Seasonal occurrence and diel locomotor activity in littoral Cladocera in a mesohumic lake in Norway

Physical exercise has been shown to be an important modulator of the antioxidant system and neuroprotective in several diseases and treatments that affect the central nervous system. In this sense, the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of physical exercise in dynamic balance, motor coordination, exploratory locomotor activity and in the oxidative and immunological balance of rats treated with vincristine (VCR). For that, 40 adult rats were divided into two groups: exercise group (6 weeks of swimming, 1h/day, 5 days/week, with overload of 5% of body weight) and sedentary group. After training, rats were treated with 0.5 mg/kg of vincristine sulfate for two weeks or with the same dose of 0.9% NaCl. The behavioral tests were conducted 1 and 7 days after each dose of VCR. On day 15 we carried out the biochemical analyzes of the cerebellum. The physical exercise was able to protect against the loss of dynamic balance and motor coordination and, had effect per se in the exploratory locomotor activity, and neutralize oxidative stress, damage DNA and immune damage caused by VCR up to 15 days after the end of the training protocol. In conclusion, we observed that previous physical training protects of the damage motor induced by vincristine.Key-words: exercise, oxidative stress, neuroprotection, cerebellum.

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Seasonal occurrence and hatching of calanoid eggs in sediments of the northern Baltic Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series ◽

10.3354/meps171133 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 171 ◽

pp. 133-143 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

T Katajisto ◽

M Viitasalo ◽

M Koski

Keyword(s):

Baltic Sea ◽

Seasonal Occurrence

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Birds eaten by King James V of Scotland in 1525–1533, and the prices decreed by his daughter Mary Queen of Scots in 1551

Archives of Natural History ◽

10.3366/anh.2006.33.1.135 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 135-139

Author(s):

W. R. P. Bourne

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Information ◽

Seasonal Occurrence ◽

Household Accounts

The household accounts of King James V of Scotland provide the first quantitative information on the seasonal occurrence of birds there, and some first records.

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METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE ASPECTS OF THE WHIRLER MUTATION IN MALE MICE

Acta Endocrinologica ◽

10.1530/acta.0.0640347 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 64 (2) ◽

pp. 347-358

Author(s):

A. Stanley Weltman ◽

Arthur M. Sackler

Keyword(s):

Locomotor Activity ◽

Endocrine Function ◽

Metabolic Rates ◽

Heterozygous Female ◽

Endocrine Organ ◽

General Body ◽

Adrenocortical Activity ◽

Body Weights ◽

Seminal Vesicle Weight ◽

Eosinophil Counts

ABSTRACT Body weight, metabolic rate, locomotor activity and alterations in endocrine organ activity were noted in recessive homozygous male whirler mice and the phenotypically »normal« heterozygotes. Representative populations of the two types were studied at different age levels. In general, body weights of the whirler mice were consistently and significantly lower. Open-field locomotion studies similarly indicated heightened locomotor activity. Total leukocyte and eosinophil counts were either markedly or significantly lower in the homozygous vs. heterozygous whirler groups. Evaluation of relative organ weights showed significantly increased adrenal weights in whirler mice sacrificed at 14 weeks and 11 months of age. These changes were accompanied by involution of the thymus. Thus, the varied data indicate persistent increased metabolism and adrenocortical activity during the life-span of the whirler mice. Seminal vesicle weight decreases in the whirler males at 11 months suggest lower gonadal function. The findings are in accord with previous studies of alterations in metabolic rates and endocrine function of homozygous whirler vs. heterozygous female mice.

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