PREVALENCE OF HYPERDENSE PARASPINAL VEIN SIGN IN PATIENTS WITH SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION WITHOUT DURAL CSF LEAK ON STANDARD CT MYELOGRAPHY

PURPOSE:A recently identified and treatable cause of spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-venous fistula, and a recently described computed tomography myelogram (CTM) finding highly compatible with but not diagnostic of this entity is the hyperdense paraspinal vein sign.We aimed to retrospectively measure the prev

Stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) and Exendin-4 (EX-4) play beneficial roles in promoting periodontal ligament stem cells (PDLSCs) osteogenic differentiation, while the detailed mechanism has not been clarified.In this study, we aimed to evaluate the biological mechanism of SDF-1 and EX-4 alone or synergistic application in regulating PDLSCs di

Recent evidence has reported that the motor system has a role in speech or emotional vocalization discrimination.In the present study we investigated the involvement of the larynx motor representation in singing perception.Twenty-one non-musicians listened to short tones sung by a human voice or played by a machine and performed a categorization ta

The quality changes of duck meat during thermal sterilization using microwave, stepwise retort and general retort heating were evaluated.Results showed that compared with stepwise retort thin mantel shelf and general retort, duck meat subjected to microwave showed significantly higher gumminess, chewiness, cohesiveness and resilience as well as glu

A novel approach, designated as the particle-mediated, nano-scale, aggregation route, to the formation and growth of spherical and colloid-sized anhydrous carbonate mineral particles and hierarchically organized biomineral carbonate structures is discussed.This model is inconsistent with the conventional crystallization mechanism, which is primaril