Background and Purpose—We tested the effect of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) on neuronal remodeling of the corticospinal tract originating from the contralesional cortex in mice subjected to unilateral pyramidotomy (PT) followed by middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Methods—Adult mice with transgenic yellow fluorescent protein labeling in the corticospinal tract were subjected to righ...

BACKGROUND Consumption of n-3 fatty acids reduces the incidence of cardiovascular mortality in populations that consume diets rich in fish oil. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is an n-3 fatty acid known to reduce the frequency of nonfatal coronary events; however, the frequency of mortality after myocardial infarction (MI) is not reduced. The aims of this study were to determine whether long-term a...

We investigated four commercially available liquid scintillators as to overall counting efficiency and quenching effect of added phosphate-buffered isotonic saline. They differed significantly in these respects. Evidently, characteristics of the scintillator used in radioimmunoassays where beta-particle emitters are counted should be carefully examined if results are to be optimal.

Int J Vaccines Vaccin 2016, 3(2): 00060 Abbreviations: FMDV: Foot and Mouth Disease Virus; BHK: Baby Hamster Kidney; CPE: Cytopathic Effects; ELISA: Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay; FMD: Foot and Mouth Disease; CFT: Complement Fixation Test, VNT: Virus Neutralization Test; PBS: Phosphate Buffered Saline; IF: Infectious Fluids; OD: Optical Density; BA: Bacteriological Media; ELISA: Enzyme Link...

Experimental Details Materials Tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS, 99%), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, >95%), (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES), hydrochloric acid (HCl, assay 37%), absolute ethanol (EtOH, >99.9%), fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), 1-Ethyl-3(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (EDC), N-Hydroxysuccinimide (NHS), catalase (from Aspergillus niger), phosphate buffered saline...

ACSF: Artificial Cerebrospinal Fluid; ACh: Acetylcholine; nAChR: Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors; DAergic: Dopaminergic; VTA: Ventral Tegmental Area; SNc: Substantia nigra pars compacta; GABAergic: Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid-Ergic; Glu: Glutamate; Gly: Glycine; Bic: Bicuculline; CNS: Central Nervous System; PD: Parkinson’s Disease; PBS: Phosphate-Buffered Saline; TH: Tyrosine Hydroxylase; H-curr...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We tested the effect of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) on neuronal remodeling of the corticospinal tract originating from the contralesional cortex in mice subjected to unilateral pyramidotomy (PT) followed by middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). METHODS Adult mice with transgenic yellow fluorescent protein labeling in the corticospinal tract were subjected to ri...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Alternative use of molecular approaches is promising for improving nerve regeneration in surgical repair of neurotmesis. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of MR imaging in assessment of the enhanced nerve regeneration with toll-like receptor 4 signaling activation in surgical repair of neurotmesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-eight healthy rats in whic...

We have recently demonstrated that a single local injection of the avian pathogen Newcastle disease virus (NDV; strain 73-T) causes complete regression of human neuroblastoma xenografts in athymic mice (R. M. Lorence, K. W. Reichard, B. B. Katubig, H. M. Reyes, A. Phuangsab, B. R. Mitchell, C. J. Cascino, R. J. Walter, and M. E. Peeples. J. Natl. Cancer Inst., 86: 1228-1233, 1994). In this repo...