Publications by authors named "Annie Y Lai"

Objective: To present external airway splinting with bioabsorbable airway supportive devices (ASD) for severe, life-threatening cases of pediatric tracheomalacia (TM) or tracheobronchomalacia (TBM).

Methods: A retrospective cohort was performed for 5 pediatric patients with severe TM or TBM who underwent ASD placement. Devices were designed and 3D-printed from a bioabsorbable material, polycaprolactone (PCL).

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The present experiments were conducted to provide a more detailed behavioral analysis of the dissociable roles of the basolateral (BLA) and central nucleus (CeA) of the amygdala in mediating intra-accumbens (Acb) opioid-induced feeding of a high-fat diet. Confirming previous findings, temporary inactivation of the CeA with the GABAA agonist muscimol reduced DAMGO (D-Ala2-NMe-Phe4-Glyol5-enkephalin)-induced and baseline food intake, whereas intra-BLA muscimol selectively blocked only DAMGO-induced food intake, leaving baseline feeding intact. However, although inactivation of the BLA reduced DAMGO-induced food intake to control levels, this treatment led to exaggerated number and duration of food hopper entries after food intake had ended.

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Production of interleukin-10 (IL-10) by C57BL/6 mice following infection with Borrelia burgdorferi has been proposed as a mechanism whereby resistance to the development of experimental Lyme arthritis is maintained. In the current study, we sought to determine the role of IL-10 during infection of arthritis- and carditis-susceptible C3H mice. Infection of C3H IL-10(-/-) mice led to increased joint swelling and arthritis severity scores over those of wild-type C3H mice.

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