Sentences with phrase «measured in rodents»

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When the EPA wants to set a pesticide standard, they have companies test the pesticide in rodents and measure what's called the no observed effect level — the NOEL — which becomes the threshold.

To create mouse avatars, researchers implant some of a patient's cancer cells into rodents lacking a normal immune system and measure whether various drugs destroy the tumors that sprout in the animals.

For the JCI study, the team applied the radiotracer to monitor olfactory sensory neuron population dynamics in a rodent model, using PET to measure its uptake across the animals» lifespan, including during age - related neurodegeneration.

Nevertheless, there are other measures of depression in humans that can be assessed in rodents — like the ability to enjoy pleasurable activities, which is a cardinal feature of depression in humans — you can measure that in a mouse to see how much a mouse likes to eat a sweet treat, have sex, how well it sleeps and so on.

During panel discussions Sept. 18 at 6, 7 and 8 a.m. PDT (9, 10 and 11 a.m. EDT), scientists and researchers will discuss the various science and research studies, including RapidScat, 3 - D printing in Zero - G, technology to measure bone density, and model organism research using rodents, fruit flies and plants.

Neurologist Jimo Borjigin of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, got interested in near - death experiences during a different project — measuring the hormone levels in the brains of rodents after a stroke.

After 3 weeks, the team measured the levels of gut - derived molecules in the rodents» bloodstream and found that the treatment had stopped up their intestinal leakage.

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The classic lab mouse is black or white, eats a precisely measured diet to keep him lean, and is relatively young — probably a teenager or young adult in rodent years.

In addition, the anxiety response of rodents can be measured using the elevated plus maze, an assay in which AD mice show a disinhibition phenotype [37, 38In addition, the anxiety response of rodents can be measured using the elevated plus maze, an assay in which AD mice show a disinhibition phenotype [37, 38in which AD mice show a disinhibition phenotype [37, 38].

Similarly, reversal trials involve a change in platform location and measure the cognitive flexibility of the rodent to recognize that the platform is gone and look somewhere else.

Changes in the time it takes the rodent to find the platform in a series of successive trials can be used as a measure of spatial learning and memory.

Compared to ad libitum fed controls, rodents maintained on IER (100 % ER / alternate days) for periods of 12 to 24 weeks typically exhibit lower post-treatment levels of fasting glucose 14, 16, 17, 29 and insulin.16, 17, 29 Using this particular IER protocol, Jiang et al28 have also demonstrated an increase in oral glucose tolerance and tissue insulin sensitivity (measured using a hyperinsulinemic - euglycemic clamp) after four weeks in healthy rats.