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Objective To explore the changes of amplitude integrated electroencephalogram (aEEG) during brain development in premature.Methods One hundred and forty-eight premature (gestational age 28-36 weeks) were selected.According to their gestational ages,148 premature were divided into 28-30 weeks group(40 cases),with 21 male,19 female;＞30-33 weeks group (49 cases),with 25 male,24 female;＞33-36 weeks group (59 cases),33 male,26 female.At the same time,40 cases of gestational age 37-40 weeks full-term newborns were selected as control group,with 23 male,17 female.Olympic CFM 6000 cerebral function monitor(produced by the American Natus company) was used to detect the changes of their aEEG,and analysis of the changes of aEEG were conducted.The first monitor was performed 3 days after birth,then once a week,monitoring for 2 hours each time,till the premature were discharged from hospital.The average of the monitoring data was obtained as a result for the analysis,and data analysis was conducted by using SAS 9.0 statistical software.Results The sleep-wake cycle continuity voltage positive rate and cycle occurrence rate of the 28-30 weeks,＞ 30-33 weeks,＞ 33-36 weeks premature were significantly lower than those of the 37-40 weeks full-term newborns (all P ＜ 0.05).The 28-30 weeks,＞ 30-33 weeks,＞ 33-36 weeks premature spectrun lower bound voltage value of quiet sleep cycle and activity sleep cycle were significantly lower than those of the 37-40 weeks full-term newborns (all P ＜ 0.05).The 28-30 weeks,＞ 30-33 weeks,＞ 33-36 weeks premature spectrum width of quiet sleep cycle and activity sleep cycle were significantly wider than the 37-40 weeks full-term newborns (F =13.444,11.982,all P ＜ 0.05).The 28-30 weeks,＞ 30-33 weeks,＞ 33-36 weeks premature total duration of sleep cycle were significantly higher than the 37-40 weeks full-term newborns (F =12.451,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions With the increase of gestational age,premature brain development becomes gradually mature,and aEEG can reflect the degree of premature brain development to some extent.
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Objective:To investigate the mobile phone dependence college students'features of detection of different facial expressions and give suggestion to future intervention for mobile phone dependence students.Methods:Totally 548 college students were assessed with the Mobile Phone Addiction Tendency Scale (MPATS).Two groups were screened by cluster analysis and high and low group standard,namely,mobile phone dependence group and control group,40 participants in each.A visual search task was used to examine the efficiency of facial processing.Participants searched displays of schematic faces and were required to determine whether the faces displayed were all the same or whether one was different.Results:When the expressions of the faces were the same,the main effect of number of faces was significant [F(1,468) =11.26,P ＜ 0.01],the detection of four faces was faster than that of eight faces [(1079.1 ± 187.9) msvs.(1139.2 ±202.7) ms].When the expressions of the faces were different,the main effect of expression types was statistically significant [F (1,312) =10.30,P ＜ 0.01],the detection of sad faces was faster than that of happy faces [(941.0 ± 168.5) ms vs.(997.8 ± 152.7) ms,P ＜ 0.01].The types of expressions had significant interaction with groups of participants [F (1,312) =16.55,P ＜ 0.01],mobile phone dependence group detected the sad faces significantly faster than the control group [(975.5 ± 112.4) ms vs.(906.4 ± 126.5) ms,P ＜0.05].Conclusion:The detection of sad faces is faster in those with mobile phone dependence than in controls.The detection of the sad and happy faces are serial search in both groups.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To determine the imaging features of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and 2D time of flight (TOF) MR angiography (MRA) and study the value in the differential diagnosis and surgical planning for carotid space tumors.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Twenty-six patients with suspected pulsatile carotid space mass were imaged by MRI and 2D TOF MRA from 1996 to 2003. Its characteristic findings were analyzed for lesion shape, margin, signal intensity, angle of common carotid bifurcation, and the relationship between the great vessels and carotid space mass.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of the 26 patients, 22 were verified histopathologically, including 15 carotid body tumors (1 patient had bilateral carotid body tumors), 4 carotid artery aneurysms, 3 schwannomas, and 1 metastatic carcinoma. The rest four patients had clinical pseudomasses proved by MRI and MRA as considerable dilated or tortuous carotid artery as compared with the contralateral one. Combined MRI and MRA assessment of carotid body tumors and carotid artery aneurysm yielded an accuracy of 100%. It was also revealed that the anatomy shown on the MRI and axial MRA source images was consistent with that found by surgery.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>MRI in combination with MRA is considered as non-invasive imaging technique for the evaluation of carotid space tumor showing superiority to other modalities in the differential diagnosis between vascular versus non-vascular tumours. This method may take the place of traumatic carotid angiography.</p>