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Animal Studies

Animal studies are experimental and observational investigations that use animals to advance understanding of biology and to evaluate the safety and efficacy of interventions across fields such as physiology, neurology, pharmacology, and toxicology. They allow researchers to control variables, manipulate exposures, …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 42× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2694-2275 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Animal studies are experimental and observational investigations that use animals to advance understanding of biology and to evaluate the safety and efficacy of interventions across fields such as physiology, neurology, pharmacology, and toxicology. They allow researchers to control variables, manipulate exposures, and examine whole-organism responses that cannot be ethically or practically studied in humans, generating evidence that informs translational hypotheses and preclinical decision-making. Study designs encompass natural-history observation, induced disease models, dietary and pharmacological challenges, and physiological characterization of species under defined conditions, with outcomes assessed through behavioral, histological, and biochemical endpoints. Rigorous interpretation depends on species selection, model validity, and recognition of interspecies differences. Research relevant to this area includes anti-inflammatory effects of botanical agents such as black cumin and honey in mice, comparative feeding physiology in guinea pigs, deep brain stimulation targets for epilepsy, dietary interventions for obesity, antioxidant micronutrients in metabolic syndrome, toxicological risk-level derivation for cadmium, and reproductive and developmental models including congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Auditory electrophysiology and gene-therapy studies further illustrate the breadth of animal-based inquiry. The journal publishes peer-reviewed animal studies spanning experimental zoology, physiology, toxicology, and therapeutic evaluation, contributing controlled evidence on biological mechanisms and treatment effects.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2020

The Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19): A Narrative Review

Rezapour BarataliCorresponding author
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Assistant Professor, PhD in Health education and promotion, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
International Journal of Coronaviruses Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3373

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 42 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Animal Studies, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Zoological Research (ISSN 2694-2275).

Journal editorial board
Alexander Ereskovsky · France ANDREI ALIMOV · Russia

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