Background and Objectives: Previous studies have shown the antinociceptive effect of morphine in animal models, but the specific anti-pain consequence of the abuse drug in female animals is unclear. The present research showed the morphine antinociception in female Wistar rats using formalin test. Materials and Methods: Subjects were 40 female Wistar rats purchased from Pasteur Institute of Ir...

objective:  anchomanes difformis is a member of the plant family araceae which is used as a diuretic but also has other medicinal applications. this study investigates the dietary effects of a. difformis on the kidneys of adult wistar rats. materials and methods: sixteen rats were used and were weighed, before and after the experiment. all rats were randomly divided into four groups. all groups...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to observe the effect of maternal deprivation on somatic growth of wistar rat pups viz. Body weight, nose-rump length, tail length and head length. MATERIALS AND METHOD 5 days old 50 rat pups were studied dividing equally into control and experimental groups. Experimental group (N=25) of rats were maternally deprived 1-4 hours twice daily till the wea...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to compare micro-sutures commonly used in our midst. METHODS In this double-blind study, 30 Wistar rats were operated randomly divided into three groups matched according to the suture used (Nylon 10-0, 75micron, brands Microsuture((r)), Polysuture((r)) and Ethicon((r))). We analyzed the number of surgical nodes required, bleeding, surgical time and histolog...

background and objective: identifying the details of the injurious effects of alcohol seems to be decisive in nowadays with growing abuse of the substance. this study mainly aimed to assess the adverse effects of ethanol on the recalling of information in the wistar rats. materials and methods: male wistar rats (pasteur institute of iran) were evaluated using the novelty seeking behavior based ...

(NTS) in Wistar rats (WR) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), our previous results suggested that sustained hypertension might aggravate the nephrotoxic processes or protract the course of glomerulonephritis. The present study was attemped to observe the more prolonged glomerular changes of nephrotoxic nephritis (NTN) until 15 weeks after the injection of NTS in SHR, compared with contro...

the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of two regimes during rats' gestation and lactation on learning, memory and motor function of their offspring. for this purpose, female rats (albino-wistar) were obtained from pasteur institute, iran. after mating, 12 pregnant rats were divided into three groups and they had their special regimes during their last week of pregnancy as we...

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of aging on evolution Apical Periodontitis (AP) lesions in rats. Elderly males (study group, n = 12) and young (control Wistar rats were used. When group 24 months old control 3 old, AP induced by creating pulp exposure mandibular left first molars. After 21 40 days, animals euthanized mandibles removed. The hemi- radiographed mesial roots molars measure...