Biochemicals 5-hydroxytrptophan, 5-hydroxy indole acetic acid, ketanserin, bicuculline, baclofen, atropine, sodium octyl sulfonic acid, ethylene diamine tetra acetic acidEDTA, D-glucose, calcium chloride, bovine serum albumin fraction V, Superoxide dismutase from bovine erythrocytes were purchased from Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, USA. All other reagents were of analytical grade purchased loc...

Background: Studies on the relationship of urinary sodium with overweight and obesity led to controversial results. Furthermore, no study has ever investigated the association between sodium status and obesity in Iranian adults. The present study examined the association of urinary sodium levels with overweight and obesity in adults living in Yazd, Iran. Methods: The present study recruited 240...

The hallmark of many intracellular pore blockers such as tetra-alkylammonium compounds and local anesthetics is their ability to allosterically modify the movement of the voltage sensors in voltage-dependent ion channels. For instance, the voltage sensor of domain III is specifically stabilized in the activated state when sodium currents are blocked by local anesthetics. The molecular mechanism...

Background & objectives: Proper food labeling can help improve a diet and health. Due to the importance of sodium in the diet, determining the amount of sodium in food and comparing it with the amount reported on nutrition labels was the objective of the present study. Methods: In this study, 96 high-consumption foods were examined in 5 groups, including meat and protein products, dairy produc...

purpose: to investigate the effects of sodium bicarbonate (nahco3) on exhaustive activity and physiological parameters of fatigue in conscripts. materials and methods: thirty conscripts did wingate test in two groups: sodium bicarbonate group (treatment) and placebo (control) group. in both groups, sodium bicarbonate (0.3 g/kg of body mass) or placebo was ingested 60 minutes before the training...

BACKGROUND The National Toxicology Program (NTP) performed short-term toxicity studies of tetra- and pentavalent vanadium compounds, vanadyl sulfate and sodium metavanadate, respectively. Due to widespread human exposure and a lack of chronic toxicity data, there is concern for human health following oral exposure to soluble vanadium compounds. OBJECTIVES To compare the potency and toxicologi...

1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Sodium Regulation in Uncomplicated Pregnancy 4. Sodium Regulation in Preeclampsia 5. Cell Sodium Regulation in Uncomplicated Pregnancy 5.1. Cell Sodium and Cell (Na,K)ATPase or Sodium Pump (SP) in Uncomplicated Pregnancy 5.2. Other Cell Sodium Transport Systems in Uncomplicated Pregnancy 6. Cell Sodium Regulation in Preeclampsia 6.1. Cell Sodium and Potassium in P...

objective studies on the effect of various antiepileptic drugs on serum lipids show contradictory results. we aimed to find the effect of phenobarbital and sodium valproate monotherapy on serum lipid profile and liver function tests in epileptic children. materials & methods this cohort study was conducted in amirkola children hospital. one hundred and ten children with epilepsy were included i...