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- Anatomy Department, University of Cambridge
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- W. J. Hamilton
- Anatomy Department, Charing Cross Hospital Medical School
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- Anatomy Department, London Hospital Medical College
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Spurr EB, Ragg JR, O'Connor CE, Hamilton WJ, Moller H, Woolhouse AD, Morse CW, Morriss GA, Arnold GC, Clapperton BK. Effect of concentration of anal gland scent lures on the capture rate of ferrets (Mustela furo) in winter and spring. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2004. [DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2004.9518374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Verbal working memory (WM), which relies on intact functioning of frontostriatal circuits, has been suggested as a cognitive domain that is preferentially affected in HIV-1 infection. Although several studies have found WM impairments in HIV-1 infected patients, Baddeley's classic WM model has not been studied extensively in this population. METHODS We used two cognitive neuropsychological approaches to examine verbal WM deficits in 18 HIV-1 seronegative, 16 HIV-1 asymptomatic, and 20 HIV-1 symptomatic patients. First, based on Baddeley's WM model of the Phonological Loop, we used the phonological similarity effect and the irrelevant speech effect to evaluate each individual's phonological store, and the word-length effect and the articulatory suppression effect to evaluate the articulatory control process. Secondly, an individual differences approach, which focuses on the capacity limitation of the WM system and potentially integrates the functions of Baddeley's Central Executive component with the Phonological Loop, was adopted. We evaluated each patient's simultaneous storage and processing of auditory material using the Verbal Memory Span test. RESULTS The HIV-1 symptomatic individuals, but not the HIV-1 asymptomatic subjects, demonstrated impaired short-term storage of verbal material in the phonological store on Baddeley's measures. Although the HIV-1 asymptomatic and symptomatic subjects demonstrated intact rehearsal of speech-based material in the articulatory control process, both groups demonstrated impairment on the Verbal Memory Span test. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that deficits in simultaneous short-term storage and processing occur during both early and later stages of HIV-1 infection.
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- M K York
- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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OBJECTIVE Thalamotomy and, more recently, pallidotomy have been used to treat selected patients with intractable dystonia, although few studies have compared the effectiveness of these two surgical procedures. In this study, we compare our results using thalamotomy and pallidotomy to treat patients with different forms of dystonia, and we discuss our results in the context of other published series. METHODS Thirty-two patients with intractable dystonia underwent thalamotomy (n = 18) or pallidotomy (n = 14). Dystonia was classified according to cause and distribution, and each patient was evaluated postoperatively at two or more time points, using a global outcome scale. RESULTS Although comparisons are limited by differences between the two surgical groups, including longer follow-up periods for the thalamotomy group, differences in symptom distribution, and more bilateral procedures for the pallidotomy group, patients with primary dystonia who underwent pallidotomies demonstrated significantly better long-term outcomes than did patients who underwent thalamotomies (P = 0.0467). Patients with secondary dystonia experienced more modest improvements after either procedure, with little or no difference in outcomes between the two procedures. CONCLUSION For patients with primary dystonia, pallidotomy seems to result in better outcomes than does thalamotomy.
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- D Yoshor
- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Erdamar S, Zhu ZQ, Hamilton WJ, Armstrong DL, Grossman RG. Corpora amylacea and heat shock protein 27 in Ammon's horn sclerosis. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2000; 59:698-706. [PMID: 10952060 DOI: 10.1093/jnen/59.8.698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Increased numbers of corpora amylacea have been observed in the resected mesial temporal lobe of many patients with complex partial seizures (CPS) and Ammon's horn sclerosis (AHS). Several heat shock proteins (HSPs) are induced by seizures and have been suggested as an etiologic factor in the formation corpora amylacea. We quantified corpora amylacea and HSP27-immunoreactive astrocytes in temporal lobe specimens from patients with CPS (28 AHS; 10 non-AHS) and in 5 autopsy controls. Corpora amylacea were increased in each sector of Ammon's horn in the AHS group, significantly so in CA1 and CA3 (p < 0.0001 and p = 0.0097, respectively), compared with the non-AHS group, although there was considerable variability among the specimens. We found HSP27 to be significantly but nonspecifically increased in the resected temporal lobe specimens from all patients with CPS, regardless of the underlying pathology. HSP27 was not, however, expressed within the corpora amylacea, and did not correlate with the number of corpora amylacea in any of the 9 mesial and lateral temporal lobe areas examined.
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- S Erdamar
- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- W J Hamilton
- Victim Issues, National Office, Irving, Texas 75062, USA.
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Lin LH, Cao S, Yu L, Cui J, Hamilton WJ, Liu PK. Up-regulation of base excision repair activity for 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine in the mouse brain after forebrain ischemia-reperfusion. J Neurochem 2000; 74:1098-105. [PMID: 10693941 PMCID: PMC2726712 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.741098.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The repair enzyme 8-oxoguanine glycosylase/ apyrimidinic/apurinic lyase (OGG) removes 8-hydroxy-2'deoxyguanosine (oh8dG) in human cells. Our goal was to examine oh8dG-removing activity in the cell nuclei of male C57BL/6 mouse brains treated with either forebrain ischemia-reperfusion (FblR) or sham operations. We found that the OGG activity in nuclear extracts, under the condition in which other nucleases did not destroy the oligodeoxynucleotide duplex, excised oh8dG with the greatest efficiency on the oligodeoxynucleotide duplex containing oh8dG/dC and with less efficiency on the heteroduplex containing oh8dG/dT, oh8dG/dG, or oh8dG/dA. This specificity was the same as for the recombinant type 1 OGG (OGG1) of humans. We observed that the OGG1 peptide and its activity in the mouse brain were significantly increased after 90 min of ischemia and 20-30 min of reperfusion. The increase in the protein level and in the activity of brain OGG1 correlated positively with the elevation of FblR-induced DNA lesions in an indicator gene (the c-fos gene) of the brain. The data suggest a possibility that the OGG1 protein may excise oh8dG in the mouse brain and that the activity of OGG1 may have a functional role in reducing oxidative gene damage in the brain after FblR.
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- L H Lin
- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Trask TW, Trask RP, Aguilar-Cordova E, Shine HD, Wyde PR, Goodman JC, Hamilton WJ, Rojas-Martinez A, Chen SH, Woo SL, Grossman RG. Phase I study of adenoviral delivery of the HSV-tk gene and ganciclovir administration in patients with current malignant brain tumors. Mol Ther 2000; 1:195-203. [PMID: 10933931 DOI: 10.1006/mthe.2000.0030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Between December 1996 and September 1998, 13 patients with advanced recurrent malignant brain tumors (9 with glioblastoma multiforme, 1 with gliosarcoma, and 3 with anaplastic astrocytoma) were treated with a single intratumoral injection of 2 x 10(9), 2 x 10(10), 2 x 10(11), or 2 x 10(12) vector particles (VP) of a replication-defective adenoviral vector bearing the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene driven by the Rous sarcoma virus promoter (Adv.RSVtk), followed by ganciclovir (GCV) treatment. The VP to infectious unit ratio was 20:1. Our primary objective was to determine the safety of this treatment. Injection of Adv.RSVtk in doses <==2 x 10(11) VP, followed by GCV, was safely tolerated. Patients treated with the highest dose, 2 x 10(12) VP, exhibited central nervous system toxicity with confusion, hyponatremia, and seizures. One patient is living and stable 29.2 months after treatment. Two patients survived >25 months before succumbing to tumor progression. Ten patients died within 10 months of treatment, 9 from tumor progression and 1 with sepsis and endocarditis. Neuropathologic examination of postmortem tissue demonstrated cavitation at the injection site, intratumoral foci of coagulative necrosis, and variable infiltration of the residual tumor with macrophages and lymphocytes.
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- T W Trask
- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Despite the findings of significantly improved motor functioning following pallidotomy for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, the cognitive sequelae following surgery have yet to be clearly defined. With increasing knowledge of the surgery's effect on frontostriatal circuits, the cognitive processes potentially affected by the procedure require further exploration to evaluate fully the efficacy of the treatment. We reviewed 10 studies on the neuropsychological outcome after pallidotomy that were published in peer-reviewed journals. A general agreement exists that pallidotomy is a relatively safe and effective treatment for ameliorating the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease, with relatively few cognitive changes reported following surgery. However, a number of conceptual and methodological concerns, including diverse selection criteria, small sample sizes and short follow-up periods, limit the interpretation and generalizability of these findings. These concerns are discussed in detail, along with a summary of the current neuropsychological literature, suggested guidelines for the conduct of research and future research directions. The neuropsychological findings are critically reviewed and tabulated by study, cognitive domain and follow-up period, with particular emphasis on hemisphere-specific cognitive changes.
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- M K York
- Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Jankovic J, Hamilton WJ, Grossman RG. Thalamic surgery for movement disorders. Adv Neurol 1997; 74:221-33. [PMID: 9348417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- J Jankovic
- Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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We report a case of migraine-associated ischemic stroke causing amnesia, wherein treatment with propranolol may have been contributory. The possible mechanisms involved in migrainous stroke occurring in association with use of propranolol are discussed.
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- J E Mendizabal
- Department of Neurology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile 36617, USA
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Zhu ZQ, Armstrong DL, Hamilton WJ, Grossman RG. Disproportionate loss of CA4 parvalbumin-immunoreactive interneurons in patients with Ammon's horn sclerosis. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1997; 56:988-98. [PMID: 9291940 DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199709000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We studied differences in the number and morphology of parvalbumin-immunoreactive (PV-IR) interneurons in 43 hippocampal specimens from patients with classical Ammon's horn sclerosis (AHS) who underwent anterior temporal lobectomy, as compared with 14 autopsy and non-AHS surgical control specimens. PV-IR neuronal loss in the AHS specimens varied significantly from that expected based on overall AHS-associated pyramidal and granule neuron loss. Most striking was the loss of PV-IR interneurons in CA4 of the AHS specimens, which was 12 times greater than AHS-associated pyramidal neuron loss, and significantly exceeded the PV-IR interneuron loss observed in the other sectors of the hippocampus. In addition, the PV-IR interneurons in the AHS specimens had markedly smaller and less defined cell bodies and shortened and simplified dendritic arbors compared with the PV-IR interneurons in the control specimens. Other differences noted in the AHS specimens included prominent dendritic varicosities; the loss or interruption of a band formed by PV-IR terminals in the dentate gyrus; and the virtual absence of a small, intensely staining PV-IR interneuron with a short, exuberant dendritic arbor that was readily identified in the autopsy specimens. We discuss these findings in relationship to the development of classical AHS and complex partial seizures (CPS).
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- Z Q Zhu
- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Jaffey PB, Mundt AJ, Baunoch DA, Armstrong DL, Hamilton WJ, Zagaja VG, Grossman RG, Wollmann RL. The clinical significance of extracellular matrix in gangliogliomas. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1996; 55:1246-52. [PMID: 8957448 DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199612000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Based on in vitro studies which demonstrate that collagen IV and laminin inhibit the proliferation and invasiveness of glioma cells, we investigated the clinical significance of these extracellular matrix proteins (ECM) in patients with gangliogliomas, tumors in which ECM is often a prominent feature. Our study compared the relative presence and deposition pattern of collagen IV and laminin in 19 gangliogliomas and in 18 gliomas without ganglion cell differentiation (8 low-grade astrocytomas, 7 anaplastic astrocytomas, and 3 anaplastic mixed gliomas). We also examined whether the presence of collagen IV and laminin correlated with other features often observed in gangliogliomas, including perivascular lymphocytic inflammation, granular bodies, microcalcification, and subarachnoid extension, and whether any of these features were associated with the patient's clinical course. Significant deposition of collagen IV and laminin was found in 9 gangliogliomas (47%), but in none of the other gliomas. The presence of these extracellular proteins in gangliogliomas correlated with both perivascular inflammation (P = 0.003), and involvement of the leptomeninges by tumor (P = 0.008). The duration of symptoms prior to surgical resection was significantly longer for patients whose tumors showed extracellular deposition of collagen IV and laminin than for patients whose tumors lacked deposition of these proteins (mean 13.7 vs 5.1 years; P = 0.02). In addition, the duration of symptoms was significantly longer for patients whose tumors exhibited perivascular inflammation than for patients whose tumors displayed little or no perivascular inflammation (mean 14.8 vs 4.8 years; P = 0.01). These findings suggests that collagen IV and laminin and perivascular inflammation are related to the indolent behavior of gangliogliomas.
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- P B Jaffey
- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Illinois 60637, USA
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Jankovic J, Cardoso F, Grossman RG, Hamilton WJ. Outcome after stereotactic thalamotomy for parkinsonian, essential, and other types of tremor. Neurosurgery 1995; 37:680-6; discussion 686-7. [PMID: 8559296 DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199510000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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A better understanding of the mechanisms underlying movement disorders, coupled with refinements in surgical technique, has led to a resurgence of interest in the surgical treatment of patients with tremor. We retrospectively analyzed the outcomes of 60 patients (62 patient sides) with medically intractable tremor who underwent stereotactic thalamotomy. Of these 60 patients, 42 had Parkinson's disease (of whom 2 patients underwent bilateral surgery for a total of 44 patient sides), 6 had essential tremor, 6 had cerebellar tremor, and 6 had post-traumatic tremor. The patients received follow-up for as long as 13 years (mean, 53.4 mo) after their operations. At the most recent follow-up visit, 86% of the patients with Parkinson's disease, 83% of the patients with essential tremor, 67% of the patients with cerebellar tremor, and 50% of the patients with post-traumatic tremor had cessation of or moderate-to-marked improvement in their contralateral tremor, with a concomitant improvement in function. The mean daily dose of levodopa for those patients preoperatively taking levodopa (n = 35) was reduced by approximately 156 mg at a mean of 53.4 months after thalamotomy. Immediate postoperative complications were common, occurring in 58% of patients. The most common complications were contralateral weakness (34%), dysarthria (29%), and confusion (23%). These complications generally resolved rapidly during the postoperative period.
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- J Jankovic
- Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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The outcome after single or staged stereotactic thalamotomies in 17 patients with dystonia and 2 patients with hemiballismus is reviewed. All patients were severely disabled by their movement disorders despite optimal pharmacological therapies. Eight of the patients with dystonia (47%) showed moderate improvement immediately after the procedures. Six of these eight patients maintained their improvement, and two other patients with dystonia improved significantly, during the follow-up period (mean, 37.6 mo). The long-term outcome was better in patients with secondary dystonia (50% moderately or markedly improved at a mean of 41.0 mo) than in patients with primary dystonia (43% moderately or markedly improved at a mean of 32.9 mo). Excellent control was achieved in both of the patients who underwent thalamotomies for hemiballismus.
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- F Cardoso
- Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Goddard PJ, Rhind SM, Hamilton WJ, Macdonald AJ, Fawcett AR, Soanes C, McMillen SR. The adrenocorticotrophic hormone stimulation test: its potential use and limitations in red deer (Cervus elaphus). CAN J ZOOL 1994. [DOI: 10.1139/z94-246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) stimulation test was assessed in red deer (Cervus elaphus). Following injection (i.v.) of 0, 100, 250, or 500 μg synthetic ACTH in farmed hinds (5 per group; mean live mass 78 kg), peak plasma cortisol concentrations occurred 30 min later. There was no dose effect on the peak levels attained, but the duration of the response increased with dose. The response of wild hinds (mean live mass 64 kg) to 500 μg ACTH administered at the time of capture was studied. Plasma cortisol concentrations were high prior to ACTH administration (238 ± 17.6 nmol/L; mean ± SE). Eighty minutes later, although concentrations were lower overall, they were significantly higher in ACTH-treated than in control animals (21 per group). Twenty farmed male red deer calves (aged 5 months at the outset; mean live mass 44 kg) were permanently housed after weaning. One hundred micrograms of ACTH was injected at weeks 0 (just after weaning) and 12. At week 12 mean cortisol concentrations were lower both before and after ACTH injection, although ACTH significantly increased plasma cortisol concentration on both occasions. Together these experiments suggest that the ACTH stimulation test can be employed in some classes of red deer but that it is not appropriate when animals have a high initial plasma cortisol concentration.
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Red deer stag calves aged five to seven months were disbudded with a standard cattle disbudding iron as a means of preventing antler growth and development. Two sizes of iron, one 2.2 cm in diameter and one 1.5 cm in diameter, were compared at disbudding in November or January. Disbudding in November and January with the 2.2 cm iron had success rates of 97 per cent and 92 per cent, respectively. Treatment with the 1.5 cm iron was less effective at both times. There was no significant difference between the liveweights of the treated groups and a non-disbudded control group at turnout in the spring or at slaughter in November when the stags were 16 months of age.
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- W J Hamilton
- Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire
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- M F Riedy
- Section of Genetics and Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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The anterior mesial portion of the temporal lobe removed from 16 patients who underwent surgery for the treatment of complex partial seizures was found to contain tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive neurons. The distribution of these neurons was correlated with the underlying neuropathological features. Ammon's horn sclerosis was present in 8 patients; a ganglioglioma, in 7 patients; and an infarction in the distribution of the middle cerebral artery, in 1 patient. Tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive neurons were found in Ammon's horn of 6 of the 8 patients with Ammon's horn sclerosis, and in the subiculum and entorhinal cortex of all 8 patients with the same pathology. None of these neurons were found in Ammon's horn of the 7 patients with a ganglioglioma, but were found in the subiculum of 5 of the 7 patients and in entorhinal cortex of all 7 patients. Tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity was also studied in 13 control autopsy specimens. No tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive neurons were found in Ammon's horn or the subiculum of any of the control specimens, but were found in the entorhinal cortex of 6 of the 13 specimens. The tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive neurons in the mesial portion of the temporal lobe of patients with complex partial seizures may contribute to the increased levels of tyrosine hydroxylase found in neurochemical studies of specimens taken at temporal lobectomy.
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- Z Q Zhu
- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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White IR, McKelvey WA, Busby S, Sneddon A, Hamilton WJ. Diagnosis of pregnancy and prediction of fetal age in red deer by real-time ultrasonic scanning. Vet Rec 1989; 124:395-7. [PMID: 2658297 DOI: 10.1136/vr.124.15.395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Sixteen pregnant red deer hinds were scanned using real-time ultra sound at regular intervals during the first 150 days of pregnancy. In the early stages of pregnancy, an intra-rectal linear array transducer was used but later in pregnancy the hinds were scanned externally with a sector scanner. Pregnancy was determined from 30 days of gestation by intra-rectal scanning, and from 50 days by external scanning. With advancing age the size of the fetus increased, and linear regressions of size on age gave residual standard deviations of 0.508 days for head diameter and 0.506 days for trunk diameter. It is concluded that this technique can be used to determine pregnancy with a high degree of accuracy from 30 days of gestation and to predict calving date from fetal measurements within the range 1.5 cm to 7 cm for head diameter or 0.5 cm to 8 cm for trunk diameter, corresponding to a fetal age range of 35 to 150 days.
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- I R White
- Macauley Land Use Research Institute, Penicuik, Midlothian
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Canedo JA, Hupp SL, Hamilton WJ. Opsoclonus and ataxia accompanying acute gastroenteritis. Ala Med 1988; 57:35, 39, 44. [PMID: 3344640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Pilgreen KL, Lum GB, Hamilton WJ, Nelson GA. Medical pathology conference. Altered level of consciousness and right hemiparesis in a 24-year-old woman. Ala J Med Sci 1986; 23:296-302. [PMID: 3752406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Hamilton WJ, Tilson RL. Fishing baboons at desert waterholes. Am J Primatol 1985; 8:255-257. [DOI: 10.1002/ajp.1350080308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/1984] [Revised: 11/30/1984] [Accepted: 11/30/1984] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Meador K, Hamilton WJ, El Gammal TA, Demetropoulos KC, Nichols FT. Irreversible neurologic complications of metrizamide myelography. Neurology 1984; 34:817-21. [PMID: 6539448 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.34.6.817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Metrizamide, a major contrast agent for myelographic procedures, has rarely been reported to cause irreversible neurologic complications. The major transient neurologic alterations include neuropsychological reactions, generalized tonic-clonic seizures, and headaches. Two cases of irreversible spinal neurologic deficits resulting from metrizamide myelography are reported, and the factors that may increase the risks of complications in metrizamide myelographic studies are discussed, including preexisting dehydration, patient positioning, and the concentration of contrast agent.
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The neurological disorder Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is most often treated with the receptor blocker haloperidol, which also produces multiple side-effects, including the risk for tardive dyskinesia. In placebo control double-blind studies, two other neuroleptic drugs, fluphenazine and trifluoperazine, were found to be as efficaceous as haloperidol, but with fewer side-effects. In other studies, clonidine was shown to be equally efficaceous with haloperidol, but did not produce adverse central nervous system side-effects. To treat the extrapyramidal side-effects accompanying the treatment of Tourette syndrome with neuroleptic agents, amantadine and benztropine were compared in a crossover study. It was demonstrated that amantadine is a superior agent in treating the side effects of haloperidol treatment in Tourette syndrome. The use of lithium was without significant action upon lessening the tics of Tourette syndrome.
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Kumarasinghe G, Hamilton WJ, Gould JD, Palmer SR, Dudgeon JA, Marshall WC. An outbreak of Salmonella muenchen infection in a specialist paediatric hospital. J Hosp Infect 1982; 3:341-4. [PMID: 6190865 DOI: 10.1016/0195-6701(82)90065-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Male chacma baboons, Papio ursinus, carry their offspring during confrontations with higher ranking immigrant males, who are a threat to the infants' lives. The infants sometimes initiate these confrontations by approaching and provoking immigrant males when protective males are close by. Mothers rarely interfere during these interactions.
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Gelbart AO, Hamilton WJ. Parkinson's disease. Am Fam Physician 1981; 23:182-9. [PMID: 7234644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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One case of compression neuropathy and one case of iatrogenic stretch injury to the sural nerve were demonstrated with electrophysiologic (EP) testing. Isolated mechanical injuries to the sural nerve may occur more frequently than is generally realized, and EP studies can greatly aid in the diagnosis of these injuries, thus avoiding the necessity for neuroradiologic investigations.
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Post mortem examination of red deer calves on a deer farm situated on hill ground in north-east Scotland revealed infection by a lungworm morphologically similar to Dictyocaulus viviparus. Trials were conducted to monitor the natural development of D viviparus infection in red deer, to investigate the value of a commercial lungworm vaccine and to evaluate methods of treating clinical cases. The findings indicate that the syndrome may be less apparent in red deer than it is in cattle, protection might be gained by vaccination and that housing and medication provide useful therapy. The extent of clinical disease is likely to depend on the general health, bodily condition and nutritional status of the animals versus the weight of infection acquired from the pasture. However, various factors can affect both sides in this confrontation.
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Ellisman MH, Friedman PL, Hamilton WJ. The localization of sodium and calcium to schwann cell paranodal loops at nodes of Ranvier and of calcium to compact myelin. J Neurocytol 1980; 9:185-205. [PMID: 7441293 DOI: 10.1007/bf01205157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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High-voltage electron microscopy (HVEM) has been used to determine the distribution of cationic precipitates in myelinated axons resulting from the application of two cytochemical techniques: a direct osmium pyroantimonate treatment for precipitating Na+, Ca2+ and Mg2+; and a 5 mM Ca2+ inclusion procedure (Oschman & Wall) for imparting electron density to Ca2+ binding sites. Electron probe wavelength spectroscopy was then used on semi-thick tissue sections to identify the species of ions present in the following regions: Schwann cell paranodal loops, axoplasm at the node, compact myelin and extracellular matrix. With these combined procedures we were able to localize elevated concentrations of both Na+ and Ca2+ to cytoplasmic compartments of the Schwann cell paranodal loops, as well as to detect the presence of Ca2+ at elevated levels in compact myelin. The involvement of the Schwann cell paranodal loops in providing a source and/or sink for Na+ involved in impulse conduction is suggested by these results, and the significance of such a role is discussed. A role for Ca2+ in the formation and stabilization of myelin lamellae is also suggested.
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Blaxter KL, Hamilton WJ. Maternal weight, reproduction, calf mortality and calf growth in farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus). Proc Nutr Soc 1979; 38:149A. [PMID: 531015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hamilton WJ, Busse CD. Authors' Reply. Bioscience 1979. [DOI: 10.1093/bioscience/29.5.280-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Calving was observed in 27 farmed red deer, most of which were calving for the first time. On average, parturition lasted 107 min and the placenta was released 98 min after calving. The postnatal development of 23 calves was watched. On average, the first sucking occurred 33 min after birth and the calves were able to stand 47 min after birth. There was wide variation in these times. Male first calves had a mean weight of 6.59 kg and females a mean weight of 6.00 kg, weighed dry after the first sucking. Out of 50 hinds put to the stag at 16 months of age, when their mean weight was 66 kg, 48 calved. None of 56 pregnant hinds, of which 50 were in their first pregnancies, died at calving time. Calf losses were 3 born dead and a further 6 which died soon after calving: these losses were 16.1% of pregnancies and 11.3% of calves born alive.
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Hamilton WJ. The isolation and cultivation of a single spore using a sterile disposable petri dish and a micromanipulator. Med Lab Sci 1978; 35:405. [PMID: 105218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The copulatory vocalizations of female baboons (Papio ursinus) are more complex than those of female gibbons (Hylobates hoolock) or human females. Adult males of all these species begin calling later than the female, but subordinate baboon males do not call. Copulatory vocalizations may serve to mutually stimulate the mating partners or to incite male competition.
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Hyvärinen H, Kay RN, Hamilton WJ. Variation in the weight, specific gravity and composition of the antlers of red deer (Cervus elaphus L.). Br J Nutr 1977; 38:301-11. [PMID: 588531 DOI: 10.1079/bjn19770094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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1. Antlers were removed in September from 2-4 year old red deer (Cervus elaphus L.). Both well-fed penned stags and less well-nourished grazing stags were studied. 2. For deer of the same age, both log antler weight and log antler specific gravity were related to body-weight in September and to body-weight gain between March and September. The antlers of 3- and 4-year-old stags were heavier and tended to be denser relative to body-weight and body-weight gain than those of 2-year-old stags. 3. For grazing stags of a given age, antler weight and specific gravity, and body-weight and body-weight gain, were progressively less in the three successive years of the study. This appeared to reflect increasing stocking rate over this period. 4. The composition of the antlers did not vary significantly between penned and grazing stags or with age. However the concentrations of ash, phosphorus and magnesium in dry matter showed significant positive correlations with specific gravity, that of zinc a significant negative correlation, while calcium, copper and manganese showed no significant correlation. 5. The antlers evidently provide a useful index of the changes in body-weight of the stags.
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Somatosensory evoked potential studies in nine patients with anosognosia for left hemiplegia and in one patient with anosognosia for right hemiplegia revealed an absence of response over either hemisphere on stimulation of the median nerve on the hemiplegic side. This apparent lack of cortical processing may underlie the impaired awareness of the hemiplegic side, manifested as anosognosia.
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Three species of coastal Namib Desert tenebrionid beetles (Lepidochora) build trenches on desert sand dunes. Trenches are constructed perpendicular to fog winds and concentrate moisture during fogs. The beetles return along the ridges of the trenches extracting water from them. The water content of a population of these beetles increased by 13.9 percent during one fog.
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Hamilton WJ, Buskirk RE, Buskirk WH. Chacma baboon tactics during intertroop encounters. J Mammal 1975; 56:857-70. [PMID: 1185078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Hamilton WJ, Martin RJ. Survey of clinical microbiological techniques used in the United Kingdom. Med Lab Technol 1975; 32:307-12. [PMID: 785190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A scanning and transmission electron microscope study has shown that human enamel specimens treated with a mild detergent solution exhibit etching of the enamel surface. The tooth surfaces subsequently show a greater susceptibility to the acid attack than samples treated with mineral acid alone. The evidence suggests that reevaluation of sodium dodecyl sulfate and similar detergents as components of commercially available dentifrice products may be necessary.
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Hamilton WJ. Cardiovascular Adaptation to Birth. West J Med 1974. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5936.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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