[Effect of scalp acupuncture on cognitive function and self-care ability of daily life in patients with traumatic brain injury].

Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of scalp acupuncture on cognitive dysfunction of traumatic brain injury.

Methods: Seventy patients with cognitive dysfunction of traumatic brain injury were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 35 cases in each group. After treatment, 5 cases dropped off in each group.

Two Novel Two-Stage Direction of Arrival Estimation Algorithms for Two-Dimensional Mixed Noncircular and Circular Sources.

This paper addresses the two-dimensional (2D) direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation problem with two novel methods for mixed noncircular and circular signals. The first proposed method is named the two-stage direction-of-arrival matrix (TSDOAM) method, and the other is called the two-stage rank reduction (TSRARE) method. The proposed methods utilize both the circularity and the direction-of-arrival differences between the noncircular and circular sources to estimate the 2D directions-of-arrival (DOAs).

A glycine site-specific NMDA receptor antagonist protects retina ganglion cells from ischemic injury by modulating apoptotic cascades.

Glutamate neurotoxicity is one of the causative factors leading to neural degeneration including retina. Inhibition of NMDA receptors has been shown neuroprotective effects. However, specifically inhibition of glycine subunit in NMDA receptors and its effects on retina neural protection has not been tested.

TL1A-induced NF-kappaB activation and c-IAP2 production prevent DR3-mediated apoptosis in TF-1 cells.

We recently identified TL1A, an endothelium-derived T cell costimulator and a ligand for tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily members DR3 and decoy receptor 3. To elucidate the signaling events triggered by TL1A-DR3 interaction and to understand the molecular mechanisms regulating DR3-mediated apoptosis, we have studied the effect of TL1A and an agonistic DR3 monoclonal antibody in human erythroleukemic TF-1 cells, which express DR3 endogenously. TL1A induced the formation of a DR3 signaling complex containing TRADD, TRAF2, and RIP and activated the NF-kappaB and the ERK, JNK, and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways.