Publications by authors named "C M Beaubernard"

One of the axes of research in our department is oriented on the study of the action of psychotropic drugs on the Central Nervous System by the means of the non invasive and direct techniques of cerebral imagery. First approach: EEG mapping In depressive states, the modification of nocturnal wakefulness states observed under lithium therapy begins to be well known. However, under lithium monotherapy, few diurnal studies have been performed.

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New type of electrode for clinical EEG.

Rev Electroencephalogr Neurophysiol Clin

April 1985

The author describes a new type of small electrode for clinical electroencephalography. This practical electrode, constructed on the same principles as a felt tip pen, assures a good contact without conducting paste and gives excellent results.

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Seven workers developed weight loss, sensorimotor neuropathy, visual dysfunction, impaired mentation, and emotional lability shortly after the introduction of a new synthetic catalyst in a plant manufacturing reinforced bathtubs. The newly introduced catalyst, 2-t-butylazo-2-hydroxy-5-methylhexane, is shown to produce a similar syndrome in rats. Axonal degeneration of optic nerves, ascending and descending spinal tracts, and peripheral nerves appears to underlie this syndrome.

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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of oral administration of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA)-enriched diets after portacaval shunt (PCS) in rats. Fifty-one Sprague-Dawley male rats (200 gm) underwent PCS and 55 a sham operation. Half of the animals received BCAA 142 mg per day through a gastric tube; the other half underwent a sham procedure.

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