Introduction: Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) can involve multiple systems and cause stroke-like episodes and status epilepticus. Case Presentation: A 48-year-old female with history of early fatigability, migraine-type headaches, and bilateral sensory-neural hearing loss presented 3 episodes of serial seizures. On admission she was affected by W...

Background: Child maltreatment is a global phenomenon with possible serious long-term consequences. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between childhood maltreatment and opiate dependency in older age. Methods: In this study, 212 opiate dependent individuals and 216 control subjects were selected consecutively. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire which consiste...

The female age including, 2-3 days aged old (young aged), 17-18 days aged old (middle aged) and 31-32 days aged (old aged) mated with virgin male (5-6 days aged old). The results by SPSS software analayzed that in almost all of experimental young aged old had significantly level than middle and old age. Fecundity elements, in young age was greater than middle and old age, also the female ovario...

OBJECTIVE To examine the interaction of oxidative stress biomarkers with age, and also factors that influence oxidative stress such as body mass index (BMI) and fitness in a population of individuals with established higher risk of cardiovascular disease, African Americans. METHODS Blood samples were obtained from healthy college-age and middle-age to older African Americans. Participants und...