Vol. 28 (3) 2007 Neuro endocrinology letters

Effect of melatonin on exploration and anxiety in normotensive and hypertensive rats with high activity of renin-angiotensin system.

Krsková L, Vrabcová M, Zeman M.

Journal Article 2007; 28(3): 295-301 PubMed PMID: 17627265 Citation  Keywords:  Animals, Anxiety:drug therapy, Exploratory Behavior:drug effects, Hypertension:physiopathology, Male, Maze Learning:drug effects, Melatonin:pharmacology, Motor Activity:drug effects, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Renin:genetics, Renin-Angiotensin System:phy.

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to investigate effects of melatonin (MEL) on exploration and anxiety in normotensive Sprague-Dawley (SD) and hypertensive TGR(mREN2)27 (TGR) rats with high activity of renin-angiotensin system.

METHODS: Mature control (n=20) and hypertensive (n=20) rats were used. Half of .....

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Role of PPARgamma and its gonadotrophic regulation in rat ovarian granulosa cells in vitro.

Zhang H, Li Q, Lin H, Yang Q, Wang H, Zhu C.
Journal Article 2007; 28(3): 289-294 PubMed PMID: 17627264 Citation  Keywords:  Animals, Apoptosis, Cell Proliferation, Cells, Cultured, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases:physiology, Estradiol:biosynthesis, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases:physiology, Female, Follicle Stimulating Hormone:pharmacology, Granulosa Cells:phy.

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Serum IGF-1, IGFBP-3 and growth hormone levels in children with congenital heart disease: relationship with nutritional status, cyanosis and left ventricular functions.

Dinleyici E, Kilic Z, Buyukkaragoz B, Ucar B, Alatas O, Aydogdu S, Dogruel N.
Journal Article 2007; 28(3): 279-283 PubMed PMID: 17627262 Citation  Keywords:  Child, Child, Preschool, Cyanosis:blood, Female, Heart Defects, Congenital:blood, Human Growth Hormone:blood, Humans, Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3:blood, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I:analysis, Male, Nutritional Status, Regression Analysis,.

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First evidence of melatonin receptors distribution in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of tree shrew brain.

Legros C, Chalivoix S, Gabriel C, Mocaer E, Delagrange P, Fuchs E, Malpaux B.
Journal Article 2007; 28(3): 267-273 PubMed PMID: 17627260 Citation  Keywords:  Acetamides:pharmacology, Animals, Autoradiography, Binding Sites, Brain:metabolism, Circadian Rhythm, Female, Melatonin:metabolism, Memory, Receptors, Melatonin:analysis, Stress, Psychological:physiopathology, Suprachiasmatic Nucleus:chemistry, Tupaiidae,.

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The prevalence of autoantibodies to: myosin, troponin, tropomyosin and myoglobin in patients with circulating triiodothyronine and thyroxine autoantibodies (THAA).

Ruchala M, Kosowicz J, Baumann-Antczak A, Skiba A, Zamyslowska H, Sowinski J.
Journal Article 2007; 28(3): 259-266 PubMed PMID: 17627259 Citation  Keywords:  Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Autoantibodies:blood, Autoimmune Diseases:immunology, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Myoglobin:immunology, Myosins:immunology, Thyroid Diseases:immunology, Thyroxine:immunology, Triiodothyronine:immunology, Tropomyosin:immunol.

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