Eight weeks treatment with Unkei-to induced a significant increase in plasma follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH) and estradiol levels in hyper- (robust) and hypo- (asthenia) functioning patients with first- and second-grade amenorrhea. We observed no significant differences in the rate of change of these hormones between hyper- and hypo-functioning patients. Ovulation o...

The mechanism(s) underlying hypoglycemia-associated autonomic failure (HAAF) are unknown. To test the hypothesis that the activation of brain regions involved in the counterregulatory response to hypoglycemia is blunted with HAAF, rats were studied in a 2-day protocol. Neuroendocrine responses and brain activation (c-Fos immunoreactivity) were measured during day 2 insulin-induced hypoglycemia ...

Injury-induced expression of the p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) in the CNS facilitates neuronal apoptosis and prevents neuronal regrowth, but the mechanisms regulating p75NTR expression are poorly characterized. In this study, we showed that hypo-osmolarity induces p75NTR expression in primary neurons, and, using a comparative genomics approach, we identified conserved elements in the 25 kb...

Constitutive relations for two-dimensional deformations of cohesionless granular materials are considered. The granular materials are assumed to be isotropic and rate-independent. One of the current trends in modelling the behaviour of granular materials is to study constitutive relations of the hypo-elastic The general hypo-elastic constitutive relation, originally proposed by Tr~esdell ,~ is ...

To diagnose iron deficiency in patients undergoing hemodialysis, the percentage of hypochromic RBCs (with cellular hemoglobin concentration <280 g/L [HYPO%]) and mean reticulocyte hemoglobin content (CHret) provided by the Siemens ADVIA 120 and 2120 analyzers (Siemens Diagnostic Solutions, Tarrytown, NY) were proposed as alternatives to biochemical tests. Sysmex, with its XE-5000 analyzer (Sysm...