The mirror preference test: A reverse translational approach to study anomalous subjective experience in rats by Daria Chestnykh, Liubov S. Kalinichenko, Stephan von Hörsten, Johannes Kornhuber, Christian P. Müller

“…Although self-recognition in rodents is debatable, recent studies suggest they can discriminate mirror images. …”
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Trunk Fat Negatively Influences Skeletal and Testicular Functions in Obese Men: Clinical Implications for the Aging Male by Silvia Migliaccio, Davide Francomano, Roberto Bruzziches, Emanuela A. Greco, Rachele Fornari, Lorenzo M. Donini, Andrea Lenzi, Antonio Aversa

“…Osteocalcin (OSCA) seems to act as a negative regulator of energy metabolism and insulin sensitivity. Evidence from male rodents suggests that OSCA may also regulate testosterone (T) synthesis. …”
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Ebola Virus and SARS-CoV-2: Similarities and Differences by Robert C. SIZEMORE, Md S. ZAMAN

“…The interme- diate animals for Ebola virus include primates, antelopes and various rodents, and contact with these ani- mals resulted in infection of humans. …”
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Repurposing of Drugs for Antibacterial Activities on Selected ESKAPE Bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Bridget Kamurai, Molly Mombeshora, Stanley Mukanganyama

“…The drugs used in this study were amodiaquine an antimalarial drug, probenecid used to prevent gout, ibuprofen a painkiller, 2-amino-5-chlorobenzaxazole used as a tool for assessing hepatic cytochrome P450 activity in rodents, ellargic acid an antioxidant, quercetin an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory drug, N–N diacryloylpiperazine used to crosslink polyacrylamide gel in 2D-protein electrophoresis, epicatechin an antioxidant and antiviral drug, curcumin an anticancer drug, and quinine an antimalarial drug. …”
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Effects of exercise on vascular remodelling and fetal growth in uncomplicated and abortion-prone mouse pregnancies by Evangeline A. K. Lovell, Shanna L. Hosking, Holly M. Groome, Lachlan M. Moldenhauer, Sarah A. Robertson, Kathryn L. Gatford, Alison S. Care

“…Abstract Studies in humans and rodents show exercise in pregnancy can modulate maternal blood pressure, vascular volume, and placental efficiency, but whether exercise affects early uteroplacental vascular adaptations is unknown. …”
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Epidemiology of tularemia in the countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO): A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Mohammad Sholeh, Safoura Moradkasani, Saber Esmaeili

“…The pooled prevalence of F. tularensis in rodents is 2.0% (1.1% by PCR and 3.7% by serology). …”
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Impact of sex on the adaptation of adult mice to long consumption of sweet-fat diet by N. M. Bazhan, T. V. Iakovleva, A. D. Dubinina, E. N. Makarova

“…In rodents, the most adequate model of human diet-induced obesity is obesity caused by the consumption of a sweet-fat diet (SFD), which causes more pronounced adiposity in females than in males. …”
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A scanning electron microscopic studies on the podocytes of the kidneys of rat (rattus norvegicus) and blind mole rat (spalax leucodon) by İsmail Hakkı Nur, Atila Yoldaş, Aydın Alan, Aytaç Akçay

“…<b>Aim:</b> Blind mole rats can live in tunnels which are goosed by them underground, in environments that have quite low-oxygen ratio. Contrary most rodents, they can carry out high levels of metabolic rate under these conditions. …”
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Magnetic resonance imaging in primates. The example of the mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus): From detection of pathological aging to therapeutic evaluations by Nelly Joseph-Mathurin, Olene Dorieux, Audrey Kraska, Anne Bertrand, Mathieu Santin, Nadine El Tannir El Tayara, Marc Dhenain

“…It leads in many cases to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer disease (AD). Rodents and particularly transgenic mice are widely used as models for research on physiopathology of cerebral aging, neurodegenerative diseases and for the evaluation of therapies. …”
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Conducting and automating the water Morris maze test in SPF conditions by N. V. Khotskin, V. A. Kulikov, E. L. Zavyalov, D. V. Fursenko, A. V. Kulikov

“…The water Morris maze is the basic test to study the spatial ability to learn as well as spatial memory in laboratory rodents. It is a part of a series of tests necessary for behavioral phenotyping of mutant and transgenic mice. …”
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Sulforaphane acutely activates multiple starvation response pathways by Kendra S. Plafker, Constantin Georgescu, Nathan Pezant, Atul Pranay, Scott M. Plafker

“…SFN ameliorates various disease models in rodents (e.g., cancer, diabetes, seizures) that are likewise mitigated by dietary restrictions leading us to test the hypothesis that this compound elicits cellular responses consistent with being a fasting/caloric restriction mimetic. …”
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مدى جاهزیة المکتبات العامة المصریة للتصدى للازمات و للکوارث by د. محمد سعید محمد سعید

“…The libraries under study have succeeded in carrying out deterrentmeasures (fire, insects, rodents, pests, micro-disasters, administrativecrises, and health crises), while the procedures followed by libraries todeal with electronic crises, theft and vandalism are insufficient.8. …”
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A novel method for estrous cycle staging using supervised object detection by Benjamin Babaev, Saachi Goyal, Tushar Arora, Anita Autry, Rachel A. Ross

“…The efficiency of ODES, processing 100 test images in just 2.67 minutes, makes it a valuable tool for large-scale neuropsychiatric studies involving female rodents and also encourages the integration of this variable into neurological and psychiatric research. …”
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Minor Antigen Disparities Impede Induction of Long Lasting Chimerism and Tolerance through Bone Marrow Transplantation with Costimulation Blockade by Sinda Bigenzahn, Ines Pree, Christoph Klaus, Nina Pilat, Benedikt Mahr, Elisabeth Schwaiger, Patrick Nierlich, Friedrich Wrba, Thomas Wekerle

“…Mixed chimerism and tolerance can be successfully induced in rodents through allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) with costimulation blockade (CB), but varying success rates have been reported with distinct models and protocols. …”
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A novel technique of cryodenervation for murine vagus nerve: implications for acute lung inflammation by Di Wu, Ximing Liao, Jing Gao, Kun Wang, Wujian Xu, Feilong Wang, Zhixian Jin, Dandan Wu, Qiang Li, Wei Gao

“…However, a lack of cryodenervation model in laboratory rodents leads to the obscure mechanisms for techniques used in clinic. …”
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Nociceptor-localized KCC2 suppresses brachial plexus avulsion-induced neuropathic pain and related central sensitization by Hang Xian, Huan Guo, Yuan-Ying Liu, Sui-Bin Ma, Rui Zhao, Jian-Lei Zhang, Hang Zhang, Rou-Gang Xie, Xu-Cheng Guo, Jie Ren, Sheng-Xi Wu, Ceng Luo, Rui Cong

“…The consistent results in both humanity and rodents endow great potential to future transformation of clinical practice.…”
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Oxygenation and function of endocrine bioartificial pancreatic tissue constructs under flow for preclinical optimization by Brenden N Moeun, Florent Lemaire, Alexandra M Smink, Hamid Ebrahimi Orimi, Richard L Leask, Paul de Vos, Corinne A Hoesli

“…Many strategies have achieved reversal of hyperglycemia in diabetic rodents. So far, the results have been less promising when transitioning to humans and larger animal models due to challenges in oxygenation and insulin delivery. …”
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Ecological and genetic assessment of the consequences of radiation influence on contaminated areas by A. B. Bigaliev, K. Z. Shalabaeva, B. E. Shimshikov, S. S. Kobegenova, L. M. Adilova, A. N. Kozhakhmetova, S. Sharakhmetov, M. N. Burkhanova

“…The purpose of the work is to conduct a radioecological survey of contaminated areas and to study the content of pollutants in environmental objects, biota (rodents, fish and biosubstrates of domestic animals) by physicochemical methods to assess the risk of the landfill’s impact on biota and humans. …”
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Deciphering of differences in gut microbiota and plasma metabolites profile between non-obese and obese Golden Retrievers dogs by Yazhen Cai, Huayu Tang, Guilin Xiang, Hongyu Yi, Jie Zhong, Zhaoxi Xie, Qinfeng Hu, Romaissaa El Bouhi, Pan Zhou, Yong Zhang, Honglin Yan

“…Microbial and metabolite biomarkers have been proposed for identifying the presence of obesity in humans and rodents. However, the effects of obesity on the microbiome and metabolome of Golden Retrievers remains unknown. …”
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Angel or devil: the dual roles of 2,3,5,4′-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-β-D-glucopyranoside in the development of liver injury based on integrating pharmacological techniques: a system... by Jiajie Jiang, Jiajie Jiang, Qixiu Wang, Qiang Wu, Bobin Deng, Cui Guo, Jie Chen, Jinhao Zeng, Yaoguang Guo, Xiao Ma

“…STATA and Python were used for statistical analysis, including dose-effect maps, 3D maps and radar charts to show the dose-time-effect relationship of TSG on hepatoprotection and hepatotoxicity.ResultsAfter a rigorous screening process, a total of 24 studies encompassing 564 rodents were selected for inclusion in this study. …”
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