behavioral assay

Flavonoids as anxiolytics in animal tests: Bibliometry and meta-analysis of the effects of flavonoids on anxiety-like behavior in animal tests

This paper conducts a bibliometric analysis and meta-analysis of flavonoids' effects on anxiety-like behavior in animal tests, finding strong anxiolytic effects but no effect after chronic treatment.

Pigeons rapidly transmit information about predator location through gaze-following

Pigeons use gaze-following to detect predator location in flocks, responding to the duration of conspecific gaze rather than other cues.

Wheel running, but not home cage activity in Digital Ventilated Cages(R) is impaired in a mouse model of breast cancer-induced bone pain

Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) do not differentiate between familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics based on pitch contour information

This study tests whether common marmosets use pitch contour information from vocalizations to recognize familiar vs. unfamiliar conspecifics, finding no group-level differentiation.

Within and between sleep and cognition: associations in older community dwelling individuals

This study examines how variations in sleep within and between older adults relate to cognitive performance, finding that sleep duration and efficiency affect reaction time but not other cognitive functions.

Sex-Dependent Cross-Resilience to Social Defeat and Learned Helplessness: The Role of BDNF-ERK Signaling and Norepinephrine

This study investigates sex-dependent cross-resilience to social defeat and learned helplessness stress models, revealing sex-specific molecular and behavioral patterns linked to BDNF-ERK signaling and norepinephrine.

Cockroach social network position does not influence exploration tendency

This study finds no link between social network position and exploration tendency in cockroaches, and reports a single axis of social behavior variation.

Behavior choices amongst grooming, feeding, and courting in Drosophila show contextual flexibility, not an absolute hierarchy of needs

The paper examines behavior choices in Drosophila between grooming, feeding, and courting, finding contextual flexibility rather than an absolute hierarchy of needs.

Artificial light at night enhances the defensive behavior in aquatic shredders under predation risk

This study shows that artificial light at night increases defensive behavior in caddisfly larvae under predation risk, especially with LED light.

Exploring the Winner-Loser Effect on Emotion in Crickets

The paper investigates if cricket exploratory behavior is influenced by contest outcomes, finding that winning increases exploration while losing does not significantly affect it.

In search of a conditioned place preference test for mice to assess the severity of experimental procedures

The paper tests various protocols for a conditioned place preference test in mice to assess experimental procedure severity but finds none produce reliable results.

Foot placement control underlies stable locomotion across species

The paper investigates foot placement control across species, finding shared behavioral signatures and varying control mechanisms based on neuromechanical embodiment.

Home range spillover in habitats with impassable boundaries: Causes, biases, and corrections using autocorrelated kernel density estimation

The paper introduces local corrections to kernel density estimation to reduce spillover bias in home range estimation and demonstrates their effectiveness through simulations and a case study.

A line attractor maintains aggressiveness during feeding in hangry mice

The paper shows that a line attractor in the hypothalamus modulates aggression in mice during feeding, with hunger enhancing aggressiveness but prolonged starvation reducing it.

Finding a path: Local search behavior of Drosophila larvae

This paper describes the local search behavior of Drosophila larvae in response to food stimuli and investigates the role of internal versus external cues in their navigation.

Fission or fusion: shoaling adaptations in green chromides (Etroplus suratensis) across multiple manipulations

This study examines shoaling behavior in green chromides under various environmental manipulations, finding increased shoal fusion under stress and mixed-species shoaling with tilapia.

Mechanisms of sex differences in acute and long COVID sequelae in mice

This study identifies sex differences in long COVID sequelae in mice, showing that X-linked genes like Xist and Tlr7 contribute to persistent inflammation and cognitive impairments in females.

Effect of fluid control on the affective state of laboratory macaques

This study investigates the effect of fluid control on the affective state of laboratory macaques and finds no significant impact on their psychological well-being.

Light pollution affects the behavior and life history traits of aquatic invertebrates

This study investigates how artificial light at night (ALAN) affects life history traits and behavior in rotifers, finding species-specific responses to different light wavelengths.

Persistent viral infections impact key biological traits in Drosophila melanogaster

This study shows persistent viral infections in Drosophila melanogaster reduce survival, alter offspring viability, and change behavior, with distinct transcriptional responses across viruses.

Octopus can use odor plumes to find food

The paper shows octopuses use odor plumes to find food in the dark, exhibiting behaviors like upstream movement and odor-gated rheotaxis, suggesting suckers, not bilateral organs, are the primary chemosensory organs.

Sex Differences in Low-dose Ethanol Effects on Motivated Behavior and Limbic Corticostriatal Activity

This study examines how chronic low-dose ethanol exposure affects reward-seeking behavior and neural activity in female and male mice, finding sex-specific changes in behavior and cFos expression.

Sex-specific disruptions in the developmental trajectory of anxiety due to prenatal cannabidiol exposure

This study shows prenatal CBD exposure causes sex-specific anxiety disruptions in mice, with females showing persistent anxiety-like behaviors and altered reward responsiveness.

Intrinsic strain-specific behaviour predicts emergent collective aggregation in heterogeneous C. elegans groups

The paper shows that strain-specific individual behaviours in C. elegans predict collective aggregation in mixed groups without altering individual movement patterns.

Chronic alcohol drinking delays recovery from capsaicin- and nerve injury-induced hypersensitivity in mice

This study shows chronic alcohol consumption delays recovery from pain-induced hypersensitivity in mice, with sex-specific effects on cold sensitivity and prolonged mechanical hypersensitivity.

Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionarily new predator

This study examines how vervet monkeys respond to domestic dogs, an evolutionarily new predator, showing they use ingrained behaviors and spatial memory but fail to adapt to new risk labels.

Ecological risk-taking across age in Barbary macaques

This study examines age-related changes in risk-taking behavior in Barbary macaques using an experimental paradigm with varying risk and reward combinations.

Behavioral anapyrexia as a response to virus infection in a poikilothermic vertebrate

The paper shows that infected tadpoles lower their body temperature more than uninfected ones, suggesting behavioral anapyrexia as a response to virus infection.

Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) recognise human visual attention from body and face orientation

This study shows that Asian elephants respond to human visual attention cues by gesturing more when experimenters face and body are oriented towards them.

Conservation and diversification of mating behavior patterns among three sibling species in the Drosophila subobscura species subgroup

The paper compares mating behaviors of three Drosophila species to explore the genomic and neural basis of rapid behavioral divergence.