brain4care, a new Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared non-invasive sensor that monitors intracranial pressure waveforms, was used in a 13-year-old girl who presented with untreatable headaches. The patient had a history of craniopharyngioma resection and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement 7 years prior to the use of the device. Secondary obstructive hydrocephalus was also a present factor in the case.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aims of this work were to determine: 1) whether Ca2+ exit via the plasmalemmal Ca2+ ATPase (PMCA) is coupled to H+ entry via a Ca2+/H+ exchange; 2) whether operation of PMCA has an absolute requirement on external H+ (Ho); and 3) the stoichiometry and voltage-dependence of the Ca2+/H+ exchange. Barnacle muscle cells were used because of the ease with which they can be internally-perfused (e.g.
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