Publications by authors named "A G Artemenko"
Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease characterized by rest tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia. Assessing the severity of these symptoms is typically done using the third part of the Movement Disorder Society-Sponsored Revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS III), relying on subjective evaluations by neurologists, which may lead to challenges in result interpretation. To address this issue, incorporation of surface electromyography (sEMG) in diagnostics.
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- Monitoring wildlife for biological hazards is key to assessing risks, and this study collected 38 hair samples from 8 species in the Russian Far East and Siberia to check for organochlorine pesticides (OCP).
- About 50% of the hair samples showed contamination, with DDT being the primary pollutant found in 13 samples at varying concentrations.
- The levels of contamination varied based on the animals' habitats, with the Terney district being the most affected area, likely due to the ongoing use of OCP in nearby countries like China and North Korea.
Various substituted pyrrolo[1,2-]quinolines and pyrrolo[2,1-]isoquinolines were synthesized in good to high yields by the EtN-mediated reaction of push-pull 3-nitrobenzofurans or 1-Ts-/1-Ms-3-nitroindoles and precursors of carbonyl-stabilized quinolinium and isoquinolinium ylides as 1,3-dipole equivalents. These transformations proceed in a one-pot manner starting with the formal [3 + 2]-cycloaddition stage, which is accompanied by double dearomatization of both quinoline/isoquinoline and benzofuran/indole moieties, followed by ring-opening of cyclic intermediate formed and nitrous acid elimination sequence. [3 + 2]-Cycloadducts were isolated as the final products in cases of impossibility or difficulty of their enolization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study investigates the impact of plasma-seed interaction on germination and early plant development, focusing on and . The investigation delves into changes in chemical composition, water absorption, and surface morphology induced by plasma filaments generated in synthetic air. These analyses were conducted using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To access the effect of Relatox, the first Russian botulinum toxin type A, in patients with chronic migraine (CM) and medication overuse (MO).
Material And Methods: In phase IIIb single-blind randomized multicenter active-controlled parallel-group study, patients with CM were randomized to once intramuscular injections of Relatox (101) or onabotulinumtoxin A injections - Botox (108). This subgroup analysis evaluated the percentage of patients who transition from medication overuse to non overuse status from baseline; mean changes in the number of headache days, migraine headache days, acute headache medication intakes days, headache intensity, proportion of patients who had a ≥50% reduction in headache days, proportion of the patients with severe (≥60) Headache Impact Test-6 score and with a severe (≥21) MIDAS score in a 28-day periods in each treatment among patients with baseline acute medication overuse via repeated measures.