Statins enhance cognitive performance in object location test in albino Swiss mice: involvement of beta-adrenoceptors.

Statins are inhibitors of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, thereby inhibiting cell synthesis of cholesterol and isoprenoids. Moreover, several studies have been evaluating pleiotropic effects of statins, mainly because they present neuroprotective effects in various pathological conditions. However, knowledge about behavioral effects of statins per se is relatively scarce. Considering these facts, we aimed to analyze behavioral responses of atorvastatin or simvastatin-treated mice in the open field test, elevated plus maze and object location test. Atorvastatin treatment for 7 consecutive days at 1 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg (v.o.) or simvastatin 10 mg/kg or 20 mg/kg enhanced cognitive performance in object location test when compared to control group (saline-treated mice). Simvastatin effects on mice performance in the object location test was abolished by post-training infusion of the beta-adrenoceptor antagonist propranolol. Atorvastatin and simvastatin did not change the behavioral response in open field and elevated plus-maze (EPM) tests in any of the used doses. These data demonstrate the positive effects of both statins in cognitive processes in mice, without any alteration in locomotor parameters in the open field test or anxiolytic-like behavior in EPM. In conclusion, we demonstrate that atorvastatin and simvastatin per se improve the cognitive performance in a rodent model of spatial memory and this effect is related to beta-adrenergic receptors modulation.

Avaliação da resistência de larvas de Contracaecum sp. (nematoda: anisakidae) à ação da citronela, Cymbopogon sp., in natura, administrada como tratamento da anisakiose em coelhos infectados experimentalmente / Evaluation of the resistence of the Contracaecum sp. larvae, (nematoda: anisakidae), to the action of the citronella, Cymbopogon sp., in natura, administered as treatment of anisakiosis in experimentally infected rabbits

A avaliação da ação larvicida da citronela, Cymbopogon sp., in natura foi feita através da administração da planta ad libitum a coelhos, Oryctolagus cuniculi, experimentalmente infectados com larvas de Contracaecum sp. Com intervalos regulares de 24 horas após o início da administração da planta, foram realizadas eutanásias e necropsias dos animais infectados, analisando-se a eficácia através de parâmetros como número e viabilidade de larvas recuperadas. A citronela in natura apresentou baixa ação larvicida sobre Contracaecum sp Federal

The evaluation of the larvicide action of the citronella, Cymbopogon sp., in natura was done through the feeding of the citronella grass ad libitum to rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculi, experimentally infected by Contracaecum sp. larvae. By regular intervals of 24 hours after the beginning of the experiment, the infected animals went submitted to eutanasy and necropsy exams to analyse the action of the plant, using parameters as the number and viability of the recovered larvae. The citronella in natura produced low larvicide action over Contracaecum sp. experimentally.

Reações adversas ao tratamento om 5-fluoracil em apcientes portadores de Câncer Colorretal / Adverse reactions to the treatment with 5-Fluoracil in patients or colorrectal cancer

O câncer colorretal é o quarto tipo neoplásico mais incidente no mundo, chega a atingir 680.000 casos novos ao ano