Mole Rats

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Any of several burrowing rodents of the families MURIDAE and Bathyergidae, found in eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia. They have short limbs, small eyes with permanently closed lids, and no tail. Three genera SPALAX (Muridae), Heterocephalus (Bathyergidae) and Cryptomys (Bathyergidae) are used frequently as experimental animals in biomedical research. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed)

Descriptor ID	D019577
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.150.900.649.313.992.600
Concept/Terms	Mole Rats Mole Rats Mole Rat Rat, Mole Rats, Mole Molerats Molerat Mole-Rats Mole-Rat Heterocephalus Heterocephalus Cryptomys Cryptomys

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Chordata [B01.050.150]
Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
Mammals [B01.050.150.900.649]
Eutheria [B01.050.150.900.649.313]
Rodentia [B01.050.150.900.649.313.992]
Mole Rats [B01.050.150.900.649.313.992.600]

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Mole Rats
Spalax

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	0	1	1
2006	2	0	2
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1

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Buffenstein R, Amoroso V, Andziak B, Avdieiev S, Azpurua J, Barker AJ, Bennett NC, Brie?o-Enr?quez MA, Bronner GN, Coen C, Delaney MA, Dengler-Crish CM, Edrey YH, Faulkes CG, Frankel D, Friedlander G, Gibney PA, Gorbunova V, Hine C, Holmes MM, Jarvis JUM, Kawamura Y, Kutsukake N, Kenyon C, Khaled WT, Kikusui T, Kissil J, Lagestee S, Larson J, Lauer A, Lavrenchenko LA, Lee A, Levitt JB, Lewin GR, Lewis Hardell KN, Lin TD, Mason MJ, McCloskey D, McMahon M, Miura K, Mogi K, Narayan V, O'Connor TP, Okanoya K, O'Riain MJ, Park TJ, Place NJ, Podshivalova K, Pamenter ME, Pyott SJ, Reznick J, Ruby JG, Salmon AB, Santos-Sacchi J, Sarko DK, Seluanov A, Shepard A, Smith M, Storey KB, Tian X, Vice EN, Viltard M, Watarai A, Wywial E, Yamakawa M, Zemlemerova ED, Zions M, Smith ESJ. The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current 'myths' in naked mole-rat biology. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 2022 02; 97(1):115-140.

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Pyott SJ, van Tuinen M, Screven LA, Schrode KM, Bai JP, Barone CM, Price SD, Lysakowski A, Sanderford M, Kumar S, Santos-Sacchi J, Lauer AM, Park TJ. Functional, Morphological, and Evolutionary Characterization of Hearing in Subterranean, Eusocial African Mole-Rats. Curr Biol. 2020 11 16; 30(22):4329-4341.e4.

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Xiao J, Levitt JB, Buffenstein R. A stereotaxic atlas of the brain of the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber). Neuroscience. 2006 Sep 01; 141(3):1415-35.

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Xiao J, Levitt JB, Buffenstein R. The use of a novel and simple method of revealing neural fibers to show the regression of the lateral geniculate nucleus in the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber). Brain Res. 2006 Mar 10; 1077(1):81-9.

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Xiao J, Levitt JB. A new chamber method for mounting tissue sections. J Neurosci Methods. 2005 Jun 15; 144(2):235-40.

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