Babajko reported that an increase in estrogen activity had a greater effect on the tooth enamel in male
rats than in female rats.
Not exact matches
When the group used a drug to block the formation of spines
in a separate group of
female rats, they found the
rats were less receptive to sexual advances
than a control group.
The researchers found that male
rats have inherently higher levels of endocannabinoids
in their brains
than females, so trying to give the males a little boost did not cause any measurable changes.
Juvenile male
rats usually engage
in more social play
than females, but
female rats that received the drug frolicked just as much as the males.
James Simpkins and his colleagues at the University of Florida at Gainesville, noticed that
female rats whose ovaries have been removed do less well
in learning tests
than those with intact ovaries.
Psychology professor Rebecca Craft showed that, thanks to their estrogen levels,
female rats are at least 30 percent more sensitive
than males to the pain - relieving qualities of THC — the key active ingredient
in cannabis.
Researchers can't explain why male
rats get heart tumors but some believe male
rats developed these tumors because they were much bigger
in size and likely exposed to more radiation
than their
female counterparts.
Glucose tolerance was more disrupted
in female rats after binge drinking
than in male
rats.
When the researchers analyzed NHE1 levels
in the brains of male and
female lab
rats, the researchers found them to be four times higher
in the males
than in the
females.
The night also echoed with statements on behalf of women and
female talent, none stronger
than that of U.S dramatic directing winner Eliza Hittman («Beach
Rats») who announced, «I think there is nothing more taboo
in this country
than a woman with ambition, and I am going to work my way through a system that is completely discriminatory towards women.