Epidemiologic data suggest a strong association between low birth weight and increased risk of metabolic syndrome in adult life. However, the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. To test the hypothesis that mitochondrial changes may serve as a link between poor nutrition in early life and insulin resistance in later life, we investigated the effect of protein malnutrition during gestation...

objectives this study evaluates the efficacy and safety of zonisamide compared with sodium valproate in the management of migraine headaches. patients and methods in the current double-blind, parallel, randomized, controlled trial, 96 patients with a migraine diagnosis based on the international headache society (his) criteria were selected. they were divided randomly into two groups; the case ...

For this purpose, 32 patients aged 55-75 year-old men were selected among people suspected of having MCI syndrome by interviewing and psychological evaluation a psychologist randomly divided into two experimental control groups. Nejati cognitive ability tests (2013) (which evaluates seven abilities; memory, inhibitory selective attention, decision making, planning, sustained social cognition, f...

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of lactic acid bacteria preparations on microbial diversity and community structure calves. On days 1 7 trial period, feces were collected into sterile tubes labeled (Day 1: control group D1DZ, experimental D1SY, Day 7: D7DZ, D7SY). Twenty Angus calves (150±10 kg) selected randomly divided two groups 10 each. The fed a basal diet. [...]

objectives: microleakage is a major cause of failure of dental restorations and results in development of secondary caries, tooth hypersensitivity and pulp pathosis. this study aimed to compare the microleakage of class ii cavities filled with two types of composite resins and a compomer and subjected to thermocycling. methods: in this in vitro experimental study, class ii cavities with a gingi...

introduction: pain control is the most important issue in emergency department management of patients with femoral bone fractures. the present study aimed to compare the procedural features of ultrasonography and nerve stimulator guided femoral nerve block in this regard. method: in this randomized clinical trial, patients with proximal femoral fractures presenting to emergency department were ...

We investigated the effect of atorvastatin on vascular endothelial growth inhibitor (VEGI) expression in rats with diabetic retinopathy. Wistar rats were divided into a blank group and diabetic model group, which was further randomly divided into treatment and control groups. Rats in the treatment group received 10 mg/kg atorvastatin daily, while rats in the blank and control groups received no...

BACKGROUND To study the influence of acupuncture and its possible mechanism on white adipose tissue of high fat diet-induced obese. METHODS Four-week-old C57BL/6 J mice were randomly divided into a normal diet group and a high-fat diet (HFD) group. After 8 weeks, the HFD mice were randomly divided into Electro-acupuncture (EA) group and control group. Mice in the EA group were electro-acupunc...