Effects of Eight Weeks High-Intensity Interval Training on the Expression Nkx2.5 and Tbx5 Genes in Heart Tissue Type 2 Male Diabetic Rats

The Protective Effects of Allium Saralicum Aqueous Extract on Blood Glucose and Some Related Biochemical Factors in Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Male Rats: An Experimental Study

Objective: In this study we investigated the effects of spearmint (Mentha spicata Labiatae) on the reproductive system, fertility and number of offspring in adult male rats. Materials and Methods: Adult Wistar male rats in one control (C) and three experimental groups (I, II and III) received 0, 10, 20 and 40 mg/kg spearmint extract orally for 45 days, respectively.  Following this treatment, t...

The Effect of Endurance Training with Nano-Curcumin Supplementation on p53-p21 Axis and TERF2 Gene Expression in Muscle Tissue Male Wistar Rats: An Experimental Study

Spontaneously hypertensive heart failure (SHHF) rats develop hypertension and heart failure. We hypothesized that induction of hyperthyroidism should accelerate development of heart failure in male SHHF rats. Male and female SHHF rats received diets containing desiccated thyroid glands (DTG) or a control diet for 8 wk. Male and female Wistar-Kyoto rats were used as normotensive controls. DTG tr...

Background: Fertility control is an issue of global and national public health concern. Though considerable progress has been made in the development of methods of contraception among females, progress and possibilities are still slow and limited. Therefore, there is a need to develop new contraceptive modalities for males. In this study the antifertility activities of Cornus mas were evaluated...

Background: Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that infects up to a third of the world’s population. Toxoplasmosis is one of the classical conditions known to have a profound adverse effect on human reproductive functions, but a few investigations on male reproductive parameters were done. The aim of this investigation is Study on the effects of Toxoplasma gondii on reproductive paramete...

Post-weaning individual housing induces significant alterations in the reward system of adult male rats presented with sexually receptive female rats. In this study, we examined the effects of post-weaning individual housing on autonomic nervous activity in adult male rats during encounters with sexually receptive female rats to assess whether different affective states depending on post-weanin...

The current Western diet contains high amounts of salt and fat. High fat diets are known to have negative impacts on food intake (FI), body weight (BW), composition (BC), glucose metabolism, blood pressure. These factors been studied as separate entities, but the main interactive effects dietary received little study. objective this study was examine effect sodium content FI, BW, BC in male Wis...

Maternal obesity exerts negative effects on cognitive function and behavior of the offspring. In the present study, we assessed the effects of paternal physical exercise on spatial learning ability in relation with hippocampal neuroplasticity in the rat pups born from the obese maternal rats. There were four experimental groups: paternal nonexercised male pups from normal maternal rats, paterna...