background: the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of endurance training on amount of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nachr) in fast and slow twitch muscles of male wistar rats. methods: a number of 15 male wistar rats randomly divided into two groups of control (n=7) and endurance training (n=8). the endurance training treadmill running (for 12 consecutive week, 5 da...

Background: The experimental model of streptozotocine (STZ)-induced diabetes explains changes in the male reproductive system as part of the disease. Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the olive leaf extract effects on STZ-induced diabetes and to examine its modulatory effects on sperm quality. Methods: Twenty adult male Sprague–Dawley rats were divided into four equal grou...

Background: Serum insulin variations are occasionally observed in patients suffering infertility or gonad failure. The main purpose of the present study was to clarify the effects of gonadectomy and sex steroid hormone replacement on serum insulin level in rats. Materials and Methods: Male rats were divided into control, orchidectomized, and testosterone receiving orchidectomized animals. Femal...

The assessment of the indicators reproductive potential male white rats exposed to smoke for 1 month was carried out. Examination animals included determination spermatogenesis index and level DNA fragmentation methylation in testes blood. A statistically signifi-cant increase genome-wide blood revealed. morphometric study testis tissue revealed a violation indices rats.

An animal model of experimental gastric Helicobacter pylori infection has been developed in the Z strain of Praomys (Mastomys) natalensis; this animal has been reported to develop gastric carcinoids and adenocarcinoma spontaneously. In the present study, male and female Mastomys were killed at 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 weeks after H. pylori inoculation. Colonisation of H. pylori was maintained in the s...

Many male animals have evolved exaggerated traits that they use in combat with rival males to gain access to females and secure their reproductive success. But some male animals invest in nuptial gifts that gains them access to females. Both these reproductive strategies are costly in that resources are needed to produce the weapon or nuptial gift. In closely related species where both weapons ...

The tumor-inhibitory effect of pyruvalclehyde bis(thiosemicarbazone) was greater on 6 tumors carried in male mice and rats than in females. The effect of the compound on Walker 256 in castrated male rats was similar to that seen in females. In castrated males, the antitumor activity was less than that in normal males. The injection of estradici in such castrated males did not alter the effect. ...

The effects of dietary restriction (DR) on the activities of liver superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (Cat), and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and the level of lipid peroxidation (LP) in developing mice were investigated in this study. Male and female Kunmin mice were fed a standard rodent diet ad libitum (AL), 80% of AL food intake (20% DR), or 65% of AL food intake (35% DR) for 12 or 24 wk. ...

Bisphenol A (BPA) is widely used in manufacturing industries. It is commonly detected in the environment and was reported to exert oestrogenic effects which may be harmful to the reproductive system. The present study was carried out to observe the effects of oral administration of BPA on the development of the reproductive organs and plasma sex hormone levels in prepubertal male Sprague-Dawley...

objective(s) high blood glucose induces molecular, cellular, morphological and behavioral changes in the brain. metabolic disturbances, contribute to the hippocampus injury and development of partial focal seizures. the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of infantile repeated hyperglycemia on neuronal density of hippocampal ca3region in newborn wistar male rats and its effect on c...