Background: The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is well known for its role in cardiovascular control. It is demonstrated that about 20-30% of the VTA neurons are GABAergic though their role in cardiovascular control is not yet understood. This study is carried out to find the effects of GABA A and GABA B receptors on cardiovascular response of the VTA. Methods: Experiments were performed on uretha...

abstract background: one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular disease is hypertension. 1 billion people in the world and 25–35% of the adult population in iran suffer from hypertension. despite the emphasis on medicational treatments, non‑medicational treatments and modification of lifestyle, including physical activity and exercise, are important for the control and treatment ...

background and objective: chronic diabetes mellitus (dm) leads to cardiovascular dysfunction. diosgenin is a natural steroidal saponin with cardiovascular protective potential. in this research study, the beneficial effect of diosgenin was evaluated on some markers of oxidative stress in cardia tissue of streptozotocin (stz)-diabetic rats. materials and methods: male wistar rats (n = 28) were d...

Automatic administration of drugs to control cardiovascular function during and after surgery has received considerable attention. Although the potential benefits associated with such a technology remain unquestioned, the several adaptive control strategies proposed thus far have had very limited success in practice. In developing robust adaptive control methodologies for drug dosing in cardiov...

the present study examined the effect of endurance training on lipid profile, body weight and cardiovascular endurance in normal male rats after bunium persicum extract administration. 40 experimental male rats were divided into 5 groups: control, placebo, endurance training (et), bunium persicum extract administer (bpea) and et – bpea group. the exercise protocol was performed at a speed of 25...

The aim of this review was to evaluate the effect of different preparations of garlic with different methodologies on prevention and control of cardiovascular disorders. Almost 30 articles and abstracts from 1990-2003 were searched through Medline. Most of the studies between 1990-1993 showed the significant reduction of TC by garlic powder but a recent controlled study in 2000 found that consu...

introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of aerobic exercise on brain natriuretic peptide (bnp) and c-reactive protein (crp) levels in women with cardiovascular diseases. materials and methods: in this semi experimental study, thirty female patients with at least one coronary artery stenosis (more than70%) were chosen and divided into two groups of aerobic training (n=15)...