purpose our study aimed to profile the effect of fasting during the ramadan month on cognitive function in a group of healthy muslim athletes. methods eighteen male athletes underwent computerized neuropsychological testing during (fasting) and after (non-fasting) ramadan. diet was standardized, and tests were performed at 0900h and 1600h to characterize potential time-of-day (tod) interactions...

objective(s): crocin influences many biological functions including memory and learning. the present study was aimed to investigate the effects of crocin on learning and memory impairments in streptozotocine-induced diabetic rats. materials and methods: diabetes was induced by intraperitoneal (ip) injection of streptozotocin (stz, 45 mg/kg). transfer latency (tl) paradigm in elevated plus-maze ...

previous studies had reported that extracellular levels of ascorbic acid have modulatory effects on dopamine receptors. both ascorbic acid and dopamine receptor have an important role in learning and memory processes. however, the central interaction between ascorbic acid and dopamine d2 receptor on spatial learning and memory has not yet been elucidated. all experiments were carried out on mal...

introduction: ascorbic acid (aa) acts as an antioxidant in the central nervous system (cns) of the mammalians. it is released from the some nerve ending together with neurotransmitters. the results have shown that ascorbic acid could affect learning as well as memory. in this study, we examined the effect of icv injection of ascorbic acid on learning and memory by morris water maze. method: in ...

introduction: one of notable initiatives in improving the academic education is to use the abilities of students to learn together in a new and effective system of peer learning. in this regard, education development center in shiraz university of medical sciences proceed to implementation and study of the curriculum and teaching methods course in the form of peer learning for college students ...