SYSTEMATIC MORPHOMETRY OF CATECHOLAMINE NUCLEI IN THE BRAINSTEM

Systematic Morphometry of Catecholamine Nuclei in the Brainstem

Catecholamine nuclei within the brainstem reticular formation (RF) play a pivotal role in a variety of brain functions.However, a systematic characterization of these nuclei in the very same experimental conditions is missing so far.Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immune-positive cells of the brainstem correspond to dopamine (DA)-, norepinephrine (NE)-,

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CENTRAL MECHANISMS OF ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA

Background: Acupuncture is an component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that has been used for three thousand years to treat diseases and relieve pain.Pain is found Body Brushes to be the most common reason for people to use acupuncture.Due to recent scientific findings, acupuncture treatment has been accepted worldwide.Numerous trials have b

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Signal processing for plane wave actuators

Plane wave actuators without an enclosure per se have a forward and backward radiation.The backward radiation is unwanted in many applications when a single direction radiation is desired.To avoid the disadvantages of an enclosure a system is proposed, which provides a high suppression of the unwanted backward radiation using a pair of plane wave G

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An augmented sweep clustering method for inventory-routing problem with simultaneous pickup and delivery considering lateral transshipment between repair centers

In this paper, an inventory-routing problem for a network of appliance repair service is discussed including several repair depots and customers.The customer in this network makes a demand to have his/her faulty appliance repaired.Then, the repairman is assigned to the demand based on the skill needed for repairing of appliance differing for each o

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