Effects of an ectodermal microceptor preparation on motor coordination in cerebellar mutant mice.

Lurcher mutant mice, characterized by degeneration of the olivocerebellar system, and dystonia musculorum (dt) mutant mice, characterized by degeneration of spinocerebellar fibers, were treated with an ectodermal microceptor preparation (EMP), a compound containing natural substances derived from embryonic bovine ectodermal tissue, or with placebo, and evaluated in motor coordination tests. EMP-treated lurchers, but not dt mutants, were quicker to initiate movement than placebo-treated controls in the inclined beam test. No group differences were found in terms of distance travelled on the beam or in motor coordination assessed in a more challenging coat-hanger test.

[Prevalence of patent foramen ovale in young patients with ischemic cerebral complications].

We compared the prevalence of patent foramen ovale (PFO), detected by two-dimensional contrast echocardiography, in a group of 60 adults aged under 55 who had experienced a cerebral ischaemic accident and had normal standard examination of the heart, and in a control group of 100 patients. The prevalence of PFO was significantly higher in neurological patients (40 p. 100) than in controls (10 p.

[Cerebral vascular accidents in young subjects. A study of 133 patients 9 to 45 years of age].

We report 133 cases of strokes in patients aged 9-45 (male: 68, female: 65), mean age: 33.5 years. There were 112 arterial infarcts (84%), 9 venous infarcts (7%), 12 hemorrhages (9%).

[Dissecting aneurysm of the internal carotid artery and isolated Claude Bernard-Horner syndrome].

In 2 cases of dissecting aneurysm of the internal carotid artery the only clinical sign was a Claude Bernard-Horner's syndrome, with pain in the neck and face.

Prevalence of patent foramen ovale in patients with stroke.

The cause of ischemic stroke in younger adults is undefined in as many as 35 percent of patients. We studied the prevalence of patent foramen ovale as detected by contrast echocardiography in a population of 60 adults under 55 years old with ischemic stroke and a normal cardiac examination. We compared the results with those in a control group of 100 patients.