background: onchocerciasis is endemic in the imo river basin, nigeria. this study was aimed at assess­ing the prevalence and intensity of microfilaria of onchocerca volvulus in the area. methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out in the okigwe local government area, imo state, nige­ria. two skin snips (one from the waist and another from the shoulder) were taken from 1024 individu­als exa...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the action of two types of stressors in Sprague-Dawley (S-D) and Lewis (LEW) rats differing in their hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity on locomotion and rearing in an open space. Exposure to restraint immobilization alone (IMO) or this immobilization combined with cold water (22 degrees C) immersion (IMO+C) lasted for 1 h and started 2 or 5 h...

Infantile malignant osteopetrosis (IMO) is a rare and fatal autosomal recessive condition characterized by a generalized increased in bone density. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the only effective and rational therapy with achieving long-term disease-free survival. However, complications with HSCT for IMO remain unclear. Here we describe a male infant with IMO, carrying two ...

The carbohydrate compositional analysis by HPLC confirmed that IMO is a mixture of shortchains carbohydrates consists of glucose units in 2-7 or more. Therefore, it is defined as a short-chained fiber molecule (resistant oligosaccharide) (AACC Definition, 2000). The routine analysis of fiber content in IMO is being performed using HPLC-RI system and is based upon the published scientific papers;

Early life stress (ELS) induces long-term effects in later functioning and interacts with further exposure to other stressors in adulthood to shape our responsiveness to reward-related cues. The attribution of incentive salience to food-related cues may be modulated by previous and current exposures to stressors in a sex-dependent manner. We hypothesized from human data that exposure to a traum...

U. S. B. Anyaehie, E. Nwobodo, G. Oze, U. I. Nwagha, I. Orizu, T. Okeke, and G. E. Anyanwu Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Anambra; Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Imo State University, Owerri; and D...