Heterogenous Subtypes of Late-Life Depression and Their Cognitive Patterns: A Latent Class Analysis.

Background: Late-life depression (LLD), characterized by cognitive deficits, is considered heterogeneous across individuals. Previous studies have identified subtypes with diverse symptom profiles, but their cognitive patterns are unknown. This study aimed to investigate the subtypes of LLD and the cognitive profile of each group.

Potential role of prokineticin 2 in experimental varicocele-induced rat testes.

Objective: To determine the possible role of prokineticin 2 in varicocele by inducing varicoceles in adult rats.

Methods: Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats were used for sham operation (n = 10) and varicocele (n = 30) groups. Experimental varicocele was induced by partial ligation of the left renal vein in the varicocele, whereas the sham operation group only received a sham induction of varicocele.