This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81070601) and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 7102106).
Background: Whether cholinergic innervations and/or autophagy have a role in the etiopathology of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is still unknown. This study aimed to investigate the role of cholinergic innerva...
To the Editor: Cholinergic urticaria (CU) is a type of physical urticaria characterized by a number of short-lasting, highly pruritic weals. The underlying pathological mechanism of CU is not fully understood. Omal...
This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30470776) and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 7082102). Part of this paper was accepted for poster presentation at the First Asian Neurogastroenterology and Motility Association (ANMA) 2009, Seoul, Korea.Acknowledgements: The authors world like to thank Prof. ZHENG Zhen-hui for establishment of animal models and Ms. CHEN Li for histological technique.
Background Mast cells are implicated in the development of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which is associated with the activation of the "neural-immune" system. The aim of this study was to investigate the role o...
This work was supported by a grant from the Youth Science Foundation of Qingdao University (No. 2007).
Background Ca^2+ in the central nervous system plays important roles in brain physiology, including neuronal survival and regeneration in rats with injured facial motoneurons. The present research was to study the mo...
It is believed that the degeneration of cholinergic cells in the nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM) and the loss of cortical cholinergic innervation (cause dementia) of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).~1 (Currently available)...
Objective To determine whether autoantibodies against β 1-adrenergic and M 2-muscarinic receptors are related to patients with congestive heart failure (CHF).Methods Both synthetic peptides corresponding to amino...
Objective To determine whether autoantibodies against β 1-adrenergic and M 2-muscarinic receptors are related to patients with congestive heart failure (CHF).Methods Both synthetic peptides corresponding to amino...
To determine whether cholinergic neurons in the basal nucleus magnocellularis (NBM) and the medial septum are affected in transgenic mice overexpressing human amyloid precursor protein 770 (APP 770 ) Methods Eig...