ABSTRACT Elevated Intracranial pressure (ICP)due to hydrocephalus (HCP)causes some thinning in cerebral mantle and increasing of Evan's ratio (ER). Apoptosis and neuronal degeneration play an important role in this pathological change. The Evan's ratio improvement after Ventrikulo-Peritonea! Shunt (V-P Shunt) insertion in congenital hydrocephalus is uncertain, Brain Derived Neurotropic Fac…
BACKGROUND ln cardiovascular medicine, Garcinia m angostana has been used as an antioxidant to inhibit oxidation oflow density Iipoproteins and as an antiobesity agent. The effect of Garcinia mangostana on hyperlipidemia is unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an ethanolic extract of Garcinia mungostana pericarp on lipid profile in rats fed a high lipid diet. METHO…