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When Familiar Faces Feel Better: A Framework for Social Neurocognitive Aging in a Rat Model
Dutta Gupta S, Long JM, Rapp PR. eNeuro 2026;13(2):ENEURO.0422-25.2025.
Species: rats
- Morris water maze test
- Social interaction test
0.33g mitigates muscle atrophy while 0.67g preserves muscle function and myofiber type composition in mice during spaceflight
Tsuji R, Fujita R, Hayashi T, et al. Science advances 2026;12(11):eaed2258.
Species: mice
- Gait analysis
- Grip strength test
Growth hormone-deficient Ames dwarf mice resist sarcopenia and exhibit enhanced endurance running performance at 24 months
Johnston MJ, Rakoczy SG, Thompson LV, et al. GeroScience 2025;47(3):4827-4843.
Species: mice
- Gait analysis
- Grip strength test
- Rotarod test
Genetically diverse mice exhibit divergent domain-specific, sex-dependent behavioral outcomes following exposure to early life stress
Nguyen J, Shimizu K, Zlotnik V, et al. PloS one 2025;20(9):e0331457.
Species: mice
- Forced swim test
- Social interaction test
Cognitive Function, Sleep, and Neuroinflammatory Markers in Mice Exposed to Very Long-Term Intermittent Hypoxia
Puech C, Badran M, Barrow MB, et al. International journal of molecular sciences 2025;26(5):1815.
Species: mice
- Elevated plus maze test
- Open field test
Behavioral phenotyping identifies autism-like repetitive stereotypies in a Tsc2 haploinsufficient rat model
Ramme A, Zachow M, Habelt B, et al. Behavioral and brain functions : BBF 2025;21(1):20.
Species: rats
- Forced swim test
- Marble burying test
FDA-approved cannabidiol [Epidiolex®] alleviates Gulf War Illness-linked cognitive and mood dysfunction, hyperalgesia, neuroinflammatory signaling, and declined neurogenesis
Kodali M, Madhu LN, Kolla VSV, et al. Military Medical Research 2024;11(1):61.
Species: rats
- Open field test
- Sucrose preference test
A subset of dopamine receptor-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens controls feeding and energy homeostasis
Liu Y, Wang Y, Zhao ZD, et al. Nature metabolism 2024;6(8):1616-1631.
Species: mice
- Elevated plus maze test
- Open field test
- Social interaction test
- Sucrose preference test
Sex-specific effects of alcohol on neurobehavioral performance and endoplasmic reticulum stress: an analysis using neuron-specific MANF deficient mice
Wen W, Li H, Lauffer M, et al. Frontiers in pharmacology 2024;15:1407576.
Species: mice
- Balance beam test
- Elevated plus maze test
- Gait analysis
- Open field test
- Rotarod test
- Social interaction test
Accelerated cerebromicrovascular senescence contributes to cognitive decline in a mouse model of paclitaxel (Taxol)-induced chemobrain
Ahire C, Nyul-Toth A, DelFavero J, et al. Aging cell 2023;22(7):e13832.
Species: mice
- Gait analysis
- Grip strength test
- Radial arm water maze test
- Rotarod test
- Y-maze test
Social defeat stress induces genome-wide 5mC and 5hmC alterations in the mouse brain
Kuehner JN, Walia NR, Seong R, et al. G3 (Bethesda, Md.) 2023;13(8):jkad114.
Species: mice
- Social interaction test
- Sucrose preference test
Supraphysiologic doses of 17β-estradiol aggravate depression-like behaviors in ovariectomized mice possibly via regulating microglial responses and brain glycerophospholipid metabolism
Li M, Zhang J, Chen W, et al. Journal of neuroinflammation 2023;20(1):204.
Species: mice
- Forced swim test
- Grip strength test
- Open field test
- Sucrose preference test
- Y-maze test
Functional IgG Autoantibodies against Autonomic Nervous System Receptors in Symptomatic Women with Silicone Breast Implants
Talalai E, Gorobets D, Halpert G, et al. Cells 2023;12(11):1510.
Species: mice
- Forced swim test
- Open field test
Inhibition of carnitine palmitoyl-transferase 1 is a potential target in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease
Trabjerg MS, Andersen DC, Huntjens P, et al. NPJ Parkinson's disease 2023;9(1):6.
Species: mice
- Balance beam test
- Grip strength test
- Rotarod test
- Y-maze test
A tale of two transmitters: serotonin and histamine as in vivo biomarkers of chronic stress in mice
Hersey M, Reneaux M, Berger SN, et al. Journal of neuroinflammation 2022;19(1):167.
Species: mice
- Forced swim test
- Sucrose preference test
A feature of maternal sleep apnea during gestation causes autism-relevant neuronal and behavioral phenotypes in offspring
Vanderplow AM, Kermath BA, Bernhardt CR, et al. PLoS biology 2022;20(2):e3001502.
Species: rats
- Open field test
- Social interaction test
- Y-maze test
CCR2 deficiency alters activation of microglia subsets in traumatic brain injury
Somebang K, Rudolph J, Imhof I, et al. Cell reports 2021;36(12):109727.
Species: mice
- Morris water maze test
- Open field test
- Rotarod test
Downregulating carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1 affects disease progression in the SOD1 G93A mouse model of ALS
Trabjerg MS, Andersen DC, Huntjens P, et al. Communications biology 2021;4(1):509.
Species: mice
- Grip strength test
- Rotarod test
- Y-maze test
Developmental cannabidiol exposure increases anxiety and modifies genome-wide brain DNA methylation in adult female mice
Wanner NM, Colwell M, Drown C, et al. Clinical epigenetics 2021;13(1):4.
Species: mice
- Marble burying test
- Y-maze test
Developmental, cellular, and behavioral phenotypes in a mouse model of congenital hypoplasia of the dentate gyrus
Rattner A, Terrillion CE, Jou C, et al. eLife 2020;9:e62766.
Species: mice
- Elevated plus maze test
- Morris water maze test
- Open field test
- Rotarod test
- Y-maze test
Behavioral Phenotyping of an Improved Mouse Model of Phelan-McDermid Syndrome with a Complete Deletion of the Shank3 Gene
Drapeau E, Riad M, Kajiwara Y, et al. eNeuro 2018;5(3):ENEURO.0046-18.2018.
Species: mice
- Balance beam test
- Gait analysis
- Grip strength test
- Marble burying test
- Open field test
- Rotarod test
- Social interaction test
- Y-maze test
Early Changes of Articular Cartilage and Subchondral Bone in The DMM Mouse Model of Osteoarthritis
Fang H, Huang L, Welch I, et al. Scientific reports 2018;8(1):2855.
Species: mice
- Gait analysis
Manganese transporter Slc39a14 deficiency revealed its key role in maintaining manganese homeostasis in mice
Xin Y, Gao H, Wang J, et al. Cell discovery 2017;3:17025.
Species: mice
- Balance beam test
- Gait analysis
- Rotarod test
A critical role for Piezo2 channels in the mechanotransduction of mouse proprioceptive neurons
Florez-Paz D, Bali KK, Kuner R, et al. Scientific reports 2016;6:25923.
Species: mice
- Balance beam test
- Gait analysis
- Rotarod test
Autophagy Promotes Peripheral Nerve Regeneration and Motor Recovery Following Sciatic Nerve Crush Injury in Rats
Huang HC, Chen L, Zhang HX, et al. Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN 2016;58(4):416-423.
Species: rats
- Gait analysis
Red-shifted channelrhodopsin stimulation restores light responses in blind mice, macaque retina, and human retina
Sengupta A, Chaffiol A, Macé E, et al. EMBO molecular medicine 2016;8(11):1248-1264.
Species: mice
- Open field test