Sentences with phrase «active animal response»

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However, in several neurodegenerative diseases, evidence from animal models suggests the unfolded protein response stays too active for too long.

The department has an active clinical research program including the analysis of immune responses to vaccination or different infectious diseases e.g. M. tuberculosis in humans and animals.

She is an advocate for homeless / shelter animals as well as an active volunteer with the Sedgwick County Animal Response Team.

She is an active volunteer of the National Disaster Animal Response Team (NDART) and was deployed to New Orleans following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, to San Diego following the wildfires in 2007, and most recently to a Livingston County puppy mill bust in May 2014.

In addition, he is active in the Massachusetts Veterinary Technician Association, serving on the Executive Council as the MVTA Treasurer, he is the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts Animal Response Team (SMART), serves on the New Hampshire Veterinary Technician Association Executive Board, and is the NH state representative to NAVTA.

It began when she volunteered in a special needs classroom with 2 therapy dogs and has continued, with raising 5 puppies for service dog organizations and helping at a birds of prey rehabilitation facility.Currently, Margaret and her dog Napa, visit the local children's hospital, as well as being an active member of Hope Animal - Assisted Crisis Response.

With a special interest in the relationship between animal and human health she is currently the Provincial Manager of the OAVT Public Health Rabies Response Program and an active One Health Initiative advocate.

One final example is the prefrontal cortex, which is thought to play an important role in regulating behavior by suppressing impulses and emotions arising from the amygdala and other parts of the limbic system.50 — 52 In animal studies, exposure to chronic stress or glucocorticoids alters the synaptic connectivity within the prefrontal cortex, 52,53 and this may limit the ability of the prefrontal cortex to (1) suppress the impulsivity and aggression of the limbic system, and (2) execute adaptive responses (rather than maladaptive responses) to stress.54 — 56 Stress - induced changes in brain structure parallel the well - described impact of significant childhood adversity on a variety of brain functions, including the modulation of physiologic responses (hyper - responsive or chronically active stress response), learning (impaired memory), and the regulation of behavior (the ability to execute adaptive vs maladaptive responses to stress).3, 39,57