Publications by authors named "Francesca Lenzarini"

Article Synopsis
  • - Organisms are experiencing heightened environmental stress due to climate change, leading to a common response of reduced body size, but the impact of extreme climate events on these adaptations and ecological interactions is not fully understood.
  • - A study examined how extreme desiccation affects the antioxidant defenses of a rocky intertidal gastropod, revealing that increased desiccation led to lower antioxidant levels and reduced growth and interaction strengths.
  • - Findings indicate that phenotypic plasticity, especially in body size reduction, helps organisms manage biochemical stress responses, highlighting the importance of understanding these linkages to predict broader ecological consequences of climate change.
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Isoflurane is widely used as vasodilator in studies of coronary flow reserve (CFR) in small animals, but the protocols have not been standardized. This study assessed the time course of the increase in isoflurane-induced flow in the mouse coronary artery by pulsed-wave Doppler measurements at 1% isoflurane concentration maintained for 6 min and then increased to 2.5% for 30 min.

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Medical imaging technologies are acquiring an increasing relevance to assist clinicians in diagnosis and to guide management and therapeutic treatment of patients, thanks to their non invasive and high resolution properties. Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasonography are the most used imaging modalities to provide detailed morphological reconstructions of tissues and organs. In addition, the use of contrast dyes or radionuclide-labeled tracers permits to get functional and quantitative information about tissue physiology and metabolism in normal and disease state.

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