Parkinson's disease (PD) is a movement disorder caused by degeneration of the
nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta and the resultant …

We investigated whether the cytokines produced in activated microglia in the substantia
nigra (SN) and putamen in sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD) are neuroprotective or …

This article reviews the development of a global non-hydrostatic model, focusing on the
pioneering research of the Non-hydrostatic Icosahedral Atmospheric Model (NICAM). Very …

We assessed the feasibility of transplanting a sheet of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells
differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in a patient with neovascular age …

Salmonella/microsome tests (Ames tests) and chromosomal aberration tests in vitro using a
Chinese hamster fibroblast cell line were carried out on 190 synthetic food additives and 52 …

The curing reactions of epoxy resin with aliphatic diamines and the reaction of phenyl
glycidyl ether with butylamine as a model for the curing reactions were investigated with a …

There are numerous observations confirming that microglia expressing major
histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules are associated with the central nervous …

The complete sequence of the genome of a hyper-thermophilic archaebacterium,
Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3, has been determined by assembling the sequences of the …

Stimulation of mouse astrocytes and microglia in enriched culture by lipopolysaccharide
(LPS) results in the production of a cytotoxic factor that is functionally similar to macrophage …

• The arytenoid adduction technique was devised and performed under local anesthesia on
five patients with unilateral vocal cord paralysis. It is especially indicated for the case of a …