background: the mechanisms underlying cerebral hypercapnic vasodilatation are not fully understood.   objective: to investigate the role of nitric oxide (no) and atp-sensitive potassium (k atp ) channels in basal blood flow regulation and hypercapnia-induced vasodilatation in rabbit cerebral blood vessels.   methods: the change in cerebral blood flow was measured by a laser doppler flowmeter in...

an optimal design and fabrication of compressors requires flow investigation through the compressor components. flow field inside the volute is fully three dimensional and turbulent. better understanding of flow mechanism leads to improve the volute design procedure. in this research the experimental and numerical flow investigation through a radial flow compressor volute are performed to recog...

background: pulse wave velocity (pwv) is widely used for estimating the stiffness of an artery. v arious invasive and non-invasive methods have been developed to determine pwv over the years. in the present research , the non-invasive estimation of the pwv of large arteries was used as an index for arterial stiffness. methods: a dynamic model based on the navier-stokes equations coupled to elas...

background: various fixation and permeabilization techniques have been developed for detection of intracellular antigens by flow cytometry; however, there are few studies using flow cytometry to detect the frequency of intracellular nucleic acids, particularly rna. we tested six different permeabilization methods in order to gain access to a high quality method with minimal damage to intracellu...

adenosine has many of the characteristics of a regulator of cerebral blood flow and adenosine receptors change in morphine dependency. in this study the changes in adenosine receptors' responsiveness of pial vessels in the hind limb area of the sensory cortex were evaluated in morphine dependent rats (mdr) using the laser doppler flowmetry technique. adult male sprague dawley rats (250-350...

background: differential diagnosis between complete hydatidiform mole, partial hydatidiform mole and hydropic abortion, known as hydropic placentas is still a challenge for pathologists but it is very important for patient management. objective: we analyzed the nuclear dna content of various types of hydropic placentas by flowcytometry. materials and methods: dna ploidy analysis was performed i...