This study evaluated the effects of the pre-exercise (30 minutes) ingestion of galactose (Gal) or glucose (Glu) on endurance capacity as well as glycemic and insulinemic responses. Ten trained male cyclists completed 3 randomized high-intensity cycling endurance tests. Thirty minutes before each trial, cyclists ingested 1 L of either 40 g of glucose, 40 g of galactose, or a placebo in a double-...

BACKGROUND The goal of our study was to determine the therapeutic effects of thymoquinone in a dose-dependent manner in a model of neuropathic pain following an experimentally applied spinal cord injury (SCI). METHODS Fifty female adult Wistar albino rats weighing between 220 and 260 g were included in the study and were divided into 5 groups as follows: Group S (sham), Group C (control), Gro...

Review was made of the symptoms, treatment and outcome of 151 cases of severe envenomation by the scorpion Centruroides sculpturatus treated with antivenom, 1988-1989. The most frequent symptoms were restlessness, nystagmus, paresthesiae, hypersalivation, fasciculation, blurred vision and dysphagia with an average of four symptoms. Medications before antivenom, given to about half of the subjec...

Ten asthmatic children with a history of cough and wheeze after drinking a cola drink performed histamine inhalation tests before and 30 minutes after a drink of Pepsi-Cola, soda water, and water on three separate study days. There was no significant change in baseline peak expiratory flow after any of the three drinks. Sensitivity to histamine was increased after the cola drink (p less than 0....

Rats were trained on a series of novel 2-odor discrimination problems before and after combined unilateral bulbectomy and posterior transection of the contralateral lateral olfactory tract. In postoperative tests, experimental rats performed as well as controls when a short intertrial interval (30 seconds) was used but, in contrast to controls, failed to learn a 2-odor discrimination when the i...

researchers and coaches are constantly looking for the most effective ways to enhance athletic performance. the aim of this study was to investigate the response of strength, power and muscle endurance to resistance training with different rest intervals. 16 male volunteers were selected and divided randomly into two groups. group a (n=8, age 22±2.55 yr, height 174.20±6.14 cm, weight 64.20±6.33...

PURPOSE Placement of ureteral stents (DJ-stents) may lead to complications. Inappropriate friction properties of the implant are, inter alia, made responsible for primary injuries, injury-related inflammation and a cascade of consecutive side effects. Hydrophilicity is considered to be related to low friction. The question arises, whether the various products on the market show their respective...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether autonomic nervous activity is involved in the recurrence of spontaneous coronary spasm in variant angina. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING Cardiology department of a university hospital. PATIENTS 18 patients with variant angina were divided into single attack group (SA; nine patients) and multiple attack group (MA; nine patients) according to the fre...