A 13-year-old girl had a venous malformation at her abdductor pollicis longus muscle of right forearm, with clinical presentation of local swelling, tenderness and inability to abduct her thumb. Under sonographic guidance, we treated this lesion with percutaneous intralesional ethanol injection. Her symptoms soon resolved after the treatment. In a follow-up period of 8 months, persistently decr...

The neural mechanisms underlying alcohol dependence are not well-understood. GABAergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) are a relevant target for ethanol. They are inhibited by ethanol at physiologically-relevant levels in vivo and display marked hyperexcitability during withdrawal. In the present study, we examined the effects of the GABA(A) receptor agonist muscimol on VTA neurons ...

In this study, the effects of adding ethanol and diethyl ether to diesel fuel on combustion characteristics NO emissions were numerically investigated. 100% (D100) by volume 90% diesel+10% blend (D90E10), 80% diesel+20% (D80E20), ethanol+10% (D80E10DEE10) 85% diesel+ 10% ethanol+5% mixture (D85E10DEE5) was used as fuel. Analyzes carried out using a single cylinder direct injection engine at 200...

The present study examined the effect of N-tert-butyl-alpha-phenylnitrone (PBN) on 3,4-methylenedioxmathamphetamine (MDMA)-induced depletion of serotonin in the CNS. Rats were treated with two concurrent injections of MDMA (20 mg/kg, s.c.), PBN (50-400 mg/kg dissolved in ethanol, 50 mg/ml of 25% ethanol, i.p.), saline or 25% ethanol, alone or in combination, 6 h apart, and sacrificed 5 days lat...

Introduction: Walnut leaf contains large amounts of antioxidants, phenolic compounds and flavonoids and the beneficial effect of these compounds in the treatment of diabetes has been shown. This study investigated the effect of cyclohexane and ethanol extract of walnut leaf on activity of sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH) enzyme. Methods: Fifty- six adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into s...

Endometriosis as a common hormone-dependent gynecologic disease is seen in 10-15% of women of reproductive age. On the other hand, 20-50% of women with infertility have endometriosis and 30-50% women with endometrioma are infertile. One of severe form of endometriosis is endometrioma. Surgery is considered as essential treatment for endometrioma with the recurrence rate of 10%. Many researches ...