Effects of graded dosages of methanolic extract of Aspilia Africana were examined on the estrous cycle, uterine weights and histology to determine its effects on the reproductive functions of 25 cyclic female rats. The rats were randomized into five groups A, B, C, D, and E. They were given Omg/kg body w...
O objetivo deste estudo foi o de investigar o efeito antihipertensivo do extrato aquoso da pele do peixe Stephanolepis hispidus (AqeSh) em ratos normotensos e hipertensos induzidos pelo tratamento com NG-nitro-L-arginina metil ester (L-NAME). O tratamento dos animais de experimentação com L-NAME (60 mg...
Este trabalho investigou o crescimento de ratos Wistar machos submetidos a restrição alimentar por expansão da ninhada durante a lactação e restrição do fornecimento de alimento após a lactação até a idade de 90 dias e sugeriu uma classificação da severidade da desnutrição com base no reta...
Introdução: A erva-mate tem sido implicada como possível fator de risco para o desenvolvimento do câncer de língua. Objetivo: O objetivo do estudo é o de avaliar as alterações patológicas bem como a expressão imuno-histoquímica nas amostras de língua de ratos bebedores de erva-mate. Mater...
Romanini, M. C;
Paz, D. A;
Rodríguez, N;
Rolando, A. N;
Mugnaini, M. T;
Soñez, C. A;
Bozzo, A;
Marioli, J. M;
Pastorino, I. C;
Gauna, H. F.
The chronic stress induces functional adaptations in the hypothalamo-pituitary- adrenocortical (HPA) and in the sympathetic-medullary-adrenal axis (SAM). Both axis are considered vital regulators of the homeostasis in vertebrates (Seyle, 1936; Ostrandrer et al, 2006. On the other hand, the placenta provi...
Exposure to physical or psychological stress causes brain damage ranging from minimal behavioural alterations to different neurodegeneration degrees implying the overproduction of oxidative-nitrosative compounds, apoptosis and cell proliferation. In the present investigation, we have analysed the effect ...
In Man, artemether is given at 160mg/kg/bodyweight for three days in the treatment of malarial. This study investigated the effects of corresponding 1.23/mg/kg/bodyweight of artemether for a period of seven days on the trapezoid nuclei and the behavioural functions on day 7 after drug administration in r...
The present research had the purpose to analyze morphologically the sites of endometrial implants on the external area of the musculature of the anterior abdominal wall of female rats, treated with dexamethasone. For so, these 15 albino female rats were used (Rattus norvegicus albinus), of the lineage Wi...
We studied the effects of a severely hypoproteic diet on the quantitative aspects of the myenteric plexus of the descending colon of young rats. Eighteen rats were divided into two groups, one of them being fed with a chow having 26% protein (control) and the other with a chow having 4% protein, balanced...
Many researchers have advocated in recent times that antiseptic use in healing wounds should be discouraged. Antiseptics have been found to retard healing of wounds. Innocuous solutions like normal saline and tap water are being considered as better alternatives to antiseptics. Chlorhexidine, a commonly ...
