Short-Term Sleep Disturbance–Induced Stress Does not Affect Basal Pain Perception, but Does Delay Postsurgical Pain Recovery

In this study, the antifatigue effects of acupuncture had been investigated at the metabolic level on the young male athletes with exhaustive physical exercises. After a series of exhaustive physical exercises and a short-term rest, the athletes either were treated with needling acupuncture on selected acupoints (TA group) or enjoyed an extended rest (TR group). NMR-based metabolomics analysis was then applied to depict the metabolic profiles of urine samples, which were collected from the athletes at three time points including the time before exercises, the time before and after the treatment of acupuncture, or taking the extended rest. The results from multivariate statistical analysis indicated that the recoveries of disturbed metabolites in the athletes treated with acupuncture were significantly faster than in those only taking rest. After the treatment with acupuncture, the levels of distinguished metabolites, 2-hydroxybutyrate, 3-hydroxyisovalerate, lactate, pyruvate, citrate, dimethylglycine, choline, glycine, hippurate, and hypoxanthine were recovered at an accelerated speed in the TA group in comparison with the TR group. The above-mentioned results indicated that the acupuncture treatment ameliorated fatigue by backregulating the perturbed energy metabolism, choline metabolism, and attenuating the ROS-induced stress at an accelerated speed, which demonstrated that acupuncture could serve as an alternative fatigue-relieving approach.

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Effects of Short-Term DC-Bias-Induced Stress on n-GaN/AlGaN/GaN MOSHEMTs With Liquid-Phase-Deposited $\hbox{Al}_{2}\hbox{O}_{3}$ as a Gate Dielectric

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices ◽

10.1109/ted.2010.2071130 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 57 (11) ◽

pp. 2978-2987 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Sarbani Basu ◽

Pramod K. Singh ◽

Shun-Kuan Lin ◽

Po-Wen Sze ◽

Yeong-Her Wang

Keyword(s):

Liquid Phase ◽

Gate Dielectric ◽

Short Term ◽

Induced Stress ◽

Dc Bias

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Short-term pre- and post-Operative Stress Prolongs Incision-Induced Pain Hypersensitivity without Changing Basal Pain Perception

Molecular Pain ◽

10.1186/s12990-015-0077-3 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

pp. s12990-015-0077 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Jing Cao ◽

Po-Kai Wang ◽

Vinod Tiwari ◽

Lingli Liang ◽

Brianna Marie Lutz ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pain Perception ◽

Short Term ◽

Pain Hypersensitivity ◽

Operative Stress

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Effects of handling and short-term captivity: a multi-behaviour approach using red sea urchins, Mesocentrotus franciscanus

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.6556 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. e6556 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Aneesh P.H. Bose ◽

Daniel Zayonc ◽

Nikolaos Avrantinis ◽

Natasha Ficzycz ◽

Jonathan Fischer-Rush ◽

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Keyword(s):

Red Sea ◽

Sea Urchins ◽

Abundant Species ◽

Ecosystem Functions ◽

Short Term ◽

Induced Stress ◽

Aggregation Behaviour ◽

Fitness Consequences ◽

Term Monitoring

Understanding the effects of captivity-induced stress on wild-caught animals after their release back into the wild is critical for the long-term success of relocation and reintroduction programs. To date, most of the research on captivity stress has focused on vertebrates, with far less attention paid to invertebrates. Here, we examine the effect of short-term captivity (i.e., up to four days) on self-righting, aggregation, and predator-escape behaviours in wild-caught red sea urchins, Mesocentrotus franciscanus, after their release back into the wild. Aggregation behaviour, which has been linked to feeding in sea urchins, was not affected by handling or captivity. In contrast, the sea urchins that had been handled and released immediately, as well as those that were handled and held captive, took longer to right themselves and were poorer at fleeing from predators than wild, unhandled sea urchins. These results indicate that handling rather than captivity impaired these behaviours in the short term. The duration of captivity did not influence the sea urchin behaviours examined. Longer-term monitoring is needed to establish what the fitness consequences of these short-term behavioural changes might be. Our study nevertheless highlights the importance of considering a suite of responses when examining the effects of capture and captivity. Our findings, which are based on a locally abundant species, can inform translocation efforts aimed at bolstering populations of ecologically similar but depleted invertebrate species to retain or restore important ecosystem functions.

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Effects of nitrogen on the selection of food by Phyllobius arborator (Herbst)

Journal of Forest Science ◽

10.17221/792-jfs ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 54 (No. 1) ◽

pp. 17-23

Author(s):

E. Kula ◽

A. Pešlová ◽

D. Buchtová

Keyword(s):

Food Consumption ◽

Betula Pendula ◽

Height Increment ◽

Repeated Application ◽

Short Term ◽

Laboratory Rearing ◽

Induced Stress ◽

Males And Females ◽

Higher Doses ◽

Selection Of

The selection of a nutritive plant and the consumption of food (Betula pendula Roth) affected by differentiated inputs of nitrogen after the repeated application of ammonium nitrate into soil was monitored at Phyllobius arborator (Herbst) under field (polythene greenhouse) and laboratory (Climacell) conditions. In birch leaves, the content of nitrogen increased. The diameter and height increment was stimulated by the application of 0.5–1 g, higher doses induced stress and the fall of increment. According to the frequency of feeding marks on leaves and food consumption by weevils of the genus Phyllobius in a polythene greenhouse, birch with the higher content of nitrogen was preferred. In laboratory rearing, females showed higher food requirements. In short-term rearing, differentiation did not occur in the amount of consumed food in males and females depending on the nitrogen content.

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Sleep quality and ventilatory efficiency in elderly heart failure patients: a pilot study on the short-term effect of 4-week low-intensity aerobic exercise

Kardiologiia ◽

10.18087/cardio.2020.6.n938 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 60 (6) ◽

pp. 102-106

Author(s):

Walid Kamal Abdelbasset ◽

Ahmad Osailan

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Aerobic Exercise ◽

Sleep Disturbance ◽

Exercise Program ◽

Quality Of Sleep ◽

Short Term ◽

Ventilatory Efficiency ◽

Low Intensity

Background Sleep disturbance and ventilator inefficiency are considered two of the most critical complications for general human wellbeing, particularly in elderly heart failure (HF) patients. Studies examining the effect of low-intensity aerobic exercise in the treatment of sleep disturbance and ventilatory inefficiency in this population of patients are limited.Objective The purpose of the current pilot study was to check the effect of low-intensity aerobic exercise on the quality of sleep and ventilatory efficiency in elderly HF patients.Materials and methods Design: pilot study. Setting: outpatient physical therapy clinic within Cairo University regional hospital. Participants: eight elderly HF patients (6 men, 2 women) with a mean age of 69.4±4.2 years. Intervention: participants were recruited for a low-intensity exercise program (40 to 50% of maximum heart rate for 30-40 minutes), five sessions weekly for four weeks. Exercise intensity was monitored during the sessions using heart rate. Outcome Measure: sleep quality was assessed pre- and post- four weeks of exercise program usingthe Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and ventilatory efficiency was assessed using cardiopulmonary exercise test.Results HF patients (II–III NYHA), mean age 69.4±4.2 years, body mass index 23.7±2.7 kg/m2, ejection fraction 32.7±4.5 %, VO2peak 16.27±4.2 ml/kg/min, VE/VCO2 30.81±12.7. The mean of global PSQI score ranged between 8.2 to 11.4 with a mean of 9.7±3.4 which indicates that the participants experienced sleep disturbance. The post-exercise assessment showed that patients have reported a significant improvement of all PSQI domains compared with baseline assessment (p<0.05). VO2peak significantly increased from 16.27±4.2 pre-intervention to 20.03±2.6 ml/kg/min post-intervention (p=0.049) whereas VE/VCO2 slightly decreased with a non-significant difference at the end of the study program (p=0.594) indicating animprovement of ventilator efficiencyand overall cardiorespiratory fitness.Conclusion Short-term application of low-intensity aerobic exercise (4 weeks) may improve the quality of sleep and ventilator efficiency in elderly HF patients. The study findings encourage elderly HF patients with sleep disturbance to adhere to the exercise training program. Also, cardiac rehabilitation programs with low intensity of aerobic exercise should be proposed to these patients by their health care provider.

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A modified Munger cell for testing long-term effects of predator-induced stress on prey: an example using Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Acaridae) and its predator Neoseiulus cucumeris (Phytoseiidae)

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.24.12.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (10) ◽

pp. 2285-2289

Author(s):

XIAOYING WEI ◽

ZHI-QIANG ZHANG

Keyword(s):

New Method ◽

Tyrophagus Putrescentiae ◽

Long Term Effects ◽

Short Term ◽

Neoseiulus Cucumeris ◽

Induced Stress ◽

Long Term Experiments

Predators can influence prey directly by consuming them, or indirectly by inducing stress to them. In previous studies, the exposure of leaves or containers to predators is short term and the replacement of such predator-exposed units for any long-term experiments is laborious. This study aims to establish a new method to enable continuous predator-induced stress to prey by using a modified Munger cell, with Tyrophagus putrescentiae and its predator predator Neoseiulus cucumeris as an example.

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