Background and Objective: Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder that affects 1% of individuals aged 60 years older. The associated symptoms can impose limitations on the available dental treatment options. Case description: This case report follows CARE guidelines presents an adapted simplified technique to fabricate complete dentures for 74-year-old male edentulous patient with diseas...

Serotonin plays a role at the pathophysiology of depression in humans and in experimental models. The present study investigated the depressive behavior and the weigh evolution in adult rats (60 days) treated from the 1st to the 21st postnatal day with fluoxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (10 mg/kg, sc, daily). The depressive behavior was induced by the forced swim test (FST). T...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact on voice of 2 hours of continuous oral reading. METHODS Fifty normophonic women underwent two sessions of voice loading in which the required intensity level varied: 60-65 dB(A) for the first session, and 70-75 dB(A) for the second session. Ten expert judges evaluated the breathiness of one sentence recorded before and after each loading session. Pairs of sti...

Smoking can weaken immune function as reported in previous studies. However, benefits of exercise reducing negative effects smoking on salivary lactoferrin responses is scarce to date. Hence, the purpose this study determine an acute bout among smokers and non-smokers. Eighteen sedentary men were recruited; nine (age = 22.4 ± 1.4 years; BMI 22.1 1.1 kg/m2) non-smokers 0.7 years old; 22.5 1.9 kg...

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the number of repetition maxima to volitional failure (RM) at 60%, 75%, 90% of 1RM and fatigue index (FI), a determinant of the muscular endurance level. Thirty four resistance trained male participants attended two testing sessions. The first session was conducted to assess 1RM load and RM at 60%, 75% and 90% of 1RM in the supin...

AIM The purpose was to determine the changes of oxidative stress and antioxidant markers in plasma after repeated bouts of supramaximal exercise and the effects of coenzyme Q10 supplementation on these changes. METHODS This randomized, double blind, crossover study was composed of two 8-week periods of supplementation with either 100 mg.day(-1) CoQ10 or placebo. Fifteen healthy and sedentary ...

This study aimed to examine the time course of endothelial function after a single handgrip exercise session combined with blood flow restriction in healthy young men. Nine participants (28 ± 5.8 years) completed a single session of bilateral dynamic handgrip exercise (20 min with 60% of the maximum voluntary contraction). To induce blood flow restriction, a cuff was placed 2 cm below the antec...