ALTERATIONS OF PERIPHERAL NERVE EXCITABILITY IN AN EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS MOUSE MODEL FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Alterations of peripheral nerve excitability in an experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis mouse model for multiple sclerosis

Abstract Background Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is the most commonly used and clinically relevant murine model for human multiple sclerosis (MS), a demyelinating autoimmune disease characterized by mononuclear cell infiltration into the central nervous system (CNS).The aim of the present study was to appraise the alterations, po

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Body size, reproduction and feeding ecology of Pleurodema diplolister (Amphibia: Anura: Leiuperidae) from Caatinga, Pernambuco state, Northeastern Brazil

We present data about body size, sexual dimorphism, reproductive traits and diet ecology of Pleurodoma diplolister.This species is sexually dimorphic with females larger than Kidney / Urinary Support males, corroborating others Leiuperidae species.The number of eggs varied from 62 to 1241 and we found a positive relationship between SVL of females

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