BACKGROUND Studies suggest that antipsychotic-induced weight gain is not a great concern in the elderly population. This study investigated the weight change in elderly patients with various treatment duration and antipsychotics. Part 1 of the study was to determine whether atypical antipsychotics induced weight change in elderly patients. Part 2 was to determine whether certain atypical antips...

Two experiments were conducted to examine the effects of prenatal stunting on skeletal muscle and adipose tissue cellularity in swine at 96 and 109 kg live weight. Animals used in Exp. 1 were large (1.56 kg average birth weight) and runt (.97 kg) littermate pigs and pigs with very low birth weight (.79 kg). The pigs with very low birth weight were half sibs to the large and runt littermates. Pi...

Ninety-three crossbred steer calves (BW+/-SD=385+/-50 kg) were used (n=48 steers in yr 1, n=45 steers in yr 2) to examine the relationship among carcass traits, lean, bone, and fat proportions, visceral tissue weights, and pancreatic digestive enzyme activity with DMI, ADG, G:F, and residual feed intake. Calves were progeny from crossbred dams predominantly of Angus and Simmental breeding and w...

Objective: To pilot-test a school mental health program for Latino immigrant students who have been exposed to community violence. Method: In this quasi-experimental study conducted from January through June 2000, 198 students in third through eighth grade with trauma-related depression and/or posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms were compared after receiving an intervention or being on a wai...

1. The rate of utilization (k) of labelled thyroxine increased when energy intake, given as standard pig meal, was doubled from 20 to 40 g/kg body-weight per d. When the bulk of food was increased, but not its energy content, the value of k did not change. Ambient temperature was constant throughout the experiment. 2. Groups of pigs were given pig meal at 20 g/kg body-weight, 40 g/kg body-weigh...

Authors’ Affi liations: 1 Divisions of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, and 2 Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan Corresponding Author: Jun-Lin Guan, University of Michigan Medical School, 3027 BSRB, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Phone: 734-615-4936; Fax: 734-763-1166; E-mail: jl...