The phrase "animals persisted in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where animals continue to engage in a particular behavior or action despite challenges or obstacles.
Example: "Despite the harsh weather conditions, the animals persisted in their search for food."
Alternatives: "animals continued to" or "animals remained engaged in".
Hyracotherium-like animals persisted in Europe until the end of the Eocene.
Lower expression levels of α2-AR in the iWAT of CR male animals persisted in adulthood, while expression of β3-AR was not different from controls.
We hypothesize that the animals persisted in looking at the black control because it was attached to the same frame used to hold the regular mirror and stopped looking when they realized that the object was not a mirror, as revealed by the significantly larger number of looks directed at the mirror versus the control (Fig. 2A).
To determine whether the observed differences in AMP mRNA expression between ad libitum fed db/db animals persisted in lean pair-fed db/db mice, we also analyzed gut AMP expression in these animals.
In addition, while the changes in siRNAs at 23 °C-generations in the wild-type animals were reverted in the post-23 °C-generationsathens, the temperature effect on siRNAs at 23 °C-generations in the hrde- 1 mutant animals persisted in the post-23 °C 15 °C-generations (e.g., F41G4.7, ZC15.C, C18D4.6, and F58H7.5) (Fig. 4).
Emissions occur regularly in a low-noise laboratory environment, but occasional animals persist in radiating audible tones even under everyday circumstances [3].
Finally, in the incongruent incentive discrimination task animals persist in selecting the high incentive food reward despite the response resulting in the receipt of the low incentive food reward.
Previous studies investigating punishment-induced suppression of cocaine seeking or taking have demonstrated that, after a long, but not a short, cocaine-taking history, ∼20% of animals persist in compulsively seeking cocaine (Deroche-Gamonet et al., 2004; Pelloux et al., 2007, 2012), thereby providing an opportunity to investigate the neural basis of this vulnerability.
That is, upright stimuli persisted longer than their inverted counterparts and animals persisted longer than faces, in all ROIs.
LTP in control animals persisted for at least 4 h.
A study by Boucher et al. has shown that THC impaired spatial memory and reversal learning, even in animals that received a THC pretreatment, indicating that although tolerance to the effects of THC on neuronal activity in the prefrontal cortex was reported, cannabinoid-induced memory impairment in these animals persisted [ 7].
