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ABSTRACT: We aimed to investigate and compare sonographic abnormalities in the substantia nigra (SN) in patients with idiopathic restless legs syndrome (iRLS), those with RLS and Parkinson's disease (RLS-PD), those with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (iPD), and healthy controls. Study participants totaled 60 patients with RLS (41 iRLS, 19 RLS-PD), 25 iPD patients, and 35 age-matched healthy controls. Comparing all groups, the SN region's echogenicity area in the iRLS patients was significantly decreased compared with that in the PD-RLS, iPD, and control groups (p < 0.0001), and the PD-RLS group demonstrated a significantly increased echogenicity area compared with the control group (p < 0.05) and iRLS group (p < 0.0001). We found that the RLS-PD group's sonological results and clinical findings were different from those of the iRLS group.
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 03/2011; 17(3):201-3. · 3.80 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Silica-coated gold nanoparticles produced by gamma-ray irradiation were bombarded with neutrons in a nuclear reactor in order to activate gold nuclides into Au-198 emitting gamma radiation of 0.412-1.088 MeV. The particle size ranges from 20 to 200 nm. The physical integrity of the particles was examined by TEM before and after the neutron irradiation and the silica-gold particles were not affected in terms of structural appearance under gamma radiation environment. The gamma emitting NPs can be utilized as a tracer in petrochemical and refinery industrial processes where the internal temperature is extremely high and the conventional organic radioactive labeled compound would be decomposed.
Applied radiation and isotopes: including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine 06/2010; 68(6):1025-9. · 1.09 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: While tonic pupils have been attributed to various diseases, including syphilis, herpes zoster, orbital trauma, temporal arteritis, endometriosis, and paraneoplastic syndromes, obstructive hydrocephalus has not been implicated.
A 36-year-old woman visited a neurology department with a 7-day history of throbbing headache and blurred vision in both eyes. She had early dorsal midbrain syndrome mimicking an Adie's tonic pupil, and cholinergic supersensitivity was demonstrated using topical 0.125% pilocarpine. Brain MRI revealed obstructive hydrocephalus at the level of the aqueduct of Sylvius, and her symptoms resolved 4 days after surgery.
We report a patient with early dorsal midbrain syndrome that was initially believed to represent a tonic pupil on the basis of pharmacologic testing. The findings in our patient suggested that early dorsal midbrain syndrome mimicking an Adie's tonic pupil can be caused by obstructive hydrocephalus compressing the Edinger-Westphal nucleus.
Journal of Clinical Neurology 03/2010; 6(1):38-40. · 1.69 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Agenesis of the common carotid artery (CCA) resulting in separation of the origin of the external carotid artery (ECA) and internal carotid artery (ICA) from the aortic arch is rare. Fewer than 25 cases have been reported, and correlative ultrasound data were available for only 1 of them.
A 52-year-old woman visited the hospital with a 3-day history of vertigo and headache. Color-coded duplex ultrasonography performed to evaluate the carotid and vertebral arteries revealed a normal configuration on the left side. However, the right CCA could not be found; instead, there were two vessels of approximately equal size in close proximity to each other. The cerebral angiographic findings were consistent with the ultrasonographic findings. The ECA and ICA originated directly from the brachiocephalic trunk, and the ECA arose proximal to the ICA.
The ultrasonographic findings revealed absence of the CCA, the ECA and ICA originating separately from the aortic arch. Color-coded duplex ultrasonography appears to be an effective and sensitive method for detecting absence of the CCA. These findings should help to further our understanding of the embryologic development of the carotid arteries.
Journal of Clinical Neurology 09/2009; 5(3):149-50. · 1.69 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Pt-Ru particles were loaded onto spherical polythiophene balls (PThB) and new catalysts, Pt-Ru@PThBs, were prepared. Pt and Ru ions were subjected to chemical reduction using NaBH(4) as reducing agent or gamma-irradiation in the presence of PThBs. The size, morphology, and composition of Pt-Ru@PThB catalysts were determined by transmission electron microscope (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and elemental analysis. TEM images of the Pt-Ru@PThB catalysts clearly provide evidences that Pt-Ru alloy nanoparticles are dispersed onto the surface of PThBs. The electrocatalytic efficiency of Pt-Ru@PThB was tested for electrochemical oxidation of carbon monoxide as well as for methanol. Pt-Ru@PThB catalyst prepared by gamma-irradiation exhibits the enhanced electrocatalytic oxidation of CO and methanol. We envisage that Pt-Ru@PThB catalysts are suited for direct methanol fuel cells.
Applied radiation and isotopes: including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine 03/2009; 67(7-8):1449-53. · 1.09 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Soft tissue chondromas are rare benign tumors unrelated to bone that arise primarily in the distal extremities, especially in the fingers of middle-aged adults. We report an extremely rare case of congenital soft tissue chondroma, arising in the left great toe of a new-born infant. The present case is, to our knowledge, the first to be described in the dermatologic literature and the second reported case of congenital soft tissue chondroma.
The Journal of Dermatology 04/2005; 32(3):214-6. · 1.49 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Poly(pyrrole) hollow spherical nanocapsules (HSNCs-PPy) were prepared and used as an efficient support matrix to PtRu nanoparticles. γ-Radiation was utilized to load PtRu nanoparticles into Ppy-HSNC matrix. The advantageous characteristics of HSNCs-Ppy/PtRu catalyst as a support matrix for loading PtRu catalysts are presented.
Materials Chemistry and Physics 120(1):18-22. · 2.23 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Pt–Ru particles were loaded onto spherical polythiophene balls (PThB) and new catalysts, Pt–Ru@PThBs, were prepared. Pt and Ru ions were subjected to chemical reduction using NaBH4 as reducing agent or γ-irradiation in the presence of PThBs. The size, morphology, and composition of Pt–Ru@PThB catalysts were determined by transmission electron microscope (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and elemental analysis. TEM images of the Pt–Ru@PThB catalysts clearly provide evidences that Pt–Ru alloy nanoparticles are dispersed onto the surface of PThBs. The electrocatalytic efficiency of Pt–Ru@PThB was tested for electrochemical oxidation of carbon monoxide as well as for methanol. Pt–Ru@PThB catalyst prepared by γ-irradiation exhibits the enhanced electrocatalytic oxidation of CO and methanol. We envisage that Pt–Ru@PThB catalysts are suited for direct methanol fuel cells.
Applied Radiation and Isotopes.
