BACKGROUND Selaginella convoluta (Arn.) Spring (Selaginellaceae), commonly known as "jericó", is a medicinal plant found in northeastern Brazil. S. convoluta is used in folk medicine as an antidepressant, aphrodisiac, diuretic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and it is used to combat amenorrhea, coughing and bleeding. This study was performed to evaluate the antinociceptive effects of ethanolic ex...

The TAGE predictor [12] is considered as one of the most storage effective global branch/path history predictors. It has been shown that associated with small adjunct predictors like a statistical corrector (SC for short) and/or a loop predictor (L for short) [11, 10], TAGE can even be more effective. In this study, we explore the performance limits of these TAGE-SC-L predictors for respectivel...

Materials and methods C57BL/6 mice were fed a standard chow (SC; 10% lipids) or a high-fat diet (HF; 50% lipids) for 10 weeks. Then, animals were randomly allocated into six groups to start the treatment with Telmisartan (T) or Losartan (L): SC, SC-L, SC-T, HF, HF-L and HF-T. The treatment phase lasted 5 weeks. Pair feeding (PF) groups were carried out to telmisartan treated groups (SCT-PF and ...

This paper is based on a research carried out for evaluation of addict rehabilitation centers in Iran. The research has been conducted by application of survey method, questionnaire technique and interview with help seekers (addicts) in Qarchak Varamin Rehabilitation and De-addicion Center in south- eastern of Tehran. This study has been carried out in two stages of pre-treatment and rehabilita...

PURPOSE To clarify the effects on the visual pathway that occur following retinal damage, we examined the morphological alterations present in the superior colliculus (SC) after N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced retinal damage in mice. METHODS NMDA was injected into the vitreous body of the left eye in mice to induce retinal damage. The time-dependent neuronal degeneration in the SC was ass...

Twenty-six adults (23 to 58 years) with mild to moderate asthma underwent a 10-week supervised rehabilitation program, with emphasis on physical training. In the first 2 weeks, they exercised daily in an indoor swimming pool (33 degrees C) and received education about asthma, medication, and principles of physical training. In the following 8 weeks, they exercised in the pool twice a week. Ever...

Social isolation stress (SIS) in adolescence is accompanied by neurobehavioral disturbances and pathophysiological changes in certain regions of the CNS such as the hippocampus. In this study, we tested whether SIS impacts seizure susceptibility in postnatal male mice due to a role of hippocampal nitric oxide (NO). To do this, we used the pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) model of clonic seizures, open-...

Seeds are another product in addition to leaves (raw materials for teas) of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) plant. The great increase of tea consumption in recent years raises the challenge of finding commercial applications for tea seeds. In the present study, supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO(2)) extraction edible oil from tea seed was carried out, response surface methodology (RSM) was used to ...

It was previously reported that systemic administration of dipyrone inhibited the tonic component of generalized tonic-clonic seizures in both the electroshock and the audiogenic seizure models. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mechanisms involved in the anticonvulsant action of dipyrone by assessing the role of nitric oxide and opioids in the electroshock (female 60- to 90-d...

Caudal regression syndrome (CRS) is a congenital abnormality characterized by an 17 incomplete development of the spinal cord (SC) and other abnormalities. We studied a 9-months 18 old CRS child presenting: interruption of SC at L2-L3 level, sacral agenesis, lack of innervation of 19 the inferior limbs (flaccid paraplegia) and neurogenic bladder and bowel. Given the effects of 20 growth hormone...