Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) refers to the sudden, threatening or catastrophic life events leading to delay and long-term persistence of mental disorders. Hippocampus, amygdala, prefrontal cortex and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) may be involved in PTSD, but the exact pathogenesis is not entirely clear. Traditional Chinese Medicine, including Chinese herbs, acupuncture and emotion-thought therapy, are considered as the main methods for PTSD, which may play a role in neuroprotection, adjustment of learn-ing-memory, anti-stress, adjusting HPA, etc.

It is an important means to study the electrical activity of the brain's nerve cells by exploring physiological information of the EEGs from the frequency domain. The gravity frequency is one of the global parameters with using this method. We used the multitaper spectrum method (MTM) spectrum estimation method of good performance to calculate the EEG spectrum and its gravity frequency of subjects under vigilance and vigilance decrement state. The results showed that the gravity frequency of vigilance state was higher than that of vigilance decrement state, the gravity frequency became smaller along with the vigilance decrement, and the location of the gravity frequency shifted to the left in the spectrum. Finally, the monitoring curve of the gravity frequency was acquired by designing an algorithm, and it was used to online monitoring vigilance operators.
Algorithms ; Brain ; physiology ; Electroencephalography ; Humans

BACKGROUND:Choose an ideal vector for amplified chondrocytes arouses more and more attention during the construction of epiphyseal cartilage tissue engineering. OBJECTIVE:To explore the feasibility and performance of epiphyseal cartilage tissue engineering scaffold constructed by chitosan and extracellular matrix of cartilage. DESIGN,TIME AND SETTING:An in vitro study was performed at Department of Orthopedics,General Hospital of Chinese PLA from December 2007 to March 2003. MATERIALS:Chitosan(deacetylation:90%;Mr10?105) was provided by Haihui Bioengineering Company,Qingdao;articular cartilage of swine was collected from market. METHODS:Fresh porcine articular cartilages were obtained and shattered in the iso-osmia liquid. After pulverization and gradient centrifugation,3% artilage microfilament suspension was equally mixed with 2% chitosan. Three-dimensional porous scaffolds were fabricated using a simple freeze-drying method. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:After the second gradient ethanol treatment,the scaffolds were investigated by histological staining and scanning electron microscopy to measure aperture,porosity,and water absorption rate. MTT test was also done to assess cytotoxicity of the scaffolds. After induced by transforming growth factor-?1(TGF-?1) ,bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs) of rabbits were incubated onto the scaffolds. Cell proliferation and differentiation were analyzed using inverted microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. RESULTS:The three-dimensional porous scaffold had good pore interconnectivity with pore diameter(161?31) ?m,(90.1?1.6) % porosity and(2 361?132) % water absorption rate. The histological staining showed that toluidine blue,safranin O and anti-collagen II immunohistochemistry staining were positive. The intrinsic cytotoxicity assessment of the scaffolds using MTT test showed that the scaffolds had no cytotoxic effect on BMSCs. Most of the BMSCs attached and covered the surface of the scaffolds with matrix secretion. CONCLUSION:The three-dimensional porous scaffold constructed by extracellular matrix of cartilage and chitosan has good pore diameter and porosity,non-toxicity and good biocompatibility,so it is a suitable scaffold for epiphyseal cartilage tissue engineering.

It is difficult for regeneration of central nervous system (CNS) in adult mammals, and myelin-associated inhibitors (MAIs) are believed to be major contributors. Paired immunoglobulin-like receptor B (PirB), as a co-receptor of MAIs, and expresses highly in CNS after injury, plays a vital role in the signal transduction of inhibition in the injured CNS. Knockout or block of PirB in vitro and in vivo may promote the neuro-regeneration after spinal cord injury or hypoxic-ischemic brain damage, release the damage induced byβ-amyloid in Al-zheimer's disease, recover the neural function in brain inflammation models, improve the reconstruction of vision after optic nerve injury, and so on. PirB may be a potential therapeutic target for neuro-regeneration and synaptic plasticity.

Objective To study the cooperative method of goat's cruciate ligament reconstruction by bone-tendon autograft with interference fixation. Methods A customized reamer was used to make the bottleneck-like femoral tunnel, and the patellar tendon-tibial tuberosity autograft was harvested. Make sufficient preparation for this operation. Results The operation was successful, the laboratory animals all survived without any postoperative infection. Conclusion Scientific and careful operative-cooperation can guarantee the successful operation.

BACKGROUND: Elimination of antigenic substances from natural extracellular matrix with the integrity of the tissue structure retained renders the matrix to possess better biocompatibility and provides a cell culture environment close to conditions of the internal environment. Such materials are the primary choice for cell culture scaffold in tissue engineering.OBJECTIVE: To prepare human articular cartilage acellular matrix so as to provide a methodological basis for further study of articular cartilage acellular matrix as cell scaffold materials.DESIGN: A single sample study of bone tissues.SETTING: The experiment was performed in Institute of Orthopedics, General Hospital of PLA, between January and May in 2004. The specimens were obtained from patients requiring joint replacement for femoral neck fracture.MATERIAIS: The experiment was conducted in the Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of PLA from January to May in 2004. Human articular cartilage specimens were obtained from the femoral head of patients with total hip arthroplasty for femoral neck fracture.METHODS: Totally 10 specimens of fresh articular cartilage(3.5 mm × 4. 5 mm × 2.0 mm) were obtained and freeze-dried for 12 hours. Cartilage acellular matrix was prepared using Triton X-100, Dnase and Rnase and identified by means of hematoxylin-eosin(HE) and safranine O staining and immunohistochemical staining for cartilage proteoglycan.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Histological observation of the articular cartilage acellular matrix and immunohistochemical staining of cartilage proteoglycan.RESULTS: HE and safranine O staining both showed no cellular structure in the matrix with only recesses left by the removed cells. Immunohistochemical staining for cartilage proteoglycan yielded positive results, suggesting the presence of cartilage proteoglycan in the acellular matrix.CONCLUSION: Human articular cartilage acellular matrix can be prepared using the modified four-step procedures with detergent and enzymatic extraction with lyophilization, and the preserved cartilage proteoglycan in the material may retain good pressure resistance.

e: Objective:To establish a useable animal model for the purification and immunotherapy of HSP with the observation of the growth rule of S180 sarcome tumor tissue and the immunohistochemical expression of different HSP in mice. Methods:The tumor incidence?the role of growth?the survival time and immunohistochemical expression of different HSP were observed after the S180 sarcome cells were inoculated at Balb/C mice back subcutaneous in different dose. Results:Sarcoma were formed in 100%.There are significant difference between vary dose in survival time, The expression was positive in HSP60?70?90? and grp94, and HSP70 expression was enhanced whereas HSP90? expression was decreased after heat shock treated. Conclusion:The use of S180 sarcome in mice is a good model to observe the expression of different HSP and the tumor tissue is suitable to purify. The model can be also used in the library study of HSP tumor vaccine.

Objective To investigate the causes of recurrent hemoptysis one week after interventional treatment.Methods 56 patients with massive hemoptysis were included in this study.All patients underwent emergent interventional therapy, including angiography and embolization therapy of bronchial artery, intercostal artery, internal thoracic artery, external thoracic artery and phrenic artery via femoral artery puncture.Results 6 cases had rebleeding within one week after interventional therapy,including 2 cases with primary lung cancer,1 case with bronchiectasis,1 case with pulmonary tuberculosis,1 case with esophageal cancer after surgery,1 case with esophageal cancer after radiotherapy.Then, these patients once again underwent angiography and embolization therapy of bronchial artery,intercostal artery,internal thoracic artery,external thoracic artery and phrenic artery.Conclusion The use of vasoconstrictive drugs before intervention, diversification of pulmonary feeding artery, wide range of lesions, inappropriate embolic material and poor image quality can lead to recurrent hemoptysis after interventional treatment.

BACKGROUND:Cartilage extracelular matrix with a large number of signaling molecule proteins and factors is likely to be an ideal material for tissue engineering cartilage.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possibility of calcium alginate and cartilage extracelular matrix combined with microencapsulated stem cels derived from human umbilical cord Wharton’s jely to construct ectopic tissue-engineered cartilage in nude mice.
METHODS: Microfilament suspension of the cartilage extracelular matrix was prepared. Human stem cels derived from Wharton’s jely of the umbilical cord were inoculated in to calcium alginate and cartilage extracelular matrix gel microspheres as experimental group. Stem cels derived from human umbilical cord Wharton’s jely were incubated in simple alginate gel microspheres as control group. After in vitro culture, the microspheres wereimplanted into the dorsal subcutaneous tissue of nude mice. Samples were taken after 4 weeks, respectively, for gross and histological observation.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The stem cels exhibited paralel-chondrocyte morphology in microspheres, which grew and proliferated quite wel during in vitro culture. A new paralel-cartilaginous tissue was found in the subcutaneous tissue 4 weeks after surgery in the experimental group, and the tissue was positive for hematoxylin-eosin, safranine O, toluidine blue and colagen II. A large number of paralel-chondrocytes and cartilage lacuna-like structures were observed under a microscope with no obvious inflammatory reaction around the microspheres. The control group showed the partial degradation of microspheres, surrounded by only a smal number of inflammatory cels and lymphocytes. Calcium alginate and cartilage extracelular matrix microspheres have a rather good histocompatibility which can be used to construct paralel-cartilaginous tissues by implanting stem cel-microspheric compound into the subcutaneous tissue of nude mice.