Modeling menopause: The utility of rodents in translational behavioral endocrinology research

SV Koebele, HA Bimonte-Nelson - Maturitas, 2016 - Elsevier
The human menopause transition and aging are each associated with an increase in a
variety of health risk factors including, but not limited to, cardiovascular disease …

Guidelines on the use of sex and gender in cardiovascular research

CW Usselman, ML Lindsey… - American Journal …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
In cardiovascular research, sex and gender have not typically been considered in research
design and reporting until recently. This has resulted in clinical research findings from which …

The VCD mouse model of menopause and perimenopause for the study of sex differences in cardiovascular disease and the metabolic syndrome

HL Brooks, DP Pollow, PB Hoyer - Physiology, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
In females, menopause, the cessation of menstrual cycling, is associated with an increase in
risk for several diseases such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, the …

Female aging: when translational models don't translate

G Gilmer, ZR Hettinger, Y Tuakli-Wosornu, E Skidmore… - Nature aging, 2023 - nature.com
For many pathologies associated with aging, female patients present with higher morbidity
and more frequent adverse events from treatments compared to male patients. While …

Accelerated ovarian failure: a novel, chemically induced animal model of menopause

TA Van Kempen, TA Milner, EM Waters - Brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
Current rodent models of menopause fail to adequately recapitulate the menopause
transition. The intact aging model fails to achieve very low estrogen levels, and the …

[HTML][HTML] Rodent models of osteoporosis

A Sophocleous, AI Idris - BoneKEy reports, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The aim of this protocol is to provide a detailed description of male and female rodent
models of osteoporosis. In addition to indications on the methods of performing the surgical …

The impact of low-magnitude high-frequency vibration on fracture healing is profoundly influenced by the oestrogen status in mice

E Wehrle, A Liedert, A Heilmann… - Disease models & …, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
Fracture healing is impaired in aged and osteoporotic individuals. Because adequate
mechanical stimuli are able to increase bone formation, one therapeutical approach to treat …

APOE4 genotype exacerbates the impact of menopause on cognition and synaptic plasticity in APOE‐TR mice

MG Pontifex, A Martinsen, RNM Saleh… - The FASEB …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of sex and menopausal status in Alzheimer's disease remains understudied
despite increasing evidence of greater female risk, particularly in APOE4 carriers. Utilizing …

Lactobacillusplantarum GKM3 and Lactobacillus paracasei GKS6 Supplementation Ameliorates Bone Loss in Ovariectomized Mice by Promoting Osteoblast …

LC Yang, SW Lin, IC Li, YP Chen, SY Tzu, W Chou… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Osteoporosis, an imbalance in the bone-forming process mediated by osteoblasts and the
bone-resorbing function mediated by osteoclasts, is a bone degenerative disease prevalent …

Systemic changes in a mouse model of VCD-induced premature ovarian failure

LB Cao, CK Leung, PWN Law, Y Lv, CH Ng, HB Liu… - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Aims Premature ovarian failure (POF) is a phenomenon in which the ovaries fail before the
age of 40 years. Prior research has used a wide range of mouse models designed to reflect …