Lithium is widely used in medicine as an anti-depressive drug. In spite of abundant literature, questions on the side effects of lithium ions are far from being answered. In this study, the effects of lithium on biochemical parameters related to lipid metabolism were investigated. Male Wistar rats were treated with different doses of lithium for a period of up to 60 days. Blood samples were col...

lithium is widely used in medicine as an anti-depressive drug. in spite of abundant literature, questions on the side effects of lithium ions are far from being answered. in this study, the effects of lithium on biochemical parameters related to lipid metabolism were investigated. male wistar rats were treated with different doses of lithium for a period of up to 60 days. blood samples were col...

these experiments examined the effects of pre-test intra dorsal hippocampus (intra-ca1) administration of gabaa receptor agonist and antagonist, muscimol and bicuculline respectively, on state-dependent learning induced by lithium. male nmri mice were trained in a one-trial step-down inhibitory avoidance task, and immediately after training they received ip injections of either saline (10 ml/kg...

Astrocytes are central to iron and ascorbate homoeostasis within the brain. Although NTBI (non-transferrin-bound iron) may be a major form of iron imported by astrocytes in vivo, the mechanisms responsible remain unclear. The present study examines NTBI uptake by cultured astrocytes and the involvement of ascorbate and DMT1 (divalent metal transporter 1). We demonstrate that iron accumulation b...

Ascorbate, as a strong and active antioxidant, plays an important role in keeping human health. It helps promote iron absorption, increase antibody concentration and improve human immunity. Ascorbate is used to regenerate a-tocopherol (vitamin E), and remove radicals which could induce cancer and senescence. Ascorbate is beneficial to strengthen blood vessel and decrease cholesterol concentrati...

Ascorbate, as a strong and active antioxidant, plays an important role in keeping human health. It helps promote iron absorption, increase antibody concentration and improve human immunity. Ascorbate is used to regenerate a-tocopherol (vitamin E), and remove radicals which could induce cancer and senescence. Ascorbate is beneficial to strengthen blood vessel and decrease cholesterol concentrati...

objective(s) it is believed that the mesenchymal stem cell (msc) differentiation and proliferation are the results of activation of wnt signaling pathway. on the other hand, lithium chloride is reported to be able to activate this pathway. the objective of this study was to investigate the effect of lithium on in vitro proliferation and bone differentiation of marrow-derived msc. materials and ...

objective: the influence of cholinergic drugs on lithium-induced statedependent learning has been investigated in adult male mice. method: a single-trial step-down inhibitory avoidance task was selected. the drugs used in the study were lithium chloride physostigmine , nicotine hydrogen tartrate and scopolamine hydrobromide, atropine sulphate. the drugs were administrated through the peritoneal...

the effect of neuroloptics. carbamacepine and hensmliacepines in treatment of 8.3 patients with acute mania was studied. according to drug types. patients were divided into 5 groups: 1) lithium combined with ilubupridol. 2) lithium combined with one plxenoshiacine 3) lithium combined with two phenothiazines. 4) lithium combined with cubumazepine and 5) lithium combined with benzxliazepines no s...

Ascorbate peroxidases are haem proteins that efficiently scavenge H2O2 in the cytosol and chloroplasts of plants. Database analyses retrieved 52 expressed sequence tags coding for Arabidopsis thaliana ascorbate peroxidases. Complete sequencing of non-redundant clones revealed three novel types in addition to the two cytosol types described previously in Arabidopsis. Analysis of sequence data av...