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Membrane phospholipid composition may contribute to exceptional longevity of the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber): a comparative study using shotgun lipidomics.

Patterns of surface temperatures in two mole-rats (Bathyergidae) with different social systems as revealed by IR-thermography.

Cytochrome b sequence analysis reveals differential molecular evolution in African mole-rats of the chromosomally hyperdiverse genus Fukomys (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) from the Zambezian region.

Viral epizootic reveals inbreeding depression in a habitually inbreeding mammal.

Vascular aging in the longest-living rodent, the naked mole rat.

The isotopic ecology of African mole rats informs hypotheses on the evolution of human diet.

Social control of brain morphology in a eusocial mammal.

Energetics in a solitary subterranean rodent, the silvery mole-rat, Heliophobius argenteocinereus, and allometry of RMR in African mole-rats (Bathyergidae).

A new coordinate system for rodent brain and variability in the brain weights and dimensions of different ages in the naked mole-rat.

Hemoglobin-oxygen-affinity and acid-base properties of blood from the fossorial mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae.

Distribution of vasopressin in the brain of the eusocial naked mole-rat.

Growth-deficient vomeronasal organs in the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber).

Living in a stethoscope: burrow-acoustics promote auditory specializations in subterranean rodents.

Growing out of a caste--reproduction and the making of the queen mole-rat.

Mole-rats from higher altitudes have greater thermoregulatory capabilities.

Stimulation of mu and delta opioid receptors induces hyperalgesia while stimulation of kappa receptors induces antinociception in the hot plate test in the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber).

Disparate patterns of age-related changes in lipid peroxidation in long-lived naked mole-rats and shorter-lived mice.

High oxidative damage levels in the longest-living rodent, the naked mole-rat.

Magnetic compass in the cornea: local anaesthesia impairs orientation in a mammal.

Choline acetyltransferase immunoreactive cortical interneurons do not occur in all rodents: a study of the phylogenetic occurrence of this neural characteristic.