A 2025 study bred rats over multiple generations for seizure susceptibility—but failed to create a working epilepsy model, highlighting the limitations of animal experiments and the need for human-relevant alternatives. Key definitions Amygdala: A small, almond-shaped brain region involved in emotion processing and memory. In this study, electrical stimulation of
Research paper Intermittent fasting increases energy expenditure and promotes adipose tissue browning in miceNutrition 2019 Oct; 66:38-43. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2019.03.015. 2019https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31207437/Bo Liu , Amanda J Page , Amy T Hutchison , Gary A Wittert , Leonie K Heilbronn Associated institutions Centre for Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Disease, Adelaide Medical School, University of
Research Paper: Maternal E‑Cigarette Exposure Results in Cognitive and Epigenetic Alterations in Offspring in a Mouse Model (2018) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00084 Tara Nguyen, Gerard E. Li, Hui Chen, Charles G. Cranfield, Kristine C. McGrath, and Catherine A. Gorrie Funding: Funded by the UTS Faculty of Science and UTS Center for Health Technologies.
Australian universities are routinely causing traumatic brain injury (TBI) in rats and mice by dropping weights, or via invasive procedures to create fluid in the brain, in an attempt to replicate the human condition. TBI animal experiments are carried out at University of Western Australia, Monash University, the University of
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