Association of Serum Folate and Vitamin B Concentrations with Obesity in Chinese Children and Adolescents.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the associations of serum folate and/or vitamin B concentrations with obesity among Chinese children and adolescents.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted including 3,079 Chinese children and adolescents, aged 6 to 17 years, from Jiangsu, China. Anthropometric indices, such as, children's body mass index (BMI), BMI z-scores, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio were utilized.

Selective Early Glial Reactivity in the Visual Pathway Precedes Axonal Loss, Following Short-Term Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure Reduction.

Purpose: To examine the early glial reactivity and neuron damage in response to short-term cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFp) reduction, as compared with intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation.

Methods: The experiment included 54 male Sprague-Dawley rats with elevated translaminar cribrosa pressure difference (TLPD), defined as IOP minus CSFp. These rats underwent either continuous CSF drainage for 6 hours (n = 18), or unilateral IOP elevation to 40 mm Hg for 6 hours (n = 18).

Concurrent involved-field radiotherapy and XELOX in gastric cancer patients with postoperative oligometastatic recurrence.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to retrospectively observe gastric adenocarcinoma patients with postoperative oligometastatic recurrence and investigated the effects of concurrent involved-field radiotherapy (RT) and XELOX on progression-free survival (PFS).

Patients And Methods: From 2008 to 2011, 246 patients underwent curative resection of gastric carcinoma was enrolled. A retrospective review was performed on 34 patients with distant recurrence.

Bacterial communities associated with an occurrence of colored water in an urban drinking water distribution system.

This study aimed to investigate bacterial community in an urban drinking water distribution system (DWDS) during an occurrence of colored water. Variation in the bacterial community diversity and structure was observed among the different waters, with the predominance of Proteobacteria. While Verrucomicrobia was also a major phylum group in colored water.

Potential role of AQP1 and VEGF in the development of malignant pleural effusion in mice.

Recent studies have revealed the important role of aquaporin-1 (AQP1) in tumor cell migration and angiogenesis. However, the function of AQP1 in malignant pleural effusion has not been well characterized. We established a mouse model to examine the role of AQP1 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the development of malignant pleural effusion.

Manifestations of cutaneous sarcoidosis: a case report of an African American woman.

Cutaneous sarcoidosis is challenging to diagnose due to its many nonspecific manifestations. In this report we describe a case of cutaneous sarcoidosis in a patient presenting with multiple lesions. Diagnosis of the disease involves not only clinical and pathologic findings but also multiple exclusions.

The organization of spatial frequency maps measured by cortical flavoprotein autofluorescence.

To determine the organization of spatial frequency (SF) preference within cat Area 17, we imaged responses to stimuli with different SFs using optical intrinsic signals (ISI) and flavoprotein autofluorescence (AFI). Previous studies have suggested that neurons cluster based on SF preference, but a recent report argued that SF maps measured with ISI were artifacts of the vascular bed. Because AFI derives from a non-hemodynamic signal, it is less contaminated by vasculature.

The representation of complex images in spatial frequency domains of primary visual cortex.

The organization of cat primary visual cortex has been well mapped using simple stimuli such as sinusoidal gratings, revealing superimposed maps of orientation and spatial frequency preferences. However, it is not yet understood how complex images are represented across these maps. In this study, we ask whether a linear filter model can explain how cortical spatial frequency domains are activated by complex images.

Functional imaging of primary visual cortex using flavoprotein autofluorescence.

Neuronal autofluorescence, which results from the oxidation of flavoproteins in the electron transport chain, has recently been used to map cortical responses to sensory stimuli. This approach could represent a substantial improvement over other optical imaging methods because it is a direct (i.e.

Trace amines differentially regulate adult locomotor activity, cocaine sensitivity, and female fertility in Drosophila melanogaster.

The trace biogenic amines tyramine and octopamine are found in the nervous systems of animals ranging in complexity from nematodes to mammals. In insects such as Drosophila melanogaster, the trace amine octopamine is a well-established neuromodulator that mediates a diverse range of physiological processes, but an independent role for tyramine is less clear. Tyramine is synthesized from tyrosine by the enzyme tyrosine decarboxylase (TDC).