NEW APPROACH FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGY IN COMPANION ANIMALS.

本研究的第一个目的是建立老年伴侣动物神经病学数据库。在临床领域工作的研究者决定了逐项列表。这项任务非常重要，因为数据库的可用性取决于名单。在此基础上，将各临床研究机构积累的老年小动物神经病学资料制成电子版，建立了一个简明的120例病例数据库，任何人都可以从中检索到所需资料。任何想要在小动物神经学上搜索他想要的东西的人都可以访问数据库，因为这个软件有一个在网络上打开所需的基本功能。该软件还可以授权通过密码系统进入的研究人员输入神经学数据。因此，我们认为我们已经能够创建一个网络，信息管理和搜索系统。该系统将使日本的每一位临床医生成为老年伴侣动物神经系统疾病信息的共同拥有者，医学研究人员可以将这些信息用作老年人神经学的动物模型。讨论了Pro（4.0）的局限性，决定在数据库规模过大时，采用Oracle作为数据库的软件;二是积累神经病学分析的基础数据。例如，我们发现从神经再生的观点来看，犬周围神经移植到狗身上是可能的，脑干听觉电位揭示了老年绒猴的听力障碍。

The first purpose of the research was to create the database for neurology in aged companion animals. Investigators working in the clinical field decided the itemized lists. This task was most important because the availability of the database depended on the lists. On the base of the lists, We made electronic information on neurology of aged small animals accumulated at the institutes of clinical investigators and created a concise database of 120 cases from which anyone was able to search a necessary data We used a file-maker, "Pro (4.0)" as a software of the database management and publicized it on the Internet, because we considered this database as a test trial. Anyone who was going to search what he wanted on neurology in small animals was possible to get an access to the database, as this software had an elementary function necessary to open on the web. This software could also give an authority to input data on neurology to researchers who were admitted by a password system. So, we think that we have been able to create a network, information management and searching system. This system will make it possible that every clinician in Japan becomes a joint owner about information of neurological diseases in aged companion animals and medical researchers can use the information as an animal model of neurology in aged people. We discussed about the limit of the Pro (4.0) and decided to use the Oracle as a software of the database when the database became too large.The second one was to accumulate basic data for analyzing neurology. For example, we found that the transplant of the canine peripheral nerve to a dog was possibIe from the viewpoint of nerve regeneration and that the brainstem auditory potentials revealed a hearing disorder of aged marmoset.