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C Wilson

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PubMed1975

Smooth-muscle antibodies in infertility.

Sera from 77 infertile women and 77 post-partum controls were examined for autoantibodies by indirect immunogluorescence. 27 (35%) of the infertile group had smooth-muscle antibody compared with 2 (3%) controls. Significantly more infertile patients had anti-nuclear factor, and reticulin antibodies were also more commonly found in this group. The differences for organ-specific autoantibodies between the two groups were not significant. There was no correlation between the occurrence of smooth-muscle antibodies and immunofluorescent anti-sperm antibodies. The high frequency of smooth-muscle antibodies in infertile women requires further study to determine whether an underlying viral infection is involved.

Antibodies, Antinuclear↗
PubMed1975

Sexual behavior: Extreme reduction of postejaculatory refractory period by midbrain lesions in male rats.

The refractory period that characteristically follows ejaculation was abolished or significantly reduced by rostral midbrain lesions in male rats. The postejaculatory vocalization was also abolished or reduced, but other aspects of copulatory performance were unaffected. The results were attributed to disruption of biogenic amine pathways that pass from the ventral part of the rostral midbrain into the posterior hypothalamus.

Animals↗
PubMed1975

Plasma nicotine levels after smoking cigarettes with high, medium, and low nicotine yields.

Plasma nicotine three minutes after smoking a cigarette was measured in 10 sedentary workers in mid-morning and five hours later on four typical working days. The average mid-morning level after they had been smoking their usual cigarettes (mean nicotine yield 1-34 ng) was 150-4 nmol/l (24-4 ng/ml) (range 95-6-236-7 nmol/l (15-5-38-4 ng/ml)). Despite great variation between smokersthe mid-morning levels of each smoker were fairly consistent over the four mornings and correlated 0-82 with their carboxyhaemoglobin levels. After continuing to smoke their usual brand or switching to a high-nicotine brand (3-2 mg) average afternoon levels of 185-6 and 180-0 nmol/6 (30-1 and 29-2 ng/ml) respectively were not significantly higher than the morning levels, but after switching to low-nicotine cigarettes (0-14 mg) the plasma nicotine dropped to an average of 52-4 nmol/l (8-5 ng/ml). The changes between morning and afternoon while smoking usual or high-nicotine cigarettes showed marked individual variation. The findings suggest that the plasma nicotine level just after a cigarette depends more on the way the cigarette is smoked than on its nicotine yield or the number which have been smoked over the preceding few hours.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

Voluntary and involuntary retirement of aged males and their effect of emotional satisfaction, usefulness, self-image, emotional stability, and interpersonal relationships.

There is an ever-growing number of male retirees in the American society. The present study was conducted to try to determine the effect of the voluntary and involuntary retirement on emotional satisfaction, usefulness, self-image, emotional stability, and interpersonal relationships in aged males. Significant differences were found among the participants in each of the areas. Voluntary retirement tends to have a more positive influence on the retiree along each dimension.

Aged↗