[A medical reading of Nerval's Aurelia].

The single literary study of Aur6lia of Gerard de Nerval-eliminates the author's mental illness expression. We set a clinical analysis that brings to the fore some unrecognized aspects of the work.

[The unexplained death of Blandine Liszt Ollivier].

Franz Liszt's eldest daughter, Blandine Ollivier, died at the age of 26, two months after the birth of her son Daniel. The reasons of that death remain obscure. There are contradictions between the asserted good health of Blandine during her pregnancy and what was learnt later on through the publication in French of Richard Wagner's autobiography.

Cardiovascular actions of the stress-related neurohormonal peptides, corticotropin-releasing factor and urotensin-I in the trout Oncorhynchus mykiss.

In this review, we summarize the most significant data concerning the cardiovascular effects of centrally and peripherally administered synthetic trout corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and urotensin-I (U-I) in our animal model, the unanesthetized trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Although there is more than 60% sequence identity between these two stress-related neurohormonal peptides, CRF and U-I-induced differential actions upon the mean dorsal aortic blood pressure (Pda) and the heart rate (HR) in trout maintained under similar experimental situations. After intracerebroventricular injections, only U-I induced an increase in Pda while in non-cannulated trout, CRF only decreased the HR and elevated the heart rate variability by a presumed activation of the parasympathetic nervous system activity to the heart.

Sleep of preterm neonates under developmental care or regular environmental conditions.

Unlabelled: Sleep is the main behavioral state of the premature infant. In adult intensive care units, sleep deprivation has been reported as one of the major stressors. Developmental care (DC) aims to decrease stressful events in neonatal intensive care unit and support well-being.

Central effects of native urotensin II on motor activity, ventilatory movements, and heart rate in the trout Oncorhynchus mykiss.

Urotensin II (UII) has been originally isolated from fish urophysis. However, in fish as in mammals, UII is also produced in brain neurons. Although UII binding sites are widely distributed in the fish central nervous system (CNS), little is known regarding its central activities.

Captopril blocks the cardiac actions of centrally administered angiotensin I in the trout Oncorhynchus mykiss.

The present study was performed in order to gain new insights into the existence of a brain renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in teleost fish. For this purpose, we investigated the effects of centrally administered angiotensin (ANG) I ([Asn(1),Val(5),Asn(9)]ANG I) and ANG II ([Asn(1),Val(5)]ANG II) on heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) in the unanesthetized trout. The animals were studied before and after treatment with captopril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor.

Induction of bradycardia in trout by centrally administered corticotropin-releasing-hormone (CRH).

The cardiovascular effects of centrally and peripherally administered synthetic salmon corticotropin-releasing-hormone (CRH), a member of a family of stress-related neuropeptides, were investigated in the unanesthetized trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. In group 1, trout bearing a cannula in the dorsal aorta, neither intracerebroventricular (i.c.

[Centenary of Victor Segalen's thesis].

Victor Segalen has attended his thesis of doctorate of medicine on January the 29th, 1902, L'Observation médicale chez les écrivans naturalists, known by the title Les Cliniciens ès-lettres. In this thesis we analyse the medical observation of the death of Jules de Goncourt, according to Goncourt's Journal.

A case of cutaneous sensory neuropathy associated with Churg-Strauss syndrome.

Cutaneous sensory neuropathy manifests as multiple, sharply demarcated areas of hypoesthesia with a variable degree of pain. This rare neuropathy is caused by a multifocal infection or inflammation of the small sensory nerves of the skin. We report a case in a patient with febrile arthritis and eosinophilia.

Heart rate variability, a target for the effects of angiotensin II in the brain of the trout Oncorhynchus mykiss.

This study was conducted on unanesthetized rainbow trout equipped with two ECG electrodes and with an intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.