Preventive putative mechanisms involved in the psychopathologies of mice passively coping with psychosocial defeat stress by quercetin.

Derangements of neuroimmune, neurotrophic and neurochemical homeostasis have important implications in psychosocial stress-induced psychopathologies. Whether quercetin, a neuroactive compound, protects against psychosocial stress-induced psychiatric disturbances particularly via neurochemical mechanisms remain less well elucidated. Therefore, we further investigated the putative neurochemical as well as other cellular mechanisms of quercetin on social-defeat stress (SDS) model of psychosocial impairments.

Assessing knowledge, attitude, practice and training related to COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey of frontline healthcare workers in Nigeria.

Objectives: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at the frontline of efforts to treat those affected by COVID-19 and prevent its continued spread. This study seeks to assess knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) as well as training needs and preferences related to COVID-19 among frontline HCWs in Nigeria.

Setting: A cross-sectional survey was carried out among 1852 HCWs in primary, secondary and tertiary care settings across Nigeria using a 33-item questionnaire.

A comparison of capillary and venous blood haematocrits of pregnant women in Nigeria: the impact on diagnosis and prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy.

Background: Volume of red cells in capillary blood varies from that of venous blood. The magnitude of this variation as well as its impact on the diagnosis of anaemia in pregnancy needs to be studied. This study demonstrates the disparity between capillary and venous PCV in pregnancy.

Enhancing learning objectives by use of simple virtual microscopic slides in cellular physiology and histology: impact and attitudes.

The impact and perception of students on the use of a simple, low technology-driven version of a virtual microscope in teaching and assessments in cellular physiology and histology were studied. Its impact on the time and resources of the faculty were also assessed. Simple virtual slides and conventional microscopes were used to conduct the same examinations for the same students.