementia were examined. Cryosections and p...