Prevention of osteoporosis in ovariectomized mice with calcium yak caseinate by Lijing Yang, Haiyun Zhou, Qianyu Wang, Ziheng Wang, Lin Bai, Jia Wei, Li Song, Fumei Zhang, Xiaojing Tian, Tisong Liang

“…ABSTRACT: Moderate calcium supplementation coupled with enhanced calcium absorption rates in postmenopausal women is crucial for the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP). …”
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Effects of Vitamin E on Bone Biomechanical and Histomorphometric Parameters in Ovariectomized Rats by Rafaela G. Feresin, Sarah A. Johnson, Marcus L. Elam, Jeong-Su Kim, Dania A. Khalil, Edralin A. Lucas, Brenda J. Smith, Mark E. Payton, Mohammed P. Akhter, Bahram H. Arjmandi

“…The present study examined the dose-dependent effect of vitamin E in reversing bone loss in ovariectomized (Ovx) rats. Sprague-Dawley rats were either Sham-operated (Sham) or Ovx and fed control diet for 120 days to lose bone. …”
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Dietary sesame diminishes bone mass and bone formation indices in ovariectomized rats by R. Tachibana, H. Matsushita, A. Minami, N. Morita, S. Shimizu, H. Kanazawa, T. Suzuki, K. Watanabe, A. Wakatsuki

“…Results: The femur BMD in the Ovx + SSI group was lower than in the Ovx group, as were the measurements for bone formation rate and mineralizing surface. Conclusion: Administration of a methanol extract of sesame seeds decreased femur BMD in Ovx rats.…”
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Therapeutic effect of Cnidium officinale Makino extract on ovariectomized hind-limb ischemic mice by Hyun Yang, Dong Ho Jung, Hye Won Lee

“…Methods: In this study, female C57BL/6 mice were ovariectomized, and the vessels of the hind-limb were excised after ligation by surgical silk (6–0). …”
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Daidzein improves neuronal health and alleviates inflammation and apoptosis through BDNF and estrogen receptors in the hippocampus of ovariectomized rats by Asma Neisy, Zahra Khoshdel, Farhad Koohpeyma, atefeh Seghatoleslam, Zohreh Mostafavi-Pour, Sanaz Alaee, Fatemeh Keshavarzi, Saeed Shokri, Fatemeh Zal

“…We studied the impact of DDZ on stereological changes, estrogen receptor (ERs) expression, BDNF, GSK-3β, and inflammatory and apoptosis-related genes in the hippocampus of ovariectomized rats, compared to 17β-estradiol (E2).Materials and Methods: OVX rats were treated with DDZ or E2. …”
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Chronic 17β-estradiol treatment improves negative valence, anhedonic profile, and social interactions in ovariectomized, middle-aged female rats by Cheryl D. Conrad, Dylan N. Peay, Sara Sladkova, Jinah L. Kim, Megan E. Donnay, Amanda M. Acuña, Kennedy E. Whittaker

“…Women experience depression at nearly 2-fold higher rates than men, with middle-age during the menopausal transition being particularly vulnerable. …”
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Increases the Risk to Hip Fracture in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis by Deteriorating the Trabecular Bone Microarchitecture and Bone Mass by Sahar Mohsin, Suneesh Kaimala, Jens Jolly Sunny, Ernest Adeghate, Eric Mensah Brown

“…T2DM is linked to an increase in the fracture rate as compared to the nondiabetic population even with normal or raised bone mineral density (BMD). …”
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Sex differences in respiration and redox homeostasis of heart mitochondria in rats on high-fructose diet by O. Ivanova, N. Gorbenko, O. Borikov, T. Kiprych, K. Taran

“…The experiment was performed on 30 rats divided into five groups: control males, control females, HFD-fed males, HFD- fed females with intact ovaries, ovariectomized HFD-fed females. Heart mitochondria were isolated and indicators of redox homeostasis as well as mitochondrial oxygen consumption rate were determined. …”
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Prolactin induces apoptosis of lactotropes in female rodents. by Jimena Ferraris, Sandra Zárate, Gabriela Jaita, Florence Boutillon, Marie Bernadet, Julien Auffret, Adriana Seilicovich, Nadine Binart, Vincent Goffin, Daniel Pisera

“…According to our hypothesis, no increase in lactotrope apoptotic rate was observed at proestrus, which likely contributes to pituitary tumorigenesis observed in these animals. …”
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Hearing Vocalizations during First Social Experience with Pups Increase Bdnf Transcription in Mouse Auditory Cortex by Amielle Moreno, Swetha Rajagopalan, Matthew J. Tucker, Parker Lunsford, Robert C. Liu

“…E2 influenced the rate of maternal behavior but did not significantly affect Bdnf mRNA transcription in the AC. …”
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EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATION OF POST-OPERATIVE COGNITIVE DISORDERS IN RATS by I. V. Belozertseva, O. A. Dravolina, V. O. Krivov, M. A. Tur, Yu. S. Polushin

“…Then for three weeks the following behavioral tests were performed in compliance with the protocol: motor activity (Actometer) and exploratory activity in new environment (Open field), social behavior (pair interaction test), novel object recognition, extrapolational deliverance rate, forced swimming, sexual behavior. Ovariectomized female (n = 16) were used as standard opponents for social behavior tests, and hormone-stimulated female rats (n = 26) were used for sexual behavior tests. …”
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Sex differences in metabolic regulation by Gi/o-coupled receptor modulation of exocytosis by Montana Young, Ryan P. Ceddia, Analisa Thompson-Gray, David Reyes, Jackson B. Cassada, Julio E. Ayala, Owen P. McGuinness, Sheila Collins, Sheila Collins, Heidi E. Hamm

“…Additionally, we ovariectomized female mice to investigate the role of sex hormones in our phenotypes. …”
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When estrogen deficiency meets immune responses induced by rabies vaccination by Hua Qian, Junjie Zhang, Li Tian, Lele Liu, Menghua Li, Zezheng Jiang, Xiaoying Lei, Wenwen Zheng, Peilu Sun, Xuexing Zheng

“…Although 100% protection was found, the reduction rate of viral neutralizing antibody titers in the LBNSE-OVX mice was greater than that in the LBNSE-Sham mice. …”
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AVPV Kiss1 neuron-specific knockdown of purinergic P2X2 receptor suppresses LH surge and ovulation in Kiss1-Cre rats by Safiullah HAZIM, Shunsuke SEKI, Ryoya YABUSHITA, Mayuko NAGAE, Hitomi TSUCHIDA, Masumi HIRABAYASHI, Yoshihisa UENOYAMA, Hiroko TSUKAMURA, Naoko INOUE

“…Ovulation disorders are a major cause of low pregnancy rates and infertility in humans and livestock. Kisspeptin neurons located in the anteroventral periventricular nucleus (AVPV) are responsible for the generation of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)/luteinizing hormone (LH) surge and the consequent ovulation in female rodents. …”
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Extract of <i>Curculigo capitulata</i> Ameliorates Postmenopausal Osteoporosis by Promoting Osteoblast Proliferation and Differentiation by Ying Wang, Xueru Wang, Kaijin Wang, Weiwei Qin, Ning Li

“…MCF-7 and HEK-293 cells were utilized to evaluate the estrogen-like activity of Eocc. Apoptosis rates were detected by flow cytometry. In vivo, a bilateral ovariectomized mouse model of PMOP was used to further validate the in vitro findings through histopathological analysis and WB results. …”
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