Structural Insights Into Disease Mutations of the Ryanodine Receptor The available crystal structures and homology models represent ~32% of the full length RyRs. In the years to come, further crystallographic studies on predicted domains, and their localization into full-length RyRs will likely shed more light. Although obtaining well-dif‐ fracting crystals of intact RyRs may be an arduous task, this will ultimately be necessary to fully understand...

Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Function in Peripheral Arterial Disease: Usefulness of Muscle Biopsy

Introduction. Chronic post-thoracotomy pain syndrome (CPPS) is one of the most common side effects after lung surgery. After extended pulmonary resections performed via thoracotomy approach its incidence varies from 30% to 40%. We aimed to assess the influence of the type of regional anesthesia (paravertebral nerve block (PNB), thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) and intercostal nerve block (INB) on the incidence of CPPS.Materials and Methods. This...

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Helicobacter pylori is a spiral, microaerophillic, Gram-negative bacterium. Infection by H. pylori has been established as the major cause of chronic gastritis and plays important role in the pathogenesis of other gastroduodenal diseases such as peptic ulceration, gastric lymphoma, and gastric cancer (Israel and Peek 2001). H. pylori is considered to be the most common chronic bacterial infection in humans (Cave 1996). The prevalence has been estimated...

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Background and Aims:Neurophysiological mechanisms of motor functional recovery (MFR) after ischemic stroke are in part unknown, hindering the possibility to develop targeted rehabilitative strategies. Emerging evidence suggests that an interplay with secondary areas of the motor system facilitates MFR. We hypothesized that a task-based quantitative EEG analysis (qEEG) performed in the acute phase might help precisely predict the degree of MFR at follow-up....

In physical therapy, it is important to understand the influence of the contraction of a particular muscle on other muscles. The mechanism of the facilitation effect of muscle contraction in healthy subjects has been analyzed in previous studies. These studies indicated that muscle contraction with voluntary movement enhances the excitability of spinal motor neurons and motor areas in the cerebral cortex that are not directly associated with the contracting...