It has been demonstrated that exposure to a variety of stressful experiences enhances fearful reactions when behavior is tested in current animal models of anxiety. Until now, no study has examined the neurochemical changes during the test and retest sessions of rats submitted to the elevated plus maze (EPM). The present study uses a new approach (HPLC) by looking at the changes in dopamine and serotonin levels...
Rats reared under isolation conditions from weaning present a number of behavioral changes compared to animals reared under social conditions (group housing). These changes include deficits in prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle reflex to a loud sound. PPI refers to the reduction of the magnitude of the startle reflex when a relatively weak stimulus (the prepulse) precedes by an appropriate time interval t...
Background and Objectives. The soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) is a clinical marker of erythropoietic activity, also used in the diagnosis of iron deficiency. In the present paper we explore the meaning of this parameter in normal physiological conditions of iron homeostasis and in the setting of iron overload due to hereditary hemochromatosis (HH). Design and Methods. Reference values for sTfR were establi...
Congonha, congonha-de-bugre e bugre são nomes populares atribuídos a várias espécies medicinais, incluindo Rudgea viburnoides (Cham.) Benth. (Rubiaceae), cujas folhas são utilizadas na medicina popular como diuréticas, hipotensoras, antireumáticas e depurativas do sangue. Esta espécie vem sendo comercializada como porangaba e utilizada em regimes de emagrecimento, substituindo Cordia ecalyculata Vell. (Boragina...
According to the Portuguese National Health Inquiry (1998-1999: 334), 21.8% of the population inquired that currently smoke said that they initiated the habit before 15 years of age and 72.1% between the ages of 15 and 24. In these ages teachers have a very important role for the pupils, both in formal teaching-learning situations and in informal situations of conviviality and leisure. Thus it becomes necessary...
Esta publicação tem por pbjetivo: Disponibilizar informações espaciais do uso das terras e características ambientais de todo o Pantanal brasileiro através de um conjunto homogêneo de imagens do satélite Landsat7, sensor TM, com resolução espacial de 30 metros e precisão de posicionamento no terreno também de 30 metros. ; 2003
Realizou-se um estudo na região do Alto São Francisco, Minas Gerais, no final da safra agrícola 1997/1998, visando identificar as plantas daninhas que permanecem nas áreas após a colheita do milho e sua distribuição ao longo da área estudada, destacando-se as mais importantes. As observações foram realizadas em 12 municípios. Em cada local foi lançado, por cem vezes, um quadrado de 0,50 x 0,50 m, a espaços de 1...
O controle das plantas daninhas pode onerar os custos da produção agropecuária e causar danos ao meio ambiente. Com o objetivo de conhecer a flora infestante que ocorre em pastagens formadas nas várzeas que margeiam o Rio São Francisco, foi realizado um estudo, no período de maio de 1997 a abril de 1999, nos municípios de Iguatama, Bom Despacho, Luz, Martinho Campos, Pompéu e Abaeté, localizados no Estado de Mi...
The periaqueductal gray (PAG) has been traditionally considered to be an exit relay for defensive responses. Functional mapping of its subdivisions has advanced our knowledge of this structure, but synthesis remains difficult mainly because results from lesion and stimulation studies have not correlated perfectly. After using a strategy that combined both techniques and a reevaluation of the available literatur...
We have investigated the hypoglycemic effect induced by the starch obtained from the unripe fruits of Solanum lycocarpum (Solanaceae). Per os administration of the starch (1000 or 2000 mg/kg, twice daily for 7 days, N = 6) did not change glycemia levels of nondiabetic female Swiss mice weighing 25-30 g. In streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice, similar treatment with the starch did not change the elevated glycem...
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