The goal of the present study was to determine the physiologically relevant mechanisms for forskolin-induced relaxation of intact rat tail artery. We stimulated deendothelialized rat tail artery with phenylephrine and then relaxed the tissue with the addition of forskolin, a specific activator of adenylyl cyclase. We measured membrane potential with the use of microelectrodes, estimated intrace...

INTRODUCTION Earlier work indicates that the cholesterol-lowering drug, simvastatin, is anabolic to chondrogenic expression of rat intervertebral disc (IVD) cells, which suggests a potential role for simvastatin in IVD regeneration. In this study, we expand on our earlier work to test the effectiveness of simvastatin on disc degeneration utilizing a rat tail disc degeneration model. METHODS 3...

T forensic entomological specimens were examined from the Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, hospitals, and the police department, in Malaysia. Three species of cyclorrphagic flies were identified as Chrysomya rufifacies Macquart (the hairy maggot blowfly), C. megacephala Fabricius (the oriental latrine fly) and 1 specimen of Hermetia illucen Linnaeus (the black soldier fl...

sympatric host race formation in the apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella. Genetics 163, 939–953 5 Linn, C. et al. (2003) Fruit odor discrimination and sympatric host race formation in Rhagoletis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 100, 11490–11493 6 Feder, J.L. et al. (1988) Genetic differentiation between sympatric host races of the apple maggot fly Rhagoletis pomonella. Nature 336, 61–64 7 No...

In this work an attempt was performed to investigate the in vitro ability of Lucilia sericata maggots to control fungi involved in superficial fungal infections. A novel GFP-modified yeast culture to enable direct visualization of the ingestion of yeast cells by maggot larvae as a method of control was used. The obtained results showed that the GFP-modified yeasts were successfully ingested by ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect combination chicken manure and buffalo on growth production maggot percentage best dung maggot. This used a completely randomized design with five treatments three replications, consisting P1: Chicken Manure (100%), P2: Buffalo (25%) + (75%), P3: (50%) (50%), P4: (75%) (25%), P5: (100%). results showed that treatment found weight P2 0.143 g,...

The aim of this study was to compare physiological effects of hindlimb suspension (HLS) in tail- and pelvic-HLS rat models to determine if severe stretch in the tail-HLS rats lumbosacral skeleton may contribute to the changes traditionally attributed to simulated microgravity and musculoskeletal disuse in the tail-HLS model. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats divided into suspended and control-nons...

Myiasis is a condition in which fly maggots feed off, and develop in, the tissues of living organisms. True myiasis results from files deliberately laying eggs in or on the tissues. There are two forms of myiasis: obligate, in which it is necessary for the maggots to feed on living tissues, and facultative, where files opportunistically take advantage of wounds or degenerative necrotic conditio...

Abstrak: Budidaya ikan nila di sawah (minapadi) merupakan potensi utama yang diangkat oleh desa wisata Kebonagung. Akan tetapi, tingginya harga pakan menjadi kendala dihadapi warga dalam pengembangan minapadi. Pakan berbasis maggot alternatif murah dengan kualitas nutrisi tinggi. Program pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan pemahaman dan keterampilan pembuatan dari dilaksanakan bersama Kar...