We praise the article by Mokhtari-Zaer et al. (2015) published in the Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine on the effects of saffron on smooth muscle activity (Mokhtari-Zaer et al., 2015). It was a well-designed and interesting study on the therapeutic properties of Crocus sativus which is a precious plant cultivated in our country. We do believe that along with all other medicinal effects, saffro...

IFs related to blood vessels (including findings suggestive of infarct) • asymmetric prominence of artery or vein (Gur et al., 2013) • developmental venous anomaly (Gur et al., 2013) • venous angioma (Kim et al., 2002) • tortuous artery (Gur et al., 2013) • possible infarct (Gur et al., 2013) • possible aneurysm (Gur et al., 2013) • encephalomalacia from remote ischemic event (Rachmiel et al., ...

Picoa species are hypogeous desert truffles, which can be found in semi-arid ranges of North Africa, West Asian, South of Europe and Middle East, including Iran (Moreno et al. 2000, Jamali & Banihashemi 2012, 2013). Picoa species form symbiosis mainly on roots of annual and perennial herbaceous plants of the Helianthemum, including H. ledifolium and H. salicifolium var. salicifolium (Jamali & B...

PO Box 6483, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-0483, USA, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Macromolecular Crystallography (HZB-MX), Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany, and Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland Welcome to 2014, the International Year of Crystallography! In honor of...

The continued production of new dentate granule cells throughout life has led to the idea that neurogenesis critically modulates hippocampal memory function. Consistent with this view, many studies have shown that experimental reduction of adult neurogenesis impairs hippocampal memory formation. However, impairments are not universally observed following suppression of adult neurogenesis. A new...

Bar-Anan and Nosek (2012) and Payne et al. (2013) investigated the relationship between awareness and perceived intentions with performance on the Affective Misattribution Procedure (AMP). Payne and colleagues incorrectly described some of Bar-Anan and Nosek’s claims, analysis strategies, and conclusions. This brief comment corrects these errors. Bar-Anan and Nosek (2012; hereafter BN) presente...