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BACKGROUND:The stimulation parameters concern directly the antiepileptic effect and safety of vagus nerve stimulation in epileptic patients, and the optimal setting of these parameters is crucial to ensure safe and effective application for antiepileptic treatment.OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of such parameters as output current,wave width, frequency, on/off time of intermittent stimulation in electric vagus nerve stimulation for antiepileptic therapy.DESIGN: Single-sample experiment.SETTING: Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital University of Medical Sciences.MATERIALS: The experiment was carried out at Electrophysiological Laboratory of Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital University of Medical Sciences between September 2000and September 2002, using totally 36 healthy adult Wistar rats.METHODS: Epileptic models were established in 36 healthy adult Wistar rats by cervical subcutaneous kainic acid injection, in which various settings of vagus nerve stimulation parameters were applied and their antiepileptic effects observed in terms of changes in the behaviors, electrocardiogram (ECG), electrocorticogram (ECoG), and hippocampal neuronal discharge to identify the optimal parameter setting.rameters.nerve stimulation produced antiepileptic effect mainly within 4 hours of with wave width of 2 ms, current intensity of 3-3.5 mA, frequency of 30-35 Hz, 1-minute on/2-minute off intermittent stimulation produced remarkable antiepileptic effect presented by obviously reduced seizure duration in ECoG and epileptic severity, with lowered frequency of bursting discharge in the epileptic rat CA1 neurons (P ＜ 0.05).CONCLUSION: With normal cardiac electric activity ensured, the minimum stimulation parameters sufficient for effective epilepsy control can be considered as the optimal parameter setting in electric vagus nerve stimulation, which has no adverse effect on the heart.

BACKGROUND: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a neurophysiological therapy (NPT) of refractory epilepsy, which can control the seizure by stimulating the vagus nerve stem in cervical part.OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of intermittent left-side VNS on seizure of epileptic animals, and provide theoretic basis for the interaction of somatic information and that of internal organs.DESIGN: Observation study.SETTING: Department of Neurobiology, Capital University of Medical Science.MATERIALS: The experiment was performed in the Laboratory of Electrophysiology in Department of Neurobiology, Capital University of Medical Science from March 2000 to September 2002. Thirty-four healthy adult SD rats and 8 rabbits, weighting (220-250) g and (2.2-2.5) kg respectively were selected.METHODS: ①Ten rats were intramuscularly injected with (150 000-160 000) U of penicillin (PCN). VNS effects on epileptiform activities of rats were studied by observing the changes in electrocorticogram (ECoG)and behavior of rats before and after VNS.②(0.24-0.48) mg of PCN was injected into the hippocampus of another 8 rabbits to induce epilepsy, and VNS effects on ECoG of epileptic rats were observed. ③Seizures of 16 rats were induced by Kainic acid, and changes in discharge activity of hippocampal neuron, ECoG and behavior of epileptic rats were observed after VNS. ④Seizures of 8 rabbits were induced by cortical injection of strychnine with microinjector, and VNS effects on ECoG of rabbits with epilepsy induced by acute cortical injury were observed.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ①VNS effects on seizure of rats with epilepsy induced by PCN. ②VNS effects on seizure of rats with epilepsy induced by Kainic acid. ③VNS effects on epileptiform ECoG of rabbits with epilepsy induced by strychnine.RESULTS: A total of 34 rats and 8 rabbits were involved in the analysis of results. VNS could remarkably suppress the seizure of epileptic animals,and epileptiform ECoG, epileptiform discharges of hippocampal neuron and behavior significantly changed with the total effective rate greater than 50%. The total effective rate of VNS before seizure was greater than 80%.In epilepsy group indoeed by intramuscular injection of PCN, ECoG and behavior were markedlly aneliorated respectively for 40% and 50% of rats.In epilepsy group induced by injection of PCN in hippocampus, the ECoG was siguificantly ameliorated in 50% rats. In epileptic rabbit group induced by partial injection of strychnine via cerebral cortex, the epilepti form wave iu ECoG was controlled by VNS in 50 % of animals.CONCLUSION: VNS can effectively suppress seizure of epileptic animals. The antiepileptic effect of VNS is associated with cerebral cortical aud hippcampal neurons. Somatic epileptiform activity could be effectively inhibited by the integration of visceral afferent information in cortical and hippocampal parts.

Objective To summarise the clinical characteristics and surgical treatment experience of primary cardiac tumours treated by tumorectomy under extracorporeal circulation .Methods The clinical data of 352 patients with primary cardiac tumors in our hospital from January 1980 to December 2015,who received surgical treatment of tumorectomy under extracorporeal circulation were retrospectively ana -lyzed.Results Among the 352 cases in all, there were 338 cases (96%) of benign tumor, including 309 cases (87.8%) of myxoma and 14 cases (4.0%) of malignant tumor.There were 4 cases of perioperative death, and all the 4 cases were malignant tumor.Conclusion Myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor ,and the best solution for the cardiac benign tumor is surgery .However , the effect of sur-gical operation on malignant cardiac tumors was poor .

Objective To investigate the characteristics of serum oxidized low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) and traditional cardiovascular risk factors of premature coronary artery disease (PCAD). Methods Sixty-six patients with coro-nary atrery disease (CAD) confirmed by angiography were selected to be PCAD group, and 56 patients with normal coronary artery confirmed by angiography were included in control group. The serum levels of ox-LDL, high density lipoprotein choles-terol (HDL-C), triglyceride (TG), creatinine (SCr), uric acid (UA), other serum biochemical indicators and differences of the proportions of male, hypertension, diabetes, smoking history and family history of CAD were compared between two groups. Results (1)There were higher serum values of ox-LDL, TG, SCr, UA, fasting blood glucose (FBG) and proportion of male pa-tients in PCAD group than those of control group (P＜0.05), but there was a lower plasma level of HDL-C in PCAD group than that of control group (P＜0.05). There were significant differences in other indicators between two groups. (2) There were positive correlations between UA, SCr and ox-LDL ( rs were 0.243 and 0.186 respectively, P were 0.006 and 0.034 respective-ly). (3)The logistic regression analysis showed that ox-LDL, HDL-C and SCr were influential factors to PCAD(OR were 1.155, 0.143 and 1.052 respectively). Conclusion Elevations of ox-LDL, HDL-C and SCr are independent predictors of PCAD.

Objective To explore the influence of different administration time on antidepressant effect of seven clinical common antidepressants. Methods Male mice were randomly divided into eight groups:venlafaxine (75 mg/kg), sertraline (20 mg/kg), fluoxetine (20 mg/kg), doxepin (15 mg/kg), mirtazapine (15 mg/kg), citalopram (40 mg/kg), trazodo?ne (50 mg/kg) and control (saline) groups. Each group contained 36 mice. Drugs were administered to 6 mice per group 30 min before forced swimming test at the 6 time points (9:00, 13:00 and 17:00 as light phase and 21:00, 1:00 and 5:00 as dark phase). Forced swimming test was applied to determine the influence of dosing time on anti-immobility effect of seven antidepressants at each time point. Results Immobility time in venlafaxine group and sertraline group significant?ly decreased compared with that of control group at all time points(all P<0.05). Moreover, anti-immobility effects of ven?lafaxine, fluoxetine, mirtazapine and doxepin were better during the dark phase than during the light phase (all P<0.05). In addition, immobility time in sertraline group decreased at the late part of dark phase (5:00) and the early part of light phase (9:00) compared with other phases (P<0.05). Conclusions Most antidepressants show 24-h rhythm dependent an?ti-immobility effects, but rhythmic patterns are not completely consistent among different antidepressants. Further study is needed to explore the chronopharmacological mechanism and clinical applications of these antidepressants.

Objective To observe the inhibitory effects of sub-MIC matrine alone and in combination with erythromycin on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms and their influences on morphological changes of the biofilms.Methods Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of matrine and erythromycin against Staphylococcus epidermidis were determined by the serial dilution method,antibacterial activity of matrine combined with erythromycin against planktonic S.epidermidis was evaluated by the checkerboard method.S.epidermidis biofilms were constructed in vitro,XTT reduction assay was used to evaluate influences of sub-MIC matrine alone and in combination with erythromycin on metabolism and adhesion of S.epidermidis biofilms,and scanning electronic microscope(SEM) was applied to observe the morphological and the structural changes of the biofilms.Results The MIC of erythromycin to S.epidermidis was 7.8125 μg/ml,while the MIC of matrine was greater than 1000 μg/ml,besides,a synergistic effect between erythronmycin and matrine on planktonic S.epidermidis was shown (FIC＜0.5).The sub-MIC matrine had no significant inhibitory effect on adhesion of S.epidermidis,and also the combination of the two agents was better than was used alone.However,the sub-MIC matrine had inhibitory effects on metabolism and morphology of S.epidermidis biofilms,and the combination of the two agents was weaker than was used alone.Conclusion Both the sub-MIC matrine and erythromycin had a significant inhibitory effect on S.epidermidis biofilm formation.Combination of the two agents showed synergistic effects on plankton and adhesion of S.epidermidis,but showed no synergistic effect on metabolism and morphology of the biofilms.

Objective To establish the quality standard for Tiaojing Pills. Methods Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Rhizoma Chuanxiong in Tiaojing Pills were identified by TLC and the content of paeoniflorin was determined by HPLC. Results Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Rhizoma Chuanxiong could be identified by TLC. Paeoniflorin showed a good linearity in the range of 0.086 88～0.868 8 ?g,r=0.999 6.The average recovery was 101.28 %,and RSD was 1.31 %. Conclusion The established methods are simple,convenient and reproducible,and can be used for the quality control of Tiaojing Pills.