1.Preliminary study of brain gray matter in mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease
Weizhong TIAN ; Jianguo XIA ; Ji ZHANG ; Juan WANG ; Lemin TANG ; Hongmei GU ; Huanxin HUANG
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2013;32(12):1285-1288
Objective To analyze the abnormal region of gray matter and its distribution characteristics in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI),and to investigate the structural brain changes which closely related to mild cognitive impairment.Methods 27 PD patients were examined by T1WI three-dimensional brain volume (3D-fast spoiled gradient echo,3D-FSPGR) sequence,and were divided into 2 groups:PD patients with mild cognitive impairment group (PD-MCI group,n=15) and PD patients without mild cognitive impairment (PD-nMCI group,n=12).Gray matter map in the two groups were analyzed by using voxel based morphometry (VBM) based on SPM5.Results There were significant differences in MMSE and MoCA scores between the two groups (P<0.01 or 0.05).Compared with PD-nMCI group,gray matter volumes in PD-MCI group were decreased in bilateral mid frontal gyrus,left precentral gyrus,right mid-temporal gyrus,left superior temporal gyrus,transverse temporal gyrus,bilateral lingual gyrus,right cuneus,bilateral insular and right posterior cingutate gyrus.Conclusions Gray matter atrophy in bilateral mid-frontal gyrus,insular and left precentral gyrus is closely related to the mild cognitive impairment in PD patients.
2.Effect of Bushen Granule on the Expressions of CD28 and CD95 in Chronic Aplastic Anemia Patients
Yunl WANG ; Huijie HAN ; Min LIU ; Qi HU ; Lemin XIA ; Xiaofeng ZHANG
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1993;0(04):-
Objective To study the mechanism of Bushen Granule (G ranule for rein forcing the kidney) for the treatment of chronic aplastic anemia (CAA). Methods The CAA patients were divided into the herbal group (60 cases) treated mainly by Bu shen Granule with syndrome differentiation and the Cyclosporin A group (16 cases ) tr eated mainly by Cyclosporin A for 6 months. The healthy control group consisting of 20 healthy subjects was set up. The expressions of CD3 +, CD3+CD28+, and CD3+CD95+ of the healthy control groups were compared with the herbal group and the Cyclosporin A group. Results The expressions of CD3 +, CD3+CD28+, and CD3+CD9 5+ of the CAA groups were higher than those of the healthy control group (P