Behavioral differentiation of mice exposed to a water tank social interaction test
Male or female C57BL/6J mice were exposed to a water tank in which food could be obtained only by wading in the water towards a feeder. Behavioral differentiation occurred in that three distinct categories could be distinguished: major carriers (transporting over 80% of the food pellets), sporadic carriers (transporting less than 20% of the food pellets) and non-carriers. In the elevated + -maze, major carriers were more willing to explore open spaces than non-carriers. Sporadic carriers showed some evidence of
Detoxication of rapeseed meal by Rhizopus Oligosporus sp‐T3: A first step towards rapeseed protein concentrate
To obtain proteins from OO rapeseed meal for use in human food, a first step was realized by fermentation with Rhizopus oligosporus spT3. The meal's fermentation during 40 h resulted in degradation of 84% of carbohydrates, 30% of lignin and other polyphenolic components indigestible by nonruminants, and 47% of total glucosinolates which are responsible for goitre. The fermentation improves the nutritional quality of rapeseed meal by degrading undesirable factors. [mkdf_button size="" type="" text="Link to the article" custom_class="" icon_pack="font_awesome" fa_icon="" link="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1996.17-315.x"
Effects of MPTP on lever-pressing for light extinction in rats
Rats were daily treated for seven days with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3, 6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) at a dose of 20 mg/kg/day, i.p. Seven days after treatment withdrawal, the rats were individually tested in a brightly lit apparatus containing two levers: an active lever allowing periods of darkness, and an inactive one. The test was performed over two consecutive days, in 20-min sessions. While control rats had a higher number of total active lever pressings than inactive lever pressings, this was not the case for