Volume 3, issue 4

Sarun Koirala, Sandip Shah, Laxman Khanal, Effect of D-amphetamine on dopaminergic neurons of substantia nigra and expression of tyrosine hydroxylase in striatum and pre-frontal cortex of D-amphetamine treated Wistar rats
Dopaminergic neurons of the midbrain are the main source of dopamine in the mammalian central nervous system. Dopamine is a chemical messenger active in mesolimbic and mesocortical reward pathways. Dopamine is manufactured in nerve cell bodies in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and is released....

Elena N. Chernysheva, T.N. Panova, Siofor influence on the process of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status at patients with metabolic syndrome
The purpose of the work is to research siofor influence (metformin) on the activity of the process of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant activity of blood serum at patients with metabolic syndrome. Material and Methods — 62 patients with metabolic syndrome at the age from 30 till 60 were....

Natalia A. Belyaeva, O.S. Panina, Iuri V. Chernenkov, Evaluation of knowledge of breastfeeding mothers before and after the maternity school
Objective — To evaluate the level of knowledge of surveyed women about breastfeeding before and after the maternity school. Material and methods — The anonymous survey of 300 women on breastfeeding has been conducted. The questionnaire consisted of two parts: theoretical and practical. The....

Fehmida Najmuddin, Mumtaz Sharif, Veeranna Kotrashetty, Harsh Patel, Dedeepya Puskur, Infantile hepatic hemangioma: a diagnostic delimma
Infantile hepatic hemangioma is a tumor arising from the mesenchymal liver tissue. Presentation varies from being asymptomatic to having life threatening complications. They can manifest as solitary or multicentric lesions. We hereby, report a one and half month old child who presented with....

Nesreen H. Hafez, Mohamed I. Fahim, Diagnostic accuracy and pitfalls of fine needle aspiration cytology and scrape cytology in oral cavity lesions
Background — The oral cavity can be home for a wide variety of lesions. To date, biopsy has remained the gold standard for diagnosing these lesions. Purpose — This study was carried out to assess the diagnostic accuracy of cytology in the oral lesions and to address the cytologic-histologic....