Sentences with word «hindlimb»

Irradiation of TBI+HU mice took place 3 days after the initiation of hindlimb unloading while the animals remained unloaded.

Patellar luxation, also known as hindlimb lameness, is due to the kneecap dislocating when the dog walks or runs.

Mice showing hindlimb paralysis were able to regain motor function within two weeks after KPT - 276 or KPT - 350 were orally administered.

Paracrine or proangiogenic effects of implanted early rECs played a significant role in repairing hindlimb ischemia.

In this study in rats, a «synergist ablation» overload model was used, where the gastroc and soleus muscles on the right hindlimb were surgically removed, overloading and activating growth in the plantaris muscle.

After injection of bone marrow - derived MSCs (BM - MSCs) into hindlimb muscles, NCVs were restored to near - normal levels.

On presentation, the horse was ataxic and exhibited hindlimb weakness.

Hindlimb bones were excised, fixed in 10 % neutral - buffered formalin, and imaged using a μCT scanner (SkyScan 1176, Bruker Corp.) at 17 - μm resolution and 180 ° scanning with a rotation step of 0.7 ° per image, 242 - ms exposure time, 55 - kV photon energy, and 455 - μA current.

Mice were hindlimb unloaded via tail traction for 14 days according to the methods of Morey - Holton et al. as previously described19, 20,38.

The opposite, left hindlimb of rats in this study did not receive the procedure, which served as an experimental control.

Patellar luxation is one of the most common hindlimb orthopedic abnormalities seen in dogs.

Patellar luxation (PL) is one of the most common hindlimb orthopedic pathologies seen in dogs and has been diagnosed in many other mammalian species as well.

Archicebus achilles had long hindlimbs and short forelimbs, typical of such an animal.

«An article by Kenneth P. Dial and two co-authors in the May 2006 issue of BioScience summarizes experimental evidence indicating that ancestral protobirds incapable of flight could have used their protowings to improve hindlimb traction and thus better navigate steep slopes and obstructions.

Relative to the large and powerful hindlimbs, Tyrannosaurus forelimbs were small and retained only two digits.

The crossbred mice performed significantly worse on tests of forelimb and hindlimb grip strength and had a 4 percent shorter life - span.

But this does not square with its slender pelvis and long slender hindlimbs.

The tail is very capable in this leglike role: While contributing little braking force, the tails provided more forward - moving force than both the animals» forelimbs and hindlimbs combined, the team reports online today in Biology Letters.

Only later, in the Middle Miocen epoch, did whales reach the modern condition of having no external vestigial hindlimbs.

Indeed, the earliest known whales, which date back as far as 50 million years ago, had well - developed hindlimbs and are believed by most paleontologists to have evolved from four - legged terrestrial mammals.

Meanwhile, the same digits in the mouse continued at their slower rate, as did the bat's hindlimb digits.

By filling its lungs with air, the lungfish may increase the buoyancy of its front end, enabling the scrawny hindlimbs to lift the entire body off the ground.

Lobe - finned ancestors of the lungfishes as well as tetrapods could have evolved hindlimb propulsion and the ability to walk on the substrate at the bottom of a lake or marsh millions of years before limbs with digits and land - dwelling animals appeared.

A new model of experimental fibrosis in hindlimb skeletal muscle of adult mdx mouse mimicking muscular dystrophy

Decreased metastasis by ABL - deficient breast cancer cells was accompanied by a significant reduction in the extent of hindlimb osteolytic lesions, as determined by x-ray and micro — computed tomography (μCT) imaging (Fig. 2, I and J).

While early rECs exhibited an immature phenotype, their implantation into ischemic hindlimbs induced enhanced recovery from ischemia.

Injection of the IGF - 1 gene therapy into both quadriceps (upper hindlimb) muscles and into muscles between the ribs that help control breathing maintained strength and lengthened survival.

However clinical signs can develop at any time and typically include respiratory distress from congestive heart failure (CHF) and / or acute hindlimb paralysis from aortic thomboembolism (ATE).

Overall hindlimb strengthening can be accomplished by the following exercises (FIGURES 3 and 4):

Hudson has hindlimb paresis, is unable to stand on his own but has slight movement at his hips when supported.

Some severe cases may have other neurological deficits such as fore and hindlimb limb weakness and ataxia (wobbliness).

Diagnostics and Exam Findings: Diagnosed with acute bilateral and biaxial desmitis / degeneration of all four hindlimb suspensory branches after clinical examination, diagnostic analgesia, ultrasonography and radiography.

Large toys for self - play can be useful to encourage the elderly cat to grab and kick, giving important «range of movement» exercise for stiff hindlimbs (FIGURE 2).

The usual symptom is intermittent lameness in a forelimb or hindlimb without any known trauma or injury.

Disc herniations in the T - L region are generally acute in onset and the clinical signs can range from back pain, to hindlimb ataxia (stumbling and difficulty walking) in the rear limbs to rear limb paralysis.

The most obvious abnormality in these dogs is a basewide hindlimb stance and gait.

Prostatic adenocarcinoma with bony involvement of the pelvis and lumbar vertebrae may cause hindlimb gait abnormalities.

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His right hindlimb is slightly shorter due to his malformed distal limb...

A cat that is having difficulty breathing from heart failure or has loss of function of hindlimbs or front limbs, requires veterinary care as quickly as possible.

Mutant mice exhibited craniofacial malformations, hypopigmentation, intestinal pseudo-obstruction and hindlimb paralysis.

Dogs that ate between 6 and 40 macadamia kernels or macadamia nut butter developed temporary muscle tremors and hindlimb weakness / paralysis.

The carnivorous animal, which was roughly the size of a small lion, walked on all fours, its forelimbs and hindlimbs are similar in proportion, and the limbs themselves are pretty short relative to the length of the body.

Its hindlimbs, they argued, had evolved for efficient, powerful swimming.

Chief among the criticisms were the animal's hindlimbs, significantly smaller compared with other large predatory dinosaurs, as well as other researchers» theoretical Spinosaurus models.