Effect of Ocular Movements during Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy: A Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study.

Introduction: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapeutic treatment resolving emotional distress caused by traumatic events. With EMDR, information processing is facilitated by eye movements (EM) during the recall of a traumatic memory (RECALL). The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of ocular movements of EMDR on the hemodynamics of the prefrontal cortex (PFC).

[Results of elective open surgery for juxtarenal aortic aneurysms].

Review of the most significant surveys (data base: Pub Med on September 2003) of elective open surgery for Juxtarenal aneurysms and personal results of 106 cases (9.3% of AAA consecutively operated in the last 11 yrs.) are reported.

Monitoring human cytomegalovirus viral load in peripheral blood leukocytes of renal transplant recipients by a simple limiting dilution-PCR assay.

To assess the clinical relevance of a semi-quantitative measurement of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) DNA in renal transplant recipients within the typical clinical context of a developing country where virtually 100% of both receptors and donors are seropositive for this virus, we have undertaken HCMV DNA quantification using a simple, semi-quantitative, limiting dilution polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We evaluated this assay prospectively in 52 renal transplant patients from whom a total of 495 serial blood samples were collected. The samples scored HCMV positive by qualitative PCR had the levels of HCMV DNA determined by end-point dilution-PCR.

Highly sensitive single-step PCR protocol for diagnosis and monitoring of human cytomegalovirus infection in renal transplant recipients.

A multiplex, single-step PCR protocol for the detection of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) DNA is described. The protocol amplifies regions of the viral LA and IE genes and employs elevated temperatures for both reagent mixing and primer annealing together with product detection by silver staining on polyacrylamide gels. This assay detects one to five HCMV genomes in clinical samples containing up to 100 ng of human DNA, a level of sensitivity equivalent to that of more complex assays involving either nested PCR or postamplification hybridization.

Intracerebral vascular changes induced by cold pressor test: a model of sympathetic activation.

Cerebral vascular changes seem to play a fundamental role in the pathogenesis of various functional disturbances, (i.e. those suggested for migraine pathogenesis).