BACKGROUND The pathophysiological nature of Sydenham chorea (SC) has been presumed to be an autoimmune-mediated inflammatory process. Positron emission tomography in SC has revealed a striatal hypermetabolism that might explain the transient neuronal dysfunction. However, any focal hyperperfusion in the striatum or its related structures has not been demonstrated in previous single photon emiss...

BACKGROUND Depressive symptoms of varying severity are prevalent in up to 63% of Alzheimer disease (AD) patients and often result in greater cognitive decline and increased caregiver burden. The current study aimed to determine the neural correlates of depressive symptoms in a sample of AD patients. METHODS Using the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia, we assessed 56 patients who met cr...

A chemoenzymatic approach for the synthesis of ?-N-heterocyclic ethyl- and phenylacetamides, levetiracetam analogs, is described. Eight nitrile substrates were prepared through N-alkylation heterocycles (2-pyrrolidinone, 2-piperidinone, 2-oxopiperazine 1-methylpiperazine) directly from hydroxyl group ethyl phenyl ?-hydroxynitriles with yield 35?71% after 12 h. Twenty hydratases (NHases) screene...

Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are one of the very important nano-carriers for drug delivery, due to their many advantageous features, such as the ease and low-cost of preparation, low cytotoxicity, good biocompatibility, protection for the intercalated drugs, and the capacity to facilitate the uptake of the loaded drug in the cells. In our previous studies, Mössbauer spectroscopy was applied...

The five-membed ring of the title compound, C(11)H(13)NO, that is fused with the aromatic ring is approximately planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.037 Å) despite the presence of the sp(3)-hybrid-ized ethyl-ene linkage. The hy-droxy group of the N-bound hy-droxy-ethyl chain serves as hydrogen-bond donor to the azomethine N atom of an adjacent mol-ecule, generating a hydrogen-bonded C(2)-symmetric dimer.

To measure regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) by blood sampling using 99mTc-ECD we devised a method of measuring the radioactive concentration in arterial blood sample with a gamma camera. In this method the head and a blood sample are placed within the same visual field to record the SPECT data of both specimens simultaneously. The results of an evaluation of the counting rate performance, ap...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To detect areas of cerebral perfusion from bypass arteries after vascular reconstruction, we administered selective intraarterial microsphere tracer into the external carotid arteries and determined (via single-photon emission computed tomography [IA-SPECT]) whether the distribution of radiotracer matched the arteriographic distribution of contrast material as shown on ex...

The title compound, C(12)H(14)O(6)S, is a dicarboxylic acid diethyl ester of 3,4-ethyl-enedioxy-thio-phene, which is a component of electrically conductive poly(3,4-ethyl-enedioxy-thio-phene) (PEDOT). The ethyl-ene group is disordered over two sites with occupancy factors 0.64 and 0.36. Both the carbonyl groups are coplanar with the thio-phene ring. The mol-ecules form centrosymmetric dimers wi...