Dopaminergic receptor antagonists may be used as galactagogues because they increase serum prolactin (PRL) by counteracting the inhibitory influence of dopamine on PRL secretion. The antipsychotic drug sulpiride (SUL) is documented to be effective as a galactagogue, but it is transferred through milk to the neonates. The aim of the present study was to evaluate if maternal exposure to SUL durin...

Four novel complexes [Co(H2O)4(sul)2] 1, [Co(2-ampy)2(sul)2] 2, [Co(H2O)2(1,10-phen) (sul)2] 3 and [Co(2,9-dimephen)(sul)2] 4 (sul = sulindac, 2-ampy = 2-amino pyridine, 1,10-phen = 1,10-phenanthroline and 2,9-dimeph = 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) were prepared and characterized by IR, UV-Visible spectroscopy and magnetic properties. The crystal structures of complexes 1 and 4 were determi...

Objective: To verify the hospitalization trend for primary care sensitive-conditions in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil from 1998 to 2012. Methods: An ecological study compared hospitalizations rates of the city of Pelotas with the rest of state of Rio Grande do Sul. Analysis was conducted using direct standardization of rates, coefficients were stratified by sex and the Poisson regression...

Longivena gen. n. and five new species are described and illustrated from caatinga and cerrado habitats from Brazil: Longivenadigitata sp. n., type-species (Maranhão, Bahia, Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso do Sul states), Longivenabilobata sp. n. (Maranhão state), Longivenaflava sp. n. (Mato Grosso do Sul state), Longivenalimeiraoliverai sp. n. (Maranhão state), Longivenaspatulata sp. n. (Maranhão...

Eduardo Maffini da Rosa1,2,3,4, Bruno Garcia Restelatto1, Verônica Poyer1 Universidade de Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil1; Instituto de Cardiologia do RS Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia, IC-FUC, Brazil2; Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica para Estudos Multicêntricos (IPCEM) do CECS-UCS, RS, Brazil3; Liga Acadêmica de Estudos e Ações em Cardiologia da Universidade de Caxias do Sul4, Caxias do Sul, R...

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva-DMVP, Microbiologia e Parasitologia/DMP, Departamento de Patologia da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria-UFSM. Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. Centro de Pesquisas Veterinárias Desidério Finamor (CPVDF), Eldorado do Sul, RS, Brasil and Departamento de Microbiologia. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Universidade do Esta...

Carla T. L. S. Ghidini, Aurelio R. L. Oliveira, Jair Silva Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific of Computation (IMECC), State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil E-mail: {carla, aurelio}@ime.unicamp.br, [email protected] Received September 15, 2011; revised October 16, 2011; accepted Octobe...

BACKGROUND/AIM Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is one of the most common healthcare-associated infectious agents worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro synergistic activities of several antibiotic combinations against carbapenem-resistant (CR) A. baumannii isolates. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighteen CR A. baumannii strains were isolated from the patients who were...

The first record of Elasmus polistis Burks in Polistes versicolor (Olivier) nests in the Rio Grande do Sul state and in Brazil is provided. A total of 173 specimens of P. versicolor and 790 specimens of E. polistis were collected from two nests from Gramado and Santa Cruz do Sul, RS, Brazil.

1 Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Neural Tumor Biology, Department of Pharmacology, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil 2 Cancer Research Laboratory, University Hospital Research Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil 3 National Institute for Translational Medicine, Porto Alegre, Brazil *Correspond...