Selective inflammatory pain insensitivity in the African naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber). [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2008 In all mammals, tissue inflammation leads to pain and behavioral sensitization to thermal and mechanical stimuli called hyperalgesia. We studied pain mechanisms in the African naked mole-rat, an unusual rodent species that lacks pain-related ...
Thomas J Park +12 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The Naked mole-rat (NMR) is becoming a prominent model organism due to its peculiar traits, such as eusociality, extreme longevity, cancer resistance, and reduced pain sensitivity.
Guillermo Serrano Nájera, Koryu Kin
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Bite force in the African Fukomys mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia). [PDF]
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Adriaens, Dominique +4 more
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Plasma oxidative stress in reproduction of two eusocial African mole-rat species, the naked mole-rat and the Damaraland mole-rat [PDF]
Frontiers in Zoology, 2021 AbstractOne of the most prominent life-history trade-offs involves the cost of reproduction. Oxidative stress has been proposed to be involved in this trade-off and has been associated with reduced life span. There is currently an unclear relationship between oxidative cost and the reproduction-longevity trade-off. The current study, using a non-lethal
Paul Juan Jacobs +2 more
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Independent evolution of pain insensitivity in African mole-rats: origins and mechanisms. [PDF]
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol, 2020 AbstractThe naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is famous for its longevity and unusual physiology. This eusocial species that lives in highly ordered and hierarchical colonies with a single breeding queen, also discovered secrets enabling somewhat pain-free living around 20 million years ago.
Smith ESJ, Park TJ, Lewin GR.
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Clocks Ticking in the Dark: A Review of Biological Rhythms in Subterranean African Mole-Rats
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Biological rhythms are rhythmic fluctuations of biological functions that occur in almost all organisms and on several time scales. These rhythms are generated endogenously and entail the coordination of physiological and behavioural processes to ...
Maria K. Oosthuizen +3 more
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Comparative analysis of thyroid hormone systems in rodents with subterranean lifestyle
Scientific Reports, 2023 African mole-rats are subterranean rodents inhabiting underground burrows. This habitat entails risks of overheating, hypoxia, and scarce food availability.
Patricia Gerhardt +11 more
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Temperature preferences of African mole-rats (family Bathyergidae) [PDF]
Journal of Thermal Biology, 2015 Many animals are able to detect small temperature differences and show strong temperature preferences during periods of rest and activity. Mammals inhabiting the subterranean ecotope can adapt their digging and foraging activity in shallow tunnels temporarily to periods with favourable ambient air and soil temperatures.
Begall, Sabine +7 more
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Retinal cone photoreceptors of the deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus : development, topography, opsin expression and spectral tuning [PDF]
, 2013 A quantitative analysis of photoreceptor properties was performed in the retina of the nocturnal deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, using pigmented (wildtype) and albino animals.
Arbogast, Patrick +2 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background The endemic rodent family of Bathyergidae in Africa, particularly South Africa, are understudied as reservoirs of diseases of significant medical importance. Considering the diversity and wide distribution of African mole-rats in South Africa,
Dina M. Fagir +4 more
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