Therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine in patients with symptomatic cervical ectopy.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the treatment and efficacy of Badushengjigao, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formula, for symptomatic cervical ectopy.

Method: A patient self-selected two group comparison study was performed. One hundred patients with symptomatic cervical ectopy admitted to the Central Hospital of E-Zhou (Hubei, China) between July 2013 and July 2014 were enrolled in the study.

[Inhibitory effect of interleukin-6 on NMDA-stimulated neuronal firing activity and possible mechanism involved in the effect].

Objective: To study the effect and the possible mechanism of IL-6 on NMDA-excited neuronal discharges of rats in vitro.

Methods: The cerebellar slices were prepared and spontaneous discharges of single cerebellar interposed nuclear (IN) neurons were recorded by extracellular recordings. The cerebellar slices were perfused with artificial cerebral spinal fluid (ACSF) containing N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), IL-6, JAK inhibitor AG490.