structure circulation and neuroanatomy

... one a subunit and the c ⁄ e subunits and the other between the second a subunit and the d subunit [4] The c ⁄ e and d subunits play a major role in shaping the ligand-binding sites and also in ... acetylcholine-binding proteins and the b ECD have similar structures and that the secondary structures of a non-a ECD (b) and the a ECD resemble one another, being largely composed of b -structure Thirdly, ... and the b ECDs might be attributed to the primary structure of the protein: in addition to the ‘standard’ cysteine pair (residues 128 and 142) [27], present in all AChR subunit ECDs, both c and...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 10:20

... muscle belly of the right FCR and ECR muscles EMG signals were amplified (x1000) at the site and band-pass filtered between 20 and 400 Hz The signals were collected and digitized at a frequency ... electrodes and goniometer positioned as described above, the optimal site for stimulation and RMT were determined The experimental design was structured in phases: baseline, training, and post-training ... participated in the design of the study and helped to draft the manuscript, GT, APL and HIK helped to draft the manuscript and contributed to the revision All authors read and approved the final manuscript...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... gross retraction of the tendon into the pelvis, and low demand of our patient, he was treated by physiotherapy and gait training At four years follow-up and almost 10 years after his THA, he still ... tissues, osteolysis and particle disease [13,14] Axial MR provide the most useful images for diagnosis and in acute cases will show proximal muscle swelling and edema, thickening and Figure An axial ... RM conducted the literature review and analysed the gathered reports for the described case AVM, DK and RM composed and wrote the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... conceived the idea and co-wrote the paper; KO and IE writing and aided in the editing of the manuscript; OP colleted the references and analyzed them and KA design the manuscript and edited the manuscript ... and edited the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Author Details Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey Received: ... Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2010, 5:35 http://www.josr-online.com/content/5/1/35 Consent Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and accompanying...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... decreased and painful range of motion in neck and shoulder(s); (3) tenderness to palpation along the horizontal portion of the upper trapezius muscle; and (4) greater than 50% of reduction of pain and ... treatment may provide lasting relief Continued research using randomized and controlled study designs will further advance the understanding and extrapolability of the present findings No of patients ... 3Arizona Center for Hand Surgery, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 4Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, Portland, OR, USA and 5Department of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... St Gallen, Switzerland, and Schweizer Paraplegiker Zentrum SPZ, Nottwil, Switzerland for providing X-ray and computer-tomography images, as well as PD Dr med Markus Weber and Dr med Reto Baldinger, ... Zurich, Switzerland), the patient was free of pain and continued training Four months after the operation the radiological examination was repeated (see Figure 1Panel C and D) and the nail was ... Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2011, 6:7 http://www.jbppni.com/content/6/1/7 Page of Figure X-Ray and 3D reconstruction of the clavicle before and after operation Panels A-D show pre and post...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... (Covidien, Dublin, Ireland) and the head was further oversewn with interrupted 4-0 Maxon sutures (Figure 1B) The body and tail of the pancreas were mobilized away from the mesenteric and splenic vein ... intraoperative findings and arranged the details of the figures All authors reviewed the manuscript, made several contributions to amend and improve the case presentation, and read and approved the ... the jejunum and this resulted in “sandwiching” of the pancreas within the jejunal wall Finally, the lesser sac was drained by three 30-French Robinson drains (Smith Medical Deutschland GmbH, Grasbrunn,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... of movement revealed dorsiflexion of 40° and plantarflexion 30° bilaterally The patient’s American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Score (AOFAS) for foot and ankle disorders for her hind foot had ... bilateral Achilles tendon ruptures two, three and six days after initial treatment with fluoroquinolones and bilateral Achilles tendinitis one, two, and three days after initial treatment with ... tendinous extension of three muscles in the lower leg: the gastrocnemius, the soleus and the plantaris It is the thickest and strongest tendon in the body It is inserted into the middle part of the posterior...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... muscles and connective tissue After micro-trauma, the blood supply to the tendon diminishes because of the infiltration of mononuclear cells and thrombosis of the micro -circulation, and thus ... erythematosus (SLE), primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism, gout, tuberculosis, vasculitis, and steroid injections to the tendons [3,4] Few cases of simultaneous quadriceps tendon and contralateral ... Clin Orthop Relat Res 1993, 289:205-207 13 McMaster PE: Tendon and muscle ruptures: clinical and experimental studies on the causes and location of subcutaneous ruptures J Bone Joint Surg 1933,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... and she remained on continuous oral erythromycin, aspirin and LMWH At 24+4 weeks gestation, the woman self-referred with a history of unprovoked vaginal bleeding She was given dexamethasone and ... 25+6 weeks gestation, maternal clinical and laboratory signs of infection remained absent, and ultrasound scan at 28 weeks showed normal growth of the fetus and an amniotic fluid index of 8.4 cm ... anaesthetic She made a good postoperative recovery and was discharged after days The baby boy was born with Apgar scores of 61 and 105 minutes and weighed 1830 g (50th percentile) He required some...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:21

... and radiological presentation led to a wrong diagnosis, and the management involving restricted oral intake and jejunal feeding proved unnecessary Eventually, the correct diagnosis was made and ... condition with prolonged jejunal feeding and antibiotics After weeks on this regime, the inflammation resolved completely and the patient was allowed oral feeding and discharged home However, days after ... consolidation and confirmed the presence of a pleural effusion (Figures and 2) A gastrografin swallow study showed a small irregularity of the lateral pharyngeal wall but not definitive contrast leak, and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 19:21

... loss, how much you need, and what else you should (and shouldn’t) drink Chapter 14: The BFFM eating plan: How to design your own effective and result producing meals and menus Chapter 15: Supplements: ... who are male and over 40 or female and over 50 to have both a physical exam and a diagnostic exercise test prior to starting a vigorous exercise program A diagnostic exercise test and physical ... gimmicks and to educate you in the process of losing fat In other words, my goal is to turn you into a “fat loss expert”… to teach you the reasons why and help you to understand the process and to...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:22

... mass markers of 97, 66, 45, 31, 21 and 14 kDa Lanes and 3, G157D Lanes and 5, G376E Lanes 6, and 8, wild-type Fig Thermal denaturation of wild-type enolase and its variants, as monitored by the ... procedure of Shen and Westhead [28] with minor modifications [29]; or (b) PGA was synthesized enzymatically from ATP and glyceric acid [30] PhAH was synthesized according to Anderson and Cleland [14] The ... wild-type enolase (Fig 2A) Quaternary structure and Kd value for dissociation Fig Yeast enolase (1one.pdb) The product, phosphoenolpyruvate, and glycines 157 and 376 are space-filled 98 Analytical...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 06:20

... cytoplasm and associated with glycogen In contrast, when the cells were maintained in a glucose-free medium, the chimeric protein was concentrated in the nucleus and formed spherical structures ... enzyme and we address the molecular mechanisms and determinants involved in its nucleocytoplasmic translocation E Cid et al 250 160 A B 105 75 50 C Results MGS is translocated between the nucleus and ... the nucleus and cytoplasm when transiently overexpressed in C2C12, COS-1 cells and primary cultured rat hepatocytes [9,10] Here we have used primary cultured cells from human muscle and the MGS3...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 22:20

... not shown) On the other hand, the relative intensity of ¯uorescence decreased slowly at 200 MPa and rapidly at 300 MPa (the protein was held at these constant pressures) and, in this instance, ... intensity of F-actin, acto-HMM complex and HMM with and without Mg2+-NaPPi as pressure was elevated from 0.1 to 400 MPa 1, F-actin alone (10 lM) with mM MgCl2 and mM NaPPi (dotted line); 2, acto-HMM ... (actin/ HMM ratio : 1) with mM MgCl2 and mM NaPPi; 4, acto-HMM complex (actin/HMM ratio 10 : 1) with mM MgCl2 and mM NaPPi; 5, HMM alone (10 lM) with mM MgCl2 and mM NaPPi (dotted line) The other...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 00:21

... cleavage and the positions of the three imperfect cleavage sequences identified in CARP are shown at the bottom The truncated constructs (DNter1-4 and NterCARP) are shown below the CARP structure and ... three transcription factors, YB-1, PML and p53, and enhances the up-regulation of the p21(WAFI ⁄ CIPI) promoter by p53 [17] and (b) CARP can bind to DNA [19] and is a negative regulator of the transcription ... fate-governing pathways Materials and methods Plasmid constructions and antibodies The sequences encoding full-length DNter1-4 and Nter CARP were amplified by PCR on a random primed cDNA library obtained...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 21:20

... the mammalian genome, two isoforms of the a-subunit (a1 and a2) and the b-subunit (b1 and b2), and three isoforms of the c-subunit (c1, c2 and c3), are present, with 12 possible heterotrimeric ... R454G and R225Q ⁄ R454G substitutions in c3, which occur at the positions corresponding to R225Q and R307G, in the CBS2 and CBS4 domains (Fig 2) All complexes were expressed in E coli and purified ... Mitchelhill KI, Nicholl JK, Fernandez CS, Michell BJ, Witters LA, Power DA, Sutherland GR & Kemp BE (1997) AMP-activated protein kinase isoenzyme family: subunit structure and chromosomal location FEBS...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 08:20

... the study and collected the clinical data of patients, EL performed western blot analysis, CA and LV performed clinical analysis and sample collection, GN and AB coordinated the study and participated ... muscle development [11] miR-1 and miR-133 are expressed in cardiac and skeletal muscle and are transcriptionally regulated by the myogenic differentiation factors and serum response factor (SRF) ... each band, we found a high variability in the Utrophin level both in controls and DM1 Figure Western blot analysis showing the Utrophin and α-Tubulin protein expression levels in DM1 patients and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... relationship between handle torque (input) and resulting angular deviation (output) yields the mechanical behaviour of the subject attached and comprises intrinsic muscle resistance and reflex mediated ... Narrow Bandwidth perturbations (NB) between a fixed bottom frequency of 1.4 and a variable upper frequency of 3.1, 4.3, 6.7, 9.1,11.6 and 16.5 Hz respectively The loading characteristics Ie, be and ... perturbation frequency bandPage of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2009, 6:29 width (experiment 2) Both viscous load and frequency bandwidth were...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20