objective(s) bupropion is an atypical antidepressant that is widely used in smoke cessation under fda approval. the study of synaptic effects of bupropion can help to finding out its mechanism(s) for stopping nicotine dependence. in this study the effects of perinatal bupropion on the population spike (ps) amplitude of neonates were investigated. materials and methods hippocampal slices were pr...

objectives: the object of this research was to investigate the «quality of life» and relation to demographic characteristics in elderly peopel of tehran. methods & materials: the method of this research was a descriptive-correlation. in this research 243 of elder were selected with accessible sampling from people who referred to elder centers, cultural centers, and public parks in deferent dist...

the cd1 family is less variable transmembrane antigen presenting molecules related to the mhc molecules. cd1a and cd1e genes are the most polymorphic ones associated with autoimmune diseases. the aim was to better clarify the map of cd1 genes in southwest iranian normal population for implications in vaccine design.in this study we investigated the polymorphism of cd1a, cd1d and cd1e in 311 hea...

background: st. john’s wort (hypericum perforatum l.) is an important medicinal plant that has been widely used for its antidepressant properties. objective: in this study morphological characteristics variation of populations of h. perforatum were investigated. methods: in this study, different morphological characteristics of 25 h. perforatum populations in iran’s natural habitats were evalua...

conclusions our study showed minority of cases had zinc deficiency, which is different from previous reported results, because the most subjects in this study had normal level of zinc. we recommend further studies on diet in our population. it seems the only reason for the obtained result in this part of iran with low socioeconomic status may be related to the diets containing high levels of zi...

conclusions our study suggested that the prevalence rate of hepatitis c virus is below 1% in the general population of mashhad. results in this study the overall seroprevalence of hepatitis c was founded to be 0.2% by using elisa method. however, the overall hepatitis c virus infection prevalence was found to be 0.13% with rt-pcr method. patients and methods three thousand, eight hundred and se...

objective deficient enzyme activity may cause congenital metabolic defects. these defectsare inherited in an autosomal recessive, autosomal dominant, and x-linkedpatterns. this study was aimed at investigating the occurrence of metabolicdiseases in qazvin province. materials & methods this cross-sectional study was performed on 79,100 children aged 12 years orless between 2000 and 2010. clinica...

to understand the relationship between natural physicochemical properties of soil and abundance of citrus root nematode (tylenchulus semipenetrans), a survey was conducted during 2009-2010 in some 37 citrus orchards, in kohgilouyeh va boyerahmad province, iran. distribution of the citrus nematode was determined by collecting random samples from the soil and citrus plant roots, extracting and en...

conclusions by using the normal angle kappa determined in this study, pseudodeviations can be identified more precisely in those who might undergo keratorefractive surgery. results a total of 977 healthy participants who aged 18 to 45 years were included consecutively. the study population consisted of 614 females and 363 males. the average angle kappa was 5.00º ± 1.36º at 240.21º ± 97.17º in m...

the article by potts et al, “the pill is mightier than the sword,” points out that family planning has an important role to play in building peace by increasing women’s empowerment and their agency, ultimately helping peacebuilding efforts. evidence has demonstrated that family planning programs are cost effective, produce quick results, help women and couples meet their desired fertility level...