Publications by authors named "Saleh Z Asl"
Object: Although there is evidence that estradiol has neuroprotective effects after traumatic brain injury (TBI) in female rats, it is unclear which estrogen receptor (ER) subtype, ERα or ERβ, mediates this effect. The authors therefore examined the roles of the different ERs in this effect. Here the authors used the ERα selective agonist propyl pyrazole triol (PPT) and the ERβ selective agonist diarylpropionitrile (DPN) alone and in combination in female rats to investigate this question.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Familial aggregation of the metabolic syndrome has been reported in some nations. The aim of this study was to evaluate familial aggregation of the metabolic syndrome in Tehranian families.
Methods: In a cross-sectional study, anthropometry, blood pressure and biochemical data were collected for 4,558 individuals in the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study.
Background: The effect of propylthiouracil (PTU) administration to pregnant and lactating rats on isolated aorta contractility of their adult offspring was investigated.
Material/methods: Three groups of female rats were selected; in the fetal group (FG), PTU was added to their drinking water during gestation; in the neonatal group (NG), PTU was added to the mothers' drinking water for 25 days after delivery; untreated rats were controls (CG). Thyroid hormone concentrations were measured in the sera of the mothers and their adult offspring.
Objective: Thyroid hormones affect gastric acid secretion. As the mechanism of this effect has not been fully known, in this experimental study the isolated gastric acid secretion of hypothyroid and hyperthyroid rats were compared with control group by the administration of different doses of pentagastrin, histamine and carbachol as gastric acid secretion stimulators.
Methods: This study was carried out in Ahwaz University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran in the year 2000.