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Published on the 1 June 2010

Human opiorphin is a naturally occurring antidepressant acting selectively on enkephalin-dependent delta-opioid pathways

Human opiorphin protects enkephalins from degradation by human neutral endopeptidase and aminopeptidase-N and inhibits pain perception in various behavioral rodent models of pain via endogenous enkeph…

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Published on the 24 May 2010

Lesions to the ventral, but not the dorsal, medial prefrontal cortex enhance latent inhibition.

The acquisition of a conditioned response to a stimulus when it is paired with a reinforcer is retarded if the stimulus has previously been repeatedly pre-exposed in the absence of the reinforcer. Thi…

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Published on the 1 April 2010

Diuretic and antioxidant effects of Cacti-Nea, a dehydrated water extract from prickly pear fruit, in rats

Dehydrated extract of the prickly pear fruit Opuntia ficus indica, Cacti-Nea, was evaluated for its chronic diuretic and antioxidant effects in Wistar rats. Cacti-Nea was orally administered daily for…

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Published on the 1 April 2010

Preventive effects of different probiotic formulations on travelers’ diarrhea model in wistar rats : preventive effects of probiotics on TD

A new animal model of travelers' diarrhea has been developed by infecting rats orally with a strain of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in order to assess the efficacy of three probiotic formulations …

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Published on the 21 December 2009

Antidepressant-like properties of cocoa’s polyphenols The role of flavanoids and flavanols on depression

In the last ten years, cocoa and bitter chocolate with a high content of cocoa have received much attention due to their significant polyphenol contents, and thus, have been recognized as significant …

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Published on the 24 November 2009

Report of a glycemic imbalance in a diabetic patient after initiation of nicotine replacement therapy

In the present study, we report the case of a patient with diabetes mellitus whose glycemic control was disrupted during hospitalization after a nicotine replacement therapy. Dosage adjustments along …

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Published on the 1 October 2009

Variations in illumination, closed wall transparency and/or extramaze space influence both baseline anxiety and response to diazepam in the rat elevated plus-maze

Numerous methodological-related variables have been demonstrated to influence the baseline anxiety level of rodents exposed to the elevated plus-maze (EPM), raising questions about the sensitivity of …

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Published on the 1 September 2009

Hippocampal-dependent spatial memory functions might be lateralized in rats: an approach combining gene expression proﬁling and reversible inactivation

The hippocampus is involved in spatial memory processes, as established in a variety of species such as birds and mammals including humans. In humans, some hippocampal-dependent memory functions may b…

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