A patient with pure alexia after occipital lobe and splenium infarction was investigated systematically in cognition and speech. It suggested that the damage of the route from orthographic processing to mental lexicon might cause reading disability, that meant the patient can not extract the phonological and semantic information from the mental lexicon. This patient presented some visual perception disorder, but the significance of visual perception still needs further research.

The studies of the pathogenesis of alexia in the west were based on the alphabetic writing system. Chinese is a meaningful writing system, which has its own characteristic of orthographic, semantic and phonological. In recent years, with the development of cognitive neuropsychology, the researchers have investigated the Chinese alexic patients, revealed the special clinical feature of Chinese alexia, and discussed the pathogenesis of it. This article would review the advance of Chinese alexia.

Objective To research the functional role of thyroidal motilin and the effects of electric excitation of the paraventricular nuclei(PVN) on gastric motility and the levels of motilin in thyroid and plasma.Methods The expression of motilin in rat and human thyroid was detected by immunofluorescence staining.A phase Ⅲ-like contraction was recorded before and after thyroidectomy and after PVN excitation.The changes in concentrations of plasma FT3,FT4 and motilin were determined via radioimmunoassay (RIA).c-Fos expression of PVN after thyroidectomy and motilin expression in thyroid after PVN excitation were observed by immunohistochemical staining.Results There were motilin immunoreactive cells in rat and human thyroid.The phase Ⅲ-like contraction and concentration of motilin in plasma decreased significantly when measured on the second and fourth days after thyroidectomy(2d,P＜0.01 ;4d,P＜0.05).The expression of c-Fos in PVN after thyroidectomy was significantly increased(P＜0.05).An electric excitation of PVN could increase the concentration of motilin in plasma and thyroid and increase corresponding gastric motility in rats (P ＜0.05).The increased phase Ⅲ-like contraction by PVN excitation could be partially inhibited by administration of motilin receptor antagonist,GM-109 (P＜0.05).Excitation of PVN in thyroidectomized rats resulted in lower plasma motilin and less intense phase Ⅲ-like contraction of stomach,as compared with the sham operated control group(P＜0.05).Conclusion Motilin from the thyroid may be secreted into the peripheral plasma to affect gastric motility and PVN may modulate gastric motility and motilin expression in the thyroid.

Objective To explore the correlations between measurements of Doppler velocity waveform parameters of fetal main pulmonary artery and gestation age (GA) in normal fetus. Methods This is a cross-sectional study, in which totally 252 normal singleton fetuses between 23 and 40 weeks of gestation were divided into 10 groups. The following velocity waveform parameters were measured in the main trunk of fetal pulmonary artery by Doppler ultrasound: acceleration time(AT), ejection time(ET), acceleration time/ejection time(AT/ET), peak systolic velocity(PSV), end diastolic velocity(EDV), mean velocity(MV), pulsatility index(PI) and resistance index(RI). The normal reference values of Doppler velocity waveform parameters at various GA were established. A scatter diagram of each parameter against GA was plotted out. The optimal formula was selected out according to the correlation and regression analysis. Results Among 252 normal fetuses, satisfactory Doppler velocity waveform of fetal main pulmonary were achieved in 249 (98.8%, 249/252). Among these parameters, AT, AT/ET, PSV, EDV and MV increased with increasing GA(F=343.23, 96.012, 8.649, 2.158, 10.169, all P<0.05), while PI decreased slightly(F=2.346, P<0.05) and ET, RI had no signiifcant changing(F=0.883, 1.534, both P>0.05). Signiifcant and positive linear correlations were found between parameters of AT, AT/ET, PSV, EDV, MV and GA(r= 0.898, 0.868, 0.446, 0.203, 0.507, all P<0.01);while PI was inversely linear correlated with GA(r=-0.184, P<0.01) and ET, RI had no correlation with GA(r=-0.103, 0.011, both P>0.05). Conclusions The fetal main pulmonary artery could be a reliable sampling point to obtain pulmonary velocity waveform by Doppler ultrasound. Doppler velocity waveform parameters have correlations with GA in normal fetus;among which AT and AT/ET were the best.

Objective To explore the photographic parameter for CR image splicing of double total length lower extremities and the evaluation of clinical application. Methods The suitable X-ray exposure conditions for full-leg digital radiograph was chosen according to the application of FCR-5000 CR imaging system and the exposure conditions of CR in osseous system. Results Optimal tube voltage and milliamp-second of parameters for the full-length leg projection was acquired in terms of the distribution of spatial resolution under different parameters of exposure. Conclusion The exposure parameter of CR in full-leg image stitching should be based on the characteristics of CR imaging system and the results of experiment. It is important to choose the most appropriate exposure parameters to ensure image quality and reduce radiation dose on patients to provide veracious image data for clinical application with osteoarthritis of the knee.

Objective To observe the immediate effects of the sustained forced-blowing exercise (SFBE) on the phonation function in young healthy people. Methods 43 young healthy people were asked to pronounce a longest /a/ in a comfortable situation within one breath for 3 times before and after SFBE. The sound files were analyzed with computer sound analysis system, with the parameters of mean maximum phonation time (MMPT), mean frequency (MF) and mean sound pressure level (MSPL). Results The MMPT and MSPL increased (P< 0.01) after SFBE. There was no significant difference in the MF (P>0.05) before and after SFBE. Conclusion The SFBE can improve the MPT and MSPL of the healthy people obviously, without affections on the MF.

Objective To compare radiation doses to patients between rotational angiography and standard angiography.Methods According to different modes,our experiment was divided into RA (Dual-axis Rotational Angiography) group and SA (Standard Angiography) group.The latter was divided into 3 subgroups (SA1,SA2 and SA3) in terms of different time of cine.The procedure time and the position were controlled by the order preset into the machine.Each group consisted of 10 repeated operations with a unique phantom to simulate the true patients.The radiation doses were measured by using dose meter provided by the machine and TLD system; the means of the data were compared.Results The mean of total accumulated DAP and AK in group RA were 3 061.6 mGy·cm2 and 64.2 mGy,respectively,compared with group SA1 (4 213.9 mGy·cm2 and 85.5 mGy),SA2 (6 436.0 mGy·cm2 and 112.2 mGy),SA3 (12 810.4 mGy·cm2 and 243.7 mGy).The mean of accumulated dose in group RA was 37.70 mGy,higher than group SA1 (26.56 mGy) but lower than group SA2 (46.86 mGy) and SA3 (77.79 mGy).The gap between highest dose and lowest dose in RA group was insignificant whereas significant in the subgroups of SA.Conclusions In comparison with conventional angiography,the dual-axis rotational angiography has the potential to reduce radiation exposure of patients significantly so as to prevent skin radiation injures.

Objective To evaluate the development of cerebral sulci and gyrus in fetuses with conotruncal defect(CTD) at the second and third trimester by ultrasound,and to improve clinician′s understanding of the cerebral cortical development in fetuses with CTD.Methods The study was conducted at Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medicial University from December 2015 to January 2017,enrolled 180 women with single fetus,among whom 60 fetuses with CTD and gestational age between 20 weeks to 33+6 weeks were diagnosed by echocardiographic examination.CTD included persistent truncus arteriosous,tetralogy of fallot,transpofition of the great arteries and double outlet of right ventricle.Evaluation indexes of cerebral sulci and gyrus included depth and angle of parietooccipital sulcus,width and depth of sylvian fissure,uncovered width of insular,uncovered insular ratio,depth of calcarine sulcus,head circumference;evaluation indexes of hemodynamics included umbilical artery resistance index,umbilical artery pulsation index,middle cerebral artery resistance index,middle cerebral artery pulsation index,the cerebral-to-placental resistance ratio and the cerebroplacental pulsation ratio.Above indexes were measured for statistical analysis.Results At the whole gestational age in the study,depth of parietooccipital sulcus and width of sylvian fissure in CTD fetuses were smaller than those in the control group,uncovered insular ratio was larger than that in the normal group(P<0.05);middle cerebral artery resistance index,middle cerebral artery pulsation index and the cerebroplacental pulsation ratio in CTD fetuses were lower than those of the control group (P<0.05).Conclusions The change of hemodynamics in fetuses with CTD may be one of the reasons that fetuses with CTD have cerebral cortical hypoevolutism.

Objective: To observe curative effect of radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) and changes of cardiac function and left atrial diameter after operation in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods: A total of 28 AF patients with obvious clinical symptoms and without effective for drug therapy received RFCA in our hospital, their data were retrospectively analyzed. They received RFCA under guidance of three dimensional electro-anatomic mapping (EAM) system. Changes of cardiac function and left atrial diameter were evaluated by echocardiography and curative effect was evaluated by ambulary blood pressure monitoring before, three and six months after operation. Results: Pulmonary vein isolation rate was 100% in all patients. No severe complication occurred during or after operation. After six-month follow-up, 27 cases（96.4%）did not recur AF among the 28 patients; Compared with before operation, there were significant decrease in left atrial diameter [(37.3±4.8) mm vs. (33.6±4.5) mm] and significant increase in left ventricular ejection fraction [(59.8±8.7) % vs. (64.2±6.8) %] by echocardiography, P<0.05 both. Conclusion: Radiofrequency catheter ablation is safe and effective in treatment of atrial fibrillation, and there are significant improvements in cardiac function and left atrial diameter.

Cardiovascular System ; Heart