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D Vitali

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PubMed2001

Muscarinic cholinergic receptors subtypes in rat cerebellar cortex: light microscope autoradiography of age-related changes.

Muscarinic cholinergic M1-M5 receptor subtypes were investigated in the cerebellar cortex of Fischer 344 rats aged 6 (young), 15 (adult) and 22 months (senescent) by combined kinetic and equilibrium binding and light microscope autoradiography. In young rats the rank order of receptor density was M5<M4<M3 and M3<M5<M4 in the molecular and granular layers, respectively. M1, M2, M4 and M5 receptors were also observed within Purkinje neurons. M1 receptor did not show age-related changes as well as the M2 receptor in the molecular layer. In this layer, M3-M5 receptors were increased in senescent compared to younger rats. In the granular layer the expression of M2 and M5 muscarinic receptors was similar in young and senescent rats and higher in adult rats. M3 and M4 receptors were more in adult and senescent rats compared to young animals. In Purkinje neurons, a slight-to-moderate age-related increase of M1 and M5 receptor expression was observed.

Aging↗
PubMed2000

Complete quantum teleportation with a kerr nonlinearity

We present a scheme for the quantum teleportation of the polarization state of a photon employing a cross-Kerr medium. The experimental feasibility of the scheme is discussed and we show that, using the recently demonstrated ultraslow light propagation in cold atomic media, our proposal can be realized with presently available technology.

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PubMed1996

Lipoprotein abnormalities in chronic renal failure and dialysis patients.

Lipoprotein abnormalities are common in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) on either dialysis or conservative therapy. In order to investigate the changes in lipid and apolipoprotein pattern from early CRF to dialysis treatment, plasma lipids with apoproteins AI, B, E, CII, CIII, CII/CIII ratio, E/CIII ratio, parathyroid hormone (PTH) and insulin levels were examined in 72 patients with different degrees of CRF and 31 patients on hemodialysis (HD), and compared the values of 28 controls. A significant decrease in the Apo CII/CIII ratio was the earliest lipoprotein abnormality to occur in CRF. Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) with reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, increased Apo CIII and decreased Apo E/Apo CIII ratio only occurred in more advanced renal failure (creatinine clearance < 31 ml/min). HD patients showed a general worsening of the lipoprotein profile with elevated Apo E levels and indirect evidence of remnant accumulation. While PTH did not have any significant influence on lipoprotein pattern, increased insulin levels during HD might partly account for the HTG of these patients. Our results point to elevated Apo CIII, reduced Apo CII/Apo CIII and Apo E/ Apo CIII ratios as typical features of uremic hyperlipidemia and show that a defective triglyceride removal is the major pathogenetic mechanism of uremic HTG. HD treatment seems generally to worsen the lipid and apolipoprotein pattern observed in the predialytic stage of CRF.

Adult↗