[Purpose] It is important to facilitate intestinal motility in patients with reduced bowel movement through physiotherapy. The purpose of the present study was to compare the effects of passive exercise of the lower limbs and trunk (PELT) and combination therapies (COM) with those of conventional thermotherapy (TT) on bowel sounds (BSs) in healthy adult subjects. Since autonomic activity (AA) s...

BACKGROUND Although routinely used in assisted reproductive technology, human sperm cryopreservation is not an entirely successful procedure. This study determined the effect of nerve growth factor (NGF) supplementation of cryopreservation medium on post-thaw viability, motility, intracellular nitric oxide (NO) concentration, and DNA fragmentation of human spermatozoa in asthenozoospermic men. ...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the addition of antioxidants (vitamin e, β- mercaptoethanol and their combination) to semen extender.  progressive motility, viability and ph of fresh ram semen were examined. ejaculate samples were collected with artificial vagina from three ghezel-merinose rams (3 years old) during non- breeding reproduction season. semen was diluted with a...

Background: Peripheral nerves may be damaged during an injury and its current standard treatment is using an autologous nerve. Objectives: The purpose of this experimental study is to evaluate and compare the histological results of nerve regeneration after using the eggshell membrane (ESM) guidance channel with autograft. Materials and Methods: Thirty adult male rats were divided into th...

Motility parameters of the spermatozoa in most fish species spawning in fresh water like Rutilus kutum lasts for a short time after activation. Ovarian fluid significantly influenced sperm motility (motility duration period) and percent motility (progressive forward motile sperm). Both of these variables generally increased as the concentration of ovarian fluid increased from 33% to 50%, respec...

The role of the autonomic nerve on the gastric motility of the domestic fowl has been investigated by Nolf (1), Ihnen (2) and Hassan (3). Nolf has reported that both excitatory and inhibitory fibres are included in the vagus and also in the sympathetic nerve to the proventriculus and gizzard. However, there is little detailed study on the mechanism which causes excitatory and inhibitory respons...

opium is one of the oldest herbal medicines currently used as an analgesic, sedative and antidiarrheal treatment. the effects of opium are principally mediated by the μ -,κ- and δ-opioid receptors. opioid substances consist of all natural and synthetic alkaloids that are derived from opium. most of their effects on gastrointestinal motility and secretion result from suppression of neural activi...

reproductive parameters evaluation is considered as helpful tool for gene bank formation in ecological and economically important animals species. gloydius halys caucasicus is venomous, viviparous pit viper of northwest of iran. in this research, the spermatic reproductive parameters of this taxon were studied. twenty six male snakes were collected from takht-e-soleiman region between september...

background: two main muscles studied in the hand for evaluation of median nerve injuries are opponens pollicis (op) and abductor pollicis brevis (apb). however, riché-cannieu communicating branch (rccb) may limit the use of these muscles in electrodiagnosis. this condition is confusing in the case of median nerve injuries. this study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of rccb.   methods: ...