In dramatic contrast to the poor repair outcomes for humans and
rodent models such as mice, salamanders are able to completely regenerate heart tissue, whole limbs and many other tissues following injury, at any life stage.
Not exact matches
Dr Kristensen recommends that an inter-disciplinary approach be taken to address this, «by combining epidemiological data from human studies with more experimental research on
models,
such as
rodents, it may be possible to firmly establish this link and determine how it happens, so that pregnant women in pain can be successfully treated, without risk to their unborn children.»
Also, research in other animal
models,
such as
rodents, has shown anesthesia exposure early in life can lead to cell death in the brain and cognitive impairments.
We will leverage state - of - the - art bioinformatic and biological approaches for investigating how these factors interact in combination to regulate axon growth during RGC development and test the potential of
such factors for regenerating RGC axons in a
rodent model of optic nerve injury.
For
such study, we have used the McGill - R - Thy1 - APP transgenic rat, which is unique compared to other
rodent models in that the AD - like phenotype has been achieved with a single genomic insertion of a mutated human APP transgene; minimizing off - target genetic corruption and therefore being closer to the human disease [32].
Extending these results into
rodent models of H. pylori - induced inflammation and carcinogenesis (Mongolian gerbils and mice), we have shown that inactivation of
such genes attenuates the development gastric injury and cancer.
Furthermore, it is suggested that calorie restriction can display beneficial effects in
rodent models of various neurodegenerative diseases
such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease (5).