The evaluation with respect to the augmentation material used did not reveal significant differences in the implant survival rate and in both cases remodelling processes could be observed in the augmented area.
1 The effects of a single oral dose of 5 mg pindolol (P) and 100mg metoprolol (M) were assessed in a double-blind study in 30 patients undergoing oral surgery. 2 Systolic and diastolic blood pressures and heart rate were reduced 90 min after oral medication and did not exceed initial values at rest during the procedure. 3 Noradrenaline, adrenaline and c-AMP concentrations did not differ at any time from the control values at rest after P, but were increased after local anaesthesia and during oral surgery after M as were the metabolic responses reflected by plasma concentrations of glucose and free-fatty acids. 4 Plasma levels of ACTH and cortisol showed the typical increase during the procedure, being independent of ,B-adrenoceptor blockade. In contrast to the cardioselective antagonist M, prophylactic administration of the non-selective drug P prevented the sympathetic and metabolic responses to the stress of oral surgery.5 Hypothalamic and adrenal stimulation were not reduced by either selective or non-selective ,B-adrenoceptor blockade.
The membrane potentials of bone cells derived from calvaria of new born rats was shown to be strongly dependent on temperature. When we lowered the temperature from 36 degrees C to 26 degrees C, cells with spontaneous resting membrane potentials (MP) of -80 to -50 mV depolarized (mean amplitude 8 mV; n = 33), and the membrane resistance increased by approximately 80% (n = 20). The temperature response depended on the actual MP, the reversal potential being in the range of -80 to -90 mV. With the application of ouabain (0.1-1 mmol/liter; n = 12), cells depolarized. Simultaneously, the reversal potential of the temperature response was shifted towards more positive values and approached the actual MP level of the cells. Consequently, the depolarization amplitudes induced by lowering temperature were reduced at spontaneous MP levels. The rise of the membrane resistance during cooling was unaffected. When the extracellular chloride concentration was reduced from 133 to 9 mmol/liter, temperature-dependent depolarizations persisted at spontaneous MP values (n = 5). The findings indicate that the marked effects of temperature changes on the MP of bone-derived cells are mainly determined by changes of the potassium conductance.
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