Sudden hearing loss in sarcoidosis: otoneurological study and neuroradiological correlates.

Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory multisystem disorder of unknown cause. Approximately 5-7% of patients manifest symptoms of central nervous system involvement, or neurosarcoidosis. Cranial neuropathy usually entails facial nerve palsy and optic neuritis.

Caerulein peripheral injection: a study on the correlation with dopaminergic metabolism.

Immunocytochemical and electrophysiological studies indicate the existence of a functional relationship between Cholecystokinin (CCK) and dopaminergic transmission. In order to gain more information on this relationship, the effect of Caerulein, a CCK stable analogue, on rat spontaneous locomotor activity and on biochemical markers of dopaminergic transmission were measured simultaneously. The concentrations of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and the spontaneous or K+ evoked release of dopamine were studied in rat striatum and nucleus accumbens immediately after testing for motor activity.

Neuropeptidergic inhibitory regulation of Met-enkephalin immunoreactive material release from rat spinal cord in vitro.

The release of Met-enkephalin immunoreactive material (ME-IR) from rat spinal slices was measured in vitro. This release increased about 4 fold in response to the addition of K+ ions. K+-evoked release of ME-IR was Ca++ dependent.

Afferent fibers mediate the increase of met-enkephalin elicited in rat spinal cord by localized pain.

Met-enkephalin levels were measured in various spinal cord regions of rats chronically suffering from the inflammation of a single paw following a treatment with Freund's adjuvant. The results indicate that chronic localized pain induces a selective increase of met-enkephalin immunoreactive material (ME-IR) in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord segment which receives a direct projection from the inflamed paw. In order to gain information on the functional meaning of these data, either the plexus brachialis or the sciatic nerve were sectioned peripherally before inducing inflammation.