Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is presented with motor and sensory function loss. It is caused by demyelination and following axonal lesion. As myelin basic protein (MBP) is one of the key elements of the myelin cover, we examined the level of MBP in serum, stimulated, and unstimulated saliva as a suitable biomarker for detecting MS. Methods: A case-control study was performed in 29 health...

Whereas the basic features of stimulated emission are easily seen to hold true for ensembles of dipoles, the same is not always true for a single dipole system. For example, symmetry requires that well localized, bound dipoles emit a dipole field which is isotropic in the plane defined by the dipole vector. Indeed, for this case, nothing in the interaction between the dipole and the field conta...

The glucotoxicity caused by long-term exposure of β-cells to high glucose (HG) conditions may lead the generation more reactive oxygen species (ROS), reduce activity antioxidant enzymes, cause cell damage and apoptosis, induce insulin secretion dysfunction. Siegesbeckia orientalis linne is a traditional folk herbal medicine used treat snake bites, rheumatoid arthritis, allergies, immune deficie...

Patients with chronic pain often show disturbances in their body perception. Understanding the exact role played by pain is however complex, as confounding factors can contribute to the observed deficits in these clinical populations. To address this question, acute experimental pain was used to test the effect of lateralized pain on body perception in healthy subjects. Subjects were asked to i...

It was evaluated the impact of biochar on petroleum hydrocarbons degradation intensity and ecological condition Haplic Chernozem. The study conducted in model experiment conditions with Chernozem contaminated 5% application 10 20% biochar. number soil bacteria, activity catalase dehydrogenases, germination ability radish root shoot length, respiration considered to evaluate biological activity....

The effects of N-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), a nitricoxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor, on the L-type Ca current (ICa) and NO effects on NOS were determined in rat ventricular myocytes. L-NMMA (10 and 100 mM) had no significant effect on basal ICa, but in a cAMP-stimulated condition due to forskolin (1 mM) or milrinone (10 mM), a cGMP-inhibited cAMPphosphodiesterase (PDE), L-NMMA (10 and 100 m...

Abstract Exploring the world through touch requires integration of internal (e.g., anatomical) and external spatial) reference frames — you only know what when where your hands are in space. The deficit observed tactile temporal-order judgements crossed over midline provides one tool to explore this integration. We used foot pedals required participants focus on either hand that was stimulated ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare the pattern of secretion and the expression of mucin glycoprotein-2 (MG2) and lactoferrin in individuals with or without periodontitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS Five individuals with aggressive periodontitis (APG), 5 with generalized chronic periodontitis (CPG) and 5 without periodontitis (CG) were enrolled after informed consent. Non-stimulated and...

Introduction: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disorder caused by self-reactive Th1 lymphocytes, while Th2 cells may confer protection. The Th1 and Th2 cell differentiation are regulated by specific transcription factors, especially T-bet and GATA-3, respectively. This investigation aimed to measure the T-bet and GATA-3 expression by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs) obtained...

PIROGRESS in the surgical management of congenital and acquired cardiovascular diseases has stimulated many branches of medicine. Roentgenology of the cardiov-as(ular system is one of the diagnostic fields that has profited by these advances. One of the interesting and curious findings in roentgenogramis of the thorax of patients with mitral heart disease has been the presence of fine, short, s...