Functional and structural recovery of the injured spinal cord in rats treated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone.

Several studies have shown that gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) have extra-pituitary roles, including neurotrophic effects. This study was to evaluate the effects of GnRH treatment on the spinal cord injury (SCI) of rats. Ovariectomized rats were divided into: sham SCI surgery (Sham), SCI treated with saline solution (SCI + SS), and SCI treated with GnRH (SCI + GnRH).

[Phenomenological study of infertile women with obesity].

Background: Obesity is a condition strongly associated with polycystic ovary and other conditions that interfere with or complicate the treatment of assisted reproduction.

Objective: To examine, from a phenomenological point of view, the perception of infertile women obesity problem before undergoing assisted reproduction treatment. This analysis should help to design a psychotherapeutic strategy focused on this problem.

[Multidisciplinary approach to postpartum depression].

Postpartum depression is a multifactorial condition suffered by 15% of women after delivery. We report a clinical case of a 32 years old female admitted at Postpartum depression clinic of gyneco-obstetric coordination at Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre, ISSTE, Mexico City. Patient was evaluated by psychiatric and psychological service personnel and diagnosed as with postpartum depression.

[Anxiety and depression among renal transplantation candidates: impact of donor availability].

Background: Among the kidney transplantation candidates, regardless if they already have a living related donor (LRD) or if they are waiting for a cadaveric donor (CD), the transplantation process is highly stressful, and the stress intensity is proportioned to the waiting time for surgery. The patients waiting for a CD have no certainty about receiving a kidney in time for surviving, or, when the patient's relatives refused the donation, they may feel rejected by their family. In chronic diseases, psychiatric comorbidity affects the disease evolution, dampering the treatment efficacy, leading to long-term hospitalizations and a more severe emotional stress.