Misuse of prescription medications has risen to popularity. Reasons for this practice include the self-medication of sleep and psychiatric disorders and attempts to counteract the dysphoric side effects of stimulant drugs. Clonazepam, a commonly prescribed benzodiazepine, has been increasingly used as a countermeasure to cocaine side-effects,…[Leer más]

In this study, we examined the effect of sodium fluoride (NaF) on oxidative stress in chicken embryonic gonads. Following exposure to varying concentrations of NaF for 6 h, mRNA expression and immunolocalisation of catalase (CAT), sodium dismutase (SOD1 and SOD2) and nuclear respiratory factors (Nrf1 and Nrf) were analysed in the gonads. In the…[Leer más]