The complex anatomical structures of the Cervico-Facial area, makes the knowledge of the anatomical extent of the tissue damaged by war injury, and the location of the foreign body or shell, quite difficult.The terms perforating, penetrating and avulsive wounds used in war injuries are merely superficial description; they hide the nature and the ac
An impairment in the visual attention span 5m (VAS) has been suggested to hamper reading performance of individuals with dyslexia.It is not clear, however, if the very nature of the deficit is visual or verbal and, importantly, if it affects spelling skills as well.The current study investigated VAS by means of forced choice tasks with letters and
The year 2020 brought about a pandemic that caught most of the world population by surprise and wreaked unimaginable havoc before any form of effective reaction could be put in place.COVID-19 is proving to be an epidemic that keeps on having an Hospital Beds upsurge whenever it looks like it is being curbed.This pandemic has led to continuous strat
Norbormide is a toxicant selective for rats to which it induces a widespread vasoconstriction.In a recent paper, we hypothesized a role of ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels in norbormide-induced vasoconstriction.The current study was undertaken to verify this hypothesis by comparing the effects of norbormide with those of glibenclamide, a kno