Metric identification and mapping of reimbursable implant codes in Morocco to the global nomenclature (GMDN) and European (EUDAMED) of medical devices.

Background: The list of medical devices (MD) eligible for reimbursement under the Compulsory Health Insurance in Morocco is set by Ministerial Order comprising 869 items between life-support equipment, external prostheses, and implants. The objective of the present study is to analyze the nomenclature of implantable medical devices (IMD) appearing on this list and compare them with the global nomenclature of MD (GMDN) and the European nomenclature of MD (EMDN).

Methods: The study deals with (i) the mapping of the codes of the IMD list with 170 DM per cardinality and (ii) a metric identification by Sørensen-Dice coefficient of terminological similarity of the IMD with respect to the two databases.

Presynaptic modulation of K+-evoked [3H]dopamine release in striatal and frontal cortical synaptosomes of normotensive and spontaneous-hypertensive rats.

Regional differences in presynaptic [3H]dopamine ([3H]DA) release and its modulation by D2 DA-receptors between the frontal cortex and striatum obtained from Wystar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneous-hypertensive rats (SHR) have been evaluated using superfused synaptosomes. Synaptosomal tritium content was significantly lower in the frontal cortex than in the striatum in both SHR and WKY (approximately 45% and 48%, respectively), but no differences in tritium content were obtained between strains. However, the 15 mM K+-evoked [3H]DA overflow was lower in the SHR as compared to WKY rats in both brain regions (striatum approximately 23%, frontal cortex approximately 21).