Search Results - "Overton, J. M"

Use of niche models in invasive species risk assessments by Jiménez-Valverde, A, Peterson, A. T, Soberón, J, Overton, J. M, Aragón, P, Lobo, J. M

“…Risk maps summarizing landscape suitability of novel areas for invading species can be valuable tools for preventing species’ invasions or controlling their…”
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Vagal tone dominates autonomic control of mouse heart rate at thermoneutrality by Swoap, S J, Li, C, Wess, J, Parsons, A D, Williams, T D, Overton, J M

“…It is generally accepted that cardiac sympathetic tone dominates the control of heart rate (HR) in mice. However, we have recently challenged this notion given…”
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Diet-Induced Obesity Resistance of Kv1.3−/− Mice is Olfactory Bulb Dependent by Tucker, K., Overton, J. M., Fadool, D. A.

“…Gene‐targeted deletion of the voltage‐gated potassium channel, Kv1.3 (Kv1.3−/−), increases olfactory sensitivity and discriminatory ability, and causes…”
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Kv1.3 gene-targeted deletion alters longevity and reduces adiposity by increasing locomotion and metabolism in melanocortin-4 receptor-null mice by Tucker, K, Overton, J.M, Fadool, D.A

“…Objective: Gene-targeted deletion of the voltage-gated potassium channel, Kv1.3, results in 'super-smeller' mice that have altered firing patterns of mitral…”
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Combined amylin–leptin treatment lowers blood pressure and adiposity in lean and obese rats by Seth, R, Knight, W.D, Overton, J.M

“…Objective: To examine the cardiovascular effects of combined amylin (AMN) and leptin (LEP) treatment in lean and obese rats. Research design: Rats were…”
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Hypothalamic NPY, AGRP, and POMC mRNA responses to leptin and refeeding in mice by Swart, I, Jahng, J W, Overton, J M, Houpt, T A

“…Food deprivation (FD) increases hypothalamic neuropeptide Y (NPY) and agouti-related protein (AGRP) mRNA levels and decreases proopiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA…”
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Cardiovascular responses to caloric restriction and thermoneutrality in C57BL/6J mice by Williams, T D, Chambers, J B, Henderson, R P, Rashotte, M E, Overton, J M

“…We utilized variations in caloric availability and ambient temperature (T(a)) to examine interrelationships between energy expenditure and cardiovascular…”
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Behavioral and physiologic responses to caloric restriction in mice by Overton, J.M., Williams, T.D.

“…The purpose of the review is to highlight the influences of ambient temperature ( T a) and caloric restriction (CR) on metabolism, cardiovascular function and…”
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Long-Evans and Sprague-Dawley rats exhibit divergent responses to refeeding after caloric restriction by Evans, S A, Messina, M M, Knight, W D, Parsons, A D, Overton, J M

“…Mature male Sprague-Dawley (SD) and Long-Evans (LE) rats were instrumented with telemetry transmitters for measurement of heart rate (HR) and housed in room…”
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Kv1.3 Channel Gene-Targeted Deletion Produces “Super-Smeller Mice” with Altered Glomeruli, Interacting Scaffolding Proteins, and Biophysics by Fadool, D.A, Tucker, K, Perkins, R, Fasciani, G, Thompson, R.N, Parsons, A.D, Overton, J.M, Koni, P.A, Flavell, R.A, Kaczmarek, L.K

“…Mice with gene-targeted deletion of the Kv1.3 channel were generated to study its role in olfactory function. Potassium currents in olfactory bulb mitral cells…”
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Homeostatic responses to caloric restriction: influence of background metabolic rate by Evans, S. A, Parsons, A. D, Overton, J. M

“…Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida Submitted 14 December 2004 ; accepted in final form 1 June 2005 The…”
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Cardiovascular and metabolic responses to fasting and thermoneutrality are conserved in obese Zucker rats by Overton, J M, Williams, T D, Chambers, J B, Rashotte, M E

“…The primary purpose of the study was to test the hypothesis that reduced leptin signaling is necessary to elicit the cardiovascular and metabolic responses to…”
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Electrophysiological and behavioral phenotype of insulin receptor defective mice by Das, P., Parsons, A.D., Scarborough, J., Hoffman, J., Wilson, J., Thompson, R.N., Overton, J.M., Fadool, D.A.

“…The olfactory bulb expresses one of the highest levels of insulin found in the brain. A high level of expression of the concomitant insulin receptor (IR)…”
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Phenotyping small animals as models for the human metabolic syndrome: thermoneutrality matters by Overton, J M

“…It is standard practice in preclinical biomedical research to house mammalian model organisms at an ambient temperature substantially below the thermoneutral…”
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Adaptive thermogenesis is intact in B6 and A/J mice studied at thermoneutrality by DERUISSEAU, L. R, PARSONS, A. D, OVERTON, J. M

“…To investigate mechanisms of resistance to obesity, the physiologic responses to short-term moderate fat feeding were studied at ambient temperature (T(a)) =…”
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Concurrent reductions in blood pressure and metabolic rate during fasting in the unrestrained SHR by Williams, T D, Chambers, J B, May, O L, Henderson, R P, Rashotte, M E, Overton, J M

“…Fasting produces multiple cardiovascular, metabolic, and behavioral responses. To examine the interrelationship between these responses, male spontaneously…”
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Diet-induced obesity and cardiovascular regulation in C57BL/6J mice by Williams, TD, Chambers, JB, Roberts, LM, Henderson, RP, Overton, JM

“…Summary 1. In the present study, we determined the effect of diet‐induced obesity on cardiovascular and metabolic regulation in mice at standard laboratory…”
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Cardiovascular and metabolic responses of hypertensive and normotensive rats to one week of cold exposure by Chambers, J B, Williams, T D, Nakamura, A, Henderson, R P, Overton, J M, Rashotte, M E

“…Challenges to energy homeostasis, such as cold exposure, can have consequences for both metabolic and cardiovascular functioning. We hypothesized that 1-wk…”
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Anaesthesia priorities for Australian and New Zealand medical school curricula: a Delphi consensus of academic anaesthetists by Overton, M J, Smith, N A

“…The role of anaesthetists has expanded and evolved to include critical care, perioperative and pain medicine and general clinical skills, as well as operating…”
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Effects of central leptin administration on blood pressure in normotensive rats by Casto, R.Michael, VanNess, J.Mark, Overton, J.Michael

“…We tested the hypothesis that intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of leptin would increase mean arterial pressure (MAP) in ad libitum (AL) fed and…”
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