"Rats, Sprague-Dawley" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				A strain of albino rat used widely for experimental purposes because of its calmness and ease of handling. It was developed by the Sprague-Dawley Animal Company.
    
			
			
				
				
					
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							D017207
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							 B01.050.150.900.649.313.992.635.505.700.750 
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| 2020 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 
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| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Rats, Sprague-Dawley" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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Oral Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of a Microemulsion-Based Delivery System for Novel A190 Prodrugs. Biomolecules. 2025 Jul 30; 15(8).
															
								 
							
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Anti-nociceptive effect of STW 5-II in rodent models of stress and post-inflammatory visceral hypersensitivity. Phytomedicine. 2024 Dec; 135:156167.
															
								 
							
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Optimizing immunofluorescent staining of H vessels within an irradiated fracture callus in paraffin-embedded tissue samples. J Histotechnol. 2024 Dec; 47(4):173-179.
															
								 
							
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Dynamic neuroreceptor positron emission tomography in non-anesthetized rats using point source based motion correction: A feasibility study with [11C]ABP688. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2024 Oct; 44(10):1852-1866.
															
								 
							
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Acetic acid-induced colitis modulating potential of total crude alkaloidal extract of Picralima nitida seeds in rats. Immun Inflamm Dis. 2023 05; 11(5):e855.
															
								 
							
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Xylopic Acid Suppresses Adjuvant-induced Arthritis in Sprague Dawley Rats via Reduction in Serum Levels of IL-6 and TNF-alpha. Antiinflamm Antiallergy Agents Med Chem. 2022; 21(1):46-61.
															
								 
							
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A Monoclonal Anti-Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Antibody Decreases Stress-Induced Colonic Hypersensitivity. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2021 11; 379(3):270-279.
															
								 
							
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Mitochondrial A-kinase anchoring proteins in cardiac ventricular myocytes. Physiol Rep. 2021 09; 9(17):e15015.
															
								 
							
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Decreased Substrate Stiffness Promotes a Hypofibrotic Phenotype in Cardiac Fibroblasts. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jun 09; 22(12).
															
								 
							
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Carboxymethyl Cellulose, Pluronic, and Pullulan-Based Compositions Efficiently Enhance Antiadhesion and Tissue Regeneration Properties without Using Any Drug Molecules. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2021 Apr 14; 13(14):15992-16006.