Neuron is the basic unit of the biological neural system. The Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) model is one of the most realistic neuron models on the electrophysiological characteristic description of neuron. Hardware implementation of neuron could provide new research ideas to clinical treatment of spinal cord injury, bionics and artificial intelligence. Based on the HH model neuron and the DSP Builder technology, in the present study, a single HH model neuron hardware implementation was completed in Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The neuron implemented in FPGA was stimulated by different types of current, the action potential response characteristics were analyzed, and the correlation coefficient between numerical simulation result and hardware implementation result were calculated. The results showed that neuronal action potential response of FPGA was highly consistent with numerical simulation result. This work lays the foundation for hardware implementation of neural network.
Action Potentials ; Computer Simulation ; Humans ; Models, Neurological ; Neural Networks (Computer) ; Neurons ; cytology ; Synaptic Transmission

This study was aimed to optimize the extraction process of ginseng in Shen-Qi Bu-Qi (SQBQ) granules. The orthogonal experiment method was used to optimize the extraction process of ginseng adopting ethanol concentration, ethanol volume, extraction time and extraction times as factors. The content of ginsenoside Rg1, Re, Rb1 content in the extract was determined by HPLC. And the optimum extraction conditions were determined with indexes of three kinds of saponin yield. The results showed that the optimum extraction process of ginseng for SQBZ granules was that adding 6 times amount of 60% ethanol technology for medicinal materials, extract for 2 times, and 3 h for each time. It was concluded that the optimization of ginseng extraction process was stable, reasonable and feasible with high extraction rate.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the correlation of G487A polymorphism of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) gene with hypertension in patients with coronary heart disease complicated by type 2 diabetes.

METHODSThis study was conducted among 167 patients with coronary heart disease complicated by diabetes mellitus. The polymorphisms of gene G487A ALDH2 were determined using polymerase chain reaction-restricted fragments length polymorphism technique (PCR-RFLP). According to the genotypes, the patients were divided into GG group (n=105) and GA/AA group (n=62), and the incidence of hypertension, risk factors of hypertension, systolic and diastolic pressures, and pulse pressure indexes were compared between the two groups. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to adjust the effects of the confounding factors.

RESULTSThe incidence of hypertension in GA/AA group was significantly higher than that in GG group (P<0.05), and the former group showed a significantly greater differences between systolic and pulse pressure; the diastolic pressure was comparable between the two groups. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that GA/AA was associated with an increased risk of hypertension in synergy with high insulin level and insulin resistance.

CONCLUSIONALDH2 gene G487A polymorphism may be associated with hypertension in patients with coronary heart disease complicated by type 2 diabetes, and the patients with an A allele have a greater risk of developing hypertension.

Aged ; Alcohol Dehydrogenase ; genetics ; Coronary Disease ; complications ; genetics ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ; complications ; genetics ; Female ; Humans ; Hypertension ; etiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Risk Factors