Theta and Alpha Oscillations during the Retention Period of Working Memory by rTMS Stimulating the Parietal Lobe.

Studies on repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) have shown that stimulating the parietal lobe, which plays a role in memory storage, can enhance performance during the "retention" process of working memory (WM). However, the mechanism of rTMS effect during this phase is still unclear. In this study, we stimulated the superior parietal lobe (SPL) using 5-Hz rTMS in 26 participants and recorded electroencephalography (EEG) while they performed a delayed-recognition WM task.

Efficacy of radiotherapy for the treatment of cystic echinococcosis in naturally infected sheep.

Background: Radiotherapy is commonly used to treat cancers. To date, there has been no study focusing on the effects of radiotherapy on hydatid disease in large animals. In this study, we aim to investigate the efficiency and safety of radiotherapy for treating hydatid disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus in naturally infected sheep.

Curative effect of radiotherapy at various doses on subcutaneous alveolar echinococcosis in rats.

Background: Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a disease in human and animals, and the cure rate is unsatisfactory. This study aimed to investigate the curative efficacy of different doses of locally applied radiotherapy on alveolar echinococcosis in rats.

Methods: Rats infected with Echinococcus multilocularis were randomly divided into 4 groups of 15 rats each: low-, middle-, and high-irradiation groups and a control group.

[X-ray irradiation against Echinococcus multilocularis protoscoleces in vitro].

Objective: To explore the effect of X-ray irradiation on Echinococcus multilocularis protoscoleces in vitro.

Methods: Echinococcus multilocularis protoscoleces were collected from cysts of infected Meriones meridianus and then cultured in RPMI 1640 medium. Protoscoleces were subpackaged into culture flasks at a density of about 10(4) per flask after culture for 3 days.

[Effect of 6 MeV radiotherapy on secondary Echinococcus multilocularis infection in rats].

Objective: To explore the effect of 6-MeV X-ray radiotherapy on secondary Echinococcus multilocularis infection in rats.

Methods: Female SD rats were used to develop a secondary infection model, and then randomly divided into experimental group and control group (5/group). Rats in experimental group received two irradiations at 7-day intervals with the same dose (20 Gy) which applied with 6-MeV ray.

A novel technique for phase synchrony measurement from the complex motor imaginary potential of combined body and limb action.

In this study, we proposed and evaluated the use of the empirical mode decomposition (EMD) technique combined with phase synchronization analysis to investigate the human brain synchrony of the supplementary motor area (SMA) and primary motor area (M1) during complex motor imagination of combined body and limb action. We separated the EEG data of the SMA and M1 into intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) using the EMD method and determined the characteristic IMFs by power spectral density (PSD) analysis. Thereafter, the instantaneous phases of the characteristic IMFs were obtained by the Hilbert transformation, and the single-trial phase-locking value (PLV) features for brain synchrony measurement between the SMA and M1 were investigated separately.