Essays about: "animal experimentation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words animal experimentation.

  1. 1. Exploration of the hereditary cause of sex ratio distortion in horses

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Susan Ott; [2021]
    Keywords : Sex ratio; horse; selfish genetic elements; meiotic drive; Icelandic horse; Standardbred horse; Coldblooded trotters; heritability; Trivers-Willard hypothesis; pedigree data;

    Abstract : Even sex ratios are seen as evolutionarily stable and are maintained by a selection against a skewed sex ratio. However, sometimes sex ratios at birth are skewed towards one sex. Reasons for this phenomenon are often unknown. READ MORE

  3. 2. Simulating Facilitation in a Spiking Neural Network

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i molekylärbiologi

    Author : Alexander Kuzmin; [2020]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Many insects are able to detect, isolate and track small targets that move quickly against a dynamic background. This ability is enabled by a group of neurons called small target motion detectors (STMD). These neurons, among other properties, have a type of short term memory called response facilitation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Validation of micro-platelet LED for subcellular optogenetic activation in primary cell cultures

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Fasta tillståndets fysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Jaghobi Pourshalmani; [2018]
    Keywords : Optogenetics; epilepsy; microplatelet; LED; primary cell cultures; adhesion proteins; electrophysiology; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Epilepsy is to this day still a serious neurological diseases where treatments such as pharmaceutical agents and surgery can at most alleviate the symptoms, but not cure it. This disease is still not fully understood at a cellular and network-level, but the recent advancements in the field of optogenetics can serve as an alternative way of studying the brain and diseases such as epilepsy. READ MORE

  5. 4. Physiological Cruelty? : Discussing and Developing Vivisection in Great Britain, 1875-1901

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för historia och samtidsstudier

    Author : Kristin Halverson; [2016]
    Keywords : animal experimentation; physiology; history of medicine; history of physiology; Cruelty to Animals Act; Royal Commission on Vivisection; medicinhistoria; fysiologi; djurförsök;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the development of vivisection as a method of physiological research between 1875 and 1901 in Great Britain, by examining some of the arguments, discussions, and ideas put forth by physiologists for the utilisation of vivisection in their research. Because this study operates within the context of medical history, questions of legitimacy, scientific development, and professional image are lifted. READ MORE

  6. 5. Earthlings : Considering the Status of Animals in Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Katarina Näslund; [2015]
    Keywords : Analysis of ideas; Dimensions; Utilitarianism; Animal rights; Speciesism; Animal welfare; Swedish politics; Food industry; Experimentation; Bestiality; Status; Idéanalys; Dimensioner; Utilitarism; Djurrätt; Djurvälfärd; Status;

    Abstract : Animal welfare is a topic subjected to great controversy, mostly within moral philosophy. The moral issue of human behaviour is often dealt with, alongside whether nonhuman animals are eligible certain rights. READ MORE