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Blink reflex habituation in migraine and chronic tension-type headache
(2017)
R1 and R2 blink reflex latencies were investigated blind in 55 patients with chronic tension-type headache, 55 patients with migraine, and 55 headache-free controls. Standard electrical stimulation of the supraorbital nerve ...
A novel mutation in TREM2 gene causing Nasu-Hakola disease and review of the literature
(2017)
Nasu-hakola disease (NHD) is a rare disease characterized by bone cysts and fractures, frontal lobe syndrome, and progressive presenile dementia. NHD may be the prototype of primary microglial disorders of the CNS or, as ...
A Bayesian model for the prediction and early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
(2017)
Alzheimer's disease treatment is still an open problem. The diversity of symptoms, the alterations in common pathophysiology, the existence of asymptomatic cases, the different types of sporadic and familial Alzheimer's ...
Iron Supplementation Effects on Redox Status following Aseptic Skeletal Muscle Trauma in Adults and Children
(2017)
Exercise-induced skeletal muscle microtrauma is characterized by loss of muscle cell integrity, marked aseptic inflammatory response, and oxidative stress. We examined if iron supplementation would alter redox status after ...
Source apportionment of PM10 and PM2.5 in major urban Greek agglomerations using a hybrid source-receptor modeling process
(2017)
A hybrid source-receptor modeling process was assembled, to apportion and infer source locations of PM10 and PM2.5 in three heavily-impacted urban areas of Greece, during the warm period of 2011, and the cold period of ...
Mediterranean diet and cognitive health: Initial results from the Hellenic Longitudinal Investigation of Ageing and Diet
(2017)
Background: The Mediterranean dietary pattern has been associated with a decreased risk of many degenerative diseases and cognitive function in particular; however, relevant information from Mediterranean regions, where ...
Hypoxia upregulates integrin gene expression in microvascular endothelial cells and promotes their migration and capillary-like tube formation
(2017)
Tissue hypoxia affects gene expression through the hypoxia-inducible transcription factors, HIF-1 and HIF-2, in both physiological and pathological angiogenesis. Angiogenesis is a complex response of endothelial cells ...
The two most serious problems in the educational environment of greek medical schools, identified by 803 students, could readily be solved
(2017)
OBJECTIVE Medical students are influenced by their educational environment (EE) in ways that can facilitate or impede their learning. This study aimed to measure the quality of the EE of the Greek medical schools. METHOD ...
Urate crystals directly activate the T-cell receptor complex and induce T-cell proliferation
(2017)
Uric acid is a known danger associated molecular pattern molecule able to induce inflammation following internalization of its crystals by cells of the innate immune system. By activating antigen-presenting cells, urate ...
A M. avium complex spondylodiscitis in a middle-aged woman with diabetes
(2017)
Spondylodiscitis, the inflammation of the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disk space, is the reason for low back pain in a minority of cases. This is caused by various pathogens. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is ...