Undecided voters represent a major challenge to political pollsters. Recently, political psychologists have proposed the use of implicit association tests (IAT) to measure implicit attitudes toward political parties and candidates and predict voting behavior of undecided voters. A number of studies have shown that both implicit and explicit (i.e., self-reported) attitudes contribute to the pred...

based on the molecular modeling studies on two major families of anxiolytics and sedative hypnotics (benzodiazepines and barbiturates) a series of phthalimide derivatives were prepared from corresponding di-methyl phthalate derivatives in two steps, namely trans-amidification and ring closer of di-methyl phthalate with urea and base catalysed condensation of 4-bromobenzyl chloride and benzoyl c...

background and objectives cannabinoids which are active compounds of marijuana show some pharmacological effects similar to the opioids. there are also functional interactions between both cannabinoid and opioid systems. in this study we investigated the role of cannabinoid receptors in central amygdala and its interaction with opioid system.   methods in the present study, we investigated the ...

Thirty four healthy young male subjects performed symptom limited exercise on Bruce protocol on treadmill machine. Hyperventilation induced labile repolarisation ST-T abnormalities were observed in 2 whereas exercise induced ST changes (upsloping ST depression in 4 and horizontal ST depression in 1) were observed in 5 additional candidates. Changes were unaccompanied by symptoms or signs and qu...

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background: takayasu arteritis is a granulomatous vasculitis which mainly involves the large arterial vessels. the disease is rare and it is more common in females aged between 15-30 years old. in this paper, we report a case of takayasu arteritis in babol, north of iran. case presentation: a 22 - year old female was admitted to the department of infectious diseases of rouhani teaching hospital...

conclusions our results demonstrated that the extract of ob could induce anxiolytic effect in rats after 1 week oral administration. the effect of ob was not induced through changes in motor activity. further investigations are necessary for pharmacological providing of ob and better understanding of its anxiolytic properties and neurobiological mechanisms. results the results showed that after...

putative activity of hydroalcoholic and aqueous infusion extracts of echium amoenum l. was investigated in mice using the rotarod model of motor coordination and the elevated plus maze model of anxiety. the extracts were administered intraperitonealy (i.p.) once, one hour before performing the tests. preliminary phytochemical study of the plant, with standard procedures, showed that it contains...

introduction: sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase-5 (pde5) inhibitor, may have various effects on the central nervous system via the nitric oxide (no)-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cgmp) pathway. preclinical studies have shown the controversial effect of sildenafil on anxiety-like behavior in animals. this study was undertaken to investigate the acute effect of sildenafil on anxiety-like behavior...