VULNERABILITY OR RESILIENCE OF MOTOPSIN KNOCKOUT MICE TO MATERNAL SEPARATION STRESS DEPENDING ON ADULTHOOD BEHAVIORS

Vulnerability or resilience of motopsin knockout mice to maternal separation stress depending on adulthood behaviors

Chiharu Hidaka,1,2 Taiki Kashio,1 Daiju Uchigaki,3 Shinichi Mitsui1,3 1Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Maebashi, Japan; 2Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan; 3Department of Occupational Therapy, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan Ba

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Adipokinetic hormone (AKH), energy budget and their effect on feeding and gustatory processes of foraging honey bees

Abstract The adipokinetic hormone (AKH) of insects is considered an equivalent of the mammalian hormone glucagon as it induces fast mobilization of carbohydrates and lipids from the fat body upon starvation.Yet, in foraging honey bees, which lack fat body storage for carbohydrates, it was suggested that AKH may have lost its original function.Here

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Climate Change Journalism: From Agony to Agonistic Debate

Starting from a politicized outlook on climate change, this essay criticizes mainstream journalistic norms for failing to enable an agonistic, democratic debate about how to Dongs move forward.Based on a targeted search for examples from the reporting (and reflection thereof) of two Dutch-speaking alternative news sites (DeWereldMorgen and De Corre

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