[Different expression of GluR5 and GluR6 in rat astrocyte induced with coriaria lactone and ATPA].

Objective: To investigate the different expression of GluR5 and GluR6 in rat astrocyte induced with Coriaria Lactone (CL) and ATPA and to discuss the possible mechanism of the inducing epileptic model.

Methods: Astrocyte of neonate rats was treated with CL and ATPA respectively and the astrocyte treated with normal saline as control. The mRNA and protein levels of GluR5 and GluR6 were detected by RT-PCR and western blotting.

How polluted is the Yangtze river? Water quality downstream from the Three Gorges Dam.

The concentrations of major anions and cations, nitrogen and phosphorus, dissolved and particulate trace elements, and organic pollutants were determined for the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) from below the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) to the mouth at Shanghai in November 2006. The concentration of dissolved inorganic phosphate (DIP) was constant at a low level of 6-8 microgP/L, but the concentration of nitrate (NO(3)(-)) approximately doubled downstream and was closely correlated with K(+). This translated to a daily load of well over 1000 t of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) at Datong.

Lateral sinus thrombosis and intracranial hypertension associated with primary hypothyroidism: case report.

Several cases of hypothyroidism have been reported to develop idiopathic intracranial hypertension not directly precisely linked with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVT). A 31-year-old Chinese woman presented with bilateral blurred vision and paroxysmal amaurosis for about 6 months without headache. Neurological examination revealed normal expect for the sixth cranial nerve palsy and bilateral papilledema.