Evidence of members of the Chlamydiales in bovine abortions in England and Wales
Journal Article
Wheelhouse, N., Mearns, R., Willoughby, K., Wright, E., Turnbull, D., & Longbottom, D. (2015)
Evidence of members of the Chlamydiales in bovine abortions in England and Wales. Veterinary Record, 176, 465. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.103075
Despite the economical importance and welfare issues associated with bovine abortion, as well as the potential zoonotic implications, the rate of diagnosis remains low with a ...
Development of a behaviour-based measurement tool with defined intervention level for assessing acute pain in cats
Journal Article
Calvo, G., Holden, E., Reid, J., Scott, E. M., Firth, A., Bell, A., …Nolan, A. M. (2014)
Development of a behaviour-based measurement tool with defined intervention level for assessing acute pain in cats. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 55(12), 622-629. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12280
OBJECTIVES: To develop a Composite Measure Pain Scale - Feline (CMPS-F) tool to assess acute
pain in cats and derive an intervention score.
METHODS: To develop the prototyp...
Evaluation of facial expression in acute pain in cats
Journal Article
Holden, E., Calvo, G., Collins, M., Bell, A., Reid, J., Scott, E. M., & Nolan, A. M. (2014)
Evaluation of facial expression in acute pain in cats. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 55, 615-621. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12283
OBJECTIVES
To describe the development of a facial expression tool differentiating pain-free cats from those in acute pain.
METHODS
Observers shown facial images from painful ...
Geographical variation in life history response to stress in the Freshwater Snail, Lymnaea stagnalis
Thesis
Reid, I. G. Geographical variation in life history response to stress in the Freshwater Snail, Lymnaea stagnalis. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6326
Life histories are known to vary across geographic ranges in response to a number of factors, both biotic and abiotic. Environmental calcium availability has been shown to aff...
Expression of the GABA(A) receptor gamma4-subunit gene in discrete nuclei within the zebra finch song system
Journal Article
Thode, C., Guettinger, H. R., & Darlison, M. G. (2008)
Expression of the GABA(A) receptor gamma4-subunit gene in discrete nuclei within the zebra finch song system. Neuroscience, 157, 143-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.08.057
The acquisition, production and maintenance of song by oscine birds is a form of audition-dependent learning that, in many ways, resembles the process by which humans learn to...
The effect of refurbishing a UK steel plant on PM10 metal composition and ability to induce inflammation
Journal Article
Hutchison, G. R., Brown, D. M., Hibbs, L. R., Heal, M. R., Donaldson, K., Maynard, R. L., …Stone, V. (2005)
The effect of refurbishing a UK steel plant on PM10 metal composition and ability to induce inflammation. Respiratory Research, 6(1), 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-43
In the year 2000 Corus closed its steel plant operations in Redcar, NE of England temporarily for refurbishment of its blast furnace. This study investigates the impact of the...
Perivascular nerves induce cardiovascular and respiratory reflexes in response to algogens in anaesthetised rats.
Journal Article
Smith, P. & McQueen, D. S. (2004)
Perivascular nerves induce cardiovascular and respiratory reflexes in response to algogens in anaesthetised rats. Neuroscience Research. 50, 271-281. doi:10.1016/j.neures.2004.07.006. ISSN 0168-0102
In the present study we measured cardiovascular and respiratory reflexes evoked by administration of bradykinin and capsaicin into the hindlimb vasculature of anaesthetised ra...
¿Existe un papel para biosaf en las dietas de equinos?
Presentation / Conference
Stebbens, H. R., Smith, D., & Cuddeford, D. (2002, January)
¿Existe un papel para biosaf en las dietas de equinos?. Paper presented at el V Seminario Internacional de Microbiología Aplicada a la Nutrición Animal, Guadalajara, 2002, Guadalajara
Translation from Spanish:
BIOSAF Sc47 has been incorporated into the diets of rabbits, sheep, cattle, and pigs, where has allowed a better use of the food, high consumption an...
Anandamide induces cardiorespiratory reflexes via vasosensory nerves in the anaesthetized rat.
Journal Article
Smith, P. J. W., Smith, P., & McQueen, D. S. (2001)
Anandamide induces cardiorespiratory reflexes via vasosensory nerves in the anaesthetized rat. British Journal of Pharmacology, 134(3), (655-663). doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0704296. ISSN 0007-1188
We tested the hypothesis that sensory nerves innervating blood vessels play a role in the local and systemic regulation of the cardiovascular and respiratory (CVR) systems. We...
Molluscan ligand-gated ion-channel receptors
Book Chapter
Darlison, M. G., Hutton, M. L., & Harvey, R. J. (1993)
Molluscan ligand-gated ion-channel receptors. In Comparative Molecular Neurobiology, 48-64. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7265-2_3
In this chapter we introduce the reader to the structures of the different types of ligand-gated ion-channel receptor, and the numerous receptor subtypes that have recently be...