Sentence examples for a decrease in rat from inspiring English sources

A decrease in rat abundance delivered only a small increase in the population growth rate, whereas a change in adult survival (a parameter independent of rat abundance) had the strongest impact on population dynamics.

Although Rayner et al. (2004) showed a decrease in rat pup weight after in utero exposure to atrazine alone, the same team observed the opposite effect when dams were exposed to a low-level mixture of atrazine and four degradates (Enoch et al. 2007).

More recently, pharmacogenetic inhibition of SF1+ neurons mice was reported to cause a decrease in rat-evoked 'defensive behavior', a metric combining stretch postures and freezing or immobility (Silva et al., 2013).

It suffered a notable increase in females but a decrease in male rats (62.4 ± 6.2 vs. −16.0 ± 4.2, P < 0.0001).

A previous report showed that recombinant HIV-1 Tat[1-72] could induce a slight decrease in rat brain complex III and IV activities.

Down-expression of MMP-8 is associated with a decrease in mortality of rats with sepsis [ 23].

Furthermore, Lai and Yamaguchi ([2005]) showed that supplementation with copper induced a decrease in bone tissue in rats, showing reduced or absent anabolic effects on bone formation both in vivo and in vitro.

Inhibition of NO signaling in the brain has been reported to have the opposite effect, namely a decrease in sleep rebound, in rats [5], [6]; for mice, however, no data is available.

Studies by Robinson [31], [32] found spontaneous hyperactivity and a decrease in catecholamine concentrations in rats following right middle cerebral artery ligation, but not with left middle cerebral artery ligation.

These findings suggest that the inhibitory effect of boiogito on water transport in synovial cells, which seems to be mediated by AQPs, may be partially related to a decrease in joint effusion in rats with OA.

Following Se treatment, a decrease in locomotor activity in rats [ 39] and hind limb paralysis and cardiorespiratory effects in mice [ 40] have been observed.