Simvastatin improves morphological and functional recovery of sciatic nerve injury in Wistar rats.

Aim: The purpose of this work is to investigate the effects of simvastatin on sciatic nerve regeneration in male Wistar Rats.

Materials And Methods: Forty animals were allocated into four groups: (1) control (C); (2) control+simvastatin (CS); (3) lesioned animals+sterile PBS (LC) and (4) lesioned animals+simvastatin (LS). Lesioned animals were submitted to crushing lesion of right sciatic nerve.

The effects of propolis on antibody production by laying hens.

Propolis is a honeybee product showing several biological properties that enhance the immune response, depending on the concentration and intake period. Because propolis possesses an immunomodulatory action on mammals, the objective of our study was to investigate the effects of propolis on the humoral immune response of laying hens by evaluating antibody production. Laying hens (ISA Brown) were divided into 5 groups with 7 birds each.