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Case-finding instruments for depression

The Role of Excitatory Amino Acids and NMDA Receptors in Traumatic Brain Injury

Brain injury induced by fluid percussion in rats caused a marked elevation in extracellular glutamate and aspartate adjacent to the trauma site. This increase in excitatory amin...

Risks of untreated and treated isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly: meta-analysis of outcome trials

SERUM CHOLESTEROL, BLOOD PRESSURE, AND MORTALITY: IMPLICATIONS FROM A COHORT OF 361 662 MEN

Improvement in Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Resistance in Obese Subjects Treated with Troglitazone

Troglitazone decreases insulin resistance and improves glucose tolerance in obese subjects with either impaired or normal glucose tolerance. The ability of troglitazone to reduc...

Amyloid biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease

Regional variability of imaging biomarkers in autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease

Significance Beta-amyloid plaque accumulation, glucose hypometabolism, and neuronal atrophy are hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease. However, the regional ordering of these biomark...

Combining voxel intensity and cluster extent with permutation test framework

Renal Insufficiency and the Risk of Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Disease

Renal insufficiency is a risk factor for coronary heart disease and stroke, but whether it predicts lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is unknown. The authors eva...

Automated MRI measures predict progression to Alzheimer's disease