[Involuntary psychiatric care for inmates in France: Only for "dangerous" patients?].

The unités hospitalières spécialement aménagées (UHSA) are full-time inpatient psychiatric units for inmates in France. Their creation has been associated with several advances in access to psychiatric care for inmates in recent years. However, there is still only one means of involuntary hospitalization for prisoners in France: care by decision of a representative of the state (les soins sur décision d'un représentant de l'état [SDRE]).

Ubiquitin-proteasome-dependent muscle proteolysis responds slowly to insulin release and refeeding in starved rats.

The central role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in the loss of skeletal muscle protein in many wasting conditions has been well established. However, it is unclear what factors are responsible for the suppression of this system during periods of protein gain. Thus, the aim of these studies was to examine the short-term effects of insulin release and nutrients on skeletal muscle protein turnover in young rats starved for 48 h, and then infused intravenously with amino acids (AA), or fed an oral diet.

Genistein and daidzein modulate in vitro rat uterine contractile activity.

The present study investigated the effect of genistein, daidzein and estradiol on in vitro rat uterine responsiveness to oxytocin (OT) and PGF(2)alpha or luprostiol (L). In a first experiment, animals were either sham-operated (SH; n=5), or ovariectomized (OVX; n=20) and orally treated for three months with either genistein (G; n=5; 10 microg/g BW/d) or daidzein (D; n=5; 10 microg/g BW/d) or 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol (E; n=5; 23 microg/kg BW/d) or untreated (OVX; n=5). At necropsy, the basal uterine tension was lower in OVX, G and D than in SH, the highest value being measured in E.

Time-course of the change in blood pressure level in magnesium-deficient Wistar rats.

The aim of the present study was to determine whether a severely Mg-deficient diet can modify blood pressure in rats and whether these alterations in blood pressure are associated with a change in in vivo cardiovascular reactivity, alteration in plasma lipids and modification of the production of hormones involved in blood pressure regulation. Weanling male Wistar rats were pair-fed for 40 weeks with control (960 mg Mg/kg) and Mg-deficient (80 mg Mg/kg) diets. At 2 weeks, blood pressure was lower in Mg-deficient rats, while heart rate was greater than in controls.