Bahram Soltani

Department of P harmacology, Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran

[ 1 ] - Influence of Sexuality in Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury in rats

  Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a major clinical condition and research is commonly done to find suitable treatment options. However, there are some degrees of spontaneous recovery after SCI and gender is said to be a contributing factor in recovery, but this is controversial. This study was done to compare the effects of sexual dimorphism on spontaneous recovery after spinal cord inj...

[ 2 ] - Effect of exercise training on saliva brain derived neurotrophic factor, catalase and vitamin c

  Background: The balance between production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and antioxidant defense in the body has important health implications. The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in salivary antioxidants: catalase, vitamin C and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), in sedentary men at rest and after acute exhaustive exercise.   Methods: This randomi...

[ 3 ] - Kisspeptin-13 ameliorates memory impairment induced by streptozotocin in male rats via cholinergic system

Introduction: Kisspeptin-13 (KP-13) is a novel endogenous factor, increases synaptic transmission and is involved in several behavioral functions such as anxiety, locomotion, epilepsy and avoidance learning. However, the role of this peptide on cognition has not been well clarified yet. Here we studied the effect of kisspeptin-13 pretreatment on spatial learning and also interaction with cholin...

[ 4 ] - اثر چاقی و تمرین استقامتی شدید متعاقب آن بر غلظت آیریزین سرم و بیان UCP1 mRNA چربی زیرپوستی و ارتباط این عوامل با تغییرات لپتین در موش‌های نژاد ویستار

اطلاعات درباره­ی غلظت و تنظیم آیریزین تحت شرایط فیزیولوژیکی مختلف، کم است. هجده سر موش، 12 هفته غذای پرچرب و 6 سر غذای استاندارد (غیرچاق) مصرف کردند. سپس گروه غیرچاق و 6 سر موش چاق (چاق پایه) کشته و دوازده سر موش باقی­مانده به گروهای چاق تمرین و چاق کنترل تقسیم شدند. گروه تمرینی 14 هفته، هر هفته 5 روز با شدت بالا روی نوارگردان دویدند. نمونه­ها 48 ساعت پس از آخرین جلسه­ی تمرینی گرفته شد. غلظت آی...

[ 5 ] - Antidepressant- and anxiolytic-like effects of methanolic extract of Salvia spinosa L. in mice

Introduction: Development of new medicines with fewer adverse effects and more efficacies is needed for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. The present study aimed to investigate the putative antidepressant and anxiolytic effects of methanolic extract of Salvia spinosa L. (SS) in mice. Materials and Methods: Elevated plus-maze (EPM) and open field tests (OFT) were conducted to evaluate anti...