purpose: this study aimed to investigate the effect of one intensive training session on the changes of beta-endorphin and serum cortisol levels of elite wrestlers. methods: in this quasi-experimental research with one group and pretest-posttest design, 16 elite wrestlers within the age range of 18 to 25 years were purposefully and selected and they voluntarily participated in the research. the...

It has been shown that inflammation reduces the effectiveness of sympathetic nerves in the regulation of knee joint blood flow, and the joint vascular- ß adrenoceptors are changed due to acute inflammation from a majority of ß-1 to an equality of ß-1 and ß-2 receptors.. To investigate the role of sympathetic nerves in nerve induced vasoconstriction and changes in joint vascular ß-adrenoceptors ...

Wnt/ß-catenin signaling is strongly implicated in neoplasia, but the role of this pathway in human breast cancer has been controversial. Here, we examined Wnt/ß-catenin pathway activation as a function of breast cancer progression, and tested for a relationship with HER2/neu expression, using a human tissue microarray comprising benign breast tissues, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), and invasi...

1 Downregulation of Cdk6 kinase activity is crucial for TGF-ß induced growth inhibition (I) ………………………………………………………………………………….38 1.1 TGF-ß growth inhibition is attenuated by overexpression of wild type Cdk6 …………38 1.2 Cyclin D-related kinase activity is maintained in wild type Cdk6-overexpressing cells treated with TGF-ß …..……………………………………………………………….39 1.3 Cdk2-associated kinase activity is partia...

Complexation of celecoxib with ß-cyclodextrin and hydroxypropyl-ß-cyclodextrin in the presence and absence of polyvinylpyrrolidone and the effect of polyvinylpyrrolidone on the solubilizing efficiency of cyclodextrins and on the dissolution rate of celecoxib from the cyclodextrin complexes were investigated. The phase solubility studies indicated the formation of celecoxib-ß-cyclodextrin and ce...

The theory that alterations of dopaminergic synaptic transmission may play a role in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia is widely accepted. A more recent theory links the endorphin system to the etiology of schizophrenia. We propose that these two theories may be combined into a single model. Recent neurochemical and pharmacological findings have indicated close functional relationships between ...

Beta-endorphin and ACTH are concomitantly secreted by the pituitary in response to acute stress and both possess identical regulatory mechanisms (1). Intravenous administration of opioid antagonist naloxone (10 mg) decreased plasma ACTH levels in schizophrenic patients (2). Opioid agonist. morphine (50 mg/kg). administered intraperitoneally elevated plasma beta-endorphin immunoreactivity (3). S...

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are well known to induce insulin resistance. However, the effect of GCs on insulin secretion has not been well characterized under physiological conditions in human. We here evaluated the effect of GCs on insulin secretion/ß-cell function precisely in a physiological condition. A population-based study of 1,071 Japanese individuals enrolled in the 2014 Iwaki study (390 men...

The prodromal syndrome of radiation sickness is characterized by nausea and vomiting but the pathophysiology and the treatment of this entity is largely unknown. We investigated this problem by determining the effects of ionizing radiation on gastric function with and without administration of the dopamine antagonist domperidone. We measured gastric electrical control activity (waves per minute...

one of the important changes of sport and physical activity in human beings is hormonal changes; these changes have different effects based on intensity, duration and type of training. beta endorphin (be), one of the neural system hormones, shows changes in blood plasma level by exercise. this neuropeptide plays an important role in pain relieving, well-being, mood enhancing and euphoria. the a...