Different ethnic background is associated with distinct clinical profiles in the spondyloarthritides in the North and South of Brazil.

The objective of this study was to analyze the clinical profile of the spondyloarthritides (SpA) in distinct Brazilian regions. A common protocol of investigation was prospectively applied to 202 SpA patients, including 138 patients from the South and 64 patients from the North. All the patients were classified as axial or peripheral SpA.

Piperine decreases pilocarpine-induced convulsions by GABAergic mechanisms.

Piperine, an alkaloid present in the Piper genus, was shown to have an anticonvulsant activity, evaluated by the pilocarpine-induced model, in mice. Pilocarpine (350mg/kg, i.p.