Introduction: Previous studies have shown that sesame oil affects memory and learning. In the present work, effect of a diet containing 10% sesame oil used during pregnancy was evaluated on short-term passive avoidance learning of offspring rats by Shuttle box. Methods: Female Wistar rats were divided into 2 groups (n = 9 each group). Control group consumed regular diet during pregnancy and...

Abstract This paper studies the effect of an increase in work horizon middle aged workers on school-work transition their offsprings 15–29 years. I exploit variation parental induced by 2012 Fornero reform Italy that abruptly changed age and years social security contribution requirements for pension eligibility. Utilising a difference-in-difference strategy multi-valued treatment setting, stud...

In 1946 Nelson and Evans (1) reported that pantothenic acid (PaA) deficiency in rats often resulted in the fetal death with resorption, and suggested the importance of vitamins in the development of embryos. Lefebvres-Boisselot (2) observed a high incidence of cerebral and ocular defects, digital hemor rhages and edema in the fetuses from PaA-deficient rats. In 1948 Ackermann and Taylor (3) fir...

OBJECTIVE To see the effect of chloroquine on liver weight of developing albino rats. METHODS Twenty four pregnant female albino rats were used and divided in 4 groups. They were kept in Animal House of Post Graduate Medical Institute, Lahore. Total gestational period in rats ranges from 20-22 days, which in this study was divided into three trimesters, each of seven days. Using oral dose of ...

objective(s): smoking opium/cigarette is a global health concern. the aim of this study was to examine learning and memory of rat male offsprings whose mothers had been exposed to either opium or morphine with nicotine during pregnancy. materials and methods: wistar rats were used for the experiments. in the female rats, opium, morphine and nicotine dependencies were induced by daily injections...