Equal volumes of blood from 4,112 blood cultures were inoculated into one Bactec Peds Plus bottle and one Roche Septi-Chek bottle. There were no significant differences in the recoveries of bloodstream pathogens. Initial detection occurred earlier with Bactec Peds Plus, while growth on solid media occurred earlier with Roche Septi-Chek.

Rapid eye movement sleep in males is characterized by penile erection along with EEG desynchronization, muscle atonia, ponto-geniculo-occipital waves, and rapid eye movements (REM). The central neural mechanisms regulating sleep related erections (SREs) are not known. Recently, the lateral preoptic area has been shown to contribute in sleep-related erectile mechanisms. The present study was con...

Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Aydin, Turkey Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Aydin, Turkey Baskent University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Ankara, Turkey Corresponding author: Abdullah Baris Akcan, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Depar...

The effect of stimulation of somatic afferents from muscle was investigated in 24 anesthetized dogs. The carotid sinuses were isolated and kept at constant pressure, the vagi were cut, and the left iliac artery was isolated and perfused at constant flow. Muscle afferents were stimulated by either inserting electrodes into the muscles of the right thigh or stimulating the central end of the righ...

Papadatos, C., Alexiou, D., Nicolopoulos, D., Mikropoulos, H., and Hadzigeorgiou, E. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 927. Congenital hypoplasia of depressor anguli oris muscle: a genetically determined condition? The frequency of hypoplasia of the depressor anguli oris muscle was 37 cases among 4 530 consecutive births (8 -2 %). Diagnosis was based on clinical and electromyographi...

As the fourth most abundant anion in the body, sulfate plays an essential role in numerous physiological processes. One key protein involved in transcellular transport of sulfate is the sodium-sulfate cotransporter NaSi-1, and previous studies suggest that vitamin D modulates sulfate homeostasis by regulating NaSi-1 expression. In the present study, we found that, in mice lacking the vitamin D ...

34 Understanding how animals control locomotion in different behaviors requires understanding 35 both the kinematics of leg movements and the neural activity underlying these movements. 36 Stick insect leg kinematics differ in forward and backward walking. Describing leg muscle 37 activity in these behaviors is a first step towards understanding the neuronal basis for these 38 differences. 39 4...

Asymmetric facial appearance may originate from abnormalities of facial musculature or facial innervation. Congenital absence or hypoplasia of facial muscles has not been known except for the depressor anguli oris muscle. Even, congenital unilateral hypoplasia of the orbicularis oris muscle cause of unilateral upper lip palsy has not been reported in the literature up to day. In this report, we...

In animals, electric field stimulation of carotid baroreceptors elicits a depressor response through sympathetic inhibition. We tested the hypothesis that the stimulation acutely reduces sympathetic vasomotor tone and blood pressure in patients with drug treatment–resistant arterial hypertension. Furthermore, we tested whether the stimulation impairs the physiological baroreflex regulation. We ...