UNLABELLED Obesity has been linked to higher inflammatory status and periodontal breakdown. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of obesity on alveolar bone loss in experimental periodontitis in rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-four female Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups: obese (n=13), which were fed with "cafeteria diet" (CAF diet--high amoun...

The aim of this study was to show the technique and the methodological approach used in describing histological characteristics of induced periodontal disease in rats. To reach that inflammatory process, periodontal disease was induced by ligature, with or without sucrose-rich diet. Twenty-four female adult (60 days old) Wistar rats were divided in four groups: Group 1, or control (which receiv...

PURPOSE To investigate the effect chronic stress in newborn rats on the progression of ligature-induced-periodontitis in adulthood. METHODS Ten couples of adult Wistar rats were selected for mating. After birth, the female and their respective offsprings were allocated into two groups. Ligature Group (LG): offsprings were only watched during breast-feeding; Stress-ligature Group (SLG): after ...

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS): A study of its pathophysiology utilizing the newborn 1 hph-1 mouse model of the disease 2 3 Running Title: Rho-kinase and infantile pyloric stenosis 27 28 29 30 31 Abstract 33 Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is a common disease of unknown etiology. The 34 tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)-deficient hph-1 newborn mouse has a similar phenotyp...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether diagnostic imaging of pyloric stenosis has made a difference in rapidity of diagnosis, duration of pre-operative hydration, and length of stay in hospital. DESIGN Chart review of infants with confirmed diagnosis of pyloric stenosis. SETTING Paediatric teaching hospital. SUBJECTS 215 infants with a confirmed diagnosis of pyloric stenosis seen during 1974-7 and 1...

Central-pattern-generating neural circuits function reliably throughout an animal's life, despite constant molecular turnover and environmental perturbations. Fluctuations in temperature pose a problem to the nervous systems of poikilotherms because their body temperature follows the ambient temperature, thus affecting the temperature-dependent dynamics of various subcellular components that co...

INTRODUCTION To compare outcomes from early post-pyloric to gastric feeding in ventilated, critically ill patients in a medical intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS Prospective randomized study. Ventilated patients were randomly assigned to receive enteral feed via a nasogastric or a post-pyloric tube. Post-pyloric tubes were inserted by the bedside nurse and placement was confirmed radiographi...

Strangulation is a form of death due to asphyxia. Suicide by ligature strangulation is rare & very unique. In suicidal strangulation, the signs of venous congestion are very well developed above the ligature mark. The above said feature is seen where the ligature is twisted several times round the neck, which is followed by a knot. In suicidal strangulation the marks of violence, struggle on ot...