Chronic Exposure to Arsenic in Drinking Water Causes Alterations in Locomotor Activity and Decreases Striatal mRNA for the D2 Dopamine Receptor in CD1 Male Mice by Claudia Leticia Moreno Ávila, Jorge H. Limón-Pacheco, Magda Giordano, Verónica M. Rodríguez

“…Arsenic exposure has been associated with sensory, motor, memory, and learning alterations in humans and alterations in locomotor activity, behavioral tasks, and neurotransmitters systems in rodents. In this study, CD1 mice were exposed to 0.5 or 5.0 mg As/L of drinking water for 6 months. …”
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Activation of glutamatergic neurons in the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis induces thirst-driven sniffing by Wei He, Luo Shi, Ziteng Yue, Ke Zhao, Xiaoyi Wang, Kailin Wang, Xinyi Jing, Shangyu Bi, Tianjiao Deng, Xue Zhao, Xiaochen Tian, Xiangchen Ma, Yongqiang Chen, Fang Yuan, Sheng Wang

“…Summary: Sniffing is a specialized respiratory behavior that enables rodents to localize and track objects in their environment. …”
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First microscopic and molecular identification of Cryptosporidium spp. in fat sand rats (Psammomys obesus) in Egypt and their potential zoonotic implications by Sara Abdel-Aal Mohamed, Fatma A. S. Anwar, Ahmed Gareh, Marwa M. I. Ghallab, Remigio Martínez, Asmaa Aboelabbas Gouda, Fatemah Enad Alajmi, Hind Alzaylaee, Ignacio García-Bocanegra, Ignacio García-Bocanegra, Ehab Kotb Elmahallawy, Ehab Kotb Elmahallawy

“…IntroductionRodents, thriving in human-altered environments, pose significant public health risks due to their role as reservoirs for numerous zoonotic parasites. …”
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Nonhematopoietic Variants of Erythropoietin in Ischemic Stroke: Need for Step-Wise Proof-of-Concept Studies by Dirk M. Hermann

“…In view of the potential clinical use of Neuro-EPO, stringent proof-of-concept studies are urgently needed to define (1) how intranasally delivered Neuro-EPO reaches the brain, (2) which concentrations are achieved in the ischemic and nonischemic brain tissue of rodents and nonhuman primates, and (3) which are the mechanisms via which Neuro-EPO protects from injury. …”
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Integrated Pest Management Policy and Treatment Options for University Housing by Kevyn J. Juneau, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, Norman C. Leppla, Kirk W. Martin, A. Wayne Walker

“…Pest-specific IPM options are provided for ants; bed bugs; bees and wasps; birds and bats; booklice, silverfish, and earwigs; cockroaches; flies; rodents; stored product pests; termites; and weeds. …”
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Integrated Pest Management Policy and Treatment Options for University Housing by Kevyn J. Juneau, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, Norman C. Leppla, Kirk W. Martin, A. Wayne Walker

“…Pest-specific IPM options are provided for ants; bed bugs; bees and wasps; birds and bats; booklice, silverfish, and earwigs; cockroaches; flies; rodents; stored product pests; termites; and weeds. …”
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Neurological and Neurobehavioral Disorders Associated with Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Humans by Maxwell A. Virus, Evie G. Ehrhorn, LeeAnna M. Lui, Paul H. Davis

“…Although most latent T. gondii infections in humans have traditionally been considered asymptomatic, studies in rodents suggest phenotypic neurological changes are possible. …”
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Mycobacteria in Terrestrial Small Mammals on Cattle Farms in Tanzania by Lies Durnez, Abdul Katakweba, Harrison Sadiki, Charles R. Katholi, Rudovick R. Kazwala, Robert R. Machang'u, Françoise Portaels, Herwig Leirs

“…More mycobacteria were also present in insectivores as compared to rodents. All mycobacteria detected by culture and PCR in the small mammals were atypical mycobacteria. …”
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Relationship between enriched environment and neurodegeneration: a review from mechanism to therapy by Yuan-qiao Xu, Yanjiao Chen, Jia-xin Xing, Jun Yao

“…Animal models, encompassing both rodents and larger animals, offer insights into the disease-modifying effects of EE, underscoring its potential as a complementary approach to pharmacological interventions. …”
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Targeting the Endocannabinoid System for Prevention or Treatment of Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathic Pain: Studies in Animal Models by Willias Masocha

“…Almost 90% of the studies on animal models of CINP analysed utilised male rodents. Taking into consideration clinical and experimental findings that show gender differences in the mechanisms involved in pain including CINP and in response to analgesics, it is imperative that future studies on CINP utilise more female models.…”
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Genetic Factors in Animal Models of Intestinal Inflammation by R Balfour Sartor

“…The critical importance of host genetic susceptibility in determining chronicity, aggressiveness and complications of intestinal inflammation is clearly demonstrated by studies of inbred rodents, transgenic rats and spontaneous mutants. …”
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Spillover: From climate change to pandemics by Mary E. Wilson

“…., HIV/AIDS, Covid, SARS, mpox, Ebola) have all originated from wildlife viruses carried by bats, rodents and other animals. While some areas in Africa are projected to become too hot for malaria transmission, changing climate will allow expansion of Aedes-transmitted viral infections, such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, into areas with large urban populations. …”
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Suppression of epileptic seizures by transcranial activation of K+-selective channelrhodopsin by Xiaodong Duan, Chong Zhang, Yujie Wu, Jun Ju, Zhe Xu, Xuanyi Li, Yao Liu, Schugofa Ohdah, Oana M. Constantin, Yifan Pan, Zhonghua Lu, Cheng Wang, Xiaojing Chen, Christine E. Gee, Georg Nagel, Sheng-Tao Hou, Shiqiang Gao, Kun Song

“…Abstract Optogenetics is a valuable tool for studying the mechanisms of neurological diseases and is now being developed for therapeutic applications. In rodents and macaques, improved channelrhodopsins have been applied to achieve transcranial optogenetic stimulation. …”
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Harnessing the potential of human induced pluripotent stem cells, functional assays and machine learning for neurodevelopmental disorders by Ziqin Yang, Ziqin Yang, Nicole A. Teaney, Nicole A. Teaney, Elizabeth D. Buttermore, Elizabeth D. Buttermore, Elizabeth D. Buttermore, Mustafa Sahin, Mustafa Sahin, Mustafa Sahin, Wardiya Afshar-Saber, Wardiya Afshar-Saber

“…Identification of biomarkers for accurate diagnosis and medications for effective treatment are lacking, in part due to the historical use of preclinical model systems that do not translate well to the clinic for neurological disorders, such as rodents and heterologous cell lines. Human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) are a promising in vitro system for modeling NDDs, providing opportunities to understand mechanisms driving NDDs in human neurons. …”
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Cannabigerol and cannabichromene in Cannabis sativa L. by Zagožen Marjeta, Čerenak Andreja, Kreft Samo

“…CBC also exerts modest analgesic properties in rodents, as well as anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, pro-apoptotic, and anti-proliferative effects in tumor cells.…”
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Does SIRT-1 Mediate Calorie Restriction and Prolong Life? – A Mini Review by Kordala Anna, Pietrzak Bogusława

“…Calorie restriction is the only intervention proved to prolong both average and maximum lifespan in yeast, worms, fish, rodents and possibly primates. Not only does the regimen prolong life, but it also reduces the incident of numerous age-related diseases like diabetes, atherosclerosis or cancer and slows down ageing. …”
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Spatial control of doping in conducting polymers enables complementary, conformable, implantable internal ion-gated organic electrochemical transistors by Duncan J. Wisniewski, Liang Ma, Onni J. Rauhala, Claudia Cea, Zifang Zhao, Alexander Ranschaert, Jennifer N. Gelinas, Dion Khodagholy

“…These amplifiers showed long-term in vivo stability, and their miniaturized biocompatible design allowed implantation in developing rodents to monitor network maturation. cIGTs expand the use of organic electronics in standard circuit designs and enhance their biomedical potential.…”
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Multimodal fluorescence-optoacoustic in vivo imaging of the near-infrared calcium ion indicator NIR-GECO2G by Sarah F. Shaykevich, Justin P. Little, Yong Qian, Marie-Eve Paquet, Robert E. Campbell, Daniel Razansky, Shy Shoham

“…Our findings demonstrate the potential of multimodal fluorescence and optoacoustic NIR imaging, opening new possibilities for whole-brain real-time functional imaging in rodents.…”
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Synapse Plasticity in Motor, Sensory, and Limbo-Prefrontal Cortex Areas as Measured by Degrading Axon Terminals in an Environment Model of Gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) by Janina Neufeld, Gertraud Teuchert-Noodt, Keren Grafen, York Winter, A. Veronica Witte

“…We therefore investigated (pre)synaptic plasticity in various cortices of adult rodents, visualized by secondary lysosome accumulations (LA) in remodeling axon terminals. …”
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Heavy chain-only antibodies with a stabilized human VH in transgenic chickens for therapeutic antibody discovery by Christine N. Vuong, Kevin M. Reynolds, Gerry S. Rivera, Baisen Zeng, Zahra Karimpourkalou, Manith Norng, Yulei Zhang, Robayet Chowdhury, Darlene Pedersen, Melissa Pantoja, Ellen Collarini, Swetha Garimalla, Shelley Izquierdo, Eric G. Vajda, Brett Antonio, Devendra B. Srivastava, Marie-Cecile van de Lavoir, Yasmina Abdiche, William Harriman, Philip A. Leighton

“…Domain antibodies have commonly been sourced from camelids with ex-vivo humanization or transgenic rodents expressing heavy chains without light chains, but these host species are all mammalian, limiting their capacity to elicit robust immune responses to conserved mammalian targets. …”
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