BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the effect of two weeks oral administration of pomegranate seed extract (PGSE) on active and passive avoidance memories after permanent bilateral common carotid arteries occlusion (2CCAO) to induce permanent cerebral ischemia in adult female rats. METHODS Seventy adult female Wistar rats (250 ± 20 g) were used. Animals were divided randomly into seven g...

Background: Nursing students in many countries have been reported to experience high levels of stress and psychological distress. Health habits could potentially mediate the association between coping styles and psychological status. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mediation effect of health habits in the relationship between stress coping styles and psychological distress in Japa...

BACKGROUND To analyse the cross-sectional association between coping responses with infertility and occupational social class. Infertility is evenly distributed across social classes in Denmark, and there is free access to high-quality assisted reproduction technology. METHODS Data were based on a questionnaire in a consecutive sample of 1169 women and 1081 Danish men who were about to begin ...

UNLABELLED During the past decade, evidence has emerged that statins have neuroprotective effects. AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of atorvastatin and rosuvastatin on learning and memory in rats with diazepam-induced amnesia. MATERIAL AND METHODS Experiments were carried out on 48 white male Wistar rats, divided into 6 groups, each of 8 rats. The experimental animal...

Active avoidance of harmful situations seems highly adaptive, but the underlying neural mechanisms are unknown. Rats can effectively use the superior colliculus during active avoidance to detect a salient whisker conditioned stimulus (WCS) that signals an aversive event. Here, we recorded unit and field potential activity in the intermediate layers of the superior colliculus of rats during acti...

• Changing associations between events in the environment cause behavioural conflict. The prefrontal cortex and amygdala contribute to adaptive behaviour during Conflict exists popular extinction, reversal learning active avoidance tasks. Deconstructing neural control reveals common features of In complex environments, organisms must respond adaptively situations despite conflicting information...