Lipid-mediated resolution of inflammation and survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Neuroinflammation impacts on the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal neurodegenerative disorder. Specialized pro-resolving mediators trigger the resolution of inflammation. We investigate the specialized pro-resolving mediator blood profile and their receptors' expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in relation to survival in ALS.

[Do prism corrections according to H.-J. Haase affect ocular prevalence?].

Background: For prism correction of associated phoria (at 5-6 m viewing distance), Hans-Joachim Haase developed--among other tests--the prevalence test, which consists of a central fixation target and two triangles that appear stereoscopically about 1.5 m in front of or behind the fixation target; the vertex of each triangle is directed towards the centre of the fixation target. Only when both eyes contribute equally to the perception of visual directions do the triangles appear centred (equivalence), while any perceived horizontal offset between the triangles and fixation target indicates a prevalence of one eye.

[Associated heterophoria and the asymmetry of ocular prevalence for stereo images in front of or behind a reference plane].

Background: An unequal weighting of the eyes in the directional perception of stereodisparate objects, is referred to as ocular prevalence of the right or left eye, respectively. Between 1962 and 1964 H.-J.

[Can fixation disparity be detected reliably by measurement and correctional techniques according H.J. Haase (MKH)?].

Background: The theory of the "Measuring and Correction Methods of H.-J. Haase" (MCH) states that a small misalignment of one eye, called fixation disparity, indicates a difficulty in overcoming a "vergence position of rest" that is different from ortho position.