Voxel-Based MR-Morphometry and Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Basics and Applicability in Clinical Neurology. The potential and clinical options are presented which originate from the clinical application of computer-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques such as voxel-based morphometry (VBM) to human brain grey and white matters as

OBJECTIVE The prevalence of obesity and related co-morbidities is reaching pandemic proportions. Today, the most effective obesity treatments are glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analogs and bariatric surgery. Interestingly, both intervention paradigms have been associated with adaptive growth responses in the gut; however, intestinotrophic mechanisms associated with or secondary to medical or s...

the prevalence of various intestinal helminthiasis have been determined by the examination of 8109 inhabitants of 20 villages located in the mountainous and coastal regions of the bandar abbas and minab areas in southern iran. a portion of people infected with each parasite were treated with the appropriate drug i and the worms expelled were collected, identified and counted. the results indica...

background: acute obstruction of the colon continues to be a lethal disease with little improvement in the mortality rate over the past 50 years. so, this study was undertaken to define the causes of colon obstruction and their probable changes after years. â  methods: from 1979 to 2004, all records of patients with definite diagnosis of intestinal obstruction at all hospitals affiliated to shi...

background copper (cu) is an essential trace element involved in normal reproduction but its overexposure may produce some detrimental effects. the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of copper sulfate poisoning on morphometery of mice ovarian structures and probable intracellular changes. methods thirty mature female mice were randomly allocated to control and two treatment groups...

the aim of this study was to examine the possible morphological and morphometric changes resulting from vitrification of embryos at the cleavage stage. in this study, 30 mice early-cleavage embryos at different stages of cleavage, resulting from in vitro fertilization (ivf) techniques, were examined before and after vitrification. digital images were taken from embryos before and after vitrific...

quantitative histology of the descended testis of unilateral cryptorchid bucks was compared with testis of normal bucks to evaluate the reproductive potentials of the scrotal testis in unilateral cryptorchids, using light microscopy techniques. the contralateral scrotal testes of the unilateral cryptorchids and the testes of the normal bucks contained profiles of seminiferous epithelium and eac...

morphometrical study of iranobuthus krali (kovarik,1997) is given on the basis of 6 specimens collected from fars province,southern iranthe specimens was captured by forceps under uv light during field studies in this province.iranobuthus is easily distinguished from compsobuthus vachon,1949 by it's size and it differs from genera androctonus hemprich & ehremberg, 1828 hottentotta and mesob...

Background To determine the effect of Shuganyin decoction (SGD) on the intestinal barrier function in an irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) rat model induced by water-avoidance stress. Methods Forty male Wistar rats were divided into control, water-avoidance stress (WAS) group, WAS plus Shuganyin decoction (SGD) group and WAS plus dicetel (Dicetel) group. IBS was induced in rats by subjecting the...