Shramahara Mahakasya, a traditional polyherbal formulation, induces anti-anxiety activity in hippocampal neurons by effectuating SOD2-mediated protection against oxidative stress by Saakshi Saini, Viney Kumar, Swati Haldar, Samrat Chauhan, Pratibha Demiwal, Souvik Ghosh, Sumeet Gupta, Debabrata Sircar, Bidhan Mahajon, Partha Roy

“…The anxiolytic activity of SM was demonstrated by improved behavior of the animals in the elevated plus maze test and increased SOD activity in the brain. …”
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Co-administration of coenzyme Q10 and curcumin mitigates cognitive deficits and exerts neuroprotective effects in aluminum chloride-induced Alzheimer's disease in aged mice by Nida Rasheed, Hafiza Khushbakht Hussain, Zohabia Rehman, Azka Sabir, Waseem Ashraf, Tanveer Ahmad, Faleh Alqahtani, Imran Imran

“…In contrast, CoQ10 and curcumin combinatorial regime markedly mitigated cognitive deficits Vs. individual high-dose in AlCl3-treated animals as demonstrated by their improved performance in neurobehavioral tests such as the Y-maze, novel object recognition, passive avoidance and Morris-water maze test. …”
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Prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in exclusive breastfed babies in first 6 months of life by Yasser A. Ahmed, Mohammed M.S. Younis, Abd E.A. Alsayed Ahmed, Esraa R.M. Ahmed

“…Background and Aim Due to all its beneficial effects on child survival, exclusive breastfeeding is recommended up to the age of 6 months. Human milk is an animal type’s explicit eating routine with an even nourishing profile, microbiologically safe, promptly accessible, and cheap. …”
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Electroacupuncture Improves Clearance of Amyloid-β through the Glymphatic System in the SAMP8 Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease by Pei-zhe Liang, Li Li, Ya-nan Zhang, Yan Shen, Li-li Zhang, Jie Zhou, Zhi-jie Wang, Shu Wang, Sha Yang

“…Amyloid-β (Aβ) is the key factor that triggers the course of AD, and reducing the deposition of Aβ in the brain has been considered as a potential target for the treatment of AD. In clinical and animal studies, electroacupuncture (EA) has been shown to be an effective treatment for AD. …”
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Seroprevalence of Asymptomatic Leishmania donovani among Laborers and Associated Risk Factors in Agricultural Camps of West Armachiho District, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectiona... by Animen Ayehu, Yibeltal Aschale, Wossenseged Lemma, Animut Alebel, Ligabaw Worku, Ayalew Jejaw, Abebe Genetu Bayih

“…Leishmania donovani infection had a statistically significant association with sleeping under Balanites trees (AOR: 4.36, 95%CI: 1.186-16.06), presence of domestic animals near sleeping place (AOR: 4.68, 95% CI: 1.25-17.56), and lack of knowledge about VL transmission (AOR: 3.79, 95% CI: 1.07-13.47). …”
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PD-L1 positive platelets mediate resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with colorectal cancer by Jiacheng Li, Jia Liu, Shifeng Yang, Yu Xia, Qingzhe Meng, Biying Sun, Yansong Liu, Bin Zhao, Jiaqi Jin, Hui Xu, Lihong Wang, Pengxia Zhang, Zhuoxin Cheng

“…In turn, platelets can also induce PD-L1 expression on cancer cells. Animal experiments revealed that antiplatelet pharmacological agents and genetic knockout of platelets potentiated the antitumour effect of the PD-L1 mAb treatment in a CD8 + T cell dependent manner. …”
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Potential Medicinal Fungi from Freshwater Environments as Resources of Bioactive Compounds by Ilenia Cicero, Giulia Mirabile, Giuseppe Venturella

“…Such fungal species are noteworthy since they represent an important quote of biodiversity to preserve their fundamental ecological role and a possible solution for different health problems for humans and animal farms.…”
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Stan biologiczny populacji ludzkich a przemiany środowiska społeczno-ekonomicznego by Anna Siniarska, Napoleon Wolański

“…However, variability can also be generated during individual ontogeny at least by protective mechanisms of instinctive behaviors of animals and conscious cultural human actions. Variability originates from point mutations and chromosomal aberrations occurring during transmission of genetic material from generation to generation and through activation, or deactivation, of genes that alters their expression. …”
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Euphorbia serpens extracts mediated synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles and their biological applications by Sana Idrees, Banzeer Ahsan Abbasi, Javed Iqbal, Mohsin Kazi

“…In future, different in vitro activities; antileishmanial, anticancer, enzyme degradation assays and different in vivo studies using animal models are recommended to further investigate the role of these NPs in different biomedical applications. …”
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Administration of Vitamin D Metabolites Affects RNA Expression of Xenobiotic Metabolising Enzymes and Function of ABC Transporters in Rats by Karoline Klumpp, Frauke Lange, Alexandra S. Muscher-Banse, Nadine Schnepel, Kathrin Hansen, Adrian L. Lifschitz, Laura Mate, Mirja R. Wilkens

“…As vitamin D metabolites are widely used as feed additives or therapeutics in livestock animals, we aimed to assess whether these differences indicate species-specific responses or occurred due to the very high dosages used in the rodent studies. …”
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Comparative potential of biogas production from the distillery, fruit and vegetable waste and their mixtures (digestion) by Gebresilasie Gebremedhin Gebresilasie, Mulualem G. Gebreslassie, Mebrahtom Gebresemati

“…Biogas is produced by anaerobic digestion of organic materials which can be available from various wastes such as agro-industrial, human, fruit waste, distillery, animal waste and aquatic plants. This study deals particularly with the comparative potential of biogas production from distillery, fruit and vegetable waste and their mixtures (digestion). …”
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Evaluación de un modelo de producción de pasturas mediante pruebas empíricas by J.A. NASCA, G. BERONE, J.I. ARROQUY, C. FELDKAMP, D. COLOMBATTO

“…El objetivo fue evaluar si el modelo es capaz de simular las variaciones en producción primaria neta aérea en la estación húmeda utilizando pruebas empíricas. Se trabajó con una gramínea megatérmica, Chloris gayana. La evaluación empírica se realizó con datos de experimentos realizados en el Instituto de Investigación Animal del Chaco Semiárido (INTA), que incluyeron biomasa seca aérea acumulada durante la estación de crecimiento, y biomasa seca aérea producida entre dos pastoreos. …”
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Prevalence and effect of intramammary infection due to coagulase-negative staphylococcal (CNS) species in somatic cell counts in milk from Holstein dairy cows in Boyaca, Colombia by R. J. Andrade-Becerra, L. E. Tarazona-Manrique, J. C. Vargas-Abella

“…La mastitis es una de las enfermedades más importantes en los rebaños lecheros especializados alrededor de todo el mundo debido a los efectos sobre la producción y la salud animal. …”
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Identification of markers correlating with mitochondrial function in myocardial infarction by bioinformatics. by Wenlong Kuang, Jianwu Huang, Yulu Yang, Yuhua Liao, Zihua Zhou, Qian Liu, Hailang Wu

“…Immunoassays showed a significant increase in monocyte macrophage and T cell infiltration. According to animal experiments, the expression trends of the four hub MitoDEGs (Aco2, Atp5a1, Ndufs3, and Ndufv1) were verified to be consistent with the bioinformatics results.…”
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Evaluación de algunos factores de riesgo para la presentación de síndrome de úlcera gástrica (SUGE) en el caballo criollo colombiano en el Valle de Aburrá, Antioquia (Colombia)... by F. A. Gómez, J. D. Ruiz, D. I. Balvin

“…Generalmente se manifiestan con signos como pérdida de peso, cólico, bruxismo e inapetencia, conllevando al bajo rendimiento del animal y pérdidas económicas. El objetivo del presente estudio fue determinar la prevalencia y factores de riesgo para la presentación de SUGE en CCC del Valle de Aburra. …”
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Craniology of Nyctereutes procyonoides (Carnivora) based on materials from Ukraine by Denys Lazariev

“…Skull size is often larger in animals in introduced populations, but it also depends on environmental conditions, nutrition, and interspecific competition.…”
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Combining solubilization and controlled release strategies to prepare pH-sensitive solid dispersion loaded with albendazole: in vitro and in vivo studies by Dehai Su, Mingyang Bai, Chaoqun Wei, Xiangyang Long, Xuezhen Liu, Xiangguang Shen, Huanzhong Ding

“…Additionally, high dosing regimens of ABZ pose risks of developmental toxicity in animal models. This study developed a pH-sensitive solid dispersion of albendazole (ABZ-pHs-SD) using Glyceryl Monostearate (GM) in conjunction with Hypromellose Acetate Succinate (HPMC-AS). …”
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The impact of multiple exposures and movement on the fear response of poultry by Alexandra Jackson, Marcela Quino, Anusha Gautam, Melissa Gilpin, Katie Still, Denise Landers, Bethany Baker-Cook

“…Fear tests are a common research method to assess the affective state of an animal. This study aimed to assess: 1) the impact of repeated exposure to fear tests on fear response and, 2) how the addition of movement to fear stimuli during a novel object test impacts bird fear response. …”
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Using unmanned aerial vehicles to estimate body volume at scale for ecological monitoring by Thomas C. Stone, Katrina J. Davis

“…Based on current technology, we establish an optimal GSD of at least 0.8 cm px−1 for animals similar in size to UK grey seals (~1.2–2.5 m length), making our method reproducible and applicable to other species. …”
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Combining In Vitro, In Vivo, and In Silico Approaches to Explore the Effect of <i>Ceratonia siliqua</i> and <i>Ocimum basilicum</i> Rich Phenolic Formula on Lipid Metabolism and Pl... by Mohammadine Moumou, Amani Tayebi, Abderrahmane Hadini, Omar M. Noman, Abdulsalam Alhalmi, Hamza Ahmoda, Souliman Amrani, Hicham Harnafi

“…This formula is not toxic in mice (LD₅₀ > 2000 mg/kg body weight). Moreover, animals administered the CBF at 200 mg/kg/day presented a significant decline in their body weight gain, adipose tissue weight, plasma total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level, and glycaemia after 10 weeks’ treatment. …”
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