Acetamiprid Accumulates in Different Amounts in Murine Brain Regions.

Neonicotinoids such as acetamiprid (ACE) belong to a new and widely used single class of pesticides. Neonicotinoids mimic the chemical structure of nicotine and share agonist activity with the nicotine acetylcholine receptor (nAchR). Neonicotinoids are widely considered to be safe in humans; however, they have recently been implicated in a number of human health disorders.

Multi-Acupuncture Point Injections and Their Anatomical Study in Relation to Neck and Shoulder Pain Syndrome (So-Called Katakori) in Japan.

Katakori is a symptom name that is unique to Japan, and refers to myofascial pain syndrome-like clinical signs in the shoulder girdle. Various methods of pain relief for katakori have been reported, but in the present study, we examined the clinical effects of multi-acupuncture point injections (MAPI) in the acupuncture points with which we empirically achieved an effect, as well as the anatomical sites affected by liquid medicine. The subjects were idiopathic katakori patients (n = 9), and three cadavers for anatomical investigation.

The Japanese version of the modified ACR preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia and the fibromyalgia symptom scale: reliability and validity.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the modified American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia (mACR 2010-J) and the Fibromyalgia Symptom Scale (mFS-J).

Methods: According to the ACR 1990 classification criteria, patients with chronic pain were divided into the fibromyalgia group and nonfibromyalgia group (rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis). Patients in both groups were assessed using mACR 2010-J and mFS-J.

Analysis of the affected joints in rheumatoid arthritis patients in a large Japanese cohort.

Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disorder involving multiple joints. We investigated the distribution of the affected joints and the relationships among this distribution, the disease activity, and the disease duration in Japanese RA patients by cross-sectional analysis using the National Database of Rheumatic Diseases by iR-net in Japan.

Materials And Methods: A total of 6408 RA patients registered in the database were analyzed.

The Japanese version of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia and the Fibromyalgia Symptom Scale: reliability and validity.

The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability and the validity of the Japanese version of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia (ACR 2010-J), and its quantification scale, the Fibromyalgia Symptom Scale (FS-J). In this study, we divided patients with chronic pain without psychiatric disorders other than depression into two groups according to the 1990 ACR Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia, a fibromyalgia group and a non-fibromyalgia group (rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and gout). Patients in both groups were assessed using the ACR 2010-J and FS-J.

Ten years results of bucillamine in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

A 10-year cohort study was performed, involving all of the 118 patients treated with bucillamine in our hospital between 1988 and 1990. Evaluation was made on the basis of erythrocyte sedimentation rate, grip strength, joint score, duration of morning stiffness, and Lansbury index consisting of the above four parameters. Eleven patients were male and 107 were female, with a mean age of 53 years (range: 20-79 years) and a mean duration of illness of 8.