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Original article English Gokhale SD, Bashir AA, Chandranath SI. Department of Pharmacology, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 1996 Jan;23(1):22-9. Abstract 1. Electrical field stimulation (EFS) of the rat isolated seminal vesicle elicited frequency-dependent and tetrodotoxin sensitive contractions which were unaltered by hexamethonium or mecamylamine. 2. Prazosin alone was not sufficient to …

Functional responses of the rat isolated seminal vesicle to electrical field stimulation: a pharmacological analysis. Read More »

Original article English Azwai SM, Carter SD, Woldehiwet Z, Wernery U. Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Liverpool, U.K. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 1996 Jan;19(1):65-78. Abstract An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed, together with a Western blotting technique, for the detection of total and IgG and IgM antibodies to camelpox virus (Orthopoxvirus cameli) …

Serology of Orthopoxvirus cameli infection in dromedary camels: analysis by ELISA and western blotting. Read More »

Original article English Sherif F, Oreland L. Department of Pharmacology, Al-Fateh Medical University, Tripoli, Libya. Behav Brain Res. 1995 Dec 14;72(1-2):135-40. Abstract Elevation of the brain levels of the major inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) by inhibiting the GABA-catabolizing enzyme GABA-transaminase (GABA-T) is known to induce a number of functional effects including changes in behaviour. …

Effect of the GABA-transaminase inhibitor vigabatrin on exploratory behaviour in socially isolated rats. Read More »

Original article English Marrif HI, Ali BH, Hassan KM. Department of Pharmacology and Microbiology, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. J Ethnopharmacol. 1995 Nov 17;49(1):51-5. Abstract The aqueous extract of Artemisia herba-alba Asso. (Compositae) produced an initial hyperglycaemia which was followed by hypoglycaemia in normoglycaemic and alloxan-treated rabbits and mice. The extract (0.39 g/kg) significantly …

Some pharmacological studies on Artemisia herba-alba (Asso.) in rabbits and mice. Read More »

Case report English Visweswara RN, Prabhu VM. Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Cent Afr J Med. 1995 Nov;41(11):357-9. Abstract The ovary is a common site of both primary and secondary tumours. It may be the seat of simultaneous presence of more than one tumour. Often a combination of a malignant tumour is seen within the …

Colonic carcinoma metastasis to ovary having serous cystadenocarcinoma — an unusual case of double ovarian malignancy. Read More »

Review English Rao GM. Great AI-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. Indian J Med Sci. 1995 Nov;49(11):261-6. Abstract After decades of classic research on its secretion from the neurohypophysis and its potential effects in the uterus and the gland, oxytocin has, in the last 15 years, been proven to be centrally distributed neuropeptide with …

Oxytocin induces intimate behaviors. Read More »

Original article English El Ferghani N. Department of Dermatology, Central Hospital, Tripoli, Libya. J Int Med Res. 1995 Nov-Dec;23(6):508-17. Abstract In an open study in Libya 48 patients suffering from skin infections, usually caused by staphylococci and streptococci, were treated with a new topical antibiotic, mupirocin, applied three times daily for 7 days. By day …

An open study of mupirocin in Libyan patients with skin infections. Read More »

Case report English Mercantini R, Marsella R, Moretto D, Mercantini P, Balus L, Mastroianni A, Ferraro C. Laboratory of Experimental Microbiology, S. Maria and S. Gallicano Dermatological Institute, Rome, Italy. Mycoses. 1995 Nov-Dec;38(11-12):477-80. Abstract This report describes the macro- and microscopic characteristics of a strain of Blastomyces dermatitidis isolated in an Italian hospital from a …

Macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of an African Blastomyces dermatitidis strain. Read More »

Original article English El-Kadi AO, Sharif SI. Department of Pharmacology, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Gen Pharmacol. 1995 Nov;26(7):1579-81. Abstract 1. In morphine-dependent mice, muscimol, a GABAA agonist when given i.p. 30 min before naloxone, attenuated the naloxone-precipitated withdrawal symptoms of jumping, “wet dog” shakes and burrowing, but not body weight loss. 2. Muscimol produced …

Modification by muscimol of naloxone-precipitated withdrawal symptoms in morphine-dependent mice. Read More »

Original article English Azwai SM, Carter SD, Woldehiwet Z. Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Liverpool, UK. Vet Microbiol. 1995 Nov;47(1-2):119-31. Abstract An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed together with a western blotting technique for the detection of total and specific IgG and IgM antibodies to the contagious ecthyma (orf) virus in camel (Camelus …

Immune responses of the camel (Camelus dromedarius) to contagious ecthyma (Orf) virus infection. Read More »