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Hypertension
May 1994
Hypertension Unit, University of Ferrara, Italy.
Fatal familial insomnia is a prion disease in which a selective thalamic degeneration leads to total sleep deprivation, hypertension, dysautonomia, adrenal overactivity, and impaired motor functions. With patients under continuous recumbency and polysomnographic control, we assessed the changes in the 24-hour patterns of blood pressure, heart rate, plasma catecholamines, corticotropin, and serum cortisol in three patients at different stages of the disease. Six healthy volunteers were used as control subjects.
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October 1990
Forestry Canada, Forest Pest Management Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Activity was significantly altered in zebra finch pairs orally dosed with fenitrothion insecticide at rates of 1.04 and 3.80 mg/kg.
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May 1990
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pa.
The effect of administration of estradiol (E2) alone or combined with progesterone upon the circadian rhythm of oxytocin concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was examined in adult ovariectomized rhesus monkeys bearing temporary subarachnoid catheters and maintained in a constant photoperiod (lights on 06.00-18.00 h).
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May 1991
Department of Physiology, University of Hong Kong.
The diurnal rhythm of plasma melatonin was studied in 46 Chinese patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage. The state of consciousness of each patient was assessed clinically. The individual sites of lesion were determined by computerized tomography scanning.
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November 1989
Department of Mental Health and Mental State Hospital, Staunton, VA 24401.
We found diurnal weight gain to be abnormal among 39 chronic schizophrenic patients. The patients were weighed and urine samples obtained weekly for three weeks at 7 a.m.
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