"Guinea Pigs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A common name used for the genus Cavia. The most common species is Cavia porcellus which is the domesticated guinea pig used for pets and biomedical research.
| Descriptor ID |
D006168
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.992.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Guinea Pigs- Guinea Pigs
- Guinea Pig
- Pig, Guinea
- Pigs, Guinea
- Cavia
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Guinea Pigs" by people in Profiles.
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Ourahmane A, Sauer A, Nixon DE, Murphy C, Mondello M, Douglass Chiu E, Siegmund S, Wang JB, McVoy MA. A Guinea pig cytomegalovirus resistant to the DNA maturation inhibitor BDCRB. Antiviral Res. 2018 06; 154:44-50.
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Dunbar ML, David EM, Aline MR, Lofgren JL. Validation of a Behavioral Ethogram for Assessing Postoperative Pain in Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcellus). J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2016 Jan; 55(1):29-34.
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Aley PK, Singh N, Brailoiu GC, Brailoiu E, Churchill GC. Nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAADP) is a second messenger in muscarinic receptor-induced contraction of guinea pig trachea. J Biol Chem. 2013 Apr 19; 288(16):10986-93.
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Lewis AM, Aley PK, Roomi A, Thomas JM, Masgrau R, Garnham C, Shipman K, Paramore C, Bloor-Young D, Sanders LE, Terrar DA, Galione A, Churchill GC. ?-Adrenergic receptor signaling increases NAADP and cADPR levels in the heart. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2012 Oct 19; 427(2):326-9.
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Castegna A, Palmieri L, Spera I, Porcelli V, Palmieri F, Fabis-Pedrini MJ, Kean RB, Barkhouse DA, Curtis MT, Hooper DC. Oxidative stress and reduced glutamine synthetase activity in the absence of inflammation in the cortex of mice with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. Neuroscience. 2011 Jun 30; 185:97-105.
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Medei EH, Nascimento JH, Pedrosa RC, Barcellos L, Masuda MO, Sicouri S, Elizari MV, de Carvalho AC. Antibodies with beta-adrenergic activity from chronic chagasic patients modulate the QT interval and M cell action potential duration. Europace. 2008 Jul; 10(7):868-76.
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Guo D, Zhou J, Zhao X, Gupta P, Kowey PR, Martin J, Wu Y, Liu T, Yan GX. L-type calcium current recovery versus ventricular repolarization: preserved membrane-stabilizing mechanism for different QT intervals across species. Heart Rhythm. 2008 Feb; 5(2):271-9.
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Guo D, Zhao X, Wu Y, Liu T, Kowey PR, Yan GX. L-type calcium current reactivation contributes to arrhythmogenesis associated with action potential triangulation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2007 Feb; 18(2):196-203.
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Garthwaite G, Batchelor AM, Goodwin DA, Hewson AK, Leeming K, Ahmed Z, Cuzner ML, Garthwaite J. Pathological implications of iNOS expression in central white matter: an ex vivo study of optic nerves from rats with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Apr; 21(8):2127-35.
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Wu L, Shryock JC, Song Y, Li Y, Antzelevitch C, Belardinelli L. Antiarrhythmic effects of ranolazine in a guinea pig in vitro model of long-QT syndrome. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2004 Aug; 310(2):599-605.