Publications by authors named "Faith Holloway"
Prolonged or chronic social isolation has pronounced effects on animals, ranging from altered stress responses, increased anxiety and aggressive behaviour, and even increased mortality. The effects of shorter periods of isolation are much less well researched; however, short periods of isolation are used routinely for testing animal behaviour and physiology. Here, we studied how a 3 h period of isolation from a cagemate affected neural gene expression in three brain regions that contain important components of the social decision-making network, the hypothalamus, the nucleus taeniae of the amygdala, and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, using a gregarious bird as a model (zebra finches).
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- - Bladder cancer (BC) is the 5th most common cancer in the USA, with non-muscle invasive cases making up 70% of instances; however, high recurrence and progression rates require intensive and invasive monitoring, which can be burdensome for patients and the healthcare system.
- - The Bladder CARE test was developed to detect BC non-invasively through urine samples, achieving a high sensitivity of 93.5% and specificity of 92.6% by analyzing DNA methylation of specific biomarkers with a low limit of detection.
- - The use of the Bladder CARE test not only offers a less invasive detection method but could also streamline patient monitoring, reduce reliance on cystoscopy and improve early-stage BC detection,
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are thought to impact reproductive success, and ultimately fitness. In this study we focus specifically on the relationship between GCs and parental care. Captive bred Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) do not show spontaneous parental care behavior, however this behavior can be induced through a sensitization procedure.
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