Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is considered as an intermediate clinical state between normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The cognitive function and life ability of patients are normal, which have not met the criteria of AD. MCI is considered to be an earlier stage of AD. The clinical effects of AD in the middle or late stage are unsatisfactory. Therefore, studies on MCI have become the hot research areas both at home and abroad. The therapy of MCI is similar to AD. The treatment effect is uncertain. Hence, the understanding and treatment of MCI by TCM reflected TCM features. This article reviewed on TCM understanding of MCI, TCM syndrome differentiation criteria and TCM treatment methods of MCJ. Thus, it was aimed to further understand the dynamic of MCI in order to provide references for improving TCM clinical effects and reducing the incidence of AD.

To observe the effects of Shoushen Granule, a compound traditional Chinese herbal medicine, on telomere length and telomerase activity in peripheral leukocytes and vascular cells, artery wall lesions and blood lipid in a Sprague-Dawley (SD) rat model of atherosclerosis.

Alzheimer disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by its gradual progression. At present, the cause and mechanism of AD are yet unclear, and there is no effective therapy for treating it. With development of global aging, the prevalence rate of AD is increasing. The life quality of elderly people is affected severely by AD that is ultimately life-threatening. Recently, study on treating AD with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has deepened.

Objective:To investigate the clinical effect of titanium cable binding plate combined with lengthened proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA) for fixation of recurrent fracture after treatment of unstable intertrochanteric fractures.Methods:A retrospective case series study was conducted for analyzing the clinical data of 17 patients with recurrent fracture of unstable intertrochanteric fractures admitted to Southwest Hospital of Army Medical University from January 2010 to January 2018. There were 7 males and 10 females, aged from 65 to 94 years [(75.7±13.2)years]. The patients were treated using titanium cable binding plate combined with PFNA. Anti-osteoporosis therapy was applied as well. X-ray images were performed at postoperative 3 days, 3, 6 and 12 months. The healing and complications of the patients were recorded. The Harris hip score, visual analogue score (VAS), physical health score (PCS), mental health score (MCS) and 36-item short form health survey questionnaire (SF-36) were evaluated before operation and at postoperative 6 and 12 months.Results:All patients were followed up for 12-18 months [(15.3±2.8)months]. Bone healing was achieved in all patients, and the postoperative bone healing time was 3-6 months [(3.6±1.1)months]. One patient developed lumbosacral pressure sores and recovered after dressing change. Two patients developed drooping pneumonia, which was completely relieved after symptomatic treatment including nebulized inhalation of antibiotics and sputum aspiration. At postoperative 6 and 12 months, Harris hip score was (76.5±5.2)points and (85.5±5.7)points, significantly higher than (32.8±5.1)points before operation ( P<0.05); VAS was (3.3±0.5)points and (1.2±0.7)points, significantly lower than (8.5±0.7)points before operation ( P<0.05); PCS was (44.2±4.9)points and (56.9±5.8)points, significantly higher than (29.3±4.7)points before operation ( P<0.05); MCS was (47.9±6.8)points and (58.4±7.9)points, significantly higher than (39.7±5.9) points before operation ( P<0.05); SF-36 was (493.9±85.7)points and (603.4±76.8)points, significantly higher than (415.9±88.2)points before operation ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Titanium cable binding plate combined with lengthening PFNA can provide stability of fracture end, promote fracture healing, reduce complications, relieve pain and improve patients' quality of life for recurrence of unstable intertrochanteric fracture.

Detection of moving objects is an essential skill for animals to hunt prey, recognize conspecifics and avoid predators. The zebrafish, as a vertebrate model, primarily uses its elaborate visual system to distinguish moving objects against background scenes. The optic tectum (OT) receives and integrates inputs from various types of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), including direction-selective (DS) RGCs and size-selective RGCs, and is required for both prey capture and predator avoidance. However, it remains largely unknown how motion information is processed within the OT. Here we performed in vivo whole-cell recording and calcium imaging to investigate the role of superficial interneurons (SINs), a specific type of optic tectal neurons, in motion detection of larval zebrafish. SINs mainly receive excitatory synaptic inputs, exhibit transient ON- or OFF-type of responses evoked by light flashes, and possess a large receptive field (RF). One fifth of SINs are DS and classified into two subsets with separate preferred directions. Furthermore, SINs show size-dependent responses to moving dots. They are efficiently activated by moving objects but not static ones, capable of showing sustained responses to moving objects and having less visual adaptation than periventricular neurons (PVNs), the principal tectal cells. Behaviorally, ablation of SINs impairs prey capture, which requires local motion detection, but not global looming-evoked escape. Finally, starvation enhances the gain of SINs' motion responses while maintaining their size tuning and DS. These results indicate that SINs serve as a motion detector for sensing and localizing sized moving objects in the visual field.