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Noman EA, Al-Gheethi AAS, Radin Mohamed RMS, Talip BA, Nagao H, Mohd Kassim AH, Bakar SA. Consequences of the Improper Disposal of Greywater. Management of Greywater in Developing Countries 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90269-2_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Misawa-Suzuki T, Matsuya K, Watanabe T, Nagao H. Triply bridged dinuclear ruthenium complexes bearing alkylbis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine in the mixed-valence state of Ru(ii)–Ru(iii). Dalton Trans 2018; 47:16182-16189. [DOI: 10.1039/c8dt03507e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Five diruthenium complexes in the mixed-valence state of Ru(ii)–Ru(iii), triply bridged by halogeno and methoxido ligands, were newly synthesized and compared.
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- T. Misawa-Suzuki
- Department of Materials and Life Sciences
- Sophia University
- Tokyo 102-8554
- Japan
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- Department of Materials and Life Sciences
- Sophia University
- Tokyo 102-8554
- Japan
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- Department of Materials and Life Sciences
- Sophia University
- Tokyo 102-8554
- Japan
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- Department of Materials and Life Sciences
- Sophia University
- Tokyo 102-8554
- Japan
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Mohd Omar A, Tengku Norsalwani T, Abdul Khalil H, Nagao H, Zuknik M, Sohrab Hossain M, Nik Norulaini N. Waterless sterilization of oil palm fruitlets using supercritical carbon dioxide. J Supercrit Fluids 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2017.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Noman EA, Al-Gheethi AA, Rahman NNNA, Nagao H, Ab Kadir MO. Assessment of relevant fungal species in clinical solid wastes. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:19806-19824. [PMID: 27417327 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7161-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The study aimed to determine the fungal diversity in clinical waste samples from a healthcare facility in Penang Malaysia. Different fungi species were detected in 83.75 % of the 92 clinical waste samples that were screened from different sections of the healthcare facility. One hundred fifty fungal isolates comprising of 8 genera and 36 species were obtained. They were purified by using single spore isolation technique. Subsequently, the isolates were identified by phenotypic method based on morphological and culture characteristics on different culture media. Among all fungal isolates, Aspergillus spp. in section Nigri 10.2 %, Aspergillus niger 9.5 %, Aspergillus fumigatus 8.8 %, Penicillium. simplicissium 8 %, Aspergillus tubingensis 7.3 %, Aspergillus terreus var. terreus 6.6 %, Penicillium waksmanii 5.9 % and Curvularia lunata 6.5 % were the most frequent. Among five sections of the Wellness Centre, the clinical wastes collected from the diagnostic labs of haematology section had the highest numbers of fungal species (29 species). Glove wastes had the highest numbers of fungal species (19 species) among 17 types of clinical wastes screened. Among all fungal species, Aspergillus spp. exhibited higher growth at 37 °C than at 28 °C, indicating the potential of these opportunistic fungi to cause diseases in human. These results indicated the potential of hospital wastes as reservoirs for fungal species.
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- Efaq Ali Noman
- School of Industrial Technology, University Science Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia.
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- Micro-pollution Research Centre (MPRC), Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University Science Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia
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- School of Industrial Technology, University Science Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia
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Efaq AN, Ab. Rahman NNN, Nagao H, Al-Gheethi AA, Ab. Kadir MO. Inactivation of Aspergillus Spores in Clinical Wastes by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. Arab J Sci Eng 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s13369-016-2087-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kawamoto S, Takasu M, Miyakawa T, Morikawa R, Oda T, Saito H, Futaki S, Nagao H, Shinoda W. Free Energy of Cell-Penetrating Peptide through Lipid Bilayer Membrane: Coarse-Grained Model Simulation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5297-9_29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Nagao H, Tsuboi S, Ishihara Y, Yanaka H. The "GDSClient" Collecting Tool for Networked Solid Earth Science Data. Data Sci J 2010. [DOI: 10.2481/dsj.igy-051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A new species of Kumanasamuha is described and illustrated from axenic single-spore isolates of Chorioactis geaster. The characteristics of conidia and hyphae are the same as the dematiaceous hyphomycete observed on decayed trunks of Quercus spp., where C. geaster appeared in the field in Japan. Our results indicated that C. geaster in situ colonizes decayed trunks of Quercus spp.
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- H Nagao
- Genebank, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan.
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Yamagishi Y, Nagao H, Suzuki K, Tamura H, Hatakeyama T, Yanaka H, Tuboi S. Erratum: Google Earth as Geoscience Data Browser Project:. Data Sci J 2009. [DOI: 10.2481/dsj.8-s502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Yamagishi Y, Nagao H, Suzuki K, Tamura H, Hatakeyama T, Yanaka H, Tuboi S. Google Earth as Geoscience Data Browser Project: Development of a Tool to Convert JAMSTEC Research Vessel Navigation Data to KML. Data Sci J 2009. [DOI: 10.2481/dsj.8.s85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Oda T, Sugimori K, Nagao H, Hamada I, Kagayama S, Geshi M, Nagara H, Kusakabe K, Suzuki N. Oxygen at high pressures: a theoretical approach to monoatomic phases. J Phys Condens Matter 2007; 19:365211. [PMID: 21694157 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/36/365211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We have studied the ζ-phase of solid oxygen using the generalized gradient approximation in the density functional approach. Calculations of total energies and pressures have been carried out for the prototype of diatomic ζ-phase and other hypothetical monoatomic crystal structures. The diatomic phase was found to be stable over a wide range of pressure (100-2000 GPa). The stacking of molecular layers is discussed in comparison with the available experimental data.
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- T Oda
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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Yamanaka S, Yamaki D, Shigeta Y, Nagao H, Yoshioka Y, Yamaguchi K, Suzuki N. Generalized Spin-Density Functional Calculation for the Spin Frustrated Systems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/10587250008023516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- S. Yamanaka
- a Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science, Osaka University , Machikaneyama , Toyonaka , 560-0043 , Japan
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- a Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science, Osaka University , Machikaneyama , Toyonaka , 560-0043 , Japan
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- a Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science, Osaka University , Machikaneyama , Toyonaka , 560-0043 , Japan
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- a Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science, Osaka University , Machikaneyama , Toyonaka , 560-0043 , Japan
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- a Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science, Osaka University , Machikaneyama , Toyonaka , 560-0043 , Japan
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- a Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science, Osaka University , Machikaneyama , Toyonaka , 560-0043 , Japan
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- b Department of Physical Science , Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University , Machikaneyama , Toyonaka , 560-8531 , Japan
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Nakano S, Kitagawa Y, Kawakami T, Okumura M, Nagao H, Yamaguchi K. Theoretical studies on electronic states of Rh-C60. Possibility of a room-temperature organic ferromagnet. Molecules 2004; 9:792-807. [PMID: 18007478 PMCID: PMC6147461 DOI: 10.3390/90900792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2004] [Accepted: 05/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A possible mechanism for a ferromagnetic interaction in the rhombic (Rh) form of C60 (Rh-C60) is suggested on the basis of theoretical studies in relation to cage distortion of the C60 unit in the polymerized 2D-plane. Band structure calculations on Rh-C60 show that cage distortion leads to competition between diamagnetic and ferromagnetic states,which give rise to the possibility of thermally populating the ferromagnetic state.
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- S. Nakano
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Computational Science, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Matsuda A, Nagao H, Nakamura K, Kondo K. Time-resolved Raman spectra of ring-stretching modes of benzene derivatives under laser-driven shock compression at 1 GPa. Chem Phys Lett 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(03)00556-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Westler WM, Kainosho M, Nagao H, Tomonaga N, Markley JL. Two-dimensional NMR strategies for carbon-carbon correlations and sequence-specific assignments in carbon-13 labeled proteins. J Am Chem Soc 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/ja00220a090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nagao H, Tachikawa N, Miki T, Oda M, Mori M, Takahashi K, Enomoto S. Effect of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 on bone formation in alveolar ridge defects in dogs. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2002; 31:66-72. [PMID: 11936403 DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2001.0133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study was designed to evaluate the effect of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) combined with poly D, L lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA)/gelatin sponge complex (PGS) on the formation of bone in critically sized marginal defects of the mandible in dogs. Three months after extraction of the pre-molar teeth, rectangular bone defects (10 x 8 x 7 mm) were made in both sides of the mandible. A PGS block soaked in rhBMP-2 (400 microgram/ml) was implanted into one defect (BMP (+) group). As control, an untreated PGS block was implanted into the contralateral defect (BMP (-) group). 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks after implantation, the defects were examined. In the BMP (+) group, newly formed bone was found in all defects from 4 weeks onward and was marked at 12 weeks. In contrast, the BMP (-) group showed no appreciable new bone formation, even at 12 weeks. Moreover, density of newly formed bone in the BMP (+) group was similar to that of the surrounding cortical bone at 12 weeks. These findings suggest that rhBMP-2/PGS is an effective bone substitute for reconstructive surgery of the dog mandible.
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- H Nagao
- Clinic for Oral Implantology, University Hospital, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
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- Y. Ohta
- Department of Computational Science, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Computational Science, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Computational Science, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Computational Science, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Computational Science, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Computational Science, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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Nagao H. [Medical and educational support to children with neuromuscular disorders in schools: an analysis based on a questionnaire to teachers]. No To Hattatsu 2001; 33:307-13. [PMID: 11494572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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To clarify the medical and educational support necessary for ordinary school life of children with neuromuscular disorders, a questionnaire was sent to their homeroom teachers. The 13 outpatients consisted of 7 with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 5 other muscular dystrophies, and 1 with another myopathy. Their teachers desired the environment and system, such as elevators and personnel to support their movements, should be improved. Regarding the school curriculum, special advice of medical staff was considered to be necessary to provide physical education and to promote their well-retained activities. The teachers regarded it valuable to teach them together with healthy children, for the children with or without neuromuscular disorders, teachers, and people in the community. In the future, it is expected that national sanatariums and schools for the handicapped will function as special facilities that are open to the community for general counselling and provide various informations. Pediatric neurologists should play a role as managers caring for the patients, their families, teachers, schools, and communities.
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- H Nagao
- Department of Pathology for the Handicapped, Faculty of Education, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime
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Akiba Y, Sato K, Takahashi K, Matsushita K, Komiyama H, Tsunekawa H, Nagao H. Meat Color Modification in Broiler Chickens by Feeding Yeast Phaffia rhodozyma Containing High Concentrations of Astaxanthin. J APPL POULTRY RES 2001. [DOI: 10.1093/japr/10.2.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Y Yoshihara
- Laboratory for Neurobiology of the Synapse, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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Shigeta Y, Kitagawa Y, Nagao H, Yoshioka Y, Toyoda J, Nakasuji K, Yamaguchi K. Theoretical studies on the proton and electron transfer (PET) in a pseudo one-dimensional hydrogen bonded network system. J Mol Liq 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7322(01)00108-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pheromone receptors are expressed in the accessory olfactory system, which is vital for non-specific chemical communication and for sexual behavior. Under the hypothesis that some of the pheromone molecules released from female reproductive organs might regulate sperm chemotaxis or chemokinesis, we examined whether the V1R type pheromone receptor mRNAs are expressed in developing germ cells. By a reverse transcription-PCR method, we obtained nine kinds of cDNA fragments belonging to the receptor family. In situ hybridization analysis in testicular sections using probes of testicular pheromone receptors (TVRs) revealed that TVR mRNAs were expressed by spermatids. TVRs were also expressed in the accessory olfactory organ. In the testis, hybridization signals were localized in subsets of the seminiferous tubules, suggesting that TVRs were expressed by selective subsets of the spermatids. In situ hybridization study suggests also that each sperm expresses multiple pheromone receptors. The testicular pheromone receptors might have an important role in the maturation and/or migration of sperm.
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- H Tatsura
- Laboratory for Neuronal Recognition Molecules, Brain Science Institute RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
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The glomerular sheet in the olfactory bulb (OB) provides an olfactory sensory map identifying which odorant receptors (ORs) in the nose are activated by inhaled odorants. How are the glomeruli spatially arranged in the OB? Using OCAM and neuropilin-1 (NP1) as molecular markers for target glomeruli of distinct subsets of olfactory axons, we demonstrate here that glomeruli are parceled into topographically distinct domains. Spatial arrangement of these domains suggests that each OB contains two mirror-image maps of the glomeruli. In situ hybridization shows that the glomeruli representing the same OR are symmetrically arranged; one in a domain in the lateral hemisphere and the other in a corresponding domain in the medial hemisphere of the OB. These results suggest that OB contains two symmetrical OR maps with similar domain organization.
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- H Nagao
- Laboratory for Neuronal Recognition Molecules, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan
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The glomerular sheet in the olfactory bulb (OB) provides an olfactory sensory map identifying which odorant receptors (ORs) in the nose are activated by inhaled odorants. How are the glomeruli spatially arranged in the OB? Using OCAM and neuropilin-1 (NP1) as molecular markers for target glomeruli of distinct subsets of olfactory axons, we demonstrate here that glomeruli are parceled into topographically distinct domains. Spatial arrangement of these domains suggests that each OB contains two mirror-image maps of the glomeruli. In situ hybridization shows that the glomeruli representing the same OR are symmetrically arranged; one in a domain in the lateral hemisphere and the other in a corresponding domain in the medial hemisphere of the OB. These results suggest that OB contains two symmetrical OR maps with similar domain organization.
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- H Nagao
- Laboratory for Neuronal Recognition Molecules, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan
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Wakamoto H, Nagao H, Hayashi M, Morimoto T. Long-term medical, educational, and social prognoses of childhood-onset epilepsy: a population-based study in a rural district of Japan. Brain Dev 2000; 22:246-55. [PMID: 10838113 DOI: 10.1016/s0387-7604(00)00121-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The long-term prognosis of childhood-onset epilepsy has rarely been studied in a general population. We examined the long-term medical, educational, and social outcomes in individuals with a history of childhood-onset epilepsy aged 20 years or older in a defined area of Japan. Furthermore, the patients' recognition of epilepsy as well as the parents' concerns about the prognosis of epilepsy were also surveyed. After a mean follow-up period of 18.9 years, we had sufficient data on 148 surviving patients aged 20-38 years (mean, 26. 0 years) and seven dead patients. The follow-up rate was 92.8%. In the overall group, the percentages of those who had had each of the following were as follows: (a) 5-year remission, 62.8%; (b) a relapse of seizures, 17.4%; (c) psychiatric complications, 2.7%; (d) mortality, 4.5%; (e) attendance at regular classes of an ordinary school during compulsory education, 71.6%; (f) entrance to high school, 65.5%; (g) employment, 67.4%; (h) marriage, 23.0%; and (i) acquisition of a driver's license, 54.7%. The educational and social variables of the control population were as follows: (e) 99.1, (f) 97.0, (g) 96.6, (h) 51.9, and (i) 94.8%. In the 99 patients of normal intelligence, the results of the same analysis were as follows: (a) 75.8, (b) 10.7, (c) 0, (d) 0.6, (e) 100, (f) 96.0, (g) 95.2, (h) 33.3, and (i) 77.8%, in contrast to the corresponding variables of the 49 patients with mental retardation, that is, (a) 36.7, (b) 44.4, (c) 8.2, (d) 12.2, (e) 14.3, (f) 6.1, (g) 20.4, (h) 2.0, and (i) 4.1%, respectively. The best predictors of seizure remission included an early response to therapy, a low frequency of seizures or an absence of status epilepticus prior to therapy, and normal mental development. As for the current awareness of epilepsy and its prognosis, nearly 40% of the patients did not know the true name of their illness, and the same proportion of parents were still anxious about the prognosis even if their children had been taken off medication. Our data show that the majority of patients with childhood-onset epilepsy have a favorable long-term medical prognosis in terms of seizure remission and psychiatric complications, whereas they have a higher mortality rate and lower levels of educational background as well as employment and marital status compared with the general population. However, except for the low marriage rate for the younger age group and the low rate of holding a driver's license, patients of normal intelligence appear to have more favorable long-term prognoses in terms of educational and social aspects as well. In Japan, individuals with epilepsy may not seek a driver's license because of the law.
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- H Wakamoto
- Department of Pediatrics, Uwajima City Hospital, Japan
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Soda T, Kitagawa Y, Onishi T, Takano Y, Shigeta Y, Nagao H, Yoshioka Y, Yamaguchi K. Ab initio computations of effective exchange integrals for H–H, H–He–H and Mn2O2 complex: comparison of broken-symmetry approaches. Chem Phys Lett 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(00)00166-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 588] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nagao H, Tachikawa N, Uchida W, Taira K, Shiota M, Enomoto S. [Clinical study on risk management for dental implant treatment--Part 1. Clinical retrospective study on the medically compromised patients at clinic for oral implant]. Kokubyo Gakkai Zasshi 2000; 67:18-22. [PMID: 10774155 DOI: 10.5357/koubyou.67.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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A retrospective study on medically compromised patients was made using 1,000 outpatients who visited the Clinic for Oral Implant, University Hospital, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University between April 1995 and June 1998. The results were as follows: 1. 35.3% (353 patients: 140 males and 213 females) of the outpatients were medically compromised. 2. The greatest number of medically compromised patients was in the 50-59 age group (118 cases), followed by those in the 40-49 and 60-69 age groups. 3. The highest ratio of medically compromised patients was in the 60-69 age group (48.2%), followed by those in the 70-79 and 50-59 age groups. 4. Among the 353 patients, 96 (27.2%) underwent surgical treatment such as insertion of implant (68 cases), removal of implant, extraction of tooth, and free gingival graft. 5. Among the 68 patients who underwent insertion of implant, in a classification by type of disease, the patients with cardiovascular diseases were the most numerous (33.9%), followed by metabolic and digestive tract diseases. 6. All surgical treatments of implant insertion were performed under local anesthesia, while monitoring cardiac and respiratory function, and SpO2. Among the 68 patients, 9 underwent operation under intravenous sedation and 2 under nitrous oxide inhalation sedation. All 11 patients had hypertension. The results suggested that identification of preoperative risk factors, precise recognition of general condition, and establishment of control system are important to manage medically compromised patients for dental implant treatment.
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- H Nagao
- Clinic for Oral Implant, University Hospital, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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Nagao H, Nishino M, Shigeta Y, Soda T, Kitagawa Y, Onishi T, Yoshioka Y, Yamaguchi K. Theoretical studies on effective spin interactions, spin alignments and macroscopic spin tunneling in polynuclear manganese and related complexes and their mesoscopic clusters. Coord Chem Rev 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0010-8545(00)00231-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Shigeta Y, Kawakami T, Nagao H, Yamaguchi K. A theoretical study of spin level crossing induced by an external magnetic field of ring molecule magnet models. Chem Phys Lett 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(99)01202-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Olfactory sensory neurons detect a large variety of odor molecules and send information through their axons to the olfactory bulb, the first site for the processing of olfactory information in the brain. The axonal connection is precisely organized so that signals from 1000 different types of odorant receptors are sorted out in 1800 glomeruli in the mouse olfactory bulb. Individual glomerular modules presumably represent a single type of receptor and are thus tuned to specific molecular features of odorants. Local neuronal circuits in the bulb mediate lateral inhibition among glomerular modules to sharpen the tuning specificity of output neurons. They also mediate synchronized oscillatory discharges among specific combinations of output neurons and may contribute to the integration of signals from distinct odorant receptors in the olfactory cortex.
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- K Mori
- Laboratory for Neuronal Recognition Molecules, Laboratory for Neurobiology of Synapse, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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Wakamoto H, Nagao H, Manabe K, Kobayashi H, Hayashi M. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus in eyelid myoclonia with absences--evidence of provocation unrelated to photosensitivity. Neuropediatrics 1999; 30:149-50. [PMID: 10480211 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A 10-year old girl with eyelid myoclonia with absences (EMA) in whom nonconvulsive status epilepticus developed shortly after awakening is described. A video-polygraphic recording during the status showed the characteristic eye-closure provocation of eyelid myoclonia with upward deviation of the eyeballs and brief absences. Ictal EEG showed generalized polyspikes concomitant with eyelid myoclonia, while absences were accompanied by 3.5 Hz polyspike-wave complexes on EEG. This condition occurred even in total darkness as well as even after seizures precipitated by bright sunlight had been eliminated by medication. The present case suggests that the eye closure mechanism could be a more potent precipitating factor than photosensitivity in the pathophysiology of EMA.
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- H Wakamoto
- Department of Pediatrics, Uwajima City Hospital, Ehime, Japan
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Maeda I, Daba M, Hirose N, Nagao H, Idehara K, Miura Y, Yagi K, Mizoguchi T. Repression of nitrogenase by ethanol in nitrogen-deprived cultures of Rhodovulum sulfidophilum. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1999; 171:121-6. [PMID: 10077835 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb13421.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Light-dependent H2 evolution did not occur in nitrogen-deprived cultures of Rhodovulum sulfidophilum in the presence of ethanol. When ethanol was added to cells which had been grown with ammonia, derepression of the nitrogen fixation genes (nifHD) was inhibited at an ethanol concentration of 1 mM. On the other hand, when cells had nitrogenase-catalyzed proton-reducing activity prior to ethanol addition, reduction of the nifHD transcript level did not occur after the addition. In cells grown with ammonia, concomitant addition of an auxiliary oxidant such as dimethylsulfoxide or sodium bicarbonate resulted in derepression of nitrogenase activity in the presence of ethanol. These results suggest that the electron-accepting process is necessary for derepression of nif genes in cultures which use ethanol as the electron donor.
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- I Maeda
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Japan
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Mori K, Nagao H, Sasaki YF. Computation of molecular information in mammalian olfactory systems. Network 1998; 9:R79-R102. [PMID: 10221572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The olfactory system is unique in that the sensory input is in the form of molecular information carried in odour molecules and that a huge variety of compounds can function as odour molecules. The mammalian olfactory system has neuronal networks that can process and integrate the molecular information for discrimination of odour molecules and for perception of olfactory images of objects. Recent rapid advances have begun to provide new insights into the functional logic employed by the main olfactory system for odour discrimination, for odour classification and for olfactory perception of objects. This review discusses how the odour molecule information is encoded, transmitted, processed and decoded at distinct anatomical structures (sensory epithelium, olfactory bulb and olfactory cortex) of the olfactory nervous system. We also discuss the functional network in the accessory olfactory system with regard to the processing of pheromonal information.
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- K Mori
- Laboratory for Neuronal Recognition Molecules, Brain Science Institute, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako, Saitama, Japan.
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Host-derived blood protein adsorption is much more rapid than the migration of cells to foreign surfaces, so the effect of host proteins in blood on blood cells and bone marrow cells was investigated by means of in vitro culturing of blood and bone marrow cells on titanium. A material preincubated with plasma induced high nonspecific esterase (NSE) activity and polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) elastase activity, but neither a serum- nor albumin-coated material had the same effect as the plasma-coated material. Therefore, attention was paid to fibrinogen. On titanium coated with fibrinogen increases in not only NSE activity and PMN elastase activity in blood and bone marrow, but also tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRACP) activity were observed in bone marrow cultures. A decrease in alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity was also observed in the cultures. These changes of bone marrow cultures were reversed by the addition of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 to the cultures. These results suggested that bleeding around titanium affects the function of macrophages or neutrophils due to the effect of fibrinogen. Furthermore, it was suggested that this factor may affect the functions of osteoblasts anti osteoclasts around a titanium implant with the inevitable side effects of implantation in bone tissue: bleeding and clotting.
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- H Nagao
- Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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Developing rats were given GABA antagonists and agonist before electrical seizure discharges were induced by heating the brain of a rat with infra-red rays. The thresholds for the GABA antagonist groups were significantly lower than that for the control, and the threshold for the GABA agonist group was significantly higher than that for the control. These results support the hypothesis that reduced GABAergic system activity underlies febrile seizures.
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- M Fukuda
- Department of Pediatrics, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan
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The initial interaction between a titanium implant and the surrounding cancellous bone tissue was investigated by means of in vitro cultures of bone marrow-derived osteoblastic clone TMS-12 cells. Proliferation of TMS-12 cells cultured on a titanium surface was significantly reduced compared with that of control cells cultured directly on plastic, but alkaline phosphatase activity was the same as control cells. Co-culture of spleen cells with TMS-12 cells in the presence of a 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 on titanium resulted in significant inhibition of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase activity compared to control cultures on plastic. More prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) was produced by cells grown on a titanium surface than on plastic tissue-culture plates. On the other hand, mouse calvaria-derived osteogenic MC3T3-E1 cells, known to proliferate well on titanium, released similar amounts of PGE2 on titanium surfaces as on plastic tissue culture plates, indicating additional marked differences between the two osteoblastic cell types in response to a titanium surface. These results suggest that the reaction of bone marrow-derived osteoblastic cells to a titanium surface may fundamentally differ from that of calvaria-derived osteoblastics even though both cells are from bone tissue.
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- T Kurachi
- The Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Yushima, Japan
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We followed five cases with severe febrile seizures (FS) with early onset and seizures induced by hot water bath, indicating severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (SME) or the peripheral form of SME. These cases, however, had far better clinical courses than that of SME or the peripheral form of SME. These cases were characterized by: (a) severe FS with early onset and seizures induced by hot water bath; (b) a lack of myoclonic seizures; (c) no psychomotor deterioration; (d) no underlying disorders or signs of brain insult on neurologic and laboratory examination; (e) relatively successful seizure control; (f) none of the severe EEG abnormalities seen in SME and the peripheral form of SME; and (g) a positive family history of convulsive disorders.
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- M Fukuda
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Ehime University, Japan
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Kawakami Y, Shimada S, Sakai Y, Suwa M, Nagao H, Hirota Y, Kawamura K, Adachi I, Narabayashi I. Do repolarization abnormalities in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy represent impaired fatty acid utilization? An observation with QRST isointegral maps. J Electrocardiol 1997; 30:21-9. [PMID: 9005883 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-0736(97)80031-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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To identify the clinical significance of the isointegral body surface map of the QRST interval (QRST map) and the occurrence of repolarization abnormalities in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the QRST map and signal-averaged electrocardiogram were evaluated in 50 patients with HCM, in 33 of whom the results were compared with nuclear images both for radioiodine-labeled fatty acid metabolism and for radiothallium perfusion. The QRST departure map was used to determine two parameters of difference between patient and control recordings: the subnormal area (the number of lead points at which the departure index values were negative and lay more than 2 SDs from the mean of the normal control group) and the subnormal minimum (the absolute value of the minimum in the departure map). Late potentials were detected in 6 (12%) of the 50 patients; they were observed in 3 of the 5 patients with dilated-phase HCM but in only 3 (7%) of the other 45 patients. The subnormal area and minimum values were lower in nonobstructive HCM than in dilated-phase HCM. Of the 33 patients examined by myocardial imaging, 28 (33%) had a filling defect or decreased uptake, as shown on fatty acid metabolic images, and 10 of the 28 also showed abnormal myocardial perfusion images, while the 18 others showed normal perfusion images. These 28 patients showed significantly larger values of the subnormal area and minimum than patients with normal results in both image tests, regardless of whether or not myocardial perfusion imaging abnormalities were present. The localization of filling defects or of decreased uptake presented in fatty acid metabolic images corresponded to the position of the minimum on the QRST departure map. These results suggest that the QRST map is useful for detection of repolarization abnormalities in HCM and that these abnormalities are highly related to impaired fatty acid utilization of the myocardium.
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- Y Kawakami
- Third Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Japan
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Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) is a neuropoietic cytokine which has various functions, such as survival promoting effect on both peripheral and central neurons, promotion of cholinergic differentiation, and participation in differentiation of Type-2 astrocytes (reviewed in ref. [30]). However, the regulatory mechanism of the CNTF expression is largely unknown. In this study, we analyzed the effects of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), an activator of PKC, on the expression of CNTF-mRNA in cultured astrocytes from neonatal rat olfactory bulb. PMA induced a transient decrease of CNTF-mRNA levels which was followed by a persistent increase of the mRNA up to 4-fold of the control level at 24 h after the addition of the compound. Both the PMA-induced decrease and increase of the CNTF-mRNA levels were canceled by treatment with cycloheximide, an inhibitor of protein synthesis, suggesting that protein synthesis-dependent mechanisms participate in both the PMA-induced decrease and increase of CNTF-mRNA levels. On the other hand, PMA induced expressions of mRNAs of several subunit members of the AP-1 complex, such as c-fos, c-jun and jun-B. Furthermore, dexamethasone, a synthetic glucocorticoid which is known to inhibit the AP-1 complex-mediated transcription [14,27,36], canceled the PMA-induced decrease of the CNTF-mRNA levels. These results suggested that the AP-1 complex participates in the regulatory mechanism of the CNTF expression in the cultured astrocytes treated with PMA.
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- H Nagao
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Morimoto T, Fukuda M, Aibara Y, Nagao H, Kida K. The influence of blood gas changes on hyperthermia-induced seizures in developing rats. Brain Res Dev Brain Res 1996; 92:77-80. [PMID: 8861725 DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(95)00205-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Fever induces seizures in infants with febrile convulsions or epilepsy. Hyperpnea induced by fever may contribute to the induction of these seizures. In order to examine this possibility, we evaluated the effect of changes in arterial blood gas tension on hyperthermia-induced seizures in developing rats. Electrical seizure discharges were induced by application of infra-red rays on the skull of rats under mechanical ventilation with different respiratory conditions. There was positive correlation between pCO(2) and the seizure threshold (ST) defined as a latency from the start of hyperthermia to the occurrence of seizures: ST (seconds, s) = 2.36 pCO(2) + 0.05 (R(2) = 0.80, P < 0.001). Seizure duration (SD) was longer at lower pCO(2) level: 18 (6-33) (median, range) s at pCO(2) ranging from 23 to 26 mmHg vs. 0 (0-7) s at pCO(2) ranging from 35 to 57 mmHg (P < 0.01). Hypoxia significantly increased ST: 84 (61-100) s at P0(2) ranging from 53 to 76 mmHg vs. 60 (51-72) s at P0(2) ranging from 87 to 131 mmHg (P < 0.01). Hyperoxia prolonged SD: 27 (10-30) s at P02 ranging from 100 to 170 mmHg vs. 9 (0-23) at P0(2) ranging from 53 to 93 mmHg (P < 0.02). Hypocarbia caused by fever-induced hyperpnea probably contributes to the generation of fever-induced seizures.
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- T Morimoto
- Department of Pediatrics, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan
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To evaluate bone change in severely disabled patients, bone density was assessed on X-ray pictures by the microdensitometry (MD) method, and urinary hydroxyproline (U-HYP), urinary glycosaminoglycans (U-GAG) serum calcium (S-Ca) and serum alkaline phosphatase (S-AP) were assessed in 43 patients (mean age 16 years) at the National Sanatrium Ehime Hospital. On division of the severity of bone change into grades 0 to 3 using the MD method. U-HYP was found to be significantly higher in grades 2 and 3 than in controls. Tendencies were similar for U-GAG and S-AP. U-HYP in immobile patients was significantly higher than in mobile patients. Immobilisation was one of the most important contributors to the development of bone change and results obtained using the MD method, U-HYP and U-GAG were valuable-indices of the bone change in severely disabled patients.
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- M Takahashi
- Department of Paediatrics, Ehime Prefectural Niihama Hospital, Japan
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Sixteen isolates of different pathogenicity groups of the plant pathogen Verticillium dahliae and four isolates of V. albo-atrum from Japan were analysed by means of an RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA) method using a PCR (polymerase chain reaction). Verticillium dahliae and V. albo-atrum could be distinguished by RAPD analysis. Four pathogenicity groups of V. dahliae could also be classified to a certain extent by this method. Similarities and differences in banding patterns obtained by RAPD may be a useful molecular tool in phylogenetic studies of the pathogenicity groups.
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- M Koike
- Department of Agro-environmental Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan
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Most attempts to modify the properties of enzymes by amino acid substitution around the active sites have resulted in suppression of the biological activity, suggesting that the structure of natural enzymes should be almost optimized evolutionally to show the highest activity. In contrast, we found an interesting site of a well-known metalloendopeptidase, thermolysin (EC.3.4.24.4), where almost all the amino acid replacement causes a remarkable increase in the hydrolytic activity. Negative correlation between the activity and the thermal stability was observed. The flexibility around the substrate binding site is suggested to be a key to the correlation. Nature may have selected the amino acid at this site, which suppresses the flexibility of the molecule, to get the highest thermal stability at the expense of the activity.
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- S Kidokoro
- Sagami Chemical Research Center, Kanagawa, Japan
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Yamanaka S, Kawakami T, Yamada S, Nagao H, Nakano M, Yamaguchi K. Theoretical studies of spin density populations on nitroxide and nitronylnitroxide derivatives. Chem Phys Lett 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(95)00525-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Nagao H, Matsuoka I, Kurihara K. Effects of adenylyl cyclase-linked neuropeptides on the expression of ciliary neurotrophic factor-mRNA in cultured astrocytes. FEBS Lett 1995; 362:75-9. [PMID: 7698357 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00214-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) is a molecule which has profound effects on various neural cell types. In the central nervous system, expression of CNTF-mRNA is highly concentrated in olfactory bulb. In the present study, we examined the regulatory mechanism of CNTF-mRNA expression in cultured astrocytes from newborn rat brain. Cultured astrocytes from new born rat brain expressed CNTF-mRNA at levels comparable to the level in olfactory bulb in vivo. Treatment of the astrocytes with forskolin, an activator of adenylyl cyclase, led to a decrease of CNTF-mRNA level. The effect of forskolin was mimicked by cAMP-linked agonists, such as VIP, PACAP, isoproterenol and dopamine. Cycloheximide, an inhibitor of protein synthesis, did not abolish the forskolin-induced decrease of CNTF-mRNA. Measurement of the half-life of CNTF-mRNA in the presence of actinomycin D, an inhibitor of transcription, indicated that the degradation of CNTF-mRNA is not destabilized by the forskolin-treatment. These data taken together suggest that the cAMP-induced suppression of CNTF-mRNA is mainly caused by the inhibition of CNTF gene transcription.
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- H Nagao
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Morimoto T, Kida K, Nagao H, Yoshida K, Fukuda M, Takashima S. The pathogenic role of the NMDA receptor in hyperthermia-induced seizures in developing rats. Brain Res Dev Brain Res 1995; 84:204-7. [PMID: 7743639 DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(94)00173-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Hyperthermia-induced seizures (HS) in rats have been used as a model of febrile seizures. Activation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor by increased extracellular glutamate (Glu) in the cortex during hyperthermia may be involved in the induction of HS and HS kindling. To confirm this hypothesis, the effects of a potent blocker of the NMDA receptor, MK-801, on the threshold and pattern of HS were evaluated. The threshold temperatures for rats given 0.1 (low dose) and 0.5 (high dose) mg/kg MK-801 (i.p.) for the first time were 41.6 degrees C (39.7-42) (median, range) and 42.0 (41.2-42.0), respectively, which were significantly higher than the 40.5 (39.4-41.2) for rats without MK-801 administration (P < 0.01). The recurrent occurrence of HS suppressed the increase in the threshold temperature with age, and changed the seizure from partial to generalized seizures (HS kindling), whereas these effects of recurrent HS on the threshold and pattern of HS were inhibited by the high dose (0.5 mg/kg) of MK-801. MK-801 blocks HS and HS kindling. The activation of the NMDA receptor during hyperthermia plays an important role in the induction of HS and HS kindling.
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- T Morimoto
- Department of Pediatrics, Ehime University, School of Medicine, Japan
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Yamanaka S, Okumura M, Nagao H, Yamaguchi K. CASSCF and CASPT2 calculations of hole-doped amines with triplet carbene groups. Possibilities of high-Tc organic ferrimagnets. Chem Phys Lett 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(94)01408-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fukuda M, Morimoto T, Matsuda H, Nagao H, Wakamoto H, Ohnishi A. [A case of acute idiopathic pandysautonomia with SIADH]. No To Hattatsu 1995; 27:41-6. [PMID: 7873251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We reported a 6-year-old girl with acute idiopathic pandysautonomia (AIPD) associated with syndrome of inappropriate secretion of anti-diuretic hormone (SIADH). She showed various symptoms indicating the impairment of widespread sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous functions and SIADH, which followed common cold. Sural nerve biopsy showed severe reduction of both myelinated and unmyelinated fibers. The main site of the lesion of AIPD has been assumed to be the peripheral autonomic nervous system. However, there are a few reports indicating the involvement of the central nervous system in AIPD. The present case also indicates the involvement of hypothalamus in addition to the peripheral autonomic nervous system.
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Ehime University
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