The Laboratory Rat

The Laboratory Rat, Third Edition features updated information on a variety of topics including rats as research models in alcoholism, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, neuroscience, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, biomaterials evaluation and infectious disease. A premier source of information on the laboratory rat that will be of interest to veterinary and medical students, senior graduate, graduate students, post-docs and researchers who utilize animals in biomedical research. At least 30% new information than second editionThe premier source of information on the laboratory rat INDICE: Background of the laboratory rat 1. Historical Foundations 2. Origins and Taxonomy 3. Translational Potential of Rats in Research Biology and care 4. Functional Anatomy and Physiology of the Rat 5. Clinical Pathology 6. Reproduction and Breeding 7. Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Genetic Modification in Rats 8. Behavior and Behavioral Analysis of Rats 9. Nutrition 10. Housing, Care, and Environment Clinical care and disease 11. Medical Management and Diagnostic Approaches 12. Bacterial, Mycoplasmal, and Mycotic Pathogens 13. Viral Pathogens 14. Parasites 15. Neoplastic Disease 16. Metabolic, Traumatic, and Miscellaneous Disease 17. Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Euthanasia 18. Care for Surgical and Other Fragile Models Rats as research models 19. General Experimental Techniques 20. Integrating Biology with Rat Genomic Tools 21. Gnotobiotics and the Microbiome 22. Toxicology 23. Embryology and Teratology 24. Immunology 25. Cardiovascular Research 26. Alcoholism, and Substance Abuse Research 27. Rat Models of Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, and Obesity 28. Use of Rats in Neuroscience 29. Rat Models of Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury 30. Use of Rats in Regenerative Medicine Research 31. Rat models of Infectious Disease

• ISBN: 978-0-12-814338-4
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 775
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés