Brown-norway rats
Western diet-induced hepatic steatosis and alterations in the liver transcriptome in adult Brown-Norway rats
... adult Brown-Norway rats ...libitum-fed rats versus rats provided control diet (CTL; low fat, low sugar) groups, we found pronounced hepatic lipid accumula- tion, as determined by Oil ...
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Effect of the sensitization to Dermatophagoïdes pteronyssinus on the inflammatory response and bronchoconstrictive of brown Norway rats
... sensitized rats brown Norwway with allergenic proteins from Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Der P1 and Der P2) for a better understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of this ...Male brown ...
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Enhanced Antigen-Specific Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity and Immunoglobulin G2b Responses after Oral Administration of ViableLactobacillus casei YIT9029 in Wistar and Brown Norway Rats
... bacteria 5 days per week. The T. spiralis-specific delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response was significant- ly enhanced in both Wistar and Brown Norway rats given L. casei. In both rat strains ...
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Effects of nebulized ketamine on allergen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation in actively sensitized Brown-Norway rats
... in Brown-Norway ...The Brown-Norway rat model of allergen-induced asthma, which has been used extensively to evaluate the pathophysiological mechanisms of this disease, reflects many features ...
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The impact of structural integrity and route of administration on the antibody specificity against three cow’s milk allergens - a study in Brown Norway rats
... response between individual rats. Administration of al- lergens by the oral route resulted in specific antibody titre levels which differed more between the three cow’s milk allergens than did the i.p. ...
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Transfer of allergic airway responses with antigen primed CD4+ but not CD8+ T cells in brown Norway rats
... the Brown Norway rat, using the approach of adoptive ...BN rats. 2 d after adoptive transfer recipient rats were challenged by OVA inhalation, and changes in lung resistance (RL), ...
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Mercuric chloride, a chemical responsible for T helper cell (Th)2 mediated autoimmunity in brown Norway rats, directly triggers T cells to produce interleukin 4
... suppression in the Lewis strain with, however, autoreactive anti-class II T cells present in both strains. In the present study we looked at modifications of cytokine production by PCR and cytofluorometric analyses in ...
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5 oxo ETE induces pulmonary eosinophilia in an integrin dependent manner in Brown Norway rats
... integrins, rats (n 5 5) were pretreated with monoclonal antibodies to CD11a, CD11b, and CD49d 30 min before intratracheal insuf- flation with of 5-oxo-ETE (5 m ...vehicle-pretreated rats resulted in a ...
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Constant daily hypoxia leads to different degrees of pulmonary hypertension in two different rat strains
... in rats exposed to constant hy- poxia for 3, 5 and 20 days, the response was found to be graded and time dependent ...hypotheses. Brown Norway rats are resistant to the development of ...
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Inhibitory role of dietary protein restriction on the development and expression of immune mediated antitubular basement membrane induced tubulointerstitial nephritis in rats
... in Brown Norway rats with anti-tubular basement membrane ...pair-fed rats received low protein (LP) (3% casein) or normal protein (NP) (27% casein), normocaloric ...NP rats after four ...
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Pulmonary effects of inhalation of spark-generated silver nanoparticles in Brown-Norway and Sprague–Dawley rats
... in rats or mice [34–37], we found that inhalation of AgNPs dose-dependently induced an increase in the levels of phospholipids and total protein in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid maximal at day 1 to a simi- lar ...
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Genetic isolation of a region of chromosome 8 that exerts major effects on blood pressure and cardiac mass in the spontaneously hypertensive rat
... The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) is the most widely studied animal model of essential hypertension. De- spite . 30 yr of research, the primary genetic lesions re- sponsible for hypertension in the SHR remain ...
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Do female Norway rats form social bonds?
... that rats are highly social animals living in large groups and showing considerable levels of cooperation, it may at first glance seem surprising that there is no evidence for the existence of social bonds among ...
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Poisoning Rats on Stewart-Island
... eight rats for which 'stable' ranges had been determined (Table ...ship rats was 0.54 (S.E. = 0.07) ha, while two Norway rats had monthly home ranges of ...male Norway rat 176 ...
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No evidence for audience effects in reciprocal cooperation of Norway rats
... helping. Norway rats have been shown to cooperate according to generalized reciprocity (Rutte & Taborsky, 2007), direct reciprocity (Rutte & Taborsky, 2008), and indirect reciprocity (Spahni, ...
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Population-Dynamics and Diet of Rodents on Rangitoto Island, New Zealand, Including the Effect of a 1080 Poison Operation
... of rats on Rangitoto Island when compared with several other studies ...of rats and mice with empty stomachs over winter suggests that food may be limited at this ...
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Diet and coexistence of Rattus rattus rattus (Linnaeus), Rattus exulans (Peale) and Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout) on Stewart Island, New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Zoology
... Examination of the frequency of occurrence and mean percentage volume estimates of the six food categories suggests Norway rats have a more varied diet than either ship rats or kiore, bu[r] ...
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Sex differences in performance on a cognitive bias task in Norway rats
... male rats, as well as suggesting that sex differences in extinction rates could underpin sex differences in performance during test ...male rats in cognitive bias tasks, such as stress exposure and changes ...
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COMMENSAL SMALL MAMMAL SPECIES AND BAIT PREFERENCES IN URBAN AREAS OF PENANG ISLAND
... commensal rats (Paramasvaran et al., 2012). The most common commensal rats are Mus musculus, Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus (Parshad, 1999; Castillo et ...commensal rats live in close proximity ...
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Species Abundance Distribution of Ectoparasites on Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) from a Localized Area in Southwest China
... on Norway rats Ectoparasites are parasites that live on the skin or body surface of their hosts, and include a variety of taxonomic taxa, includ- ing fleas, sucking lice, chewing lice, batflies, ticks, ...
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