Objective To investigate the neurogranin expression in the rat neocortical and hippocampal regions after kainci acid(KA) induced limbic seizures.Methods 52 SD rats were divided randomly into KA group and normal control group.The animals of KA group were injucted KA to kindling the seizures and sacrificed at the end of 6 h,12 h,18 h,24 h,and 48 h respectively after seizures induced.By using fluorescent immunostain combined with confocal microscope,neurogranin expression and distribution were examined in the cerebral cortex and different regions of hippocampal.Western Blot technique was specially used to analyze the quantitative level of protein involved in the relate areas.Results Strong expression of neurogranin was present in cytoplasm of layers Ⅱand Ⅲ cortical,CA_1,CA_3 pyramidal cells and dentate gyrus granule cells of normal control groups.Rats after 18 h KA injection began to exhibit decreased expression of neurogranin in the cortex significantly((P

Objective To investigate the effects of short-term sleep deprivation(SD)at different time during night on serum cortisol level and emotion state of healthy men,and to find out the influence of work shift onto human circadian rhythm.Methods Two periods of sleep-time were deprived in the present study:the late-night SD(permitted to sleep from 0:00 to 3:00 each day)and the early-night SD(permitted to sleep from 3:00 to 6:00 each day).Ten healthy male adults were chosen to undergo the late-night SD first,followed by normal sleeping for eight nights for washout,and then underwent early-night SD.Each SD period lasted 6 days,i.e.1 day before SD,4 days of SD and 1 day after SD for recovery.Fasting blood samples,for detection of serum cortisol,were collected at 7:00 am every SD day,and the state anxiety inventory(S-AI)scoring was done at the same time.Results The cortisol levels were lowered after 2 types of SD(P0.05).Dependability analysis showed that the cortisol level during the late-night SD period was negatively related to the SD days(r=-0.954 7,P0.05).Both types of SD could elevate anxiety scores,which positively correlated with the SD days(late-night SD:r=0.990,P

Objective To investigate the influence of oral intake of goop before oral intestinal cleaning drugs on blood glucose,cleansing effect and tolerance of patients.Methods 88 patients who were prepared for intestinal examination or bowel treatment with enteroscope were randomly divided into the food-intake group (group A) and the fasting group (group B) with 44 cases in each group.Group A was given goop 2.5 hours before oral intake of intestinal cleansing drugs,group B fasted before oral intake of intestinal cleansing drugs.Blood glucose was monitored before as well as 6 hours after oral intake of intestinal cleansing drugs.Intestinal cleansing effect was evaluated during intestinal examination or bowel treatment with enteroscope.Cases of patients who ceased intestinal examination or bowel treatment with enteroscope due to intolerance were summarized.The blood glucose,cleansing effect and tolerance of patients were compared between two groups.Results There was significant difference in blood glucose between the two groups before and after oral intake of intestinal cleansing drugs.The cleansing effect showed no significant difference,but the difference of tolerance between two groups was significant.Conclusions Intake of goop 2.5 hours before oral intake of intestinal cleansing drugs does not affects intestinal cleansing effect,and it can obviously increase the blood sugar,improve tolerance of patients,thus ensure the smooth completion of intestinal examination or bowel treatment with enteroscope.

Objective To observe the effect of lidocaine gargle,gentamicin,dexamethasone mixture on degree and cure time of oral mucositis caused by paraquat poisoning.Methods 61 patients with paraquat poisoning were randomly divided into the experimental group (31 cases) and the control group (30 cases); the experimental group was given lidocaine,gentamicin,dexamethasone mixture gargle,the control group was given dexamethasone dilution as gargle.The degree of oral mucositis and healing time were compared between two groups.Results There was significant difference in degree of oral mucositis and healing time between the experimental group and the control group.Conclusions Lidocaine gargle,gentamicin,dexamethasone mixture gargle can reduce degree of oral mucositis and hasten healing in patients with paraquat poisoning.It can alleviate the suffering of patients,and is worthy of clinical application.

Chronic insomnia is a severe disease that seriously influence the human health,and about 10%-15% of the adults suffer from it.No definite conclusion has been made about its etiology up to now,possibly associated with heredity,hormone secretion and living habits.Insomnia not only decreases the patients' quality of life,but also adds burden to society,families and individuals.The diagnosis of chronic insomnia should be based on the patients' sleep history,medication history,psychiatric history and necessary examinations.International diagnosis criteria should be combined if possible.Presently the treatments for chronic insomnia mainly include the OTC medicine,prescription drugs,self-medication with alcoholic beverage,cognitive behavior therapy,melatonin and some traditional herbal therapies.Limited information is available presently about insomnia and a large amount of laboratory and clinical research need to be done to further understand and solve this public problem.

Objective To explore the effect of erythropoietin (EPO) on cognition and neuron apoptosis in CA1 region of hippocampus in vascular dementia (VaD) rats.Methods 54 Wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups:sham control group,VaD group,VaD+ EPO group (n=18,each).The bilateral common carotid arteries of Wistar rats were permanently ligated to establish VaD models.Spatial study and memory were observed by Y maze test at 4,8 and 12 weeks after operation.Neuron apoptosis in CA1 area of hippocampus was measured by terminal deoxynucleotidyl-transferase (TdT) mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling (TUNEL) method.The protein and mRNA expressions of Bcl 2 and Bax in CA1 region of hippocampus were detected by immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR at 4,8,12 weeks after operation.Results Compared with VaD group,the VaD+ EPO group had better performances including less error reaction times and shorter total reaction time in Y-maze (both P＜0.05) at 4,8,12 weeks after operation.The apoptotic neuronal cells in CA1 region of hippocampus was decreased in VaD+ EPO group than in VaD group at 4,8,12 weeks after operation [(10.50±±2.43) vs.(20.50±± 3.29),(23.92±±3.18) vs.(33.58±3.48) and (36.92±4.10) vs.(54.17±4.26),t=4.23,3.54,5.05,P=0.013,0.024,0.007,respectively].The Bcl-2-positive cells and Bcl-2 mRNA expression were increased,and the Baxpositive cells and Bax mRNA expression were decreased in VaD+ EPO group than in VaD group (all P ＜0.05).Conclusions Erythropoietin can improve cognitive function by inhibiting neuron apoptosis through regulation of Bcl-2 and Bax expression in CA1 region of hippocampus.

Objective To study the releasing properties and mechanism in vitro of the active ingredients of the gastric floating sustained-release tablet containning Zuojin Pellet extraction(ZJ-GFST).Methods The release rates of berberine,palmatine,evodiamine,and rutaecarpine from ZJ-GFST in vitro within 8 h were measured by using rotating basket method in Chinese Pharmacopeia.The cumulative curve of drug release data was fitted to zero order,first-order and Higuchi equation to ascertain the kinetic modeling of drug release.Release mechanism was ascertained using Peppas equation.Results The similar factors of the cumulative release curve of all the four ingredients mutually compared were more than 80%,indicating that the release of the four ingredients were similar.The cumulative release rate of all the four ingredients fitted Higuchi equation.The value of slopes of Peppas models of all the four ingredients were more than 0.45,indicating that drug released by concurrent action of diffusion and matrix erode(non-fickian diffusion).Conclusion The releasing properties in vitro of the active ingredients of ZJ-GFST is consistent.

Objective To investigate the effect of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep deprivation on spatial memory and hippocampal cellular prion protein (PrPC) expression and to explore the underlying mechanism of cognitive impairment induced by sleep deprivation.Methods Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were sorted by weight,randomly divided into three groups:the cage control (CC) group,the tank control (TC) group,and the sleep deprivation (SD) group.Rats were deprived of REM sleep for 72 h using the modified multiple platform method.The Morris water maze task was used to assess hippocampal-dependent spatial memory.After sleep deprivation,the rats were sacrificed and their brain tissue was analyzed for PrPC protein expression via Western blotting.Hippocampal neuron axon elongation was examined as well after lentivector-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) of PrPC in primary cultured rat hippocampal neurons.Results REM sleep deprivation for 72 h resulted in spatial memory impairment.The number of times of rats passing through the platform was decreased significantly in the SD group (3.17 ±0.95) compared with the CC (7.17 ±0.95) and TC (6.50 ±0.62) groups (Z =2.026 6,Z =2.026 6,P ＜0.05),the mean value of proximity to the platform (mm) was greater for rats of the SD group (711.74 ± 33.99) compared to those of theCC (592.32±31.31) andTC (580.86±11.36) groups (Z=-2.001 6,Z=-2.4820,P ＜ 0.05).REM sleep deprivation for 72 h resulted in reduced PrPC level in the hippocampus (0.33 ± 0.10) compared with the CC (1.01 ±0.33) and TC (0.96 ±0.27) groups (Z=2.152 9,Z=2.152 9,P ＜ 0.05).In primary cultured hippocampal neurons,axon elongation(μm) was inhibited 7 days in infected neurons (326.28 ± 12.53) compared with normal (555.00 ±30.43) or negative control (558.70 ±23.10) cells (Z =4.768 4,Z =4.877 0,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion These findings suggest that PrPC-mediated hippocampal neuron axon elongation inhibition is probably involved in spatial memory impairment induced by sleep deprivation in rats.

Objective To study the protective effect of δ-opioid receptor agonist DADLE Oil hypoxia-in-duced injury of rat cortical neuronfl.Method Cortical neuron,q cultured for 8,lays were assessed by MAP2 im-munofluorescenee and randonly divided into hypoxia group(n=6),and DADLE preconditioning plus hypoxia group(n=6),normoxia group(n=6),and DADLE preconditioning plus normoxia group(n=6).The cells in hyoo O'oup Were cultured in a hyooxic incubator containing I%02,5%c02,and 94%N2 at 37℃.The cens in DADLE preconditioning groups Wel'preconditioned with 10 ttmol/L DADLE before culture.The cells in normoxia group were cultured in an incubator COntaining95%air and 5%c02 at 37℃.The survival rate ofneu.rOllS cultured for 72 hours was analyzed with hochest-33258 staining,and lactate dehydrogenase(LDH)release Wills detected.Glucose in the culture medium was detected to assess glucose/energy metabolism.The data of LDH re.1ease and ducose level were analyzed by A.NOVA.and cell survival rates wG:qanalyzed by Chi-square Tests.Re.vtats When cortical neurons were cultured for 8 davs,95%the cells were cortical neurous as assayed by MAP2 immunofluorescence·Cell survival rate was significantly higher in DADLE preconditioning Cus hypoxia group than in hypoxia group[(71.88±1.77)%vs.(43.58±3.07)%(P<0.05)].LDH release was significantly lower in DADLE preconditioning plus hypoxh group than in hypoxgroup[(3824.27±294.86)vs.(4516.59±605.02),P<0.05].Glucose level in the culture medium was significantly higher in DADLE preconditioning plus hypoxia group than in hypoxia group[(11.92-4-2.05)mmol/L vs.(9.88±0.71)mmol/L,P<0.051.Conclusions 6-opioid receptor agonist DADLE Can protect rat cortical neurons from hypoxia injury, which might be the mechanism of reducing glucose/energy metabolism in cortical neurons during the period of hypoxia.

Objective To explore the mechanism of protective effect of Rhodioloside in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rats and its relevance to phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases ( PI3-K)/protein serine-threonine kinases ( AKT) signaling pathway .Methods Forty eight Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups: sham-operation group , ischemia-reperfusion group , and Rhodiolo-side treatment groups (5 and 10 mg/kg).The model of right middle cerebral artery occlusion was established with thread ligation meth -od.The score of the neurological deficit was estimated 2 h followed by 24 h reperfusion.Histopathological changes were observed by hematoxylin-eosin(HE) staining.The infarct volume was measured with triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining.Apoptotic cells were assessed with terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) method.The expressions of PI3-K and p-AKT were evaluated with immunohistochemistry .Results The score of the neurological deficit was decreased more ob-viously, the number of apoptotic were decreased more significantly , the expressions of PI3-K and p-AKT were increased more signifi-cantly in the Rhodioloside treatment groups (5 and 10 mg/kg) than in the ischemia-reperfusion group ( P <0.05).The score of the neurological deficit was decreased , the number of apoptotic was decreased , and the expressions of PI 3-K and p-AKT were increased in the Rhodioloside treatment group (10 mg/kg) than the Rhodioloside treatment group (5 mg/kg) ( P <0.05).Conclusions The protective mechanism of Rhodioloside therapy against cerebral ischemia r-eperfusion injury might be associated with activating the PI 3-K/AKT signaling pathway and then inhibiting neuronal apoptosis .