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Saturday, November 07, 2009

Further validation of a pruritus severity scale for use in dogs.

17 Dec 2009 A scale to assess the severity of pruritus in dogs was further validated. Comparison of the scale with one containing visible numerical markings demonstrated that owners were heavily influenced by the presence of numbers, resulting in a loss of the ... Read more...

Genetic complexity of absence seizures in substrains of C3H mice.

15 Dec 2009 Absence epilepsy is a common form of idiopathic generalized epilepsy whose etiology is poorly understood because of genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity. The inbred mouse strain C3H/He exhibits spontaneous absence seizures characterized by spike and ... Read more...

Mice mutant for genes associated with schizophrenia: common phenotype or distinct endophenotypes?

5 Dec 2009 Schizophrenia is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder whose etiology involves a mixture of genetic and environmental factors. By virtue of this complexity, schizophrenia is a field of research in which a number of key technologies converge: in ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Animals'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Haplotype sharing excludes orthologous COL4A3, COL4A4 or MYH9 loci in hereditary nephritis in bull terriers. 28 Dec 2009
• Further validation of a pruritus severity scale for use in dogs. 17 Dec 2009
• Genetic complexity of absence seizures in substrains of C3H mice. 15 Dec 2009
• Mice mutant for genes associated with schizophrenia: common phenotype or distinct endophenotypes? 5 Dec 2009
• Role of Wnt inhibitory factor-1 and Wnt/wingless signaling in choroid plexus tumors. 29 Nov 2009
• Protective effect of sulfhydryl-containing antioxidants against ischemia/reperfusion injury of prepubertal rat intestine. 29 Nov 2009
• Multiply mutated Gaussia luciferases provide prolonged and intense bioluminescence. 25 Nov 2009
• Possible mechanisms involved in the discrepancy of hepatic and aortic endothelial nitric oxide synthases during the development of cirrhosis in rats. 25 Nov 2009
• Clinical models of tolerance induction in pediatric transplantation. 17 Nov 2009
• The reduction of cell death and proliferation by p27(Kip1) minimizes DNA damage in an experimental model of genotoxicity. 13 Nov 2009
• Mre11 inhibition by oncolytic adenovirus associates with autophagy and underlies synergy with ionizing radiation. 13 Nov 2009
• Serum olfactomedin 4 (GW112, hGC-1) in combination with Reg IV is a highly sensitive biomarker for gastric cancer patients. 13 Nov 2009
• Restriction of cisplatin induction of acute apoptosis to a subpopulation of cells in a three-dimensional carcinoma culture model. 13 Nov 2009
• Intrinsic resistance to the MEK1/2 inhibitor AZD6244 (ARRY-142886) is associated with weak ERK1/2 signalling and/or strong PI3K signalling in colorectal cancer cell lines. 13 Nov 2009
• Blockade of TRPC6 channels induced G2/M phase arrest and suppressed growth in human gastric cancer cells. 13 Nov 2009
• Distinct progression-associated expression of tumor and stromal MMPs in HaCaT skin SCCs correlates with onset of invasion. 13 Nov 2009
• CD44-positive cells are responsible for gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic cancer cells. 13 Nov 2009
• The Janus-faced role of ezrin in "linking" cells to either normal or metastatic phenotype. 13 Nov 2009
• Precise detection of lymph node metastases in mouse rectal cancer by using 5-aminolevulinic acid. 13 Nov 2009
• Adiponectin is not effective against AOM-induced colon cancer but more evidence is required for its role in obesity-associated colon cancer: comment on the study by Ealey and Archer (2009). 13 Nov 2009

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Technical information about 'Animals'

Definition: Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain Eukarya.

Descriptor UI: D000818

Alternative terms: Animals; Metazoa; Animal; Animalia;

Tree Number: B01;

History Note: 2004 (1974); was check tag only (not a descriptor) 1974-2003

Technical Notes: NIM as check tag; Manual 18.7+, 22.33; relation to /vet: Manual 19.8.81