Juvenile Fischer 344 rats are known to be less playful than other inbred strains, although the neurobiological substrate(s) responsible for this phenotype is uncertain. In the present study, Fischer 344 rats were compared to the commonly used outbred Sprague-Dawley strain on several behavioral and physiological parameters in order to ascertain whether the lack of play may be related to compromi...

and female one, as Eric Vilain from the University of California at Los Angeles, USA, and colleagues have reviewed recently (Nat. Rev. Endocrinol. (2014) 10, 603–615). While these variations of human sex between male and female are not necessarily linked to the psychological issue of gender identity, both display a spectrum of many different shades that is much more complex than the traditional...

‎in our paper [a‎. ‎b‎. ‎m‎. ‎basheer and j‎. ‎moori‎, ‎on a group of the form $2^{10}{:}(u_{5}(2){:}2)$] we calculated the inertia factors‎, ‎fischer matrices and the ordinary character table of the split‎ ‎extension $ 2^{10}{:}(u_{5}(2){:}2)$ by means of clifford-fischer‎ ‎theory‎. ‎the second inertia factor group of $2^{10}{:}(u_{5}(2){:}2)$‎ ‎is a group of the form $2_{-}^{1+6}{:}((3^{1+2}{...

We previously reported that Wistar-Imamichi (WI) rats have a strong resistance to cadmium (Cd)-induced lethality compared to other strains such as Fischer 344 (Fischer) rats. The present study was designed to establish biochemical and histological differences in Cd toxicity in WI and Fischer rats, and to clarify the mechanistic basis of these strain differences. A single Cd (4.5 mg/kg, s.c.) tr...

Inbred Fischer 344 rats display airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) in vivo compared with the normoresponsive Lewis strain. Fischer AHR has been linked with increased airway smooth muscle (ASM) contraction ex vivo and enhanced ASM cell intracellular Ca(2+) mobilization in response to serotonin compared with Lewis. To determine the generality of this association, we tested whether bradykinin (BK) a...

The species of the subfamily Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Hunan (Oriental China) are revised and illustrated. Thirty-six new species are described: Apodesmia bruniclypealis Li & van Achterberg, sp. n., Apodesmia melliclypealis Li & van Achterberg, sp. n., Areotetes albiferus Li & van Achterberg, sp. n., Areotetes carinuliferus Li & van Achterberg, sp. n., Areotetes striatiferus Li & v...

the subgroups of symplectic groups which fix a non-zero vector of the underlying symplectic space are called emph{affine subgroups.}~the split extension group $a(4)cong 2^7{:}sp_6(2)$ is the affine subgroup of the symplectic group $sp_8(2)$ of index $255$‎. ‎in this paper‎, ‎we use the technique of the fischer-clifford matrices to construct the character table of the inertia group $2^7{:}o^{-}_...

Hiltrud Brauch and Werner Schroth, Dr Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart; and University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany Matthew P. Goetz, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Thomas E. Mürdter and Stefan Winter, Dr Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart; and University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany James N. Ingle, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Mat...