OBJECTIVES This study targeted carbon dioxide (CO(2)) oscillations seen in oscillatory ventilation with dynamic pre-emptive CO(2) administration. BACKGROUND Oscillations in end-tidal CO(2) (et-CO(2)) drive the ventilatory oscillations of periodic breathing (PB) and central sleep apnea in heart failure (HF). METHODS Seven healthy volunteers simulated PB, while undergoing dynamic CO(2) admini...

background: the global prevalence of diabetes mellitus is on rise. diabetes-induced oxidative stress has been known to affect liver, pancreas, kidney and reproductive organs pathologically. honey is a natural product of bee with antioxidant properties. objective: current study aimed to analyze the protective effects of metformin (mf) alone and mf+ natural honey co-administration on diabetes-ind...

The aim of this study was to examine the anti-inflammatory effects of co-administration of growthhormone-releasing peptide-2 (GHRP-2) and growth hormone (GH) on tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α),interleukin-6 (IL-6) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene expression induced by LPS in the mousebrain. Thirty-five male NMRI mice (25±5 g) were injected through the mouse tail vein with saline,...

Objective Chemotherapy may damage ovaries. L-carnitine (LC) as a type of flavonoid antioxidants and bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) as a type of mesenchymal stem cells may recover damaged ovaries. It seems that LC has favorable effects on differentiation, increasing lifespan and decreasing apoptosis in BMSCs. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of co-administration of BMSCs a...

the pharmacological interaction between cannabinoidergic system and vanilloid type 1 (trpv1) channels has been investigated in various conditions such as pain and anxiety. in some brain structure including hippocampus, cb1 and trpv1 receptors coexist and their activation produces opposite effect on excitability of neurons. in this study, we tested the hypothesis that trpv1 channel is involved i...

Specific antibody production is an important issue in crossover pharmacokinetic (PK) studies of protein-based formulations. We recently reported that intravenous co-administration of tacrolimus with multiple human interferon-alpha (h-IFN) administrations successfully suppressed the production of anti-h-IFN antibodies in rats. Since crossover PK studies are preferentially carried out using large...

Since the inception of the FDA good laboratory practice (GLP) regulations in 1979, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) principles of GLP in 1981 and the finalization of the EPA GLP programme in 1983 there have been recognizable differences among the three compliance programmes. All have been revised since their initial publication, but still there remain difference...

Classification Jon Hakkila and Timothy W. Giblin Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424 Richard J. Roiger and David J. Haglin Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN 56001 William S. Paciesas Department of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899 and Charles A. Meegan NASA, Mars...

Objective: In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in using herbal products to overcome bacterial resistance. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of lemon verbena aqueous extract, verbascoside and caffeine in combination with gentamicin against standard and clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli strains. Materials and Methods: The MIC and ...

  Clonidine, an α2-adrenergic receptor agonist not only induces analgesia but also prolongs the effects of local anesthetic substances. In the present study the effects of clonidine on spontaneous and formalin-induced electrical activity from dorsal skin nerve were investigated. The results showed that clonidine (0.5 mM) decreased the formalin effect on electrical nerve activity whereas clonidi...