It has recently been proposed that in rat models of genetic hypertension, supplemental dietary potassium preserves release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor independently of its capacity to either attenuate hypertension or increase plasma potassium. To test this hypothesis in Dahl salt-sensitive rats given sodium chloride (4%) for 3 weeks, we supplemented dietary potassium (2.1%) with eith...

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Once the patient's cardiac state has been stabilised gastric lavage should be undertaken and calcium polystyrene sulphonate-for example, Calcium Resoriium 60 g-left in the stomach to reduce further potassium absorption. 1 g of Calcium Resonium can absorb about 1-3 mmol of potassium. Whole-gut lavage4 may also be helpful because slow-release tablets liberate potassium over three hours or longer,...

The current gold standard of care for mandibular segmental defeat reconstruction is the use of Ti-6Al-4V immobilization hardware and fibular double barrel graft. This method is often successful immediately at restoring mandible function, however the highly stiff fixation hardware causes stress shielding of the grafted bone and stress concentration in the fixation device over time which can lead...

FMRP is an RNA-binding protein that negatively regulates translation and which is lost in fragile X syndrome. In this issue of Neuron, Deng et al. (2013) demonstrate a novel translation-independent function for FMRP as a regulator of presynaptic BK channels that modulate the dynamics of neurotransmitter release.

Amoxicillin (α-amino-p-hydroxybenzyl-penicillin) is a semi-synthetic, orally absorbed and widely prescribed β-lactam antibiotic. It is now widely used for eradication of gastric Helicobacter pylori infection combined with a second antibiotic and an acid‐suppressing agent despite its short elimination half-life of one hour. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate amoxicillin loaded...

The effect of potassium supply of Vicia faba on the fixation of molecular nitrogen by root nodules was studied by using (15)N-labeled molecular nitrogen. Plants well supplied with potassium showed higher contents of (15)N in the soluble amino fraction and in the protein fraction of various plant organs as compared with plants of a lower potassium status. This effect was evident particularly in ...

Tissue from 73 chick embryos incubated for periods between 1 and 13 days has been studied. Before fixation each specimen was staged according to the normal table of Hamburger & Hamilton (1951). The tissue was fixed either in osmium tetroxide, or in potassium permanganate (Luft, 1956). In either case the pH was buffered to 7-4 with sodium veronal (Palade, 1952) and fixation was at 0° C. In the e...