Seventeen subjects with preexisting conventional complete dentures were evaluated in this prospective clinical study. Two implants were placed bilaterally in the anterior mandible. In a crossover… (More)
Previous studies have demonstrated that insulin receptors are widely distributed throughout areas of the forebrain in the adult rat that are involved in modulating neuroendocrine functions and… (More)
It is well-established that glial cells play an important role during injury and neurodegenerative processes in the central nervous system. In normal aging, no global glia proliferation is found… (More)
This study examined the amygdaloid complex in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We compared the distribution and morphology of somatostatin (SOM-) and neuropeptide Y-immunoreactive (NPY-IR) neurons in the… (More)
Our study investigates the distribution of neurophysins (Nph), proteins that are part of the precursors for vasopressin and oxytocin, and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in the human brainstem… (More)
Antisera were raised in rabbits against five synthetic peptides. These peptides have been identified as potentially antigenic epitopes from the sequence of porcine choline acetyltransferase (ChAT)… (More)
A number of functions for nerve growth factor (NGF) have been described over the past years, including its role for neuronal function and regeneration during toxic or metabolic neuropathies. In order… (More)
The regulation of cell activity, growth and metabolism by a number of growth factor receptors and proto-oncogene products involves tyrosine kinase activity resulting in autophosphorylation of the… (More)
The neuropeptide Galanin (Gal) is known to play a functional role in the basal forebrain cholinergic system. In our study, the morphology and density of the Gal-immunoreactive (Gal-IR) fiber network… (More)