Cyclosporine (Cy A) is now considered a primary immunosuppressant used to prevent organ rejection in liver, kidney, and heart transplant patients (1-3). It has been recommended that the blood level of Cy A be monitored in these patients to minimize the possibility of rejection due to low CyA blood concentrations or potential toxicity due to high CyA concentrations (4,5). This is based on the ob...

The diurnal intraocular pressure was measured in 14 eyes of patients with glaucoma while they were using no medication and compared to the diurnal pressures while they were using pilocarpine drops. During the 48 hour control period, the pressures measured every 3 hours by the non-contact tonometer had a mean value of 26 mm. Hg and a mean maximum diurnal variation of 18.5 mm. Hg. During the pilo...

Background: Temporal variation of stroke onset is suggested in some studies contained somewhat varieties. It is proposed that some predisposing changes occur in some ascertained times consequently resulted in stroke occurrence in some special times. Objective: To determine the circadian and circaseptan variation of stroke onset. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted ...

Atmospheric electric field diurnal variation measured in fair weather conditions over the ocean surface has a typical form which is called unitary variation. It associated with global time and occurs simultaneously all planet. However, variation, ground, depends on many local factors. The maximum of potential gradient, at Paratunka observatory, close to maximum. In paper we show that this deter...

OBJECTIVE It has recently been proposed that the peripheral taste organ is one of the targets for leptin. In lean mice, leptin selectively suppresses gustatory neural and behavioral responses to sweet compounds without affecting responses to other taste stimuli, whereas obese diabetic db/db mice with defects in leptin receptor lack this leptin suppression on sweet taste. Here, we further examin...

Sedliak, Milan Neuromuscular and hormonal adaptations to resistance training: special effects of time of day of training Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2009, 84 p. (Studies in Sport, Physical Education and Health, ISSN 0356-1070; 135) ISBN 978-951-39-3543-6 (PDF), 978-951-39-3548-1 (nid.) The majority of the processes in human physiology and behaviour exhibit daily variation. Neuromuscular...

PURPOSE To investigate the diurnal variation in axial length and anterior eye biometrics, while simultaneously measuring intraocular pressure (IOP) with dynamic contour tonometry in human subjects. METHODS Fifteen young adult near-emmetropic subjects had axial length, anterior eye biometrics (central corneal thickness and anterior chamber dimensions), and IOP measured at six different times a...

This study quantifies sex differences in the diurnal and circadian variation of sleep and waking while controlling for menstrual cycle phase and hormonal contraceptive use. We compared the diurnal and circadian variation of sleep and alertness of 8 women studied during two phases of the menstrual cycle and 3 women studied during their midfollicular phase with that of 15 men. Participants underw...

The endocannabinoid system is a component of the neuroprotective mechanisms that an organism displays after traumatic brain injury (TBI). A diurnal variation in several components of this system has been reported. This variation may influence the recovery and survival rate after TBI. We have previously reported that the recovery and survival rate of rats is higher if TBI occurs at 1:00 than at ...