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Sex differences in sleep pattern of rats in an experimental model of osteoarthritis
(Elsevier B.V., 2011-07-01)
Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major healthcare burden with increasing incidence, and is characterised by the degeneration of articular cartilage. OA is associated with chronic pain and sleep disturbance.Objective: ...
Paradoxical sleep deprivation impairs acquisition, consolidation, and retrieval of a discriminative avoidance task in rats
(Elsevier B.V., 2008-11-01)
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD) for 96 h on the learning/memory processes in rats submitted to the plus-maze discriminative avoidance task (PMDAT). which ...
Chemoprevention by celecoxib in reflux-induced gastric adenocarcinoma in Wistar rats that underwent gastrojejunostomy
(Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia, 2009-06-01)
PURPOSE: To evaluate chemoprevention by celecoxib in cases of reflux-induced gastric adenocarcinoma, in Wistar rats that underwent gastrojejunostomy. METHODS: Sixty male Wistar rats of average age three months underwent ...
Effects of sodium hyaluronate and carboxymethylcellulose membrane on collagen and fibroblast formation in bowel suture healing: experimental study in rats
(Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia, 2005-02-01)
PURPOSE: To analyze the effects of sodium hyaluronate and carboxymethylcellulose membrane on collagen and fibroblast formation in bowel suture healing in rats. METHODS: 48 male Wistar rats, weighing 250 to 343g, were ...
Electrical field stimulation improves bone mineral density in ovariectomized rats
(Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, 2006-11-01)
Osteoporosis and its consequent fractures are a great social and medical problem mainly occurring in post-menopausal women. Effective forms of prevention and treatment of osteoporosis associated with lower costs and the ...
Effect of N-acetylcysteine on pulmonary cell death in a controlled hemorrhagic shock model in rats
(Acta Cirurgica Brasileira, 2012-08-01)
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) combined with fluid resuscitation on pulmonary cell death in rats induced with controlled hemorrhagic shock (HS).METHODS: Two arteries (MAP calculation and ...
Low level laser therapy (AlGaInP) applied at 5J/cm(2) reduces the proliferation of Staphylococcus aureus MRSA in infected wounds and intact skin of rats
(Soc Brasileira Dermatologia, 2013-01-01)
BACKGROUND: Laser therapy is a low cost, non-invasive procedure with good healing results. Doubts exist as to whether laser therapy action on microorganisms can justify research aimed at investigating its possible effects ...
Electric microcurrent in the restoration of the skin undergone a trichloroacetic acid peeling in rats
(Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia, 2004-10-01)
PURPOSE: To investigate the influence of neuromuscular electric stimulation by microcurrent (MENS - Microcurrent Electric Neuromuscular Stimulation) in the restoration of the skin of rats undergone trichloroacetic acid ...
Serotoninergic Modulation of Basal Cardiovascular Responses and Responses Induced by Isotonic Extracellular Volume Expansion in Rats
(Arquivos Brasileiros Cardiologia, 2017)
Background: Isotonic blood volume expansion (BVE) induced alterations of sympathetic and parasympathetic activity in the heart and blood vessels, which can be modulated by serotonergic pathways. Objective: To evaluate the ...
Histamine iontophoresis on the viability of random skin flap in rats
(Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia, 2009-02-01)
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of the histamine iontophoresis on the random skin flap viability in rats. METHODS: Sixty adult male Wistar rats were used. A cranially-based dorsal skin flap measuring 10 x 4 cm was raised ...