Early and selective increase in brain dopamine levels after axotomy

Résumé Nous avons étudié les concentrations de dopamine et de noradrénaline du prosencéphale après lésion unilatérale des neurones monoaminergiques correspondants. Les deux méthodes employées soit biochimique et histochimique ont mis en évidence sensiblement le même phénomène, à savoir: une augmentation importante et rapide du taux de dopamine entre 15 min et 24 h suivie d'une chute due selon toutes probabilités à la dégénerescence axonale. Quand à la noradrénaline, seule la deuxièmephase, la chute, a pu être observée.     

Zur Frage der Wirkung von DTPA auf Säugerchromosomen in vitro

Summary The influence of DTPA on the chromosome aberration rate of Chinese hamster cells in culture was studied. No increase of the aberration rate was observed after treatment with 10^–2 and 10^–3 M concentrations.     

Fluorescein staining of human lymphocytes induced byEchis colorata venom

Résumé Le venin de l'Echis colorata produit la fluorescence des lymphocytes humains dans un mélange contenant du plasma défibrinogéné et de la fluorescéine. L'effet du venin est causé par l'action conjointe du thrombin produit par le procoagulant du venin et d'un autre facteur, qui peut être une protéase.

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This study was supported by a grant from the Israel Cancer Association.     

Morphine eye-drops reduce homatropine induced mydriasis in man

Summary In 7 healthy volunteers 4% morphine eye-drops, when administered to one eye, caused a miosis limited to that eye. In 7 other healthy volunteers morphine was administered into one eye after bilateral instillation of 0.5% homatropine opthalmic drops; the eye treated with morphine and homatropine showed a mydriasis less intense than the other eye treated only with homatropine. It is suggested that topical morphine locally affects sympathetic function by inhibiting noradrenaline release into the iris neuromuscular junction.This work was partly supported by the CNR study group Pain Control. The authors wish to thank Dr Tendi of the Pharmacy of St. Maria Nuova Hospital, Florence, for the preparation of the eye-drops.     

Partial migration in birds: experimental proof of polymorphism as a controlling system

Summary When, from a partially migratory population of blackcaps, migratory-active (a) and-inactive (i) individuals were bred, the a×a pairs produced more birds of the type a than the original population and the i×i pairs, and the latter also more birds of the type i than the original population. Thus the characters migratory and resident in the blackcap are inherited and polymorphism is now demonstrated as a controlling system for partial migration in birds.With support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.We thank the French embassy for arranging permission to collect experimental birds.     

Imparied bone resorption of cultured calvaria from mice with abnormal lysosomal function (the Chediak-Higashi syndrome)

Summary Spontaneous bone resorption is reduced in cultured calvarial bones from mice with the Chediak-Higashi syndrome, as indicated by decreased mobilization of calcium from the bones to the medium. Although bone resorption in calvaria from mice with this disease can be stimulated by PGE₂ and 1 (OH)D₃, the amounts of mineral released after stimulation is also decreased.This investigation was supported by grants from the Swedish Association against Rheumatic Diseases, from the Royal 80 Year Fund of King Gustav V, and from the Swedish Medical Research Council (project No 14X-05426).