Dépouillement automatique des enregistrements polygraphiques de sommeil

Summary Polygraphic recordings of human sleep are automatically analyzed by an original device, consisting of an analog component and a digital component (small computer). The device gives a minute by minute diagnosis of sleep stage, along with comments (artefacts) and numerical results for rapid and slow eye movements, muscle tone, heart and respiratory rates.     

Inhibition of oxidizing enzymes by metronidazole

Zusammenfassung Eine unerwartete Möglichkeit, wie Metronidazol zu einer nur scheinbaren Hemmung der Alkoholdehydrogenase führen könnte, wird aufgedeckt.

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This research was supported in part by a grant from Ayerst Laboratories (New York), Scientific Advisory Board of the Licensed Beverage Industries (New York), and the Milheim Foundation for Cancer Research (Denver, Colorado). We thank Dr.T. Robitscher of Ayerst Laboratories and Dr.V. Drill of G. D. Searle & Co. for reagents used, and Dr.Drill for unpublished information from his laboratories.