Slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a single cell visible by the unaided eye. Let the slime mould span two electrodes with a single protoplasmic tube: if the tube is heated to approximately ≈40 °C, the electrical resistance of the protoplasmic tube increases from ≈3 MΩ to ≈10,000 MΩ. The organism's resistance is not proportional nor correlated to the temperature of its environment. Slime mould...

The effect of isoniazid on the protoplasmic viscosity in the H37Ra strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was determined by using electron spin resonance spectroscopy and a small spin label tempone (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidone-N-oxyl radical). Isoniazid (0.5 mug/ml) caused the internal cellular viscosity to increase gradually over the first 15 h of exposure from a rotational correlation time va...

One of the most distinguishing features of the adult human brain is the complexity and diversity of its cortical astrocytes. Human protoplasmic astrocytes manifest a threefold larger diameter and have tenfold more primary processes than those of rodents. In all mammals, protoplasmic astrocytes are organized into spatially non-overlapping domains that encompass both neurons and vasculature. Yet ...

Membrane halves of boar sperm flagella were produced by freeze-fracture and labeled in situ with concanavalin A and wheat germ agglutinin; the lectins were visualized with protein-gold complexes. Concanavalin A and wheat germ agglutinin binding sites partition with both protoplasmic and exoplasmic halves of the membrane. A high density of lectin marking was found on protoplasmic membrane halves...

The plasmodium of the slime mold, Physarum polycephalura, has been extensively used as a model organism in studies of protoplasmic streaming (1). Recently both streaming in the living plasmodium and the viscosity of suitably prepared plasmodial extracts have been shown to respond specifically to additions of ATP. The plasmodla exhibit increased streaming (2), whereas the extracts become less vi...

background: clomiphene citrate (cc) an agonist and antagonist of estrogen, is the first line treatment in ovarian stimulation. anti-estrogenic effect of cc in endometrial thickness and cervical mucus has negative effect on pregnancy rate. letrozole is an aromatase inhibitor has been seen that has acceptable pregnancy rate compared to cc. objective: the aim of this study was to compare the effic...

in the present work, magnetic nanocomposites of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes (mwcnts) decorated with magnesium ferrite (mgfe2o4) nanoparticles were synthesized successfully by citrate-gel method. the shape, structure, size, and properties of the as-synthesized sample were characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ftir), x-ray diffraction pattern (xrd), transmission electron...

this study was designed to compare the effect of clomiphene and letrozole in ovulatory stimulation in infertile women under intrauterine insemination who referred to mahdiyeh infertility clinic during 2008-2009. 106 infertile women were randomly divided into two equal groups. patients were treated with 5 mg of letrozole daily (in letrozole group) or 100 mg of clomiphene citrate daily (in clomip...

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