MRI Assessment of the Relationship Between Cortical Morphological Features and Hemiparetic Motor-Related Outcomes in Chronic Subcortical Stroke Patients.

Background: It is unclear which cortical regions are specific to or commonly associated with the impairments of the upper/lower limbs and the activities of daily life (ADL) in stroke patients.

Purpose: To investigate the relationships between MRI-assessed surface-based morphometry (SBM) features and motor function as well as ADL in participants with chronic stroke.

Study Type: Prospective.

Altered cerebellar functional connectivity in chronic subcortical stroke patients.

Background: Previous studies demonstrated that cerebellar subregions are involved in different functions. Especially the cerebellar anterior lobe (CAL) and cerebellar posterior lobe (CPL) have been postulated to primarily account for sensorimotor and cognitive function, respectively. However, the functional connectivity (FC) alterations of CAL and CPL, and their relationships with behavior performance in chronic stroke participants are unclear so far.

Heterogeneous alterations in thalamic subfields in major depression disorder.

Background: It is well known that the thalamus is not a unitary and homogeneous entity but a complex and highly connected archeocortical structure. Although many neuroimaging studies have reported alterations in the thalamus in major depressive disorder (MDD), the structural alterations in thalamic subfields remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate changes in gray matter volume (GMV) in thalamic subfields in MDD patients.

Development and validation of a lateral flow immunoassay using colloidal gold for the identification of serotype-specific foot-and-mouth disease virus O, A and Asia 1.

A lateral flow immunoassay (LFI) was developed to identify and diagnose foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) serotypes O, A and Asia 1. Antibodies obtained from rabbits and guinea pigs immunized with cell-culture-adapted virus strains (O/CHA/99, A/GS/LX/66, Asia 1/CHN/05) and suckling-mouse adapted virus strains (O/AV99(L), A/AV88(L), Asia 1/YNBS/58) were used as capture antibodies. The diagnostic kit included three immunochromatographic strips of types O, A and Asia 1, and the type-specific results were confirmed by color on the test lines of the three strips.