Gender Differences in the Neurobiology of Anxiety: Focus on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis by Alessandra Aparecida Marques, Mário Cesar do Nascimento Bevilaqua, Alberto Morais Pinto da Fonseca, Antonio Egidio Nardi, Sandrine Thuret, Gisele Pereira Dias

“…Although the literature reports a higher incidence of anxiety disorders in women, the majority of basic research has focused on male rodents, thus resulting in a lack of knowledge on the neurobiology of anxiety in females. …”
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Circuits in the Ventral Medulla That Phase-Lock Motoneurons for Coordinated Sniffing and Whisking by Martin Deschênes, Anastasia Kurnikova, Michael Elbaz, David Kleinfeld

“…The exploratory behavior of rodents is characterized by stereotypical movements of the vibrissae, nose, and head, which are phase locked with rapid respiration, that is, sniffing. …”
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Animal Models of Diabetic Retinopathy: Summary and Comparison by Angela Ka Wai Lai, Amy C. Y. Lo

“…The advantages and disadvantages of using different animals, ranging from zebrafish, rodents to other higher-order mammals, are also discussed. …”
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(+)-Z-Bisdehydrodoisynolic Acid Enhances Basal Metabolism and Fatty Acid Oxidation in Female Obese Zucker Rats by William J. Banz, April D. Strader, Kolapo M. Ajuwon, Yuqing Hou, Cal Y. Meyers, Jeremy E. Davis

“…We have previously reported that the synthetic estrogen, (+)-Z-bisdehydrodoisynolic Acid [(+)-Z-BDDA], attenuated weight gain and cardiovascular risk in obese rodents. To determine if these antiobesity effects were attributed to changes in basal metabolism, we assessed indirect calorimetry and metabolic profile in female obese Zucker (OZR) rats provided (+)-Z-BDDA (0.0002% food admixture) for 11 weeks. …”
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Diversity and Potential Cross-Species Transmission of Rotavirus A in Wild Animals in Yunnan, China by Xiang Le, Yinzhu Tao, Binghui Wang, Yutong Hou, Yuting Ning, Junjie Hou, Ruimei Wang, Qian Li, Xueshan Xia

“…A total of 24 samples, originating from wild boars, rodents, bats, and birds tested positive for RVA. …”
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Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Wild Rats (Rattus rattus) in Northern Iran by Seyed Abdollah Hosseini, Saeid Abediankenari, Afsaneh Amouei, Shahabeddin Sarvi, Mehdi Sharif, Fatemeh Rezaei, Ahmad Daryani

“…Rodents are considered as reservoir hosts for various pathogens (such as Toxoplasma gondii) and have been revealed to play an important role in the spread of several infectious diseases to humans and other animals. …”
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Chimerism-Based Experimental Models for Tolerance Induction in Vascularized Composite Allografts: Cleveland Clinic Research Experience by Maria Siemionow, Aleksandra Klimczak

“…As introduced in experimental studies, variable immunomodulatory options have been studied to achieve tolerance to VCA in rodents and large animal models allowing for widespread application in clinic. …”
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Leptospirosis in Vellore: A Clinical and Serological Study by G. Vimala, A. Mary Josephine Rani, V. Raja Gopal

“…Animal studies were conducted from 24 rodents captured form the market place of the Vellore municipality. …”
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Long journey of 16S rRNA‐amplicon sequencing toward cell‐based functional bacterial microbiota characterization by Jianshi Jin, Xiongduo Liu, Katsuyuki Shiroguchi

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Deafferentation-Induced Plasticity of Visual Callosal Connections: Predicting Critical Periods and Analyzing Cortical Abnormalities Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging by Jaime F. Olavarria, Andrew S. Bock, Lindsey A. Leigland, Christopher D. Kroenke

“…Here we review the timing of this critical period, identified in rodents and ferrets by the effects that timed enucleations have on mature callosal connections, and compare it to other developmental milestones in these species. …”
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The sexually dimorphic expression of glutamate transporters and their implication in pain after spinal cord injury by Jennifer M. Colón-Mercado, Aranza I. Torrado-Tapias, Iris K. Salgado, José M. Santiago, Samuel E. Ocasio Rivera, Dina P. Bracho-Rincon, Luis H. Pagan Rivera, Jorge D. Miranda

“…The expression profile of glutamatergic transporters (excitatory amino acid transporter 1/glutamate aspartate transporter and excitatory amino acid transporter 2/glutamate transporter-1) revealed a sexual dimorphism in the rostral, epicenter, and caudal areas of the spinal cord with a pattern of expression primarily on astrocytes. Female rodents showed a significantly higher level of excitatory amino acid transporter-1 expression while male rodents showed increased excitatory amino acid transporter-2 expression compared with female rodents. …”
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In vivo scanning laser fundus and high-resolution OCT imaging of retinal ganglion cell injury in a non-human primate model with an activatable fluorescent-labeled TAT peptide probe... by Xudong Qiu, Seth T Gammon, Carol Rasmussen, Federica Pisaneschi, Charlene B Y Kim, James Ver Hoeve, Steven W Millward, Edward M Barnett, T Michael Nork, Paul L Kaufman, David Piwnica-Worms

“…The optical imaging agent TcapQ488 has enabled imaging of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) injury in vivo in rodents and has potential as an effective diagnostic probe for early detection and intervention monitoring in glaucoma patients. …”
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Global remapping emerges as the mechanism for renewal of context-dependent behavior in a reinforcement learning model by David Kappel, Sen Cheng

“…Furthermore, rodents show context-dependent renewal of extinguished behavior. …”
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Rats and mice rapidly update timed behaviors by N. Aggadi, S. Krikawa, T. A. Paine, P. Simen, C. D. Howard

“…In each of these contexts, rodents rapidly increased or decreased their start times to mirror new FI durations following exposure to 1–2 trials of new intervals following block transitions. …”
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Aonchotheca annulosa and Aonchotheca murissylvatici, which is which? A reappraisal of the gastrointestinal Aonchotheca (Nematoda: Capillariidae) species common in wood mice and ban... by Jerzy M. Behnke, Joseph A. Jackson

“…Through literature review, analysis of recorded host- and site-specificity and tracing of taxonomic precedence, it is possible to confirm that A. annulosa is a valid species with a spicule c. 1000 microns long, a small intestinal site of infection and a wide host range centred in murine rodents (with A. sylvaticus the most common host). …”
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Protocol for the systematic review of age and sex in preclinical models of age-correlated diseases [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Céline Heinl, Ines Schadock, Maximilian Wurm, Paul Lucas Wildner, Daniel Butzke, Bettina Bert, Alexandra Bannach-Brown, Matthias Steinfath, Kai Diederich

“…Conversely, the age of rodents is rarely discussed, even though many diseases primarily affect older patients. …”
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The Spiraling Case of a Yellow Chef: Isolated Hyperbilirubinemia by Karen Jiang, Ahmad Najdat Bazarbashi, Sami Dahdal, Adina Voiculescu, Natalia Khalaf

“…Leptospirosis is a common bacterial disease in tropical regions of the world due to greater exposure to rodents and domestic animals; however, this condition can also occur in US urban areas, though it often goes unrecognized. …”
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PLAGUE THE HIDDEN OLD NEMESIS by Syed Nauman Raza et al

“… Plague is a disease of rodents carried to man by fleas and is non-existent in Pakistan. …”
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Novel H16N3 avian influenza viruses isolated from migratory gulls in China in 2023 by Peng Peng, Peng Peng, Peng Peng, Jinyan Shen, Wenjun Shi, Jing Guo, Mengjing Wang, Wenxi Li, Zhiqin Yue, Xiaohong Sun, Mengdi Guan, Lili Liu, Hongke Xu, Yujiao Xie, Anran Ren, Mingfeng Liu, Wenqiang Liu, Zhibin Zhang, Zhibin Zhang, Zhishu Xiao, Zhishu Xiao, Xuyong Li

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Acute Toxicity and Genotoxic Activity of Avocado Seed Extract (Persea americana Mill., c.v. Hass) by Eduardo Padilla-Camberos, Moisés Martínez-Velázquez, José Miguel Flores-Fernández, Socorro Villanueva-Rodríguez

“…In this work, the ethanolic seed extract of Persea americana was evaluated with respect to its genotoxic potential through micronucleus assay in rodents. The frequency of micronuclei in groups of animals treated with avocado seed extract showed no differences compared to the negative control (vehicle); therefore, it is considered that the avocado seed extract showed no genotoxic activity in the micronucleus test.…”
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