supported by the Westlake Education Foundation and National Natural Science Foundation of China (32122032 and 31970750 to K.L.)。
Planarians represent the most primitive bilateral triploblastic animals.Most planarian species exhibit mechanisms for whole-body regeneration,exemplified by the regeneration of their cephalic ganglion after complete e...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31702010,31471965)
Due to their characteristics, such as powerful regeneration capability, high susceptibility to xenobiotics, wide distribution and weak dispersion ability, planarians are used as ideal test animals in several research ...
the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFA0103700);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA16020903);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91739301,91339205,and 31229002).
Regeneration,relying mainly on resident adult stem cells,is widespread.However,the mechanism by which stem cells initiate proliferation during this process in vivo is unclear.Using planarian as a model,we screened 46 ...
Planarians have mammalian-like neurotransmitter systems and have been established as a novel in vivo model for neuropharmacology. In previous research, planarians that have been exposed to the cannabinoid receptor (CB...
We previously created and investigated a planarian model for the study of drug action, abuse, physical dependence, receptor affinity, the toxicity of heavy metals in wastewater, and seizures. For the present pilot stu...
Meth- and other amphetamines currently present major drug-abuse concerns. However, the demonstration and study of abuse-related behaviors expressed in animal models is expensive and time-consuming. We previously repor...
Agricultural, pharmaceutical, and other biologically active substances are emptied or leach into waterways and groundwater, where they can dose-relatedly cause pharmacologic or toxic effects on the resident or depende...
Excess weight is a major risk factor for type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other comorbidities. Animal models of feeding provide insight into the problem and provide a means for the discovery and evaluation...
Based on previous work, it has been hypothesized that the energetics of ultraviolet (UV) light disrupts effects induced by receptor-binding ligands. If this hypothesis is true, then UV light should (i) disrupt a broad...
Planarians can be used as invertebrate bioassays to evaluate the role of neurotransmitters on regenerating cells. The influence of the nervous system is crucial to regenerate a normal complete animal. The neurotrophic...