October 2011

Histological studies of the visual relay centres in cyanide toxicity: Mode of neuronal cell death in the V1, lateral geniculate body (LGB) and superior colliculus (SC) of adult Wistar rats

Loss of sight has been a major disorder associated with progressive neurodegenerative disorder involving motor and cognitive dysfunction. Currently, there is no effective treatment either for symptomatic relief or disease modification. This relates, in part, to a lack of knowledge of the underlying neurochemical abnormalities, including cholinergic neurons status in the diffused system of the visual relay...

Author(s): Ogundele O. M., Enuaibe B. U., Igwe J., Olu-Bolaji A. A. and Caxton-Martins E. A.

October 2011

A comparative study on the morphology, anatomy, physiology and karyotype of the gadwall and red crested pochard that migrate to south Iraq marshes

Although the gadwall Anas strepera and red-crested pochard Netta ruffina Netta are reclassified back to the same family origin, most of their characters such as morphology, anatomy, and physiology were different. A total of twenty birds of the gadwall and red-crested pochard were included in this study. These birds were hunted in the south of Iraq marshes by the use of...

Author(s): Khitam Jassim Salih and Majeed Hussein Majeed Al-Sarry⊃