Major national and international critiques of the medical curriculum in the 1980s noted the
following significant flaws: (1) over‐reliance on learning by rote memory, (2) insufficient …

The diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a considerable challenge. This study
examines the quantification of C-reactive protein (CRP) in synovial fluid for diagnosis of PJI. …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. The goal of the present study was to
determine whether neck pain responds differently to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (…

Study Design: Retrospective cohort. Objectives: Alterations in lumbar paraspinal muscle
cross-sectional area (CSA) may correlate with lumbar pathology. The purpose of this study was …

We hypothesized that selective control of ventricular contractility might be mediated by
postganglionic parasympathetic neurons in the cranial medial ventricular (CMV) ganglion plexus …

Sarcopenia, defined as decreased skeletal muscle mass or function, has recently been
found to have increased perioperative morbidity and mortality. The relationship between …

The epithelia of the small and large intestine are continuously renewing cell populations in
vertebrates. Cell proliferation and turnover have been studied extensively in the adult small …

A specialized subtype of astrocyte, the Gomori-positive (GP) astrocyte, is unusually abundant
and prominent in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. GP astro-cytes possess …

Distension of the atrial wall has been proposed as a signal for the increased release of atrial
natriuretic factor (ANF) from atrial myocytes in response to perceived volume overload. To …

Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) has previously been localized in areas of mammalian brain
associated with olfaction, cardiovascular function, and fluid/electrolyte homeostasis. Despite …