Brain delivery of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) following nasal administration to rats [PDF]
, 2003 The aim of this work was to study in rats the nasal route for the brain delivery of the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) neuropeptide. After evaluating VIP stability in solutions obtained from nasal washes, the effect of formulation parameters (pH 4-9,
Dufès, Christine +5 more
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Rotation frequency of human bronchial and nasal epithelial spheroids as an indicator of mucociliary function [PDF]
, 2006 Background: We evaluated a new in vitro model for mucociliary transport function. Spheroids of human respiratory epithelium show beating cilia at their surface.
Bergner, Albrecht +5 more
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Transmucosal nasal drug delivery : systemic bioavailability of nasally applied midazolam [PDF]
, 2008 Transmucosal nasal drug delivery is a drug delivery option for challenging clinical situations where common drug administrations (e.g., intravenous, intramuscular, or oral) are inapplicable.
Suter-Zimmermann, Katja
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Nasal Nitric Oxide Is Correlated With Nasal Patency and Nasal Symptoms [PDF]
Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research, 2019 Nitric oxide (NO) is an important endogenous mediator in both upper and lower respiratory systems. The purpose of the present study was to extract nasal NO (nNO) normal range of Chinese adults and the internal influencing factors. The differences in nNO levels between rhinitis and asymptomatic atopic subjects, and the diagnostic value of nNO in ...
Lei Ren +3 more
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Nasal lysine aspirin challenge in the diagnosis of aspirin - exacerbated respiratory disease [PDF]
, 2013 Background Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease is under-diagnosed and therefore effective and inexpensive therapy with aspirin desensitization is rarely performed.
J. Larco +13 more
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Precultivation of engineered human nasal cartilage enhances the mechanical properties relevant for use in facial reconstructive surgery [PDF]
, 2006 To investigate if precultivation of human engineered nasal cartilage grafts of clinically relevant size would increase the suture retention strength at implantation and the tensile and bending stiffness 2 weeks after implantation.
Pierer, Gerhard +21 more
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SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Captive Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius), Belgium
Animals, 2023 Two adult female hippos in Zoo Antwerp who were naturally infected with SARS-CoV-2 showed nasal discharge for a few days. Virus was detected by immunocytochemistry and PCR in nasal swab samples and by PCR in faeces and pool water.
Francis Vercammen +14 more
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Effects of retro-nasal aroma release on satiation [PDF]
, 2008 It is suggested that the brain response of a food odour sensed retro-nasally is related to satiation. The extent of retro-nasal aroma release during consumption depends on the physical structure of a food, i.e.
Graaf, C., de +9 more
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Clinical Phytoscience, 2017 Background This study aimed to investigate the nasal decongestive efficacy of an alternative to pharmacotherapy, a herbal nasal spray composed of Scutellaria baicalensis and Eleutherococcus senticosus.
Michael Katotomichelakis +12 more
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Cancer Medicine, 2023 Background The clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis of nasal and nonnasal extranodal natural killer T‐cell lymphoma (ENKTL) are considered to be different.
Ziyuan Shen +13 more
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