... hear, and to distinguish the ugly andthe beautiful, the bad andthe good, pleasant and unpleasant It is the brain too which is the seat of madness and delirium, ofthe fears and frights which assail ... disordersanddiseasesofthe brain, the advances in brain research provide hope in the form of their own understanding of what is going wrong and in the form of advances in novel therapies which ... volumes ofthe head and medial surface ofthe hippocampus andthe dorsal and ventral surfaces ofthe amygdala Volumes of these subregions declined with age in the GTS group but not in controls, so the...
... parts ofthe world the primary source of animal protein for humans is finfish The intensive culture of finfish has grown significantly since the 1980s partly because ofthe dramatic decline in the ... predators Ease of daily observation of stocks for better management and early detection and treatment of parasites anddiseases Reduces fish handling and mortalities Easy fish harvest Storage and transport ... and made up of synthetic netting of nylon or polythene fibres reinforced at the corners with polythene ropes The nets are kept stretched vertically with weights at the bottom ofthe cage or fastened...
... tubular horn ofthe wall and sole Disordersofthe corium lead to the production of defective white line cement, which predisposes to separation ofthe sole from the wall and allows entry of small ... ankylosis, and then continue a productive life Disordersofthe digital skin and heels Whereas hoof disorders arise from the corium and are largely managemental in origin, diseasesofthe interdigital ... between the rigid hoof wall andthe movement ofthe flexible heel during locomotion A variety of white line abscesses are seen, depending on both the initial site of penetration ofthe infection and...
... ofthe major publications in the field ofthe diagnosis and control of bovine conditions anddiseases In this edition captions have been added to the illustrations for easier orientation ofthe ... discomfort and pyrexia, with erythema and encrustation around the margins ofthe nostrils (3.3) and erythema ofthe teats (3.4), as in this Simmental cow The teats are very painful and may later ... Lesions are commonly seen over the head and neck (3.25), but they may occur on any part ofthe body They consist of circular areas of alopecia in which the skin is thickened and often markedly...
... coverage ofdisordersofthe auditory system emphasizing the interaction between pathologies ofthe middle ear andthe cochlea andthe function ofthe nervous systemand vice versa Hyperactive disorders ... understanding ofthe anatomy and function ofthe ear andthe auditory nervous system, and it discusses the cause and treatment of hearing disorders Most books on hearing focus either on the anatomy ... original work on the different subjects Understanding ofthe anatomy andthe function ofthe auditory system together with knowledge about thepathophysiologyofthe auditory system are essential...
... at the entrance ofthe ear canal compared with the sound pressure that is measured in the place ofthe head The effect ofthe head on the sound at the entrance ofthe ear canal is related to the ... ratio between the effective area ofthe tympanic membrane andthe area ofthe stapes footplate, but the lever ratio ofthe middle ear bones also contributes The ratio of areas ofthe BOX 2.2 SOUND ... remarkable in the light ofthe FIGURE 2.12 (A) Average displacements ofthe umbo, the head ofthe stapes andthe lenticular process ofthe incus (B) The lever ratio at 124 dB SPL at the tympanic...
... between the classical andthe non-classical auditory pathways While the ICC is a part ofthe classical ascending auditory systemthe ICX andthe DC are parts ofthe non-classical auditory systemThe ... in the ventral parts ofthe MGB ofthe thalamus, the nonclassical sensory pathways use the dorsal and medial division ofthe MGB as relay (Fig 5.10) [122] These divisions ofthe MGB receive their ... ofthe fourth ventricle (Fig 5.15B) [72] The other part ofthe olivocochlear system projects mainly to the contralateral cochlea andthe fibers of that system travel deeper in the brainstem The...
... The caudal portion ofthe floor ofthe lateral recess is the (dorsal) surface ofthe dorsal cochlear nucleus andthe rostral portion ofthe floor ofthe lateral recess is the dorsal surface of ... difference between the latency ofthe N1 ofthe AP and that ofthe response from the intracranial portion ofthe auditory nerve is the travel time in the auditory nerve from the ear to the recording ... the latency ofthe first peak in the dipole andthe length is the relative strength ofthe dipoles Note the short distance between the two first dipoles (peak I and II ofthe ABR) andthe third...
... and standard error ofthe mean are shown as a function ofthe intensity ofthe noise The TTS was measured 20 s after the end ofthe exposure In this study the noise exposure consisted of a band ... basis ofthe elevation ofthe hearing threshold in disordersofthe middle ear andthe cochlea but the effect on the function ofthe nervous system may affect speech discrimination Impairment of speech ... to formation of new bone Now, thecommon treatment of otosclerosis is replacement ofthe middle-ear bones by a prosthesis 212 Section III Disordersofthe Auditory Systemand Their Pathophysiology...
... Section III Disordersofthe Auditory Systemand Their Pathophysiology 7.1 Disordersofthe Brainstem Auditory Pathways Disorders that affect the brainstem nuclei ofthe auditory systemand which ... coherence ofthe nerve activity that reaches the cochlear nucleus The growth ofthe amplitude ofthe reflex response is reduced in 242 Section III Disordersofthe Auditory Systemand Their Pathophysiology ... increase the sensitivity and frequency selectivity ofthe ear (cf Chapter 3) The widening ofthe tuning ofthe basilar membrane broadens the “slices” ofthe spectrum of broad band sounds from which the...
... tinnitus and abnormal perception of sounds such as hyperacusis and phonophobia) are some ofthe most diverse and complex disordersofthe auditory systemand their causes are often obscure Often ... conceived the “vocoder” for 274 Section III Disordersofthe Auditory Systemand Their Pathophysiology spectral bands ofthe visual spectrum The three kinds of photo pigment that are present in the ... determined on the basis ofthe output of 16 band-pass filters The output ofthe six band-pass filters with the largest amplitudes is coded in the impulses that are applied to the electrodes in the cochlea...
... out of 44 variants andthe passive system from 14 out of 22 The entire active system is learnable once examples of each form of each verb and each modal have been seen, plus one example to fix the ... force the separate tre.atment of active versus passive forms Then if, say on considerations of frequency of occurrence, exceptions were externally handled andthe infrequent The auxiliary system ... inferential power andthe proper handling of exceptions For l-reversible inference, 45 ofthe verb sequences of length three or shorter will yield the remaining nine such strings and nonc longer...
... designed the study and provided statistical analysis; ESS coordinated the study and drafted the manuscripts References A possible explanation for these observations may be found in the details ofthe ... medial to the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) and cm cephalad toward a reference line connecting umbilicus and ASIS [5] The blunt portion ofthe needle permitted identification of fascia and served ... and internal oblique muscle layers This same technique was next used to deliver another ml of solution between the internal oblique and transversus abdominis muscles The second component of the...
... Photomicrograph ofthe anatomy (A-B) and histology (C-I) ofthereproductivesystemof male Polistes vesicolor A Reproductivesystem showing the testes (T), seminal vesicles (sv) and accessory glands (g) ... into the accessory gland (g) Note the difference between the epithelium ofthe deferent duct (dd), showing basal and spherical nuclei (arrow), andthe striated border (arrowhead) andthe epithelium ... reproductivesystemof Polistes vesicolor D-E Photomicrograph ofthe spermatozoa andofthe nucleus stained with DAPI, respectively A Longitudinal section from the region ofthe insertions ofthe deferent...
... head The Cap Phase The acrosomal vesicle grows and forms the head cap that covers the anterior two third ofthe nucleus The two centrioles assemble at the caudal pole ofthe nucleus, andthe distal ... etc.) These enzymes are involved in separating the cells ofthe corona radiata ofthe ovum andthe digestion ofthe zona pellucida around thefemale gamete before fertilization can take place The ... Most ofthe mitochondria gather around the axoneme ofthe flagellum in a helicoidal fashion This is the future middle piece ofthe spermatozoon The arrangement ofthe mitochondria around the flagellum...
... THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENDOCRINE DISEASESANDDISORDERSTHE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENDOCRINE DISEASESANDDISORDERS William Petit Jr., M.D Christine Adamec The Encyclopedia of Endocrine DiseasesandDisorders ... complicated than the most sophisticated computer, the endocrine glands andthe other systems ofthe body work together They sense and respond to the numerous minor and major changes in the person’s ... morning coffee xiv The Encyclopedia of Endocrine DiseasesandDisordersThe Endocrine Glands Affect Every Other System in the Body When Problems Occur with the Endocrine SystemThe endocrine glands...
... disease, the primary pathology is in the kidney [1], the major site of Gb3 synthesis in man [11], and in the heart, possibly due to the association of Gb3 synthesis with the microvasculature GSL synthesis ... v) per 100 lL of plasma and then partitioned against ⁄ volume of water The lower phase was dried under a stream of nitrogen gas and then the residue was dissolved in chloroform The sample was ... considered that the increased renal Gb3 ofthe Fabry mouse might extend to the glomerulus to provide a model ofthe human disease In the cortex of wild-type kidney, subpopulations of renal tubules...
... SDS/PAGE and in 2D PAGE (Figs and 2; Table 1) The N-terminal amino acid sequences (see above) allow the assignment ofthe HcA clone to the major sequence ofthe upper hemocyanin band in the SDS/PAGE ... regions andthe entire 3¢ untranslated regions The standard polyadenylation signals (AATAAA) andthe poly(A)-tails of different lengths are present in each clone The open reading frames ofthe five ... comparison ofthe patterns ofthe SDS, native and 2D electrophoresis, we assign HcA and HcB to the a and b polypeptides (that could not be separated in [14]), respectively, HcC to the c subunit, and...
... membranes in vivo [22] On the other hand, colocalization of VCP and PtdIns-4-kinase IIa on the buoyant subfraction of ER-derived membrane was observed [66] The ND of VCP, rather than the D1 or D2 domains, ... in the presence of excess phytic acids, since phytic acid is not a perfect mimic ofthe headgroup of PtdIns4P Although PEX1-ND is recruited to the liposomes in the presence of a large excess of ... recognition ofthe phosphate group The importance ofthe conserved arginine residue in the molecular recognition of phosphoinositides in other phospholipid-binding domains, such as FYVE [52] and PX...
... Evaluation, and Management ofthe Hypertensive Disordersof Pregnancy This guideline has been reviewed and approved by the Hypertension Guideline Committee and approved by the Executive and Council ofthe ... on the diagnosis, evaluation, and management ofthe hypertensive disordersof pregnancy The resulting guidelines, published in the CMAJ in 19974–6 and endorsed by the Society of Obstetricians and ... Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management ofthe Hypertensive Disordersof Pregnancy Table Key to evidence statements and grading of recommendations, using the ranking ofthe Canadian Task Force...