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Mechanical activity of small and large intestine in normal and mdx mice: a comparative analysis.
1999
The aim of this study was to compare the motor pattern (recorded as changes in intraluminal pressure) of isolated duodenum and proximal colon between dystrophic mdx and normal mice. When duodenal recordings from control preparations were compared with mdx mice there was no significant difference in the spontaneous motor pattern, responses to electrical nerve stimulation or sensitivity to pharmacological agents. Colonic segments from mdx mice showed a more complex motor pattern, consisting of contractions with amplitude and frequency similar to those of controls and by additional contractions with lower amplitude and higher frequency. Moreover, 70% of the colonic preparations from mdx mice d…
Duodenal contractile activity in dystrophic (mdx) mice: reduction of nitric oxide influence.
2003
The present study was undertaken to analyse duodenal contractility in adult dystrophic (mdx) mice. The spontaneous changes of the isometric tension and the responses of longitudinal duodenal muscle to nonadrenergic, noncholinergic (NANC) nerve stimulation and to exogenous drugs were compared between normal and mdx mice. Duodenal segments from mdx mice displayed spontaneous contractions with higher frequency than normals. N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) increased the frequency of contractions in normals without affecting that in mdx mice. In normals, NANC nerve stimulation elicited a transient relaxation abolished by L-NAME. In mdx mice a frank relaxation was not observed, the…
An experimental approach to oxidative stress effect on sperm motility and DNA fragmentation
2018
En el estudio de la fertilidad masculina en todas las especies animales, la movilidad espermática, junto a la concentración y morfometría son los parámetros principales y más básicos en la evaluación de la calidad de los espermatozoides. La infertilidad masculina habitualmente se asocia con tasas anormales de estos parámetros seminales. Aún teniendo, los espermatozoides tasas adecuadas de todos estos parámetros no se puede garantizar la capacidad de fertilizar y/o desarrollar un cigoto. Por lo tanto, está claro que el examen rutinario del semen y los espermatozoides en la eyaculación no puede evaluar otros parámetros importantes en el proceso de fecundación como es capacitación espermática …