Listeriosis is one of the CNS inflammatory diseases which is happened majority in the form of sporadic. Listeriosis is ingested with the food. Infection occurrence in an exposed person depends on the number of organisms ingested, the virulence of the organisms strain and the individual condition. It is known that Listeriosis has decisive importance as an infection which the cellular immunodefen...

in this investigation the effects of excess vitamin a administration during the early embryonic period were studied. intramuscular injection of a single dose of 15000,20000 or 25000 iu/kg vitamin a to pregnant balb/c strain mice on either day 7,8,9 or 10 of gestation (vaginal plug= day 0 of gestation) produced major malformations in the central nervous system (cns) including exencephaly, hydroc...

background: gastric cancer (gc) is the fifth common malignant disease and the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the world. ardabil, a northwestern province of iran, includes the highest rate of gc within the country. helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) vaca gene plays a major role in generating and maintaining the gastric inflammatory response , which alters the enteric nervous sys...

background: patients with chronic stable angina often have a state of sympathetic hyperactivity. it is considered associated with myocardial ischemia and disappears after ischemia elimination. the aim of this study was to investigate the changes in heart rate variability parameters, a noninvasive technique for the evaluation of the autonomic nervous system activity, after successful revasculari...

the overall goal of this review is to discuss the potential efficacy of herbal treatments. plants are considered among the main sources of biologically active chemicals. plant based drugs usage in our past decay became very renowned due to their fewer side effects and being less expensive than chemical ones. recently, more abrupt tendency in this field has been increased. furthermore, advances ...

how to cite this article: fadakar k, dadkhahfar s, esmaeili a, keyhanidoust z. a case of schizencephaly and septo-optic dysplasia presenting with anterior encephalocele. iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6(4):47-50.   abstract schizencephaly is a rare central nervous system disorder with variable presentations. here we report a patient with a huge bilateral schizencephaly and septo-optic dysplas...

the close relationship between the immune system and the central nervous system (cns) has been well-studied. the cns regulates almost all the functions of the immune system; however, the effect and/or the control of the immune system on the cns has not been well-studied yet. recent reports suggest that the cns has its own defence mechanism(s). in this review, attempts have been made to discuss ...

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