Publications by authors named "Hong-mei Duan"

Persistent neurogenesis exists in the subventricular zone (SVZ) of the ventricles and the subgranular zone (SGZ) of the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus in the adult mammalian brain. Adult endogenous neurogenesis not only plays an important role in the normal brain function, but also has important significance in the repair and treatment of brain injury or brain diseases. This article reviews the process of adult endogenous neurogenesis and its application in the repair of traumatic brain injury (TBI) or ischemic stroke, and discusses the strategies of activating adult endogenous neurogenesis to repair brain injury and its practical significance in promoting functional recovery after brain injury.

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Objective: To investigate the electrophysiological properties of pyramidal neurons in mouse motor cortex during the early postnatal development.

Methods: Thirty-six mice were randomly divided into postnatal 1-, 2-, 3-Week and 1-, 2-,3-Month groups (=6). Membrane properties, action potentials (AP) and spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents (sEPSCs) of motor cortex pyramidal neurons were recorded to evaluate the changes in the intrinsic electrophysilogical characteristics by using whole cell patch clamp.

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Muscle spindle is the key proprioceptor in skeletal muscles and plays important roles in many physiological activities, such as maintaining posture, regulating movement and controlling speed variation. It has significant clinical relevance and is emerging as a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of motor functional impairment and metabolic diseases. In this review, we summarized muscle spindle distribution and the mechanism of mechanical signal transmission, and reviewed the research progress on morphological and structural characteristics of muscle spindles.

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Although autogenous nerve transplantation is the gold standard for treating peripheral nerve defects of considerable length, it still has some shortcomings, such as insufficient donors and secondary injury. Composite chitosan scaffolds loaded with controlled release of nerve growth factor can promote neuronal survival and axonal regeneration after short-segment sciatic nerve defects. However, the effects on extended nerve defects remain poorly understood.

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A three-year field experiment was conducted to analyze the effects of straw enrichment and deep incorporation on the humus composition and the structure of humic acid (HA) in black soil. The differences in the HA structure between different straw returning methods were detected by three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy and C NMR technology. The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical basis and data support for improving the straw returning system.

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The present study was aimed to investigate the electrophysiological characteristics of hippocampal postnatal early development mediated by α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptors in rats. Forty-eight Wistar rats were divided into postnatal 0.5-, 1-, 2- and 3-month groups (n = 12).

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Objective: To investigate the schistosomiasis epidemic situation changes after its transmission interrupted in Lufeng County in 1986, so as to provide the evidence for formulating the interventions for schistosomiasis elimination.

Methods: The surveillance of Oncomelania hupensis snail was performed by the systematic sampling, environmental sampling and special environmental comprehensive survey methods. The surveillance of human population was carried out by the sero logical screening method, and the positives were re-examined with the stool hatching method.

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Collaboration has become very important in research and in technological progress. Coauthorship networks in different fields have been intensively studied as an important type of collaboration in recent years. Yet there are few published reports about collaboration in the field of nursing.

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Spinal cord and brain injuries usually lead to cavity formation. The transplantation by combining stem cells and tissue engineering scaffolds has the potential to fill the cavities and replace the lost neural cells. Both chitosan and collagen have their unique characteristics.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to assess the plasma levels of Epstein Barr virus (EBV) DNA in children with EBV-related diseases and understand how these levels change after infection, as well as their link to disease severity.
  • It involved 73 children with primary EBV infections and 18 children with severe EBV-enforced illnesses, utilizing real-time PCR to measure EBV DNA levels.
  • Findings revealed that EBV DNA levels decreased over time in primary infections, while significantly higher levels were found in severe cases, indicating that monitoring EBV DNA can help evaluate the severity of the disease.
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Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of Chinese drugs for the treatment of children's infectious mononucleosis (CIM).

Methods: Sixty CIM patients were assigned into the treated group and the control group, patients in the treated group were administered with Chinese herbal decoction, and those in the control group were treated with intravenous dripping of ganciclovir 10 mg/kg per day, for a treatment course of 14 days.

Results: The total effective rate was 96.

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Objective: To observe clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture on diabetic paralytic squint.

Methods: Seventy-two cases of diabetic paralytic squint were randomly divided into a medication group, an acupuncture group and an acupuncture and medication group. The medication group were treated with intramuscular injection of Methyl vitamin B12 250 microg, once daily; the acupuncture group were treated by acupuncture at different acupoints according to different paralytic muscles of eyes with adjuvant acupoints selected according to symptoms; the acupuncture and medication group were treated with the routine medicine and acupuncture.

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Aim: To investigate the relation between the change of serum IL-21 level and other laboratory indexes by detecting serum IL-21 level from patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) and explore the role of IL-21 in pSS.

Methods: The level of serum IL-21 from 40 pSS patients diagnosed according to 2002 revised international classification criteria for pSS and 30 healthy persons were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) respectively. Meanwhile, FT3, FT4, TSH, TgAb, TPOAb were detected by Immunochemiluminescent technique.

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