Telemedicine screening adolescent metabolic syndrome in Greek schools.

Background: Using telemedicine in the school setting in Greece, we screened a representative adolescent sample for MetS (International Diabetes Federation criteria) and explored its associations with anthropometric, sociodemographic and behavioural parameters.

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional data were obtained from 12- to 17-year-old high school students.

Results: The prevalence of MetS in 1578 adolescents (mean age ± SD 14.

Effects of dexamethasone on K(+)-evoked glutamate release from rat hippocampal slices.

Dexamethasone (DEX) at physiologically elevated (stress) concentration (1 microM) decreased K(+)-evoked glutamate release from rat hippocampal slices under superfusion in the presence of Ca2+. On the contrary 10 microM DEX increased this K(+)-evoked glutamate release while 0.1 microM DEX had no effect.