Background: The scarcity of resources and caregiving services, a higher prevalence of health conditions, and financial concerns in rural areas in the United States have been well-documented. However, less research has compared experiences between caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in rural versus urban areas. This study sought to address this gap by identifying those unmet service needs, explore factors associated with service use, and propose tailored strategies for better serving the needs of both rural and urban caregivers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMacrophages are the primary host cell type for infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vivo. Macrophages are also key immune effector cells that mediate the control of bacterial growth. However, the specific macrophage phenotypes that are required for optimal immune control of M.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Diabetes mellitus has been associated with greater difficulty of tracheal intubation in the operating room. This relationship has not been examined for tracheal intubation of critically ill adults. We examined whether diabetes mellitus was independently associated with the time from induction of anesthesia to intubation of the trachea among critically ill adults.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPositron emission tomography (PET) is frequently used to obtain target occupancy (%TO) of central nervous system (CNS) drug candidates during clinical development. Obtaining %TO with PET can be particularly powerful when the %TO associated with efficacy is known for a protein target. Using the radiotracer [F]AV-133, the relationship between plasma concentration (PK) and %TO of NBI-750142, an experimental inhibitor of the vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 (VMAT2) was obtained in both nonhuman primate (NHP) and human.
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