Publications by authors named "Benjamin J Rivera"
Urbanization transforms environments in ways that alter biological evolution. We examined whether urban environmental change drives parallel evolution by sampling 110,019 white clover plants from 6169 populations in 160 cities globally. Plants were assayed for a Mendelian antiherbivore defense that also affects tolerance to abiotic stressors.
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- The study explored how loss of dopamine in the striatum affects different types of motor functions in rats, specifically comparing cranial and limb movements.
- Rats were trained on various tasks measuring both cranial and limb motor skills before undergoing a treatment that depleted striatal dopamine using a chemical called 6-hydroxydopamine.
- Results indicated that while both motor functions were impaired post-treatment, limb motor skills were significantly more affected than cranial motor skills, highlighting the limb motor system's increased sensitivity to dopamine depletion.