Laboratory animals, including rats, play an important role in biomedical research and advances. The human care and management of these animals is an ongoing concern. Since, Trichosomoides infections in rat colonies can interfere with research protocols it is important to know rate of infection and pathology of the infection in the animals used in experimental studies. 275 rats were eviscerated ...

extra-cellular levels (serum) of heat shock protein 70 is influenced by various stressors such as exercise and it has been shown that this protein affects the proinflammatory cytokines in human and animal samples. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of endurance training on serum levels of proinflammatory cytokines (tnf-?, il-1?, il-6 and hsp70) in trained and untrained rats. fo...

Nicola Perra, Bruno Gonçalves, Romualdo Pastor-Satorras, Alessandro Vespignani Department of Physics, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston MA 02115 USA Linkalab, Cagliari, Italy Departament de F́ısica i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord B4, 08034 Barcelona, Spain Institute for Scientific I...

abstract: introduction & objective: the hippocampal formation is a part of limbic system that plays an important role in memory and learning. the hippocampus is divided into three subfields: ca1, ca2 and ca3. in addition to pyramidal neurons and interneurons, the astrocytes play important roles in hippocampus, probably in memory and learning. in fact, learning needs some instruments for informa...

the purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of physical exercise and addiction of female rats on male offspring's physical growth indexes. the research method was experimental. statistical population consisted of female rats (albino – wistar) obtained from pasteur institute, iran. the data were gathered from 116 male offspring (including 4 groups: addicted mother– sporting m...

Radioprotective effects of ethanolic extracts Gongronema latifolium leaf against radiation induced oxidative stress in Wistar albino Rats

the purpose of this research was to determine the effect of two kinds of diet (zinc deficiency and iron deficiency) on some anthropometrical indexes (body weight and crown-rump length), brain growth and motor function in young rats. adult male and female albino wistar rats were obtained from the breeding colony of pasteur institute, iran. the female albino rats were mated with normal male rats....

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 ...