The Animal Physiology Core (APC) provides for diabetes related phenotyping in small animal models. Services offered include the assessment of body composition, energy balance, glucose homeostasis, and ...

Animal physiology is the scientific study of the life-supporting properties, functions and processes of animals or their parts. The discipline covers key homeostatic processes, such as the ...

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Says animal physiologist and study co-author Andreas Nieder: “When faced with a set of three objects and asked, ‘How many?’ toddlers recite the speech sounds ‘one, two, three’ or even ...

Lab Animal - Telemetry for small animal physiology. Sensory devices can range from a simple thermal detector for measuring body temperature to an intricate array of electrodes implanted in the ...

Animal science majors study a range of life sciences to better understand animal breeding, behavior, physiology and management among various species, including pets, farm animals and exotic ...

A trio of animal physiologists at the University of Tübingen, in Germany, has found that at least one species of crow has the ability to recognize geometric regularity. In their study published ...

All animals extract oxygen from the air they breathe in, and release carbon dioxide (CO 2) from their blood in the air they exhale. Most mammals can’t directly detect oxygen levels in the blood ...

Cheetahs ears help them run, and other animals—elephants, fennec foxes, fish—have ears that do double duty. Cheetahs aren’t the only ones with odd ears. Skip to main content.