It is well established that the septo-hippocampal system is involved in memory. The medial septum is connected to the hippocampus via the fimbria fornix, which consists mostly of acetylcholine and ã-aminobutyric acid (GABA) projection neurons. The contributions of the cholinergic projection to memory have been studied extensively; whereas, the role of the GABAergic projection is not well characterized. The present experiment tested whether septal infusions of the selective H-channel blocker ZD7288 would impair spontaneous alternation (SA) and continuous multiple inhibitory avoidance (CMIA). Fifteen minutes prior to assessing SA or CMIA, different groups of male Sprague-Dawley rats were given septal infusions of saline or ZD7288 (0.2, 0.6 or 1.5 nmol / 0.5ìl). Our results indicate that septal infusions of ZD7288 impaired SA in a dose-dependent manner; the same infusions did not affect CMIA. This is the first demonstration that H-channels on septo-hippocampal GABAergic projection neurons are involved in memory.

Reumatoid artrit (RA) är den vanligaste autoimmuna sjukdomen och prevalensen är 0.5-1.0% av populationen i industriella länder. Diagnos av RA sker bland annat genom analys av markörerna reumatoid faktor (RF) samt antikroppar mot cykliskt citrullinerad peptid (anti-CCP). Nefelometrisk metod samt CMIA har båda varit huvudmetoder för markörerna RF och anti-CCP respektive vid utredning av RA på Laboratoriemedicin på Länssjukhuset Ryhov i Jönköping. Införskaffning av instrumentet Phadia 250 har gjort det möjligt att sammanställa analyserna för markörerna på samma enhet. Syftet med studien var att verifiera EliA-metoden för anti-CCP samt RF på instrumentet Phadia 250 för att kunna ersätta nuvarande analysmetoder för de båda RA-markörerna. Bestämning av cut-off, mellanliggande precision, inomserieprecision samt överensstämmelse med tidigare metod utfördes. Totalt 115 prover (70 blodgivare, 30 patientprover och 15 konsekutiva prover) användes. En korrelation utfördes för CMIA respektive nefelometriska metoden med EliA-metoden samt en kategoriöverensstämmelse för nefelometrisk metod, CMIA och EliA-metoden. God korrelation erhölls för anti-CCP mellan CMIA och EliA-metoden (r=0.953, p=0.001) samt för RF mellan nefelometriska metoden och EliA-metoden (r=0.835, p=0.048). Analys av samtliga markörer bör inkluderas som screening för RA för att upptäcka sjukdomen. Metoden EliA tillät analys av båda markörer och verifieringen möjliggjorde övergången till EliA-metoden för Laboratoriemedicin i Jönköping. / Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common autoimmune disease and the prevalence is 0.5-1.0% among the population in industrial countries. Diagnosis of RA is based partially on detection of the autoantibodies rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP). Nephelometry and CMIA have been the main methods for detection of the antibodies at Laboratoriemedicin at the County Hospital Ryhov in Jönköping. The purpose of this study was to verify the EliA-method for anti-CCP and RF on Phadia 250 in order to replace the current methods with the EliA-method. Determination of cut-off, intermediate precision, within-run precision and consistency with the previous method was performed on a total of 115 samples (70 blood-donors, 30 patient samples and 15 consecutive samples). A correlation between CMIA and the nephelometric method with EliA-method was performed and a cathegorical correspondance was done to assess the accordance between the previous methods with the EliA-method. A good correlation was obtained for anti-CCP between CMIA and the EliA-method (r=0.953, p=0.001) and RF obtained good correlation between the nephelometric method and the EliA-method (r=0.835, p=0.048). Analysis of both markers simultaneously has been recommended and the verification enabled the transition to the EliA-method on Phadia 250 for Laboratoriemedicin in Jönköping.

Project title: Optimalization of the regime of marker's examination of clinically important infections in blood donors Project author: Daniela Dušková, M.D. Project supervisor: prof. Vladimír Tesař, M.D., Dr.Sc., MBA, FASN The aim of this project is to contribute to the discussion about introducing the methods of molecular biology into the routine blood donor testing in the transfusions departments in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part includes a brief history and some turning points in transfusion medicine. The next part within the theoretical section is dedicated to the problems of infectious diseases concerning transfusion and the general examination processes used during the selection of blood donors. The end of the theoretical part concentrates on existing possibilities of markers' examination of clinically important infections in blood donors, including the list of processes performed in the Czech Republic, the European Union and other countries. The practical part describes this study, ie. the routine screening test of blood donors using the CMIA method (a routine method) and using RT-Real Time PCR method (a molecular biology method) for detecting infectious markers (HCV, HBV, HIV). Within this part, the principle of both methods and the process of actual examinations are described in...

Project title: Optimalization of the regime of marker's examination of clinically important infections in blood donors Project author: Daniela Dušková, M.D. Project supervisor: prof. Vladimír Tesař, M.D., Dr.Sc., MBA, FASN The aim of this project is to contribute to the discussion about introducing the methods of molecular biology into the routine blood donor testing in the transfusions departments in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part includes a brief history and some turning points in transfusion medicine. The next part within the theoretical section is dedicated to the problems of infectious diseases concerning transfusion and the general examination processes used during the selection of blood donors. The end of the theoretical part concentrates on existing possibilities of markers' examination of clinically important infections in blood donors, including the list of processes performed in the Czech Republic, the European Union and other countries. The practical part describes this study, ie. the routine screening test of blood donors using the CMIA method (a routine method) and using RT-Real Time PCR method (a molecular biology method) for detecting infectious markers (HCV, HBV, HIV). Within this part, the principle of both methods and the process of actual examinations are described in...