LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Fenugreek seed extract alleviates hippocampal dendritic atrophy in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

Kodumuri, Praveen Kumar; Pandey, Anil Kumar; Thomas, Christofer.

Int. j. morphol; 38 (6), 2020

SUMMARY: Herbal extracts used for treatment of diabetes has focused mostly on the hypoglycaemic and anti-oxidant property.There are no studies which focused on its effect on dendritic architecture of pyramidal neurons of hippocampus caused by diabetes. This study was taken up to explore the effect of adm...

Trigonella/química, Extractos Vegetales/administración & dosificación, Extractos Vegetales/uso terapéutico, Atrofia/tratamiento farmacológico, Dendritas/efectos de los fármacos, Diabetes Mellitus Experimental/tratamiento farmacológico, Diabetes Mellitus Experimental/complicaciones, Hipocampo/efectos de los fármacos, Ratas Wistar, Células Piramidales

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Morfología neuronal en el trastorno del espectro autista

Vásquez, Bélgica; del Sol, Mariano.

Int. j. morphol; 38 (5), 2020

RESUMEN: El trastorno del espectro autista (TEA) abarca un grupo de trastornos multifactoriales del neurodesarrollo caracterizados por una comunicación e interacción social deteriorada y por comportamientos repetitivos y estereotipados. Múltiples estudios han revelado que en el TEA existen disfuncione...

Trastorno del Espectro Autista/patología, Dendritas/patología, Espinas Dendríticas/patología, Citoesqueleto de Actina/patología, Trastorno del Espectro Autista/fisiopatología

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Jan Evangelista Purkinje, a brilliant, multifaceted Czech biologist: nerve tissue

Gomes, Marleide da Mota.

Rev. bras. neurol; 55 (4), 2019

Jan Evangelista Purkinje was a Czech physician with an exceptional capacity for innovative thinking, and he was one of the fathers of experimental physiology, experimental pharmacology, experimental psychology, histology, embryology, and physical anthropology. Several achievements are named after him, f...

Médicos/historia, Fisiología/historia, Células de Purkinje/citología, Tejido Nervioso, Anatomía/historia, Oftalmología/historia, República Checa, Dendritas

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Effects of monocular deprivation on the dendritic features of retinal ganglion cells

Mwachaka, Philip; Saidi, Hassan; Odula, Paul; Mandela, Pamela.

Int. j. morphol; 32 (4), 2014

Monocular deprivation results in anatomical changes in the visual cortex in favor of the non-deprived eye. Although the retina forms part of the visual pathway, there is scarcity of data on the effect of monocular deprivation on its structure. The objective of this study was to describe the effects of mo...

Retina/citología, Células Ganglionares de la Retina/citología, Dendritas/ultraestructura, Privación Sensorial, Corteza Visual/citología, Visión Monocular

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