behavioral assay

Circadian multimodal physiological, ocular and behavioural data from a 40-hour forced-desynchrony protocol

The paper presents a multimodal dataset from a 40-hour forced-desynchrony protocol to study circadian rhythms and their effects on physiology, ocular function, and behavior.

Unfamiliar conspecifics increase freezing and shift movement towards immobility in zebrafish, most clearly in males

This study shows that unfamiliar conspecifics increase freezing and shift movement towards immobility in zebrafish, particularly in males, and elevate cortisol levels overall.

Quantifying direct and indirect maternal effects on male vervets rank post-dispersal

This study examines how maternal characteristics affect male vervet monkeys' rank post-dispersal and finds limited long-term effects, with social behavior mediating some relationships.

A Preventive Effect of Exercise in a Mouse Model of Essential Tremor

This study shows that high-intensity interval training reduces tremor frequency in a mouse model of essential tremor, while resistance training and sedentary behavior do not.

The Effects of Environmental Enrichment on the Behavior of Laboratory Zebrafish (Danio rerio).

This study examines how different environmental enrichments affect adult zebrafish behavior, finding reduced aggression with enrichment but no significant impact on reproduction or growth.

Born on Mars: Multigenerational phenotypic change in Caenorhabditis elegans under Martian analog gravity and hypomagnetic fields

This study examines transgenerational effects of Martian analog gravity and hypomagnetic fields on C. elegans, finding progressive impairments and increased phenotypic variability across generations.

Rapid updating of ecological information in wild Guinea baboons

This study shows Guinea baboons adjust their space-use and foraging behavior in response to changes in food availability caused by a wildfire.

Genetic and environmental sources of behavioral individuality: a test of the standard model

The paper tests the standard model of behavioral individuality by comparing among-individual variation in inbred and outbred crickets, finding greater variance in outbred lines.

Salmonids exhibit an acute behavioral response to heterothermal environments

This study quantifies how brown trout parr respond to rapid temperature changes by avoiding cold water and crossing warm water interfaces.

Dynamic Workforce Modulation and Foraging Efficiency in Eusocial Insect Colonies

The paper examines how eusocial insect colonies use reserve workers to modulate foraging efficiency and maintain energetic balance under fluctuating conditions.

Improving Welfare Through Enrichment: A Case Study in Aged Ex-Laboratory Rhesus Macaques

This study monitors the behavior and stress levels of aged rhesus macaques after relocation to a rescue center, finding that enrichment programs improve welfare by increasing activity and reducing stress behaviors.

Social relationships promote access to food and information in wild jackdaws

This study shows that social relationships in wild jackdaws influence foraging decisions and outcomes, with both benefits and costs associated with maintaining close bonds.

Swainson's thrushes vary song structure and singing behavior across ambient noise gradients and rapidly adjust songs in response to experimental traffic noise

This study shows Swainson's thrushes adjust their song structure in response to traffic noise, changing frequency, duration, and minimum frequency during playback experiments.

Scanning and active sampling behaviours emerge from conserved insect neural circuits

This study shows that scanning behaviors in desert ants emerge from conserved neural circuits without a specialized module, using a biologically grounded model.

Maternal ranging strategies facilitate offspring social play at energetic cost in the most solitary ape

The paper shows orangutan mothers adjust their ranging behavior to increase offspring social play, at an energetic cost.

Persistent effects of repeated adolescent and adult heroin vapor inhalation in female Wistar rats

This study compares the long-term effects of repeated heroin vapor inhalation during adolescence versus adulthood in female rats, finding lasting impacts on nociception and anxiety-like behavior, with more pronounced effects in adolescents.

Sex-Specific neurogenic and cognitive responses in a murine model of accelerated aging

This study examines sex differences in hippocampal neurogenesis and response to diterpenoid treatment in SAMP8 mice, finding males show enhanced neurogenesis and cognitive improvement while females do not.

Drought to deluge: Differential impacts of snow on mountain chickadee reproduction across the Sierra Nevada mountains

This study examines how extreme snow conditions affect mountain chickadee reproduction across different elevations in the Sierra Nevada, revealing spatially variable responses to snow drought and deluge.

Using Light to Establish Habits in Laboratory Mice

This study validates an operant paradigm where mice lever-press for light as a reward, showing light can drive behavior independently of physiological needs or hedonic responses.

Hippocampal Ring Finger Protein 10-dependent signaling supports cognitive flexibility

This study identifies RNF10-mediated signaling in the dorsal hippocampus as essential for cognitive flexibility by linking NMDAR activation to transcriptional programs that support adaptive behavior.

Evidence of parental care as a novel reproductive isolating mechanism

This study shows that dysregulated parental care in hybrid stickleback fish leads to reduced offspring survival, suggesting it acts as a postzygotic reproductive isolating mechanism.

Serotonergic Control of Spine Morphology During Growth in Zebrafish

This study shows that serotonergic signaling is critical for spinal stability in zebrafish, with tph2 mutants exhibiting spinal curvature due to neuronal defects before visible curvature appears.

Social attraction mediates collective foraging decisions in invasive hornets

The paper shows invasive hornets use social attraction to make collective foraging decisions, favoring food sources primed with dead conspecifics or related species.

A composite frailty index enables quantification of functional aging and identification of gerotherapeutic drugs in the house cricket.

The paper introduces a Composite Frailty Index (CFI) in house crickets to quantify functional aging and identify gerotherapeutic drugs.

Disruption of ultrasonic vocalizations with systemic administration of the non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist MK-801 in adult male mice

This study examines how MK-801, an NMDA receptor antagonist, affects ultrasonic vocalizations and social behavior in male mice.

Misalignment between perceived and actual ability on a balance beam walking task

This study examines how individuals' self-perceived balance ability aligns with actual performance on a balance beam task, finding that task-specific practice improves self-estimation accuracy.

High Intensity Interval Training in Aged Female Mice Preserves Physical, Cognitive, and Cardiovascular Function

This study shows that high intensity interval training (HIIT) preserves physical, cognitive, and cardiovascular function in older female mice and reduces frailty.

Quantitative reanalysis of classic pigeon homing experiments rejects a liver-based magnetic compass based on superparamagnetism

This paper reanalyzes classic pigeon homing experiments and rejects a liver-based magnetic compass hypothesis, supporting instead a head-based magnetite-based system.

Learning and Memory Performance in a Rat Model of Perigestational Opioid Exposure

This study examines the effects of gestational opioid exposure on learning and memory in rats, finding spatial and associative learning impairments that can be mitigated by environmental enrichment in males.

The gerotherapeutic drugs rapamycin, acarbose, and phenylbutyrate extend lifespan and enhance healthy aging in house crickets.

This study tests intermittent dosing of rapamycin, acarbose, and phenylbutyrate in house crickets, finding lifespan extension and improved locomotion and cognition in some treatments.