黄脸油葫芦中枢神经系统的组织解剖学研究

应用解剖镜和光镜观察了黄脸油葫芦(Teleogryllus emma (Ohmachi and Matsuura))中枢神经系统的组织解剖学结构，并对脑和各体神经节的组织学结构进行了比较．结果表明，黄脸油葫芦的中枢神经系统由脑、食道下神经节和腹神经索组成；前、中、后脑分化明显，腹神经索包括三对胸神经节、五对腹神经节及纵贯各神经节的神经索；脑和各体神经节的组织学结构相似，由外向内依次是神经鞘、神经细胞层和髓质层；脑的髓质层复杂，其中含有四种由神经细胞球体和神经纤维束形成的脑体，一对蕈状体、一个脑桥体、一个中央体及一对脑腹体。     

Assessment of autonomic nervous system activity by heart rate recovery response

The assessment of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity is a tool for diagnosing or predicting cardiovascular diseases,while heart rate recovery response (HRRR) after exercise has been promoted as a process under the regulation of ANS (sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems).Therefore,assessment of ANS activity was performed by HRRR in this study.Firstly,HRRR signal was extracted based on wavelet decomposition and difference curve of coarse component from heart rate signal.Then,HRRR was divided into quickly descending interval (QDI) and slowly descending interval (SDI).Finally,3 groups of indexes (Difference,Exponential and Quadratic Groups) from QDI and SDI were compared between 50 normotensive and 61 hypertensive subjects.The results showed that the indexes of Difference Group were better choices than others in analyzing the features of HRRR.Furthermore,parasympathetic activity is dominant in QDI,while sympathetic and parasympathetic activities affect SDI together.In conclusion,the proposed method was effective to assess ANS activity.     

Apoptosis in the nervous system

Neuronal apoptosis sculpts the developing brain and has a potentially important role in neurodegenerative diseases. The principal molecular components of the apoptosis programme in neurons include Apaf-1 (apoptotic protease-activating factor 1) and proteins of the Bcl-2 and caspase families. Neurotrophins regulate neuronal apoptosis through the action of critical protein kinase cascades, such as the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways. Similar cell-death-signalling pathways might be activated in neurodegenerative diseases by abnormal protein structures, such as amyloid fibrils in Alzheimer's disease. Elucidation of the cell death machinery in neurons promises to provide multiple points of therapeutic intervention in neurodegenerative diseases.     

人胚胎脑神经干细胞分离纯化及体外培养的研究

为了探讨人胚神经干细胞体外培养条件下的生物学特性,为其应用于临床治疗奠定基础.取胎龄16周的人流产胚胎,胰酶消化结合机械法分离成单细胞悬液,以2×106个细胞/mL接种到含hEGF和h-bFGF的DMEM/F12、N2培养基进行体外培养;观察细胞生长情况,用10% FBS诱导神经干细胞球分化,免疫细胞化学鉴定. 结果显示从人胚大脑分离出的细胞经悬浮培养可以形成细胞球,表达Nestin蛋白.经诱导分化后具有表达神经元,神经胶质细胞的特异性抗原. 说明人胚神经干细胞在体外可以稳定生长,并能分化成为神经原及胶质细胞.     

Segmentation in the vertebrate nervous system

Although there is good evidence that growing axons can be guided by specific cues during the development of the vertebrate peripheral nervous system, little is known about the cellular mechanisms involved. We describe here an example where axons make a clear choice between two neighbouring groups of cells. Zinc iodide-osmium tetroxide staining of chick embryos reveals that motor and sensory axons grow from the neural tube region through the anterior (rostral) half of each successive somite. 180 degrees antero-posterior rotation of a portion of the neural tube relative to the somites does not alter this relationship, showing that neural segmentation is not intrinsic to the neural tube. Furthermore, if the somitic mesoderm is rotated 180 degrees about an antero-posterior axis, before somite segmentation, axons grow through the posterior (original anterior) half of each somite. Some difference therefore exists between anterior and posterior cells of the somite, undisturbed by rotation, which determines the position of axon outgrowth. It is widespread among the various vertebrate classes.     

Cell death in the nervous system

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease trigger neuronal cell death through endogenous suicide pathways. Surprisingly, although the cell death itself may occur relatively late in the course of the degenerative process, the mediators of the underlying cell-death pathways have shown promise as potential therapeutic targets.     

基于计算机神经网络的细胞诊断系统研究

人体血液细胞的分类计数对临床诊断有着重要意义,而人体内各种细胞的识别和诊断在医学上更具研究价值.在PC机上利用真彩色细胞图像和神经网络技术建立了具有自学习功能的细胞诊断与分析系统,有效地实现了血液细胞的三分类和白细胞的五分类、异常细胞的检出和收集.系统还提供了特征库的建立与编辑功能,可不断扩大和完善系统功能.