BACKGROUND Bacopa monniera has been used as a cure for various ailments that include anxiety, epileptic disorders, dementia, blood purifier, cough and rheumatism, and some important local uses of the plant are in dermatitis, anemia, diabetes, promote fertility and prevent miscarriage for many years in Bangladesh. According to this background, the aim of the study was to evaluate the antidepress...

HIGHLIGHTS: Tumor progression and anxiety depression behaviors under evaluation during propranolol use in murine melanoma. Evaluation of through forced swimming behavior tests, elevated plus maze, open field marble-burying test.

AIM The aim of the study was to compare the effects of conventional exercise (CE), swimming and walking on the pulmonary functions, aerobic capacity, quality of life, Bath indexes and psychological symptoms in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS Forty-five patients were randomised into either swimming (group 1), walking (group 2), CE group (group 3). Patients in Group 1 perform...

in this study, the effects of siraitia grosvenorii fruits extracts (sgfe) on physical fatigue were investigated. one hundred and forty-four mice were randomly divided into four groups: control group, low-dose sge-treated group, middle-dose sge-treated group and high-dose sgfe-treated group. the animals of control group received an oral administration of physiological saline in a volume of 2.5 m...

introduction: depressive disorder is a prevalent psychiatric disorder, which affects 21% of the world population. the presently using drugs can impose a variety of side-effects including cardiac toxicity, hypopiesia, sexual dysfunction, body weight gain, and sleep disorder. during the last decade, there is a growing interest in the therapeutic effects of natural products on mental disorders. am...

Endogenous opioid regulation of neurohypophysial and hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis hormone secretion in response to forced swimming (90 s in deep water at 19 degrees C) was investigated in virgin and 21-day-pregnant rats. There was no difference in basal plasma oxytocin concentrations between pregnant and virgin rats, but the opioid antagonist, naloxone, increased basal oxytocin secr...