Aim: To determine effects of Gongronema latifolium leaf extract on Malondialdehyde (MDA) levels wistar rats induced by a toxic dose Ibuprofen. Material and Methods: Thirty were randomly divided into five groups with six in each group (n=6); Control (C) received normal feed only. T1 was administered 50 mg/kg BW+ Ibuprofen, T2: 100 T3: 150 T4: Jbruprofen only.This lasted for fourteen days. On the...

Introduction Absolute cerebral blood volume (aCBV) can be assessed by utilizing the signal difference of vascular space occupancy (VASO) sequence before and after injection of T1 shortening contrast agent.[1] In previous report, the T2 effect of contrast agent is proved to influence the accuracy of absolute CBV quantification using VASO.[2] Other than using extrapolation by a multi-echo sequenc...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSES MR imaging is now widely used to monitor disease progression in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between disability status and existing and new MR parameters in MS patients. METHODS Forty-one patients with clinically definitive MS were studied. MR imaging included T2- and T1-weighted imaging as well as gra...

The objective of the present study was to determine if there is a relationship between serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and the number of T2/fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (T2/FLAIR) lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS). The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionized the study of MS. However, MRI has limitations and the use of other biomarkers such as ...

BACKGROUND Isoflurane, a common anesthetic for cardiac surgery, reduced myocardial contractility in many experimental studies, few studies have determined isoflurane's direct impact on the left ventricular (LV) contractile function during cardiac surgery. We determined whether isoflurane dose-dependently reduces the peak systolic velocity of the lateral mitral annulus in tissue Doppler imaging ...

In Spain, water use in agriculture is expected to become limited by resources the future. It pertinent study effect of decreased irrigation on presence pests, plant damage, and arthropod communities a super-intensive olive orchard examined from 2017 2019. Arthropods were studied with visual vacuum sampling methods two treatments (T1—control T2—Regulated Deficit Irrigation (RDI)). Univariate ana...

PURPOSE To compare PRESS and STEAM MR spectroscopy for assessment of liver fat in human subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS Single-voxel (20 x 20 x 20 mm) PRESS and STEAM spectra were obtained at 1.5T in 49 human subjects with known or suspected fatty liver disease. PRESS and STEAM sequences were obtained with fixed TR (1500 msec) and different TE (five PRESS spectra between TE 30-70 msec, five S...

Cardiac iron overload causes most deaths in beta-thalassemia major. The efficacy of deferasirox in reducing or preventing cardiac iron overload was assessed in 192 patients with beta-thalassemia in a 1-year prospective, multicenter study. The cardiac iron reduction arm (n = 114) included patients with magnetic resonance myocardial T2* from 5 to 20 ms (indicating cardiac siderosis), left ventric...

OBJECTIVE Although gratitude has been identified as a key clinically relevant trait for improving well-being, it is understudied within medical populations. The current study addressed this gap and extended previous and limited cross-sectional research by examining the longitudinal associations of gratitude to depression in 2 chronic illness samples, arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease (IB...