Question In adults with cognitive impairment or memory problems how effective is the MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) compared to the MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) in memory management / managing cognitive impairment? Evidence from six diagnostic test accuracy studies indicated that the MoCA is likely to perform as well as or better than the MMSE for the diagnosis of cognitive impair...

Tracheids, vessels and sieve tubes are found in the vascular tissue of the plant. • Tracheids and vessels are found in the xylem tissue and conduct water and dissolved mineral ions from the roots to the aerial parts of the plant. • Sieve tubes are found in the phloem tissue and conduct organic solutes, for example, sugars and amino acids, up and down the plant, from where they are synthesised t...

A range of individual nutrients and foods have been suggested to increase obesity risk in childhood, but the evidence is inconsistent. Dietary patterns that summarise the whole diet may, however, be more informative. The aim of the present paper was to systematically review the current evidence pertaining to overall dietary patterns in childhood and later obesity risk. Studies eligible for revi...

This study explores the prevalence of criminal behaviour in patients addicted to drugs who are in treatment. A sample of 252 addicted patients (203 male and 49 female) who sought outpatient treatment at a specialized centre was assessed. Information on criminal behaviours, socio-demographic factors, consumption factors (assessed by the EuropAsi), psychopathological factors (assessed by SCL-90-R...

Ganciclovir (GCV) is an essential part of the Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-tk) gene therapy of malignant gliomas. The purpose of this study was to investigate the brain pharmacokinetics and tumor uptake of GCV in the BT4C rat gliomamodel. GCV’s brain and tumor uptakes were investigated by in vivo microdialysis in rats with orthotopic BT4C glioma. In addition, the ability of GCV to...

1 UMR 788 INSERM and Université Paris-Sud, 94276 Kremlin-Bicêtre, France 2 UMR 7237 CNRS and Université de Strasbourg, 67085 Strasbourg, France 3 UMR 666 INSERM, Strasbourg, France 4 Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA 5 Centre for Biomedical Research, Population Council, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA 6 U566 Inserm, CEA, ...

It is known that inhaled steroids can be used for the treatment of interstitial lung diseases such as sarcoidosis to avoid systemic side effects of oral or intravenous forms. However there is no information about the role of inhaled steroids in the treatment of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). Here in, a 38 year-old male patient with chronic HP treated by 16 months of high dose inhaled steroi...

This paper overviews the present status on therapy of regenerative medicine which is based on tissue engineering. Tissue engineering is a biomedical form which enables cells to promote their proliferation and differentiation, resulting in induction of tissue regeneration. The scaffold of 3-dimensional porous material for cells with or without the controlled release system of growth factor is ap...