Sentences with phrase «young rats»

New research in young rats suggests that using your brain may help brain cells survive and could impact how the brain functions after puberty.

And when another group of young rats on normal feed were placed on the low - casein diet, they stopped growing altogether.

The older rats that were fed blueberries performed as well as younger rats that were not fed blueberries.

In this study the old rats, which often have difficulty with the task, performed like young rats.

The older rats that were fed blueberries performed as well as younger rats that were not fed blueberries.

The results of the study showed that old rats saw a 100 % improvement in spatial long - term memory and even out performed younger rats who had not used MgT (5).

Effects of vitamin K2 administration on calcium balance and bone mass in young rats fed normal or low calcium diet.

Preliminary work with young rats has moved dentistry a small step in that direction.

She and others have noted that muscle tissue from older rats can be grafted into young rat muscle and thrive, but that young muscle tissue doesn't do so well in older rats.

Scientists have known for years that the neurons in adult rats, which are significant but fewer in numbers than during puberty, could be saved with learning, but they did not know if this would be the case for young rats that produce two to four times more neurons than adult animals.

And he discovered that inducing laughter in young rats promoted bonding: tickled rats would actively seek out specific human hands that had made them laugh previously.

But Iwashita warns that the experiments were only successful in very young rats, which seem to have the characteristics of much lower vertebrates, such as chickens.

Booth's study, «Nucleus accumbens neuronal maturation differences in young rats bred for low versus high voluntary running behavior,» was published in the Journal of Physiology.

The researchers concentrate specifically on a particular example, called the rodent wheel lock model, to study how different organ systems of young rats respond to a cessation of daily physical activity.

Overnight these rats became young rats.

Breeders (ratteries) are the best option for finding a well socialized young rat.

His love for animals is lively at home, with a young cattle dog named Rhubarb and two young rats named Thelma and Louise.

In 2002 researchers at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health discovered that propyl paraben decreased sperm counts in young rats at and below the concentrations which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers safe for human consumption in food (Oishi 2002; 21CFR184.1670).

While it is simple to determine the amount of protein that maximizes the growth of young rats, maximal growth does not necessarily mean maximal health, as Campbell frequently points out.

Early work also found Vitamin E prevented muscular dystrophy in young rats fed a vitamin E deficient diet.

Studies with young rats, monkeys, and other mammals reveal that emotionally stressful events can flood the brain with cortisol, which Kalin calls «the master stress hormone.

Now, Panksepp would be the first to acknowledge that his findings do not imply that rats have a «sense of humor,» only that there appear to be evolutionary contiguities between laughter in human children during rough - and - tumble play and the expression of similar vocalizations in young rats.

However, while 14 weeks of calorie restriction did not significantly affect the middle - aged rats, it reduced muscle mass in the young rats.

Not surprisingly, the middle - aged rats had less muscle mass than the young rats did.

The team also found that «14 weeks of CR reprogrammed cellular metabolism, where the relative contribution of OXPHOS and glycolysis in muscles of middle - aged rats with CR was similar to that in muscles of young rats.»

The Duke scientists first examined the retinas of young rats that were genetically predisposed to an eye disease which causes progressive blindness similar to a disorder called retinitis pigmentosa in humans.

In one such experiment published in 2013 by scientists from the University of Lethbridge in Canada, playing enhanced the young rats» neural plasticity, which helped them to be more flexible in their behavior later in life.

According to a recently published study in Frontiers in Neuroscience, Rutgers behavioral and systems neuroscientist Tracey Shors, who co-authored the study, found that the newborn brain cells in young rats that were successful at learning survived while the same brain cells in animals that didn't master the task died quickly.

In the study, the team found that the neural stem cells successfully engrafted onto the hippocampus in the young rats, which was expected, but the researchers were pleased to see that they also engrafted well in the older ones, which would be about 70 years old in human terms.

Quantity of sucrose alters the tissue pattern and time course of insulin resistance in young rats.

The young rats exhibited a 20 — 35 percent increase in average amount of satellite cells for each muscle fiber retained, and the older rats had an even more significant benefit, showing a 33 — 47 percent increase in muscle stem cells.

The younger the rats are, moreover, the more rapidly they are growing, so the effects on growth will be worst when the deficient diets are fed to weanling rats.

«Intermittent fasting dietary restriction regimen negatively influences reproduction in young rats: a study of hypothalamo - hypophysial - gonadal axis.»

As noted above, when old rats receive high levels of both acetyl L - carnitine and α - lipoic acid, within several weeks, the combination greatly improves mitochondrial function, resulting in restoration of ambulatory activity and cognition (as assayed with the Skinner box and Morris water maze), heart, and immune function to levels seen in young rats.

In a nice blog post closely relevant to this topic, Chris Masterjohn notes that a 5 % protein intake completely stunts the growth of young rats:

However, in 1980, experimenters demonstrated that young rats fed milk containing soy oil incorporated the oil directly into their brain cells, and had structurally abnormal brain cells as a result.

Players relive the film's most thrilling moments as they assume the role of Remy, a young rat who dreams of becoming a great French chef, despite the obvious problem of being a rat.

Mammary tumors can occur in young rats but are typically diagnosed in rats over 18 months old.

Developed at THQ's wholly owned Heavy Iron Studios, Ratatouille follows the platforming exploits of Remy, a young rat who dreams about becoming a great French chef.

Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes.

Fall: Curt Valentin publishes Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes, with eighty - five drawings by Calder and edited by Sweeney.

«Nursery Rhymes» (excerpts from Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes).

28 November — 23 December: The exhibition «Recent Work by Alexander Calder» at the Buchholz Gallery / Curt Valentin, New York, includes plaster and bronze sculptures and the drawings for Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes.

Citing the study by the researchers in Tokyo, the European Food Safety Authority issued an advisory in 2004 that the presumed safe exposure level for propyl paraben in food was no longer valid because it affected sex hormones and the male reproductive organs in young rats (EFSA 2004).

The decision was based on research that showed the preservative affected sex hormones and sperm counts in young rats, according to Environmental Working Group (EWG), the health watchdog organization that recently conducted an analysis of the additive.