The current issue of the Journal of Anatomical Sciences contains 17 peer-reviewed research articles that cut across different areas of Anatomical Sciences and 47 conference proceedings (oral presentations) of the 16th Annual Scientific Conference of the Anatomical Society of Nigeria held in Cala...
Blacks have a delayed ability to excrete salt when compared with whites despite comparable levels of renal function. The basis is not fully understood. Salt retention is a major cause of hypertension. This study aimed to assess and compare renin, angiotensin II, aldosterone and atrial natriuretic p...
Epilepsy is the third most common neurologic disorder, following stroke and Alzheimer's disease. It affects an estimated 1% of the world's population and has no respect for age and gender. This study was designed to examine the histomorphology of neurons in the different sub-fields of the hippocam...
This study was conducted to investigate the risk of hypertension in female adult staff of FUTA using Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR) and Body Mass Index (BMI) as indicators. Three hundred female adults were included in this study. With the use of standard anthropometric procedures, their height, weight, ...
Retinoblastoma (Rb) is the most occurred neoplasm of the eye in children arising from immature retina cells in one or both eyes, presenting about 3% of all childhood malignancies , hence therapeutic approaches need to consider the cure of the disease and preserve vision with minimal longterm side ...
Male infertility index due to heavy metal poison has increased over the year in Nigeria. Annona muricata and Aloe barbadensis miller are known for their rich medicinal value. The aim was to investigate the mitigating effect of annona muricata fruit-extract and aloe berbadensis miller gel with the ...
Hydrocephalus is known to result in neuronal degeneration which have been attributed to cognitive and motor deficit associated with the disease. Delay in surgical intervention owing to poor infrastructure, inadequate manpower and a state of denial necessitated the search for neuroprotective plant ...
The usefulness of Prosopis africana in many parts of Africa is diverse and its therapeutic uses are well known. Theaims of the study is to determine the effect of varying doses of ethanolic stem-bark extract ofProsopis africana on the ovary of wistar rats, with the objective on histology and hormo...
The obliquity of the ulnar shaft to the trochlea notch which fits the trochlea and the tilted inferior sharp ridge of the medial trochlea of the humerus are the cause of the carrying angle. This study was undertaken to determine the normal carrying angle of the elbow joint among Ukwuani children i...
Persea americana is used in the treatment of several diseases, therefore this study is aimed at determining the effects of 30 day administration of the aqueous extract of the stem bark of Persea americana plant on the kidney of Wistar rats. 30 adult Wistar rats were divided into five groups of six...
Diabetes mellitus is one of the unfavourable intrauterine environments in which foetus grow and this predisposes them to various abnormalities. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of Moringa oleifera extract on foetal growth parameters in streptozotocin-induced diabetic wistar rats...
In this study we evaluated the changes in the pancreatic islet volume of diabetic rats following treatment with aqueous extract of Tectona grandis (teak) leaves. 25 apparently healthy young male Wistar rats divided into five (5) groups (normal control, diabetic control and three treatment groups) ...
Amplification of human mitochondrial DNA have been widely used in population genetics in human evolutionary and molecular anthropology studies. Mitochondrial DNA HVSI was shown to be a suitable tool in genetic analysis due to the unique properties of the mitochondrial DNA, such as the lack of reco...
The use of plant materials as natural source in the discovery and development of active compounds in drug formulation is receiving increased attention particularly in Africa because of ease of availability and access, and interest in natural drug products. Moringa oleifera is one of such popular m...
The mtDNA variation of 40 individuals (Asholio and Atakar) from Southern Kaduna, in Northern Nigeria, were examined by high-resolution RFLP analysis. The resulting data were combined with published RFLP haplotype from sub-Saharan African populations and then were subjected to phylogenetic analysis...
Anatomical awareness of different femoral dimensions is important in anthropological and medicolegal practice for sex/racial determination and as well as to radiologist, rheumatologist and orthopedic surgeons for diagnosis and planning of treatment. Morphology and statistical analysis of femoral a...
Ipomoea batatasaqueous leaves extract is found to have medicinal flavonoids. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of Ipomoea batatasaqueous leaves extract on Ammonium chloride induced kidney damage on adult Wistar rats. Thirty (30) rats were used for this study. The animals were grou...
This study aimed at determining the anthropometric measurements of the It was carried out by measuring the digit length of 350 volunteers consisting of 175 males and 175 female hand-sports participants (i.e. Basketball, Volleyball, Table tennis, Lawn tennis and Badminton) non-hand sport participa...