To determine the susceptibility of developing brain and other tissues to accumulate zinc, rats were exposed to zinc at different periods of ontogeny. For the prenatal group, pregnant Wistar rats received 50 ppm of zinc (ZnSO4 · 7H2O) in drinking for the entire duration of pregnancy. On the day of delivery zinc was removed from the drinking water. Another group, dams, received 50 ppm of zinc in ...

Background: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases globally. Mast cells are known to be the main source of brain histamine, which is identified as  being involved in seizure modulation. Sodium cromoglycate is a popular mast cell stabilizer and is proposed as the first line therapy in chronic asthma and systemic mastocytosis. Considering the importance of gestational period in ...

Described was research on the behavioral and learning effects of lead poisoning or malnutrition in rats. It is explained that approximately 200 rats (either weanling, adult, pregnant, or nursing) were injected with various amounts of lead. It was found that symtomatic levels of lead in weanling or adult rats produced no obvious behavioral or learning impairments, though asymptomatic doses of le...

The present study examined whether a prenatal low-protein diet programs a decrease in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and an increase in systolic blood pressure (BP). In addition, we examined whether altering the postnatal nutritional environment of nursing neonatal rats affected GFR and BP when rats were studied as adults. Pregnant rats were fed a normal (20%) protein diet or a low-protein di...

Prenatal stress in rats results in structural, physiological and behavioral alterations that persist in adulthood. Serotonin (5-HT) is an important neurotransmitter known to be involved in these prenatal stress-induced behavioral alterations. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of interrupted synthesis of 5-HT and immobilization stress during different gestational period on brai...

Mirtazapine is an often used antidepressant drug; however insufficient information is available regarding its safety during pregnancy. Therefore, this work was initiated to study the effect of prenatal exposure of mirtazapine on postnatal developments of rats. The study was conducted on pregnant rats to observe the safety profile of mirtazapine in comparison to control. The percentage weight ga...

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) has been associated with increased susceptibility to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. Exercise is an effective preventive intervention for cardiovascular diseases; however, it may be detrimental in conditions of compromised health. The aim of this study was to determine whether exercise training can improve cardiac performance after I/R injury...

Neonatal exposure to isoflavones improved bone health in thereafter in previous animal studies. However, since isoflavones possess hormonal activity, it may interfere with reproductive development. In the present study, we assessed the safety and efficiency of perinatal or peripubertal exposure to daidzein on bone and reproductive organ development at early adulthood in rats. Sprague-Dawley pre...

The main objective of this study was to determine the level toxic effects pesticides on development immune and endocrine systems in offspring during intrauterine early postnatal development. During experiment, preparations containing pesticide lambda-Cyhalothring (LCP) fipronil were injected into white laboratory rats pregnancy lactation. carried out using electron microscopy morphological bioc...

Objective: There is evidence that gestational exposure to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) results in fetal zinc deficiency, and eventually neurodevelopmental abnormalities. In this study, we utilized a rat model of maternal immune activation (MIA) to investigate the possible neuroprotective effect of zinc supplementation throughout pregnancy on hippocampal astrocytes activation as well as inflammatory...