The team used X. laevis tadpoles to evaluate DNP's effects on a whole living organism and found that it did successfully induce a torpor-like state that could be reversed when the drug was removed ...

To investigate how this hormone might prepare juvenile amphibians for metamorphosis, the team analyzed levels of mRNA transcripts for leptin receptor proteins and for the hormone itself in tadpoles of ...

Scientists are making use of Xenopus tadpoles to study autism risk genes. New research uncovered an alarming accumulation of plastic particles in human brains, raising concerns about their potential ...

I am especially interested in the molecular pathways underlying this process. My lab studies these questions in the developing visual system of the Xenopus laevis tadpole. Because these tadpoles are ...

A female African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, was housed at the Biological Resources Facility of North Carolina State University in a tank with two other females. The frog was ∼1.5 years old and ...

To address these questions at the molecular level, my lab focuses on the developing visual system of the Xenopus laevis tadpole. Retinal ganglion cells in the eye project their axons to the optic ...