38 research outputs found
Enforcing Multifunctionality: A Pressure-Induced Spin-Crossover Photomagnet
Photomagnetic compounds are usually
achieved by assembling preorganized
individual molecules into rationally designed molecular architectures
via the bottom-up approach. Here we show that a magnetic response
to light can also be enforced in a nonphotomagnetic compound by applying
mechanical stress. The nonphotomagnetic cyano-bridged Fe<sup>II</sup>–Nb<sup>IV</sup> coordination polymer {[Fe<sup>II</sup>(pyrazole)<sub>4</sub>]<sub>2</sub>[Nb<sup>IV</sup>(CN)<sub>8</sub>]·4H<sub>2</sub>O}<sub><i>n</i></sub> (<b>FeNb</b>) has been
subjected to high-pressure structural, magnetic and photomagnetic
studies at low temperature, which revealed a wide spectrum of pressure-related
functionalities including the light-induced magnetization. The multifunctionality
of <b>FeNb</b> is compared with a simple structural and magnetic
pressure response of its analog {[Mn<sup>II</sup>(pyrazole)<sub>4</sub>]<sub>2</sub>[Nb<sup>IV</sup>(CN)<sub>8</sub>]·4H<sub>2</sub>O}<sub><i>n</i></sub> (<b>MnNb</b>). The <b>FeNb</b> coordination polymer is the first pressure-induced spin-crossover
photomagnet
Date preliminare privind unele manifestări ale durerii într-un model de șobolan MPTP-indus a bolii Parkinson
Parkinson's disease (PD) is less known as a disease causing pain syndromes, although pain is found in 40-80 % of PD patients, as described by the very few reports in this area of research. Moreover, in some PD patients, pain is so severe and intractable that it overshadows the motor symptoms of the disorder. Still, pain in PD frequently goes under acknowledged and undertreated. Also, the studies regarding pain perception in the existing animal models of PD are very few. We experimentally induced the PD model in rats by injecting subcutaneously one dose of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), 20mg/kg, while the control group received saline. The behavioral testing for pain included the hot-plate task and was performed 7 days after MPTP injection. In this way, our rat model resulted from the acute treatment with a low dose of MPTP, exhibited an increased sensitivity to pain perception, as demonstrated by the significant decrease in the values of the latency time in hot-plate for rats treated with MPTP, as compared to the controls. In this way, further studies in this area of research seem warranted