The relationship between neuronal function in the brain and neuropsychological behavior
were analyzed in young rats fed a zinc-deficient diet for 1–2 weeks. Serum zinc …

The oxidative imbalance appears to have an important role in anxiety development. Studies
in both humans and animals have shown a strong correlation between anxiety and oxidative …

The influence of corticosteroids on hippocampus-dependent learning and memory
processes is now indisputable. On the other hand, closer scrutiny of early studies together …

Menopause involves dramatic declines in estradiol production and levels. Importantly,
estradiol and the class of stress hormones known as glucocorticoids exert countervailing …

Inspite of large number of studies on the neurochemical changes in the stress, an equivocal
case is yet to be made for the role of a specific neurotransmitter in this important …

Nausea and vomiting unrelated to chemotherapy is common in advanced cancer patients.
The etiology of nausea and vomiting may from evident by the pattern of vomiting, associated …

Aims Methamphetamine is an amphetamine derivative that is abused increasingly world‐
wide at an alarming rate over the last decade. Pre‐clinical and human studies have shown …

The present study addresses mineralocorticoid receptor and glucocorticoid receptor effects
on hippocampal neuron viability after experimental traumatic brain injury. Rats were …

Aberrant elevations in intracellular calcium levels, promoted by the excitatory amino acid
glutamate, may be a final common mediator of the neuronal damage that occurs in hypoxic …

Corticosterone (CORT), the predominant glucocorticoid of rats which is secreted during
stress, increases hippocampal neuronal vulnerability to excitotoxins, hypoxia-ischemia, and …