Clinics
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To explore the molecular mechanism of neuropathologic damage induced by radiofrequency ablation at different temperatures. ⋯ There was a positive correlation between temperature caused by the radiofrequency stimulation to neuropathological damage. The mechanism is closely related to the expression of SCN9A, SCN3B, and NFASC protein in nerve tissue caused by heat transfer injury.
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Wound healing in weaning, adult, and old rats with provoked incisional hernias. A comparative study.
Incisional hernias are more frequent in adults than in children. It is hypothesized that a more efficient healing process in pediatric patients could explain this difference in incidence. Certain elements of healing such as neovascularization, degree of inflammation, percentage of mature and immature collagen, the proliferation of fibroblasts, and expression of certain genes could explain why healing in children is more efficient when compared to the adult and elderly populations. ⋯ These differences could explain the better healing and lower incidence of hernias in the pediatric population, although this aspect requires further studies.
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This study aimed to evaluate the associations between Lipoprotein (a) ‒ Lp(a) levels and carotid Intima-Media Thickness (cIMT) and with carotid plaques in healthy subjects because of previous contradictory data. ⋯ The data from the present study indicate that Lp(a) levels above 30 mg/dL contribute to the development of carotid plaques even in apparently healthy participants.
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The aim of this study was to estimate the percentage distribution of body composition parameters for healthy people at different ages from the assessment of electrical bioimpedance. ⋯ The study is the first to describe the Brazilian reference values for most clinical parameters of bioimpedance in percentiles stratified by different life cycles and sex. These findings can be very useful in clinical practice for health promotion and monitoring the nutritional status of the individual.
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Depression is common after both lacunar stroke and non-lacunar stroke and might be associated with lesion locations as proven by some studies. This study aimed to identify whether lesion location was critical for depression after both lacunar and non-lacunar strokes. ⋯ The main determinants for depression after lacunar and non-lacunar stroke were different. Lesion location was critical only for depression after non-lacunar stroke.