Sentences with phrase «level of animal development»

«It reminds us that even at that level of animal development, you can expect triggers from the microbial world.»

Not exact matches

Animal studies show that low levels of BPA affect the hormones that control the development of the brain, the reproductive system, and the immune system.

Although most of these biosubstances have been identified in mother's milk in quantities that exceed maternal serum levels, their exact role in human newborns is uncertain; most current information is from animal models whose development may significantly differ.

In animal models, exposure to cigarette smoke or nicotine during fetal development alters the expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in areas of the brainstem important for autonomic function, 28 alters the neuronal excitability of neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (a brainstem region important for sensory integration), 29 and alters fetal autonomic activity and medullary neurotransmitter receptors.30 In human infants, there are strong associations between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and serotonin receptors in the brainstem during development.31 Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke attenuates recovery from hypoxia in preterm infants, 32 decreases heart rate variability in preterm33 and term34 infants, and abolishes the normal relationship between heart rate and gestational age at birth.33 Moreover, infants of smoking mothers exhibit impaired arousal patterns to trigeminal stimulation in proportion to urinary cotinine levels.35 It is important to note also that prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke alters the normal programming of cardiovascular reflexes such that there is a greater - than - expected increase in blood pressure and heart rate in response to breathing 4 % carbon dioxide or a 60 ° head - up tilt.36 These changes in autonomic function, arousal, and cardiovascular reflexes might all increase an infant's vulnerability to SIDS.

«More worryingly, since low - level chemical exposure poses a threat to human reproductive development, the consumption of products from animals grazing such pastures may be of considerable environmental concern.»

Professor Graham Shields - Zhou (UCL Earth Sciences), one of the co-authors and Dr Tostevin's PhD supervisor, said: «We honed in on the last 10 million years of the Proterozoic Eon as the interval of Earth's history when today's major animal groups first grew shells and churned up the sediment, and found that oxygen levels were important to the relationship between environmental conditions and the early development of animals.»

Mild oxygen levels in shallow seas but oxygen - poor deep oceans lasted for some 1.3 billion years during a time that has been dubbed the «Boring Billion» but eventually led to the development of mitochondria that now power multicellular planet and animal life (Nick Lane, New Scientist, February 10, 2010; Rachel Ehrenberg, Science News, September 29, 2009; Johnston et al, 2009; and H.D. Holland, 2006).

Although atmospheric oxygen soon recovered again as photosynthesis and weathering reached a new balance, at about 10 per cent of present - day levels, the oxidative weathering of sulphides on land filled the oceans with sulphate which created abundant food for a group of bacteria that filled the oceans with sewer gas (hydrogen sulphide) toxic to oxygen - loving lifeforms (delaying the development of eukaryotic plants and animals) and turned them «into stinking, stagnant waters almost entirely devoid of oxygen.»

Examples of investigations included in this category would involve the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals, animal ecology, animal husbandry, entomology, ichthyology, ornithology, and herpetology, as well as the study of animals at the cellular and molecular level which would include cytology, histology, and cellular physiology.

It puts into effect, and in some ways exceeds, European Union Directive 86 / 609 / EEC (regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes) and offers a high level of protection to animals whilst recognising the need to use animals in medical research, the development of new medicines and scientific testing.

It puts into effect, and in some ways exceeds European Union Directive 2010 / 63 / EU (regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes) and offers a high level of protection to animals whilst recognising the need to use animals in medical research, the development of new medicines and scientific testing.

«Forks Over Knives» is about returning to that level of simplicity in our food consumption ~ ~ raw, whole foods with minimal processing with no animal product and minimal oil — the good doctors have the science behind the destruction of the endothelial lining of our blood vessels and the development of cancer and vascular disease when these animal products, processed foods and oils are consumed.

Because of the inherently lean nature of wild animal tissues throughout most of the year (Figure 5) and the dominance of MUFAs and PUFAs, high dietary levels of SFAs on a year - round basis (Figure 6) could not have exerted adverse selective pressure on the hominin genome before the development of agriculture.

• Keeps apprised of latest developments and trends in veterinary medicine and regulatory animal health activities at the state and national levels, and internationally.

Loaded with omega - 3 and 6 fatty acids from both plant and animal sources to nourish your dog's skin and coat, and there are guaranteed levels of DHA to support brain and vision development.

Keeps apprised of latest developments and trends in laboratory technology, veterinary medicine, and regulatory animal health activities at the state and national levels, and internationally.

He explains how a nano - level understanding of the animals» structures and patterns helps us better understand their functions and evolutionary development.

Both are part of a larger trend over the past decade that has seen state and federal agencies collaborate with multiple stakeholders to forge innovative conservation plans, such as the much - lauded pact in Arizona that balances economic development with a landscape level safeguarding of biological diversity (including hundreds of vulnerable animals and plants).

Shields - Zhou added that oxygen levels were crucial in the relationship between environmental conditions and early development of animals.

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Animals exposed to enriched environments high in stimulation have been shown to display increased hippocampal cell proliferation and neurogenesis compared with those reared in relative deprivation.7 Poverty represents a form of human deprivation that may parallel this animal model, raising the question of whether low levels of stimulation and relative psychosocial neglect associated with poverty have a similar negative effect on human brain development.

While animal data would suggest that institutional rearing would lead to reduced hippocampal volume, some investigators have suggested that such effects may not become evident in humans until later in life.18 Consistent with this, decreased hippocampal volumes have been found in numerous studies of adults who experienced high levels of childhood stress / trauma.19, 20 In spite of this hypothesized delayed hippocampal effect, a positive impact of early supportive parenting on hippocampal development has been detected as early as school age.21