Neural representation of human experimenters in the bat hippocampus

MC Snyder, KK Qi, MM Yartsev - Nature Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
Here we conducted wireless electrophysiological recording of hippocampal neurons from
Egyptian fruit bats in the presence of human experimenters. In flying bats, many neurons …

Thermal Response of Laboratory Rats (Rattus norvegicus) during the Application of Six Methods of Euthanasia Assessed by Infrared Thermography

A Domínguez-Oliva, I Hernández-Ávalos… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The present study aimed to assess the infrared thermal response of
laboratory rats (Rattus norvegicus) during the application of six euthanasia methods …

Animal models to study cognitive impairment of chronic kidney disease

PH Imenez Silva, M Pepin, A Figurek… - American Journal …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is common in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD),
and its prevalence increases with progressive loss of kidney function. MCI is characterized …

Behavioral sensitization and tolerance induced by repeated treatment with ketamine enantiomers in male Wistar rats

K Elersič, A Banjac, M Živin, M Zorović - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Ketamine has gained significant attention as a fast-acting antidepressant. However,
ketamine is also associated with undesirable side effects. In our preclinical study, we …

Immunotherapeutic treatment of inflammation in mice exposed to methamphetamine

JM Loftis, S Ramani, EJ Firsick, R Hudson… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Currently, there are no FDA-approved medications to treat methamphetamine
addiction, including the inflammatory, neurotoxic, and adverse neuropsychiatric effects. We …

[HTML][HTML] Normative Preclinical Algesiometry Data on the von Frey and Radiant Heat Paw-Withdrawal Tests: An Analysis of Data from More Than 8,000 Mice Over 20 …

AS Zumbusch, ELF McEachern, OB Morgan, E Nickner… - The journal of pain, 2024 - Elsevier
The measurement of withdrawal to experimenter-delivered mechanical stimuli (von Frey
test) and to heat stimuli (radiant heat paw-withdrawal or Hargreaves' test) applied to the hind …

[HTML][HTML] Male scent but not courtship vocalizations induce estrus in wild female house mice

S Wölfl, SM Zala, DJ Penn - Physiology & Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Exposure to males or male urinary scent can induce and accelerate the rate of female
estrous cycling in house mice (" Whitten effect"), and this response has been replicated …

7, 8-dihydroxyflavone enhances long-term spatial memory and alters brain volume in wildtype mice

F Rawlings-Mortimer, A Lazari, C Tisca… - Frontiers in Systems …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: 7, 8-dihydroxyflavone (7, 8-DHF) is a low molecular weight compound that can
cross the blood brain barrier and has been implicated in numerous functions and …

The effects of moderate prenatal alcohol exposure on performance in hippocampal-sensitive spatial memory and anxiety tasks by adult male and female rat offspring

G Acosta, KT Rico, JT Madden, A LaCour, E Wang… - Alcohol, 2024 - Elsevier
Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure (mPAE) results in structural alterations to the
hippocampus. Previous studies have reported impairments in hippocampal-sensitive tasks …

Rescue of long-term spatial memory by 7, 8-dihydroxyflavone in mice with reduced oligodendrogenesis

F Rawlings-Mortimer, H Johansen-Berg - Eneuro, 2023 - eneuro.org
Oligodendrogenesis is the process by which new oligodendrocytes are produced in the
CNS. Oligodendrocytes form myelin, which has a vital role in neural signal transmission and …