An open-source device for measuring food intake and operant behavior in rodent home-cages

BA Matikainen-Ankney, T Earnest, M Ali, E Casey… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Feeding is critical for survival, and disruption in the mechanisms that govern food intake
underlies disorders such as obesity and anorexia nervosa. It is important to understand both …

Protein energy malnutrition decreases immunity and increases susceptibility to influenza infection in mice

AK Taylor, W Cao, KP Vora, JDL Cruz… - The Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background. Protein energy malnutrition (PEM), a common cause of secondary immune
deficiency in children, is associated with an increased risk of infections. Very few studies …

Bioavailability of orally administered small extracellular vesicles from bovine milk in C57BL/6J mice

A Khanam, A Ngu, J Zempleni - International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2023 - Elsevier
Small extracellular vesicles (sMEVs) from bovine milk are studied for delivering therapeutics.
Here, we estimated sMEV bioavailability of an oral dose of sMEVs. Bovine sMEVs were …

Fructose decreases physical activity and increases body fat without affecting hippocampal neurogenesis and learning relative to an isocaloric glucose diet

C Rendeiro, AM Masnik, JG Mun, K Du, D Clark… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Recent evidence suggests that fructose consumption is associated with weight gain, fat
deposition and impaired cognitive function. However it is unclear whether the detrimental …

Protein malnutrition impairs the immune response and influences the severity of infection in a hamster model of chronic visceral leishmaniasis

E Carrillo, MA Jimenez, C Sanchez, J Cunha… - PLOS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Leishmaniasis remains one of the world's most devastating neglected tropical diseases. It
mainly affects developing countries, where it often co-exists with chronic malnutrition, one of …

Skipping breakfast regimen induces an increase in body weight and a decrease in muscle weight with a shifted circadian rhythm in peripheral tissues of mice

K Kiriyama, M Yamamoto, D Kim, S Sun… - British Journal of …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Meal timing is a key factor in synchronising the circadian clock in peripheral tissues.
Circadian disorders are associated with the metabolic syndrome. Previously, we …

The impact of the physical form of torularhodin on its metabolic fate in the gastrointestinal tract

X Li, G Zhang - Food & Function, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Torularhodin is a fungal carotenoid with multiple health benefits. However, the relationship
between its physical form and metabolic fate in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT), which is …

The Beneficial Effects of Apical Sodium‐Dependent Bile Acid Transporter Inactivation Depend on Dietary Fat Composition

IP van de Peppel, A Rao… - Molecular Nutrition & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Scope The apical sodium‐dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT, SLC10A2) is important in
the enterohepatic cycling of bile acids and thereby in the intestinal absorption of lipids. ASBT …

Powder diet exacerbates oropharyngeal candidiasis in a mouse model

R Vazquez-Munoz, A Thompson, T Sobue… - Applied and …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
This study reports on the influence of a powder diet in a mouse model of oropharyngeal
candidiasis (OPC), a significant health concern caused primarily by Candida albicans …

[图书][B] Critical care management for laboratory mice and rats

FC Hankenson - 2013 - books.google.com
For critical care of laboratory rodents, there is a scarcity of sources for comprehensive,
feasible, and response-oriented information on clinical interventions specific to spontaneous …