1.Features and Pathogenesis of Subcortical Aphasia (review)
Jingfan YAO ; Hongyan CHEN ; Yumei ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2015;21(2):130-133
With the development of imaging techniques, aphasia caused by subcortical impairment is increasingly found in recent years. This paper reviewed the literature about the subcortical aphasia and expolred the anatomical and clinical features and pathogenesis of subcortical aphasia.
2.Sugar sweetened beverages knowledge and associated factors among primary and middle school students in Shenzhen
ZHANG Shuangxia, LI Yanyan, XIONG Jingfan, LI Yan, YAO Ping
Chinese Journal of School Health 2023;44(5):691-695
Objective:
To explore the status of sugar sweetened beverages(SSBs) and its associated factors among primary and middle school students in Shenzhen, providing reference for nutrition and health education.
Methods:
A random number table and convenience sampling method was used to select 40 135 primary and middle school students aged 6-18 years in Shenzhen. Data was collected to investigate their SSBs knowledge and associated factors.
Results:
The proportion of SSBs knowledge score less than 60 points, between 60-79 points and 80-100 points were 5.6%, 41.9% and 52.4%. Multivariate analysis showed that age(4-6 grade, junior middle and high school), gender(female), parents education(high school or vocational schools, colleges and universities as bachelors, masters or doctors), students pay attention to the ingredient list (seldom, none), parental dissuasion or reward behavior (only forced dissuasion, giving no dissuasion, occasional reward, no reward), and the storing beverages at home (seldom, none) were associated with total SSBs knowledge score and milk containing beverage knowledge score ( β =-0.79,-1.19,-1.74,0.58, 1.20 ,1.81,2.98,3.13,2.70,4.85,6.34,6.41,-0.99,-0.78,-1.81,-2.40,5.85,6.26,0.61,1.92, P <0.05). Age(4-6 grade, junior middle and high school), gender(female), father s education background(with colleges and universities as bachelor, masters or doctors), mother s education background(high schools or vocational schools, colleges and universities as bachelors, masters or doctors), parents dissuation behaviors(giving no dissuation), parents rewarding behavior(seldom, none), storing beverages at home(seldom, none) were associated with the total SSBs knowledge score and milk containing beverage knowledge score( β =-0.68, -0.92 ,-0.49,0.26,0.51,1.05,1.09,0.90,1.93,2.62,2.55,-0.68,0.93,1.13,0.21,0.92, P <0.05).
Conclusion
Primary and middle school students have moderate to high level of SSBs knowledge. It is necessary for students and their parents to learn more SSBs related nutrition healthy knowledge, and to reduce home availability of SSBs.
3.Mechanism of Subcortical Aphasia: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study
Jingfan YAO ; Hongyan CHEN ; Yumei ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2018;24(8):869-879
Objective To explore the connection of fibers among functional language areas in the normals and the patients with subcortical aphasia using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and diffusion tensor fiber tractography (DT-FT). Methods From June, 2016 to May, 2017, 20 healthy subjects and three stroke patients whose lesion located in subcortical structures were included. There were two patients with Broca's aphasia and one with conductive aphasia from the Western Aphasia Battery. They were scanned with DTI and DT-FT, while the fractional anisotropy (FA) of functional language areas and contralateral mirror areas were measured, and the relevant fibers were observed. Results The structures of functional language areas were complicated and extensively connected with other cortex and subcortical structures in healthy subjects, with few differences among individuals. FA was lower in the functional language areas and arcuate fasciculus than in the mirror regions in patients, and the fibers were damaged, distorted or shifted.Conclusion Structures related to language are very complicated, which involve cortex, lots of white matter tracts, subcortical structure and others. The damage, transformation or transposition of fibers in functional language areas may be the mechanism of subcortical aphasia.