Publications by authors named "Yumiko Takami"
Purpose: To examine the conjunctiva and cornea of riboflavin-deficient rats with scanning (SEM) and transmission (TEM) electron microscopes.
Materials And Methods: Three-week-old Wistar Kyoto rats were fed a riboflavin-deficient diet (0.05 mg riboflavin/100 g) for 3 months.
Purpose: We studied the cornea and conjunctiva of Zn-deficient rats with an electron microscope and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) to elucidate the role of trace elements in the cornea and conjunctiva.
Materials And Methods: Twenty-one-day-old Wistar Kyoto rats were fed a Zn-deficient diet and deionized water for 7 weeks and then killed. The control rats were fed a Zn-deficient diet and deionized water supplemented with 3 mg Zn/100 ml.
Purpose: The purpose of the current study is to investigate the cornea in magnesium (Mg) deficiency and elucidate the local function of trace elements.
Methods: After delivery, mother Wistar Kyoto rats were fed a low Mg diet containing 0.1 mg Mg/100 g diet with all other nutrients and distilled and deionized water.
Purpose: The ultrastructure of the optic nerves in magnesium (Mg)-deficient rats was studied to elucidate the function of Mg.
Methods: After delivery, mother Wistar Kyoto rats were fed a low-Mg diet containing 0.1 mg Mg/100 g diet with all other nutrients and distilled and deionized water.
The long-term effects of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor cilazapril on retinal and choroidal circulation in rats with spontaneous diabetes type 2 were assessed by corrosion casts, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy. One group of 20 male Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats was treated with 10 mg/kg/day of cilazapril from 4 to 64 weeks of age, and 20 other OLETF rats received no treatment. A third group, 20 male Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO) rats, served as age-matched controls.
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