Vol. 26 (3) 2005 Neuro endocrinology letters

The influence of smoking on plasma folate and lipoproteins in Alzheimer disease, mild cognitive impairment and depression.

Stuerenburg H, Ganzer S, Arlt S, Müller-Thomsen T.

Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 261-263 PubMed PMID: 15990733 Citation  Keywords:  Aged, Alzheimer Disease:blood, Cognition Disorders:blood, Depression:blood, Female, Folic Acid:blood, Humans, Lipoproteins:blood, Male, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Smoking:blood,.

: The risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with lifestyle factors, especially cigarette smoking. In this study we investigated the influence of smoking on the serum levels of folic acid, LDL and HDL in AD patients, patients with minimal cognitive impairment (MCI) and patients with major depression. We investigated a total of .....

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Further structural analysis of GnRH complexes with metal ions.

Nakamura K, Kodaka M, El-Mehasseb I, Gajewska A, Okuno H, Ochwanowska E, Witek B, Kozłowski H, Kochman K.
Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 247-252 PubMed PMID: 15990730 Citation  Keywords:  Animals, Copper:chemistry, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone:chemistry, Metals, Heavy:chemistry, Nickel:chemistry, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, Protons, Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization,.

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Serum markers of inflammation and endothelial activation in children with obesity-related hypertension.

Garanty-Bogacka B, Syrenicz M, Syrenicz A, Gebala A, Lulka D, Walczak M.
Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 242-246 PubMed PMID: 15990729 Citation  Keywords:  Adolescent, Biomarkers:blood, C-Reactive Protein:metabolism, Child, Endothelium, Vascular:immunology, Female, Humans, Hypertension:etiology, Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1:blood, Interleukin-1:blood, Interleukin-6:blood, Lipids:blood, Male, Obesity:com.

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Measurement of protein cytokines in tissue extracts by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays: application to lipopolysaccharide-induced differential milieu of cytokines.

Matalka K, Tutunji M, Abu-Baker M, Abu Baker Y.
Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 231-236 PubMed PMID: 15990727 Citation  Keywords:  Animals, Brain Chemistry:immunology, Cell Extracts:chemistry, Cytokines:analysis, Detergents, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay:methods, Interferon-gamma:analysis, Interleukin-10:analysis, Kidney:chemistry, Lipopolysaccharides:pharmacology, Liver:chemistr.

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The entorhinal cortex regulates blood glucose level in response to microinjection of neostigmine into the hippocampus.

Adeli-Rankouhi S, Umegaki H, Zhu W, Suzuki Y, Kurotani-Ohara S, Ieda S, Iguchi A.
Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 225-230 PubMed PMID: 15990726 Citation  Keywords:  Animals, Blood Glucose:drug effects, Cholinesterase Inhibitors:pharmacology, Denervation, Entorhinal Cortex:cytology, Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists, Hippocampus:cytology, Ibotenic Acid, Male, Microinjections, Neostigmine:pharmacology, Neural Pathways, Ra.

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The quest of cavum septi pellucidi: obscure chance event discovery or the result of some encoded disturbance? Developmental cerebral dysplasias, cavum septi pellucidi and epilepsy: clinical, MRI and electrophysiological study.

Varsik P, Buranová D, Kollár B, Kucera P, Kondás M, Stofko J.
Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 219-224 PubMed PMID: 15990725 Citation  Keywords:  Adolescent, Adult, Cerebral Cortex, Cerebral Ventricles, Choristoma, Electroencephalography, Epilepsy:epidemiology, Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory, Female, Humans, Hydrocephalus:epidemiology, Incidence, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Median Nerve:physiolog.

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First cases in the Czech Republic of the Hallervorden-Spatz disease resulting from mutation in the pantothenate kinase 2 gene.

Zumrová A, Krepelová A, Kyncl M, Maríková T, Prosková M, Cíbochová R, Sebronová V, Komárek V.
Case Reports 2005; 26(3): 213-218 PubMed PMID: 15990724 Citation  Keywords:  Adolescent, Adult, Basal Ganglia:pathology, Calcinosis:genetics, Child, Child, Preschool, Czech Republic, Diagnosis, Differential, Dyskinesias:genetics, Family Health, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Mutation, Pantothenate Kinase-Associa.

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The atypical antipsychotics quetiapine, risperidone and ziprasidone do not increase insulin release in vitro.

Melkersson K, Jansson E.
Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 205-208 PubMed PMID: 15990722 Citation  Keywords:  Animals, Antipsychotic Agents:pharmacology, Dibenzothiazepines:pharmacology, Glucose:pharmacology, Insulin:metabolism, Islets of Langerhans:drug effects, Male, Organ Culture Techniques, Piperazines:pharmacology, Quetiapine Fumarate, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Ri.

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Caloric restriction reduces cell loss and maintains estrogen receptor-alpha immunoreactivity in the pre-optic hypothalamus of female B6D2F1 mice.

Yaghmaie F, Saeed O, Garan S, Freitag W, Timiras P, Sternberg H.
Journal Article 2005; 26(3): 197-203 PubMed PMID: 15990721 Citation  Keywords:  Aging:physiology, Animals, Antibodies, Blood Pressure:physiology, Body Temperature:physiology, Caloric Restriction, Cell Survival:physiology, Estrogen Receptor alpha:immunology, Female, Immunohistochemistry, Luteinizing Hormone:metabolism, Mice, Mice, Inb.

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