A Giant Silence - An atypical association of sensorineural hearing loss with Giant Cell Arteritis.

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic vasculitic disorder predominantly affecting medium to large sized arteries, prevalent in the 50 plus age group. This case illustrates an atypical presentation of this disease in the form of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Apart from the presence of constitutional and vertiginous symptoms, there were essentially no classical features of GCA.

[Treatment of ankylosing spondylitis with thoracolumbar fractures by robot-assisted internal fixation in lateral decubitus position].

Objective: To explore the effect of robot-assisted internal fixation in lateral decubitus position for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) complicated with thoracolumbar fractures.

Methods: The clinical data of 26 patients with ankylosing spondylitis complicated with thoracolumbar fractures treated from January 2018 to June 2020 was retrospectively analyzed. According to different surgical methods, these patients were divided into observation group and control group.

A central neural circuit for itch sensation.

Although itch sensation is an important protective mechanism for animals, chronic itch remains a challenging clinical problem. Itch processing has been studied extensively at the spinal level. However, how itch information is transmitted to the brain and what central circuits underlie the itch-induced scratching behavior remain largely unknown.

Silencing of Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Neurons Using Archaerhodopsin Prolongs Slow-Wave Sleep in Mice.

The basal forebrain (BF) plays a crucial role in cortical activation. Our previous study showed that activation of cholinergic BF neurons alone is sufficient to suppress slow-wave sleep (SWS) and promote wakefulness and rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep. However, the exact role of silencing cholinergic BF neurons in the sleep-wake cycle remains unclear.

Selective activation of cholinergic basal forebrain neurons induces immediate sleep-wake transitions.

The basal forebrain (BF) plays a crucial role in cortical activation [1, 2]. However, the exact role of cholinergic BF (ch-BF) neurons in the sleep-wake cycle remains unclear [3, 4]. We demonstrated that photostimulation of ch-BF neurons genetically targeted with channelrhodopsin 2 (ChR2) was sufficient to induce an immediate transition to waking or rapid eye movement (REM) sleep from slow-wave sleep (SWS).

Momentum imaging spectrometer for molecular fragmentation dynamics induced by pulsed electron beam.

A momentum imaging spectrometer has been built for studying the electron impact molecular fragmentation dynamics. The setup consists of a pulsed electron gun and a time of flight system as well as a two-dimensional time and position sensitive multi-hit detector. The charged fragments with kinetic energy up to 10 eV can be detected in 4π solid angles and their three-dimensional momentum vectors can be reconstructed.

[The roles of glutamate in sleep and wakefulness].

Glutamate as an excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, participate in initiation and maintaining of sleep and wakefulness. The paper presents an overview of the research progress of glutamate in the regulation of sleep and wakefulness, especially focuses on its role in the brainstem, lateral hypothalamus and basal forebrain. Glutamate in the brain stem regulates the brain activity and maintains muscle tone during the wakefulness, as well as adjusts the electroencephalograph (EEG) in rapid eye movement phase and leads to muscle weakness.

Outer- and inner-valence satellites of carbon dioxide: electron momentum spectroscopy compared with symmetry-adapted-cluster configuration interaction general-R calculations.

The extensive study of outer- and inner-valence satellites of carbon dioxide by electron momentum spectroscopy is reported. The experiments have been performed using a high-sensitivity electron momentum spectrometer employing non-coplanar symmetric geometry at impact energy of about 1200 eV. Binding energy spectrum up to 50 eV, above the first double ionization threshold (~37.

[Study on elemental speciation analysis and transference characteristics of Arnebia euthroma (Royle) Johnst by ICP-MS].

The elemental transference characteristics and primary speciation analysis of Arnebia euthroma (Royle) Johnst were investigated in the present paper. The results showed: sealed digestion at high temperature was more efficient and thorough than microwave-assisted process (MAP) digestion in the preparation of speciation analysis; Most of the elements analyzed, excluding potassium and zinc, exist in particulate speciation in the plant; The transference characteristics of elements were associated with the polarity of extraction solvents. Contents of all 22 elements basically were directly proportional to the polarity of solvents varying from almost no polarity to strong, especially for 7 elements: magnesium, potassium, calcium, manganese, cobalt, thallium and lead.