Publications by authors named "Kerry Eller"

Adolescent obesity has risen dramatically in the last few decades. While adult obesity may be osteoprotective, the effects of obesity during adolescence, which is a period of massive bone accrual, are not clear. We used a murine model of induced adolescent obesity to examine the structural, mechanical, and compositional differences between obese and healthy weight bone in 16-week-old female C57Bl6 mice.

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An upward trend in childhood obesity implies a great need to determine its effects, both immediate and long-term. Obesity is osteoprotective in adults, but we know very little about the effects of obesity on the growing skeleton, particularly its ability to adapt to load. The objective of this research is to assess bone mechanoadaptation in adolescent obese mice.

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Visual impairment affects 253 million people worldwide and new approaches for prevention and treatment are urgently needed. While small molecules with potential beneficial effects can be examined in various model systems, the in vivo evaluation of visual function remains a challenge. The current study introduces a novel imaging system for measuring visually-guided behaviors in larval zebrafish.

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