... how gray short-tailed opossums( Monodelphis domestica ), which are generalized marsupials living on or near the ground, adjust to travel on rough and smooth 2 cm-diameter arboreal trackways. Limb contact position was determined via high-speed videography, and substrate reaction force was measured...

...Paul J. Schaeffer; Jason J. Villarin; David J. Pierotti; Daniel P. Kelly; Stan L. Lindstedt SUMMARY Monodelphis domestica (Didelphidae: Marsupialia) lacks brown adipose tissue and thus relies on skeletal muscle as its primary thermogenic organ. Following cold exposure, the aerobic capacity...

...Andrew R. Lammers; Audrone R. Biknevicius SUMMARY Effects of substrate diameter on locomotor biodynamics were studied in the gray short-tailed opossum ( Monodelphis domestica ). Two horizontal substrates were used: a flat `terrestrial' trackway with a force platform integrated into the surface...

... with gaits? Monodelphis domestica utilizes only fast walking and running trot gaits over a fivefold increase in speed, over which we could illicit constant velocity steps, although running trots were their preferred gait. In sustained level locomotion the opossums did not use other walking gaits presumed...

... maximum voluntary bite force data along Region I and II of the jaws of gray short-tailed opossums Monodelphis domestica . Then, growth series of M. domestica are used to assess how bite force potential changes with growth by evaluating craniodental changes using longitudinal sets of dorsoventral...

...Dong-Jing Zou ABSTRACT Respiratory activity was recorded from spinal ventral roots in the isolated intact central nervous system (CNS) of newborn opossum, Monodelphis domestica . These signals occurred in synchrony with movements of the ribs and the electromyogram (EMG) recorded from...

... (CNS) of the newly born South American opossum ( Monodelphis domestica ) the spinal cord was crushed. Outgrowth through and beyond the lesion was observed in living preparations for 2–5 days by staining axons with carbocyanine dyes. The structure of the acute crush and the growing neurites was examined...

...R. R. Stewart; D.-J. Zou; J. M. Treherne; K. Møllgård; N. R. Saunders; J. G. Nicholls ABSTRACT The entire central nervous system (CNS) of the newly born, South American opossum (Monodelphis domestica) was isolated and maintained in basal medium, Eagle’s (BME) with 0.2% foetal calf serum...