Pancreas tissue from older mice or from
young animals subjected to sleep deprivation exhibited signs of protein misfolding, yet both were able to maintain insulin secretion and control blood sugar levels.
Accordingly,
young animals subjected to acute sleep deprivation remained tolerant to a glucose challenge.
Not exact matches
Animals that are routinely
subject to pursuit are, on average, 20 percent smaller and reproduce at a 25 percent
younger age than what would be expected without human influence, the researchers determined.
Analysis of exploration times during the test revealed significant object / age interaction (P = 0.0293, 3 - way ANOVA with age and treatment as between -
subjects factors and object as within -
subjects factors), indicative of preferential exploration of the object in the novel location by the
younger animals and a lack of such preferential exploration in 20 - month - old mice.
And we are
subject to the curiosity of the very
young, checking out the big two - legged
animals for the first time.