One hallmark of psychiatric conditions is the vast continuum of individual differences in
susceptibility vs. resilience resulting from the interaction of genetic and environmental …

“Perinatal programming” is a phenomenon describing how early life environmental
conditions can produce long-term physiological alterations that either enhance or inhibit …

The impact of anesthetic agents on endocrine and metabolic factors is an important issue.
The present study has compared the effects of a short-term exposure to diethyl ether …

Facial vein (cheek blood) and caudal vein (tail blood) phlebotomy are two commonly used
techniques for obtaining blood samples from laboratory mice, while automated blood …

This study investigated the effects of surgical placement of permanent arterial catheters on
plasma corticosterone levels, fecal corticosterone excretion and body weight in male …

Retro-bulbar sinus puncture and facial vein phlebotomy are two widely used methods for
blood sampling in laboratory mice. However, the animal welfare implications associated with …

The aim of the present study was to analyse the corticosterone response to exogenous
ACTH in the circulation of catheterised male rats and to investigate the sensitivity of faecal …

Post‑operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a severe complication characterized by
cognitive decline in patients following anesthesia and surgery. Previous studies have …

Complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-induced arthritis in rats is a common animal model for
studying chronic inflammatory pain. However, modelling of the disease is associated with …

The use of a murine nonsurgical embryo transfer (NSET) device had been described
previously for the transfer of blastocysts, morulae, DNA-microinjected embryos, and …