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Various studies in mammals have shown that Hh genes are expressed in discrete areas of the adult organism and may function in the normal maintenance of mature organ systems [ 43 44 45 46 ] . In addition, the regenerative healing of vascular and skeletal tissues following acute injuries appears to be aided by re-activating the Hh-signaling cascade [ 47 48 ] . Taken together, these observations suggest that the Hh pathway may represent a point of intervention for treating certain degenerative disorders.
Kieran Culkin and Elden Henson star as 14-year-old outcasts--the former a whip-smart bookworm with a degenerative bone disease, the latter a hulking giant who has been held back in school two years running.
LHR immunoreactivity in porcine fallopian tubes was confined to the epithelium and smooth muscle cells, and in vitro LH treatment caused relaxation of the oviduct [ 35 ] . Also, LHR stimulation plays a role in the induction and maintenance of myometrial quiescence [ 36 37 38 ] . Since smooth muscles belong among important compartments of the pelvic floor, high LH levels after menopause might be involved in the increased incidence of pelvic floor disorders, a common condition in postmenopausal women [ 39 ] . Since the brain was reported to express functional LHR [ 29 30 ] , there is also a possibility that high LH levels in aging individuals may in some way participate in the development and progression of neurodegenerative process of several degenerative neurological diseases, including Alzheimer's disease.
If the discovery translates to the human brain (the Times is optimistic), it will revolutionize our neurobiological understanding of memory--which might turn out to be a long string of continually produced neurons that record experience through time like a tape recorder--and promise cures for degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and stroke-induced dementia.
Medical examinations and tests provided additional reassurance that their tinnitus was not a symptom of a degenerative or potentially fatal condition.
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