Blockade of L-Type Ca Channel Activity Alleviates Oligodendrocyte Pathology following Brain Injury in Male Rats.

A growing body of studies suggests that Ca signaling controls a variety of biological processes in brain elements. Activation of L-type voltage-operated Ca channels (VOCCs) plays a role in the development of oligodendrocyte (OL) lineage loss, and indicates that the blocking of these channels may be an effective way to inhibit OL lineage cell loss. For this study, 10.

Exposure to low-dose bisphenol A induces spleen damage in a murine model: Potentially through oxidative stress?

Background: During early life, exposure to environmental toxicants, including endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA), can be detrimental to the immune system. To our knowledge, a few researches have looked at the effects of developing BPA exposures on the spleen.

Aim: The murine model was developed to investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms and mode of BPA actions on the spleen subsequent to prolonged early-life exposure to BPA.

Seroprevalence and molecular detection of Newcastle disease virus in backyard chickens in Tripoli, Libya.

Background: Newcastle disease (ND) is a viral disease that affecting many avian species all over the world.

Aim: ND has been successfully controlled by the vaccination of commercial poultry in Libya. However, there was a lack of information about the situation of ND in backyard chickens.

Marine pollution in the Libyan coastal area: Environmental and risk assessment.

A comprehensive assessment of the potential adverse effects on environment and human health generated by the inputs of chemicals from the most important Libyan petrochemical plant is presented. Ecotoxicological risk associated with the presence of As, Hg, Ni, Zn and PAHs in marine sediments is low or moderate, with a probability of toxicity for ecosystem <9% and <20% for heavy metals and PAHs respectively. However, surface sediments result strongly enriched in Hg and As of anthropogenic origin.

Quantitative trait loci associated with parasitic infection in Scottish blackface sheep.

This study aimed to identify quantitative trait loci associated with endoparasitic infection in Scottish Blackface sheep. Data were collected from 789 animals over a 3-year period. All of the animals were continually exposed to a mixed nematode infection by grazing.