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The effect of various combinations of cervical arterial ligations (Combinations) on retinal blood flow (RBF) levels is not known in rats. We hypothesized 1) No artery exists between the Circle of Willis and the eye, 2) Selective Combinations enable varying RBF levels between normal and zero, 3) In certain Combinations, the capillary bed of the head participates in supplying the eye. Twenty-six Combinations were studied in one eye of 20 Long-Evans rats under general anesthesia. RBF was quantitatively evaluated with our published imaging methods based on direct measurements of venous diameter and blood velocity from the displacement of fluorescent microspheres over time. For each Combination, one or more RBF values (runs) were measured. Data were obtained from 59 runs (2.9 ± 2.7 runs/rat). Levels of RBF ranged from normal to zero. An artery between the Circle of Willis and the eye was excluded. With some Combinations, flow traversed the capillary bed. Combinations were consolidated into five Groups based on the blood flow paths remaining after the ligations. A mixed linear model accounting for multiple measurements in the same eye demonstrated an effect of Group on RBF (P ipsilateral distal internal carotid artery retrograde from Circle of Willis. The findings advanced knowledge of the sources of blood supply to the rat eye and demonstrated a method of selective cervical arterial ligations for varying RBF levels with potential to impact future retinal ischemia research.Background & aims Intestinal crypts have a remarkable capacity to regenerate after injury from loss of crypt base columnar (CBC) stem cells. After injury, facultative stem cells (FSCs) are activated to replenish the epithelium and replace lost CBCs. Our aim was to assess the role of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) to activate FSCs for crypt repair. Methods The intestinal regenerative response was measured after whole body 12-Gy γ-irradiation of adult mice. IGF-1 signaling or its downstream effector mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) was inhibited by administering BMS-754807 or rapamycin, respectively. Mice with inducible Rptor gene deletion were studied to test the role of mTORC1 signaling in the intestinal epithelium. FSC activation post-irradiation was measured by lineage tracing. Results We observed a coordinate increase in growth factor expression, including IGF-1, at 2 days post-irradiation, followed by a surge in mTORC1 activity during the regenerative phase of crypt repair at day 4. IGF-1 was localized to pericryptal mesenchymal cells, and IGF-1 receptor was broadly expressed in crypt progenitor cells. Inhibition of IGF-1 signaling via BMS-754807 treatment impaired crypt regeneration after 12-Gy irradiation, with no effect on homeostasis. Similarly, rapamycin inhibition of mTORC1 during the growth factor surge blunted the regenerative response. Analysis of Villin-CreERT2;Rptorfl/fl mice showed that epithelial mTORC1 signaling was essential for crypt regeneration. Lineage tracing from Bmi1-marked cells showed that rapamycin blocked FSC activation post-irradiation. Conclusions Our study shows that IGF-1 signaling through mTORC1 drives crypt regeneration. We propose that IGF-1 release from pericryptal cells stimulates mTORC1 in FSCs to regenerate lost CBCs.Purpose To assess the relationship between emotional eating behavior and heart rate variability in Spanish adolescents during an isometric exercise test. Methods Participants included 52 adolescents aged between 13 and 18 years old. Heart rate was continuously recorded at rest (2 minutes) and during the sustained weight test (2 minutes). Linear and nonlinear methods of heart rate variability were assessed and related to the emotional eating behavior divided in two clusters. Results Statistically significant differences were observed in linear and non-linear parameters of heart rate variability comparing rest and sustained weight test. An increase in the value of emotional eating in overweight adolescents was founded. During the sustained weight test, there were differences between the two emotional eating clusters regarding the variables peak high frequency power, normalized low frequency power, normalized high frequency power, low frequency/high frequency ratio, and sample entropy. A positive correlation between the emotional eating behavior and the peak high frequency power was observed, though the prediction capacity of the high frequency waves is low it is observed that there is a good fit to the regression line. Conclusion Results of this study shows that there was a relationship between vagal tone and emotional eating behavior in adolescents during an isometric exercise, with excessive parasympathetic predominance and sympathetic withdrawal during a physical effort.In certain populations of Japanese macaques, adult females mount adult males in the context of heterosexual consortships (i.e., temporary but exclusive sexual associations between a male and a female). Previous research suggested that, in this primate species, female-male mounting (FMM) may be a behavioral adaptation. This functional hypothesis holds that FMM is a (special) courtship behaviour, or a (super) sexual solicitation, that serves the function of focusing the male's attention, preventing him from moving away, and expediting male-female mounting, in the context of high female competition for male mates. Desferrioxamine B In this study, we aimed to test some of the proposed functional features of FMM in Japanese macaques by comparing the temporal structure of mating behavioral sequences, including various well-known sexual solicitations, exhibited during heterosexual consortships with and without FMM. To identify and compare recurring series of behavioral events within and across sequences, we used a temporal analysis known as "T-pattern detection and analysis". Our results (partly) supported the "FMM as a (super) sexual solicitation" hypotheses, and supported the "FMM as a sexual adaptation" hypothesis. The utilization of TPA allows for the detection of hidden features of primates' behaviors otherwise undetectable by using conventional quantitative approaches, such as the calculation of frequencies or durations of isolated behavioral components, disjointed from the comprehensive behavioral architecture. This study fits into the scheme of a broader investigation of the functionality of non-conceptive mounting patterns observed in Japanese macaques and a reconstruction of their evolutionary history.