Peromyscus spp. Deer Mice as Rodent Model of Acute Leptospirosis [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesLeptospirosis is a global zoonotic disease affecting humans, wildlife, companion, and domestic animals. Incidental hosts can contract the disease directly or indirectly from asymptomatic reservoir hosts, most commonly small rodents.
Ellie J. Putz +9 more
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Distinct Mechanisms Underlie Developmental Plasticity and Adult Acclimation of Thermogenic Capacity in High-Altitude Deer Mice [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 Developmental plasticity can elicit phenotypic adjustments that help organisms cope with environmental change, but the relationship between developmental plasticity and plasticity in adult life (e.g., acclimation) remains unresolved. We sought to examine
Catherine M. Ivy +3 more
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Adrenergic control of the cardiovascular system in deer mice native to high altitude [PDF]
Current Research in Physiology, 2022 Studies of animals native to high altitude can provide valuable insight into physiological mechanisms and evolution of performance in challenging environments.
Oliver H. Wearing +4 more
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Identification and field testing of sex-attractant semiochemicals produced by male deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceFollowing previous reports that male deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus, produce chemical signals that attract conspecific females, we analysed and field-tested sex-attractant semiochemicals (message-bearing chemicals) of male deer mice.
Elana Varner +7 more
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Behavioral restriction, lorazepam, and escitalopram uniquely influence the expression of naturalistic stereotypy in deer mice: perspectives on anxiety- and compulsive-like behavior [PDF]
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022 Introduction: Stereotypical expression in laboratory-housed rodents can be explained by different motivational, coping, and motor dysfunction theories.
Johann T. Burke +3 more
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SARS-CoV-2 infection, neuropathogenesis and transmission among deer mice: Implications for spillback to New World rodents. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2021 Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China and rapidly became pandemic. As with other coronaviruses, a preponderance of evidence suggests the virus originated in horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus spp.) and may have infected an intermediate
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Dama: The Deer that Walked the World
, 2015 30 minute film about the AHRC-funded Fallow Deer Project for which Dr Amanda Richardson is an adviser.
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The interaction of Sika deer (Cervus nippon Temminck 1838) with lowland heath mosaics. [PDF]
Sika deer (Cervus nippon) has become an invasive species in many parts of the world. In the south of England large populations appear to be concentrated in landscapes comprising of mosaics of lowland heath, woodlands and grassland.
Uzal Fernandez, Antonio
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BMC Immunology, 2004 Background Human infections with Sin Nombre virus (SNV) and related New World hantaviruses often lead to hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS), a sometimes fatal illness.
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Persistent effects of pair bonding in lung cancer cell growth in monogamous Peromyscus californicus
eLife, 2021 Epidemiological evidence suggests that social interactions and especially bonding between couples influence tumorigenesis, yet whether this is due to lifestyle changes, homogamy (likelihood of individuals to marry people of similar health), or directly ...
Asieh Naderi +5 more
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