The dopaminergic system mediates the lateral habenula-induced autonomic cardiovascular responses.

The lateral habenula (LHb) has been implicated in stress coping and autonomic control. The LHb regulates the midbrain system of monoamine neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin, and noradrenaline. However, how the LHb regulates autonomic cardiovascular control in stressful situations is unclear.

Successful Management of Right Ventricular Failure After Emergent Transcatheter Mitral Valve Edge-to-Edge Repair With Inhaled Nitric Oxide: A Case Report.

Mitral regurgitation (MR) induces left ventricular failure and pulmonary hypertension (PH) and can lead to right ventricular (RV) failure. Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) decreases pulmonary vessel resistance. iNO has been used in patients with PH and RV failure.

Use of bronchoalveolar lavage in diagnosing angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma: A case report.

Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a type of peripheral T-cell tumour that belongs to the group of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Pulmonary lesions can be found in 7%-10% of AITL cases. Imaging findings of the lungs varied; however, immunoblastic infiltration in the lungs is rare.

Amelioration of Alzheimer's Disease by Gut-Pancreas-Liver-Brain Interaction in an App Knock-In Mouse Model.

In this study, we observed disease progression, changes in the gut microbiota, and interactions among the brain, liver, pancreas, and intestine in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD), in addition to attempting to inhibit disease progression through the dietary supplementation of L-arginine and limonoids. Wild-type mice (WC) and AD mice were fed a normal diet (AC), a diet supplemented with L-arginine and limonoids (ALA), or a diet containing only limonoids (AL) for 12-64 weeks. The normal diet-fed WC and AC mice showed a decrease in the diversity of the gut microbiota, with an increase in the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio, and bacterial translocation.

Lateral Habenula Regulates Cardiovascular Autonomic Responses the Serotonergic System in Rats.

The lateral habenula (LHb) plays essential roles in behavioral responses to stressful events. Stress is tightly linked to autonomic responses such as cardiovascular responses, yet how the LHb regulates these responses is not well understood. To address this issue, we electrically stimulated the LHb in rats, measured its effects on heart rate (HR) and mean arterial pressure (MAP), and investigated the neural circuits that mediate these LHb-induced cardiovascular responses the autonomic nervous system.

Endogenous hydrogen sulfide maintains eupnea in an in situ arterially perfused preparation of rats.

Hydrogen sulfide (HS) is constitutively generated in the human body and works as a gasotransmitter in synaptic transmission. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the roles of endogenous HS in generating eupnea at the respiratory center. We employed an in situ arterially perfused preparation of decerebrated rats and recorded the central respiratory outputs.

New Insights into Measles Virus Brain Infections.

Measles virus (MeV) may persist in the brain, causing fatal neurodegenerative diseases, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, and measles inclusion-body encephalitis. However, the mechanism of MeV propagation in the brain remains unexplained because human neurons affected by the diseases do not express the known receptors for MeV. Recent studies have revealed that certain changes in the ectodomain of the MeV fusion (F) protein play a key role in MeV spread in the brain.

Cell-to-Cell Measles Virus Spread between Human Neurons Is Dependent on Hemagglutinin and Hyperfusogenic Fusion Protein.

Measles virus (MV) usually causes acute infection but in rare cases persists in the brain, resulting in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). Since human neurons, an important target affected in the disease, do not express the known MV receptors (signaling lymphocyte activation molecule [SLAM] and nectin 4), how MV infects neurons and spreads between them is unknown. Recent studies have shown that many virus strains isolated from SSPE patients possess substitutions in the extracellular domain of the fusion (F) protein which confer enhanced fusion activity.