Publications by authors named "Jessica Sola"
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- Sentinel surveillance is essential for tracking pathogen spread, assessing conservation risks, and evaluating threats to humans, particularly in relation to helminth parasites in hedgehogs.
- In a study of 135 hedgehogs in Mallorca, 11 types of helminth parasites were identified, including an 11.5% prevalence of A. cantonensis, highlighting seasonal patterns in infections linked to the abundance of intermediate hosts like snails.
- The research also uncovered high rates of the lungworm Crenosoma striatum and a first-time detection of Moniliformis saudi in this species, emphasizing the need for ongoing studies to assess the impacts of these parasites on wildlife and public health.
Neural angiostrongyliasis is an emerging zoonosis caused by the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis. In humans, infection with this nematode often results in eosinophilic meningitis and other severe disorders of the central nervous system. Europe was deemed a nonendemic region until 2018, when A.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn October 2018, two hedgehogs were admitted to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Hospital in Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) with signs of acute neurological disease. Necropsy detected immature, fully developed nematodes in the subarachnoid space of both hedgehogs, including a gravid female worm. DNA-based molecular tools confirmed the nematode as , an important aetiological agent of eosinophilic meningitis in humans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe acanthocephalan parasite Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus has a global distribution and utilizes isopods and birds as intermediate and definitive hosts, respectively. Occasionally, mammals of various orders can act as paratenic hosts. In hedgehogs, severe cases have been reported in juvenile specimens due to secondary infections, as a consequence of complete penetrations of the intestinal wall by cystacanths.
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- The study examined the presence of anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) in 344 predatory wildlife individuals from Catalonia and Majorca, revealing that 62.8% of them tested positive for these chemicals.
- Six different ARs were detected, and a significant number of animals (34.6%) had multiple ARs in their systems, with a correlation found between AR presence and human population density.
- Notably, the resident Eurasian scops owl population in Majorca showed a higher prevalence of ARs than migratory populations in Catalonia, indicating a potential risk of SGAR poisoning among wild predators in the region.
Cognitive improvement by acute growth hormone is mediated by NMDA and AMPA receptors and MEK pathway.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
August 2013
It has been reported that Growth hormone (GH) has an immediate effect enhancing excitatory postsynaptic potentials mediated by AMPA and NMDA receptors in hippocampal area CA1. As GH plays a role in adult memory processing, this work aims to study the acute effects of GH on working memory tasks in rodents and the possible involvement of NMDA and AMPA receptors and also the MEK/ERK signalling pathway. To evaluate memory processes, two different tests were used, the spatial working memory 8-arm radial maze, and the novel object recognition as a form of non-spatial working memory test.
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