We purchased a batch of 40 adult Long-Evans male rats (300–350 g body weight) from a laboratory animal supplier for studies on sexual behavior. We kept the males in pairs in shoebox cages in a ...

Normal rat posture results in proximity of the scrotum to bedding and feces, which predisposes rats to postoperative complications if castration is done using standard scrotal and prescrotal ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. When researchers castrated a male rat, implanted a uterus into the animal, surgically joined its circulation to that of a female rat, and ...

The high comorbidity of type 2 diabetes (T2D) with psychiatric or neurodegenerative disorders points to a need for ...

"The study aimed to assess the effects of unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS) during prepuberty and adolescence and the ...

Nine adult male domesticated rats, previously trained on an unrelated odor categorization task, were trained to discriminate between wines of two distinct grape varieties. Each rat was assigned ...

in male rats subjected to transient middle cerebral artery occlusion. RESULTS: After intravenous administration, IL-1RA-PEP (50 mg/kg) penetrated cerebral tissues more effectively than IL-1RA.