in this article different types of artificial neural networks (ann) were used for cntfet (carbon nanotube transistors) simulation. cntfet is one of the most likely alternatives to silicon transistors due to its excellent electronic properties. in determining the accurate output drain current of cntfet, time lapsed and accuracy of different simulation methods were compared. the training data for...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Impaired pancreatic beta cell function and insulin secretion/action are a link between obesity and type 2 diabetes, which are worldwide public health burdens. We aimed to characterize the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) M1-M4 subtypes in isolated pancreatic islets from pre-diabetic obese rats that had been treated neonatally with monosodium L-glutamate (MSG). METHODS...

Handle region peptide (HRP), which was recognized as a blocker of (pro)renin receptor ((P)RR), may block the function of (P)RR. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of HRP with a large dose of 1 mg/kg/d on glucose status in the rats treated neonatally with monosodium L-glutamate (MSG). At the age of 8 weeks, the MSG rats were randomly divided into MSG control group, HRP treated g...

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) treatment of neonatal mice results in a selective damage to the arcuate nucleus (ARC) and development of obesity with increased adiposity at sustained body weight in the adulthood. Feeding pattern of the MSG obese mice is unusual. Our previous results showed that after 24-h fasting, MSG mice consumed negligible amount of food in several hours and therefore, it was imp...

Monosodium glutamate (MSG), administered to rats (by gavage) at a dose of 0.6 mg/g body weight for 10 days, significantly (P<0.05) induced lipid peroxidation (LPO), decreased reduced glutathione (GSH) level and increased the activities of glutathione-s-transferase (GST), catalase and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in the liver of the animals; these were observed 24 hr after 10 days of administratio...

Introduction: Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is one of the commonest food additives in modern nutrition. Recent studies showed the modulatory effect of MSG on rat thymocyte apoptosis in vivo and under in vitro conditions. However, the influence of MSG on thymocyte proliferation is largely unknown. Material and methods: We evaluated the effect of increased MSG concentrations on thymocyte proliferati...

Major surface glycoprotein (Msg), the most abundant cell surface protein of Pneumocystis, plays an important role in the interaction of this opportunistic pathogen with host cells, and its potential for antigenic variation may facilitate evasion of host immune responses. In the present study, we have identified and characterized the promoter region of msg in 3 species of Pneumocystis: P. carini...

Suckling-age rats display endogenous circadian rhythmicity of metabolic rate (MR) with energysaving, torpor-like decreases which are sympathetically controlled and suppressed by leptin treatment. We investigated whether neonatal monosodium glutamate (MSG) treatment, known to cause arcuate nucleus (ARC) damage and adult-age obesity, alters energy balance in the first two postnatal weeks. Continu...

Monosodium L glutamate (MSG) has been known and used to stop focal bleeding in remoted area and around battle fields along Thai-Laos-Cambodian border. The hemostatic effect of MSG was studied by Jaiarj eta/ (l985a). It was found that MSG decreased the bleeding times of the wounds made by excising the tails or by incising the femoral veins ofWistar rats. In an in vitro study with human blood, th...

It is well known that adrenalectomy (ADX) reverses the eating and energy balance disturbances in a variety of models of obesity associated with elevated food intake. We have previously demonstrated enhanced functional activity in the small intestine of neonatally monosodium glutamate-treated (MSG) obese rats despite the absence of overeating and we concluded that these changes might also contri...