March 2010

Health status and modeling of rural aged population of Kushtia District in Bangladesh

Aged population is an emerging issue in Bangladesh. It is a frightening problem of rural area in Bangladesh as well as a national problem. It has many socio-economic effects on national development. So, the aim of this study is to identify the determinants of health status of aged population in Kumarkhali Thana of Kushtia District in Bangladesh. Furthermore, an effort has been made here to fit mathematical model for...

Author(s): Rafiqul Islam, Mosharaf Hossain and Moshiur Rahman

March 2009

NutriSim© protects against hippocampal neuronal damage induced by ischemia-reperfusion in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus): Morphological and biochemical approach

Mongolian gerbil model has been extensively used for the study of neuroprotective drugs since transient bilateral common carotid artery occlusion induces neuronal cell death to selectively vulnerable regions, including the CA1 sector of the hippocampus. Oxidative stress is strongly involved in this phenomenon. NutriSim© a nutritive supplement has been used empirically in the treatment of several...

Author(s): Rolando Romero Dávalos, P. Fermín Pacheco-Moisés, Armida Miranda-Riestra, Carmen Barajas-Martínez, Ariana Navarro-Meléndez, Sergio Rodríguez-Reynoso, Irma E. Velázquez-Brizuela, J. A. Cruz-Ramos and Genaro Gabriel Ortiz