Diagnosing ankylosing spondylitis.

M Elyan, MA Khan - The Journal of Rheumatology Supplement, 2006 - jrheum.org
This article focuses on the early diagnosis and effective management of ankylosing spondylitis
(AS), a disease that is not uncommon and that can cause early retirement and severe …

Does physical therapy still have a place in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis?

M Elyan, MA Khan - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Despite the advances in the pharmacological therapy of ankylosing spondylitis, physical
therapy remains an essential part of the management plan. Even though data are not sufficient …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy and safety of novel interleukin inhibitors in the management of psoriatic arthritis

J Bilal, IB Riaz, MU Kamal, M Elyan… - JCR: Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective The aim of this study was to systemically review the efficacy and safety of inhibitors
of interleukin 6 (IL-6): clazakizumab, IL-12/23: ustekinumab, and IL-17A: secukinumab, …

Addition of human melanopsin renders mammalian cells photoresponsive

Z Melyan, EE Tarttelin, J Bellingham, RJ Lucas… - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
A small number of mammalian retinal ganglion cells act as photoreceptors for regulating
certain non-image forming photoresponses 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 . These intrinsically …

[PDF][PDF] Metabotropic-mediated kainate receptor regulation of IsAHP and excitability in pyramidal cells

Z Melyan, HV Wheal, B Lancaster - Neuron, 2002 - cell.com
… atropine sulfate), opioid (10 M naloxone), canna- … of IsAHP, we tested the efbinoid CB1 (2
M AM 251), and adenosine receptors (0.1 M DPCPX). Under these conditions, a 5 min kainate …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of melanopsin photoreceptors: discovery and characterization of a new melanopsin in nonmammalian vertebrates

J Bellingham, SS Chaurasia, Z Melyan, C Liu… - PLoS …, 2006 - journals.plos.org
In mammals, the melanopsin gene (Opn4) encodes a sensory photopigment that underpins
newly discovered inner retinal photoreceptors. Since its first discovery in Xenopus laevis and …

Metabotropic regulation of intrinsic excitability by synaptic activation of kainate receptors

Z Melyan, B Lancaster, HV Wheal - Journal of Neuroscience, 2004 - Soc Neuroscience
m 2-OH-saclofen to block GABA B R, 1 μm atropine sulfate to block muscarinic AChR, 10 μm
naloxone to block opioid receptors, 2 μm … receptors, and 0.1 μm DPCPX to block adenosine …

Differential expression of two distinct functional isoforms of melanopsin (Opn4) in the mammalian retina

SS Pires, S Hughes, M Turton, Z Melyan… - Journal of …, 2009 - Soc Neuroscience
… with extracellular saline (140 mm NaCl, 4 mm KCl, 1 mm MgCl 2 , 2 mm CaCl 2 , 5 mm
glucose, and 10 mm HEPES, pH adjusted to 7.4 with NaOH) containing 20 μm 9-cis-retinal (Sigma…

Synaptically released glutamate reduces γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) ergic inhibition in the hippocampus via kainate receptors

MY Min, Z Melyan… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
Exogenous application of agonists at the kainate subtype of glutamate receptors has been
shown to depress evoked monosynaptic inhibition by γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic …

Hippocampal long-term potentiation is disrupted during expression and extinction but is restored after reinstatement of morphine place preference

…, JL Gonzalez-Romero, Z Melyan… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
… sectioning solution that contained 175 mm sucrose, 7 mm MgCl 2 , 2.5 mm KCl, 1.2 mm NaH
2 PO 4 , 0.5 mm CaCl 2 , 26 mm NaHCO 3 , and 25 mm glucose. Brains were mounted and …