Study of the impact of multiple sclerosis on the reproductive life of Spanish women: An online survey.

Background: Women have a higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than men. The natural reproductive period from menarche to menopause corresponds to the period of active inflammatory disease in MS. Mothers and pregnant women with MS need information about how their disease may affect pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Impact on Fecal Microbiota and Health-Related Markers of an Intervention Focused on Improving Eating Behavior in People at Risk of Food Insecurity.

Non-communicable diseases are particularly prevalent among low-income individuals and are associated with the consumption of processed foods, fat, and sugars. This work aims to evaluate the impacts of a nutrition education intervention for low socio-economic individuals on sensory perception, health-related parameters and gut microbiota. Twenty low-income adults underwent a 4-week intervention.

Effects of short-term exposure to low doses of bisphenol A on cellular senescence in the adult rat kidney.

Bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the primary chemicals produced by volume worldwide. Extensive literature has raised many concerns about its possible involvement in the pathogenesis of kidney diseases, but its contribution has not been extensively studied. During cellular senescence, the interference of lipofuscin with cellular functions promotes further senescence, causing cellular malfunction.

Sex-specific influence of maternal exposure to bisphenol A on sodium and fluid balance in response to dipsogenic challenges in rats.

The plasticizer bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the highest volume chemicals produced worldwide. Human exposure to BPA occurs almost constantly. BPA is an endocrine disruptor that interferes in estrogen receptor functions.

Chronic exposure to low doses of bisphenol A alters hydromineral responses in rats.

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical commonly used in the industrial sectors, hence humans are exposed to the compound repetitively. BPA is an endocrine disruptor and has been anticipated to interfere on chemical estrogen receptor functions and other nuclear hormone receptors. Estrogens are steroid hormones that, in addition to their neuroendocrine roles, affect water and salt intakes in numerous species, including humans and rodents.

Short-term exposure to bisphenol A affects water and salt intakes differently in male and ovariectomised female rats.

Thirst and sodium appetite are motivational states that lead to the search for and ingestion of water and sodium, thus contributing to maintenance of hydromineral balance. Oestrogens affect fluid intake and sodium preference. Bisphenol A (BPA) is an environmental endocrine-disrupting substance with oestrogenic activity.

The effects of experimental gestational hypertension on maternal blood pressure and fluid intake and pre-weanling hypothalamic neuronal activity.

To examine the fetal programming effects of maternal hypertension, natriophilia and hyperreninemia [experimentally induced in rats by partial inter-renal aortic ligature (PAL) prior to mating] fos immunoreactivity was studied in 6-day-old offspring of PAL and control mothers. The purposes of the present set of experiments were twofold. The first was to characterize the effects of PAL on the mother's arterial blood pressure and intake of salt (1.

Circadian urinary citrate excretion in a rat model of exercise.

Aims: Circadian rhythms are the approximate 24h biological cycles that function to prepare an organism for daily environmental changes. Circadian rhythms unquestionably play critical roles in metabolic homeostasis and the exercise has emerged as a strong non-photic time cue or zeitgeber in animal models and humans. Numerous studies about the effects of exercise on the citrate synthase activity have been published.

Developmental programing of thirst and sodium appetite.

Thirst and sodium appetite are the sensations responsible for the motivated behaviors of water and salt intake, respectively, and both are essential responses for the maintenance of hydromineral homeostasis in animals. These sensations and their related behaviors develop very early in the postnatal period in animals. Many studies have demonstrated several pre- and postnatal stimuli that are responsible for the developmental programing of thirst and sodium appetite and, consequently, the pattern of water and salt intake in adulthood in need-free or need-induced conditions.

Ingestive behavior in rat pups is modified by maternal sodium depletion.

Developmental programming by maternal stress during pregnancy is found to influence behavioral development in the offspring. The main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of maternal sodium depletion in rats during pregnancy on the development of thirst mechanisms in the offspring. Pregnant rats underwent 3 episodes of saline depletion, induced by injecting sc 10 mg of Furosemide in saline (0.

Orthodontic tooth movement after different coxib therapies.

Anti-inflammatory substances used for treatment of pain and discomfort related to orthodontic treatment (OT) could slow down tooth movement. Selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors are an alternative to conventional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The aim of this study was to compare different coxibs on dental movement in the rat.

C-reactive protein is elevated in the offspring of parents with essential hypertension.

Background: Hypertension is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Studies in adults have shown that high sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are associated with increased risk of CVD and essential hypertension (EHT). Genetic background is widely accepted as a risk factor for CVD.

Maternal pregnancy vomiting and offspring salt taste sensitivity and blood pressure.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between salt taste perception and blood pressure (BP) in normotensive adolescents as modified by maternal fluid losses during the first trimester of gestation. Seventy-two healthy adolescents (42 boys) aged between 9.0-21.

Blood pressure relates to sodium taste sensitivity and discrimination in adolescents.

To investigate salt perception and discrimination and their possible association with blood pressure (BP), 72 healthy adolescents (42 boys) aged 9-21 years (mean 16.1 years) were studied. BP was measured with a standardized technique.