The influence of melatonin receptor 1A gene on litter size was studied in 150 ewes from Zel (n=100) and Naeini (n=50) sheep breeds. Two restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analyses were done to determine all genotypes occurring by variations at MnlI and RsaI restriction sites. The M and C were the most frequent alleles in both of these breeds. The MM genotype was predominant in Zel ...

BACKGROUND Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is classified as primarily generalized epilepsy and as such is assumed to lack an anatomic substrate. Although neurochemical abnormalities are probable, few studies have investigated whether they exist in JME. Animal data and the high incidence of myoclonic seizures in serotonin-intoxicated patients suggest that the serotonin system may be disturbed ...

Background and Aims: Different hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes have characteristic geographical distribution. Identification of HCV genotype is an important factor in the progression, clinical outcome and therapy of HCV infection. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HCV genotypes among HCV-RNA positive patients in Yazd, Iran. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectiona...

We analyze a game of persuasion which combines information acquisition and adverse selection. The sender can credibly transmit any information she gathers but cannot directly reveal her type to the receiver. Her payoff depends both on the news content and her perceived ability. We show that a sanitization equilibrium in which the sender reveals good news and conceals bad news prevails for mild ...

background apo-lipoprotein e (apoe) and carnitine palmitoyltransferase1-a (cpt1-a) genes are well known to be involved in the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia but regarding their cpg island methylation status data is sparse. objectives the aims of the current study were to highlight the effect of the promoter “hypermethylation” in the development of scz. patients a...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 8 weeks of endurance training (et) on ? -1a protein of pre-synaptic p-q-type calcium channels in fhl and soleus muscles of rats. 16 male wistar rats provided from razi institute, were randomly divided to 2 groups (control-sham; n=8 and endurance training; n= 8). training group performed 8 weeks (5 session/week) of endurance training on...