Tinnitus Abnormal Brain Region Detection Based on Dynamic Causal Modeling and Exponential Ranking.

Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) has been extended for the analysis of electroencephalography (EEG) based on a specific biophysical and neurobiological generative model for EEG. Comparing to methods that summarize neural activities with linear relationships, the generative model enables DCM to better describe how signals are generated and better reveal the underlying mechanism of the activities occurring in human brains. Since DCM provides us with an approach to the effective connectivity between brain areas, with exponential ranking, the abnormality of the observed signals can be further located to a specific brain region.

Lipoteichoic acid induces prostaglandin E(2) release and cyclooxygenase-2 synthesis in rat cortical neuronal cells: involvement of PKCepsilon and ERK activation.

Inflammatory processes occur in the central nervous system (CNS) through mechanisms that differ from other inflammation, and with distinct cellular effects. Neuronal injury in bacterial meningitis is not a monocausal event, but is mediated by several factors. One is possible direct toxicity of bacterial compounds.

Oxidative damage and mitochondrial DNA mutations with endometriosis.

Endometriosis, a frequently encountered disease in gynecology, is a considerable threat to the physical, psychological, and social integrity of women. Moreover, up to 50% of infertile patients have this disease. The etiology and pathogenesis of this important disease are poorly understood; it is defined as an ectopic location for endometrium-like glandular epithelium and stroma outside of the uterine cavity.

Accuracy of the EasyTouch blood glucose self-monitoring system: a study of 516 cases.

Background: Self-monitoring blood glucose device is an important tool for diabetes patients to efficiently control their blood glucose concentrations. We evaluated the accuracy of EasyTouch glucose monitoring system.

Methods: Capillary blood glucose concentrations measured using EasyTouch and the reference values obtained from Yellow Springs Instruments (YSI) 2300 STAT were performed in the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wei-Gong Memorial Hospital.