Introduction: This study was designed to evaluate the effects of treatment with flaxseed oil (FSO) on renal ischemia-reperfusion (RIR) injuries in rats. Materials and methods: In this study, 32 Wistar rats were randomly studied in four groups: Co+NS (Control group with normal saline administration), Sh+NS (sham group with normal saline administration), RIR+NS and RIR+FSO. FSO (0.2 ml) was ...

Introduction: To examine the effects of opium dependence and cigarette smoking on semen quality and sperm parameters, the semen quality of men who abuse opiates and/or smoke cigarettes was investigated in a retrospective study. Methods: Male partners of 1325 infertile couples attending the infertility clinic for intrauterine insemination (IUI) procedure were divided into non-smoking non-op...

introduction: gutta-percha (gp), is a neutral and non-toxic material. the aim of this animal study was to compare the biocompatibility of nanosilver coated gp (ns-gp) with conventional gp in subcutaneous tissues in a rat model. methods and materials: conventional gp and ns-gp were subcutaneously implanted in the backs of 20 male wistar rats ( n =10). a control animal was assigned for each trial...

objective: the aim was to evaluate gender differences in depression scores of iranian and german medical students. methods: two hundred iranian medical students (100 men and 100 women) and 200 german medical students (100 men and 100 women) were selected randomly and completed the english form of the self-rating beck depression inventory (bdi). results: analysis gave a mean rating of 10.7 ± 6.6...

results no significant difference was found between the groups regarding bmht rs3797546 gene polymorphism. the c allele was not associated with ns-cl/p (or = 1.27, 95% ci = 0.85-2.79, p = 0.690). conclusions our data suggested that bmht rs3797546 gene polymorphism was not associated with risk/ protection for ns-cl/p in a sample of iranian population. larger studies are required to validate our ...

introduction: this study was designed to evaluate the effects of treatment with flaxseed oil (fso) on renal ischemia-reperfusion (rir) injuries in rats. materials and methods: in this study, 32 wistar rats were randomly studied in four groups: co+ns (control group with normal saline administration), sh+ns (sham group with normal saline administration), rir+ns and rir+fso. fso (0.2 ml) was admin...