Recent studies suggest that glial cells play an impor-tant role in nervous system. Like astrocytes in the central nervous system,satellite glial cells( SGCs) also participate in the physio-logical and pathological processes of the peripheral nervous sys-tem. SGCs affect neuronal functions through neuro-glial interac-tions. In this review,we summarize the current understanding of how SGCs affect the function of neurons.

Objective To explore the difference of sleep quality and the influencing factors in ketamine dependent subjects and methamphetamine dependent subjects.Methods 60 ketamine dependent subjects and 60 methamphetamine dependent subjects with Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI),self-rating depression scale (SDS),self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) were tested.Results Methamphetamine dependent subjects was significantly more likely to elicit poor sleep quality than ketamine dependent subjects (P =0.022).The sleep quality of ketamine dependent subjects had a positive correlation with anxiety(P =0.015),depression(P =0.038),the onset age (P =0.029),and the dose of ketamine use in the last three months (P =0.048),while the sleep quality of methamphetamine dependent subjects had a positive correlation with the total time of ketamine use (P =0.038),anxiety (P =0.041),the dose of ketamine use in the last three months (P =0.011).Conclusion Methamphetamine dependent subjects are prone to a more serious poor sleep quality than ketamine dependent subjects.

Objective:To explore the effects of on-site management model based on 5M1E in high-risk patients with chest pain coming to hospital by themselves.Methods:Totally 263 high-risk patients with chest pain who went to Beijing Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University by themselves from July 2017 to October 2018 were selected. Patients who received routine management from July 2017 to February 2018 ( n=128) were included into the routine management group, while patients who received on-site management based on 5M1E from March to October 2018 ( n=135) were included into the on-site management group. The arrival time at the emergency department gate (D) -first ECG time, D-blood collection time, blood collection time-chest pain biomarker result time, D-time of leaving emergency department for patients entering the catheterization room, D-balloon expansion time (D2B) for patients undergoing interventional therapy, and the treatment time of emergency patients with chest patients of the two groups of patients were recorded and compared. Results:The difference in D-first ECG time, D-blood collection time, blood collection time-chest pain biomarker result time, and D-time of leaving emergency department between the two groups of patients was statistically significant ( P<0.05) , whereas there was no statistically significant difference in D2B between the two groups ( P>0.05) . Conclusions:The on-site management model based on 5M1E can effectively shorten the time for consultation and treatment of high-risk patients with chest pain who come to the hospital by themselves, which is worth promoting in clinical practice.

Congenital hydrocephalus is a major neurological disorder with high rates of morbidity and mortality; however, the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. Reproducible animal models mirroring both embryonic and postnatal hydrocephalus are also limited. Here, we describe a new mouse model of congenital hydrocephalus through knockout of β-catenin in Nkx2.1-expressing regional neural progenitors. Progressive ventriculomegaly and an enlarged brain were consistently observed in knockout mice from embryonic day 12.5 through to adulthood. Transcriptome profiling revealed severe dysfunctions in progenitor maintenance in the ventricular zone and therefore in cilium biogenesis after β-catenin knockout. Histological analyses also revealed an aberrant neuronal layout in both the ventral and dorsal telencephalon in hydrocephalic mice at both embryonic and postnatal stages. Thus, knockout of β-catenin in regional neural progenitors leads to congenital hydrocephalus and provides a reproducible animal model for studying pathological changes and developing therapeutic interventions for this devastating disease.
Animals ; Disease Models, Animal ; Hydrocephalus/genetics* ; Mice ; Mice, Knockout ; Neurons ; beta Catenin/genetics*