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Are mice good models for human neuromuscular disease? Comparing muscle excursions in walking between mice and humans (2017)
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Hu, X., Charles, J. P., Akay, T., Hutchinson, J. R., & Blemker, S. S. (2017). Are mice good models for human neuromuscular disease? Comparing muscle excursions in walking between mice and humans. Skeletal Muscle, 7(26), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13395-017-0143-9

The mouse is one of the most widely used animal models to study neuromuscular diseases and test new therapeutic strategies. However, findings from successful pre-clinical studies using mouse models frequently fail to translate to humans due to variou... Read More about Are mice good models for human neuromuscular disease? Comparing muscle excursions in walking between mice and humans.

Descriptive study of current therapeutic practices, clinical reproductive findings and incidence of pregnancy loss in intensively managed thoroughbred mares (2017)
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Rose, B. V., Firth, M. J., Morris, B., Roach, J. M., Wathes, D. C., Verheyen, K. L. P., & De Mestre, A. M. (2017). Descriptive study of current therapeutic practices, clinical reproductive findings and incidence of pregnancy loss in intensively managed thoroughbred mares. Animal Reproduction Science, 188, 74-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2017.11.011

Therapeutic practices in equine reproductive medicine have dramatically evolved over the last 20 years but current usage is not described. The aims of this study were to provide a description of medication use and clinical findings of reproductive ex... Read More about Descriptive study of current therapeutic practices, clinical reproductive findings and incidence of pregnancy loss in intensively managed thoroughbred mares.

Supplementing a-Linolenic acid in the in vitro maturation media improves nuclear maturation rate of oocytes and early embryonic development in the Nili Ravi buffalo (2017)
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Azam, A., Shahzad, Q., Ul-Husna, A., Qadee, S., Ejaz, R., Fouladi-Nashta, A. A., …Akhter, S. (2017). Supplementing a-Linolenic acid in the in vitro maturation media improves nuclear maturation rate of oocytes and early embryonic development in the Nili Ravi buffalo. Animal Reproduction Science, 14(4), 1161-119. https://doi.org/10.21451/1984-3143-AR859

The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of omega-3 poly unsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), α-linolenic acid (ALA; 18:3 n-3) on the in vitro maturation (IVM) of buffalo oocytes and subsequent embryonic development. Buffalo cumulusoocyte... Read More about Supplementing a-Linolenic acid in the in vitro maturation media improves nuclear maturation rate of oocytes and early embryonic development in the Nili Ravi buffalo.

Influence of hyaluronan on endometrial receptivity and embryo attachment in sheep (2017)
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Marei, W. F. A., Wathes, D. C., Raheem, K. A., Mohey-Elsaeed, O., Ghafari, F., & Fouladi-Nashta, A. A. (2017). Influence of hyaluronan on endometrial receptivity and embryo attachment in sheep. https://doi.org/10.1071/RD16232

An increasing number of reports suggests a role of hyaluronan (HA) in female reproduction and interest in its application in assisted reproduction is rising. However, there are contrasting data about the effectiveness of adding HA to the embryo-trans... Read More about Influence of hyaluronan on endometrial receptivity and embryo attachment in sheep.

Clinical, pathological and functional characterization of riboflavin-responsive neuropathy (2017)
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Manole, A., Jaunmuktane, Z., Hargreaves, I., Ludtmann, M. H. R., Pandraud, A., Salpietro, V., …Houlden, H. (2017). Clinical, pathological and functional characterization of riboflavin-responsive neuropathy. Brain, 140(11), 2820-2837. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awx231

Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome represents a phenotypic spectrum of motor, sensory, and cranial nerve neuropathy, often with ataxia, optic atrophy and respiratory problems leading to ventilator-dependence. Loss-of-function mutations in two riboflav... Read More about Clinical, pathological and functional characterization of riboflavin-responsive neuropathy.

Work minimization accounts for footfall phasing in slow quadrupedal gaits (2017)
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Usherwood, J. R., & Self Davies, Z. T. (2017). Work minimization accounts for footfall phasing in slow quadrupedal gaits. eLife, 6, e29495. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.29495.001

Quadrupeds, like most bipeds, tend to walk with an even left/right footfall timing. However, the phasing between hind and forelimbs shows considerable variation. Here, we account for this variation by modeling and explaining the influence of hind-for... Read More about Work minimization accounts for footfall phasing in slow quadrupedal gaits.