it has been shown that the immunophilin ligands have the special advantage in spinal cord repair. in this study, the effects of cyclosporine a (csa) on functional recovery and histological outcome were evaluated following spinal cord injury in rats. after spinal cord hemisection in thirty six adult female sprague-dawley rats (200- 250 g), treatment groups received csa (2.5 mg/kg i.p.) at 15min ...

background: amylin and salmon calcitonin belong to the calcitonin family of peptides and have high affinity binding sites in the rat spinal cord. the aim of this study was to characterize receptors for amylin and salmon calcitonin functionally in the spinal cord of rats. we assessed the expression of c-fos in response to intraplantar formalin in the lumbar regions of the spinal cord in consciou...

The spinal cord is one of the two main targets neuromyelitis optica (NMO). aim this study was to highlight cervical atrophy in NMO patients as compared controls and assess correlations between clinical characteristics MRI data. This prospective investigated 15 with a diagnosis NMOSD healthy controls. whole explored by MRI. cross-sectional area (CSA) estimate at every level cup. measurement then...

the initial experience concerning the use of magnetic resonance imaging in 94 patients who had sustained chronic cord injury showed its specific advantages over traditional imaging modalities. a variety of 84 cord abnormalities were identified including myelomalacia in 47%, cord cysts in 37%, focal atrophy in 11 % and cord transection in 5%. canal stenosis was seen in twenty-five patients, elev...

One of the most important factors responsible for axonal degeneration following spinal cord trauma is ischemia produced by cord compression. Previous studies have revealed that omental transposition upon the injured site of the spinal cord could be beneficial in the induction of partial improvement of neuroelectrical and motor function in laboratory animals. The purpose of this study is to...

objective: to compare the maternal and umbilical cord serum selenium concentrations in low and normal birth weight neonates. materials and methods: a case-control study was carried out in vali-asr and akbarabadi hospitals (jan. to dec. 2013). two groups; case group; 91 mothers who delivered a low birth weight (lbw) neonate and control group; 86 subjects who delivered a normal birth weight neona...

background and aims: one of the most common injuries around the world is the traumatic injury of the spine and spinal cord with unknown worldwide situation of traumatic spinal cord injury (tsci) affecting on the effectiveness of preventive policy programs. in addition, because of possibility of making paralysis, the potential injury to the spine could be one of the most important traumas and a ...

polymeric yarns for reinforcing cement composites have got great interest in all over the world. in this research the performance of bonding between nylon tire cord grad yarns, and one kind of cement composite called fine grained concrete was studied. two kinds of nylon cord yarns, nylon 6 and 66, with different finesse were selected. the durability of yarns with time in alkaline media was inve...

introduction: worldwide, every year, many people undergo spinal cord injury which is of the worst health problems and is followed by several secondary complications. today, more than half of the world population is in danger of natural disasters such as earthquake, which is one of the causes of spinal cord injuries outbreak. earthquake in bam also caused many spinal cord injured people for whom...