Sentences with phrase «than wild type»

«What we found was, if we block mGluR5, which is the glutamate receptor we're interested in, the mice become hyper locomotive so they become able to move better than wild type mice suggesting glutamate receptors might be a good target for treating movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease.

As the mice aged, their motor performance on a rotarod test (which measures how long the mouse can remain on a rotating rod) became impaired and the length of their strides were significantly shorter than the wild type control mice.

This year I planted some legion poppies in my garden, and they are so stunning, much bigger than the wild type but still delightful.

«We were surprised that the hyperswarmers were worse at forming biofilms than the wild type,» says Xavier.

Contextual fear conditioning has previously been carried out with the huAPP / PS1 mice where 11 - month - old AD mice spent significantly less time freezing in response to the context than wild type controls [44].

a, c) McGill APP transgenic rats exhibited lower recognition memory indices than wild type littermates at a) pre-plaque (3 months) and c) post-plaque (13 months) stages.

In contrast, domestic horses, as well as many other domestic animals, have been selected over many generations to be more conspicuous, more appealing or simply different than the wild type.

A very neat paper shows that transgenic mice made to overexpress a certain hormone live much longer than wild type mice: The starvation hormone, fibroblast growth factor - 21, extends lifespan in mice.

It has been shown that this line of tobacco plants produces higher protein yields than wild type varieties of tobacco including Nicotiana benthamiana.