Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE
Medicine
Application of Granger Causality Analysis of the Directed Functional Connection in Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment
Mei Wang 1, Zhengluan Liao 2, Dewang Mao 3, Qi Zhang 1, Yumei Li 3, Enyan Yu 2, Zhongxiang Ding 3
1Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 2Department of Psychiatry, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, 3Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
Based on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging with Granger causality analysis, we investigated the alterations in the directed functional connectivity between the posterior cingulate cortex and whole brain in patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD), patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and healthy controls.
Developmental Biology
Preparing Activated Platelet-Rich Plasma for Culturing Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells
Fangyuan Lai 1,2, Natsuko Kakudo 1, Naoki Morimoto 1, Yuanyuan Ma 1, Kenji Kusumoto 1
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2Department of Plastic Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
In this report, we describe a double-spin method for preparing activated platelet-rich plasma (PRP). Using autologous thrombin, human adipose-derived stem cells (hASCs) were cultured. Activated PRP was shown to promote proliferation of hASCs.
