Intrastriatal Grafting of Chromospheres: Survival and Functional Effects in the 6-OHDA Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease. by Alejandra Boronat-García, Marcela Palomero-Rivero, Magdalena Guerra-Crespo, Diana Millán-Aldaco, René Drucker-Colín

“…Chromospheres grafted in a rat model of PD survived in 57% of the total grafted animals. Behavioral tests showed that surviving chromosphere cells induce a reduction in motor alterations for at least 3 months after grafting. …”
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Molecular Strategies for Intensity-Dependent Olfactory Processing in Caenorhabditis elegans by Hankui Cheng, Hankui Cheng, Hankui Cheng, Yu Liu, Yu Liu, Yu Liu, Yadan Xue, Yadan Xue, Jiajie Shao, Jiajie Shao, Zhibing Tan, Zhibing Tan, Siyan Liu, Siyan Liu, Siyan Liu, Shumin Duan, Shumin Duan, Shumin Duan, Shumin Duan, Lijun Kang, Lijun Kang, Lijun Kang

“…Various odorants trigger complex animal behaviors across species in both quality- and quantity-dependent manners. …”
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Low-intensity exercise combined with sodium valproate attenuates kainic acid-induced seizures and associated co-morbidities by inhibiting NF-κB signaling in mice by Yuxiang Jia, Lele Tang, Yu Yao, Limin Zhuo, Dongxiao Qu, Xingxing Chen, Yonghua Ji, Jie Tao, Yudan Zhu

“…Here, we used a mouse model with kainic acid (KA)-induced epilepsy to compare the seizure status and the levels of related co-morbidities, such as cognition, depression, anxiety, and movement disorders, in each group using animal behavioral experiment and local field potential recordings. …”
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Carcass Lesion Severity and Pre-Slaughter Conditions in Heavy Pigs: A Prospective Study at a Commercial Abattoir in Northern Italy by Martina Zappaterra, Barbara Padalino, Laura Menchetti, Agnese Arduini, Vincenzo Pace, Leonardo Nanni Costa

“…Slaughterhouse conditions, animal behaviors, and human–animal interactions were annotated at unloading and during the race toward the stunning cage. …”
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Glycinergic Modulation of Pain in Behavioral Animal Models by Julian M. Peiser-Oliver, Sally Evans, David J. Adams, Macdonald J. Christie, Robert J. Vandenberg, Sarasa A. Mohammadi

“…Here, we review the current literature on what animal behavioral studies have allowed us to elucidate about glycinergic pain modulation, and the progress toward clinical treatments so far. …”
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Developmental synapse pathology triggered by maternal exposure to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium by Hironori Izumi, Hironori Izumi, Maina Demura, Ayako Imai, Ayako Imai, Ryohei Ogawa, Mamoru Fukuchi, Taisaku Okubo, Toshihide Tabata, Hisashi Mori, Hisashi Mori, Hisashi Mori, Tomoyuki Yoshida, Tomoyuki Yoshida

“…Numerous animal experiments have revealed that pesticides, including herbicides, can disturb normal intracellular signals, gene expression, and individual animal behaviors. However, the mechanism underlying the adverse outcomes of pesticide exposure remains elusive. …”
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Baseline Behavioral Data and Behavioral Correlates of Disturbance for the Lake Oku Clawed Frog (<i>Xenopus longipes</i>) by Jemma E. Dias, Charlotte Ellis, Tessa E. Smith, Charlotte A. Hosie, Benjamin Tapley, Christopher J. Michaels

“…Animal behavior and welfare science can form the basis of zoo animal management. …”
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An MRI method for parcellating the human striatum into matrix and striosome compartments in vivo by JL Waugh, AAO Hassan, JK Kuster, JM Levenstein, SK Warfield, N Makris, N Brüggemann, N Sharma, HC Breiter, AJ Blood

“…Though indistinguishable by routine histological techniques, matrix and striosome have distinct embryologic origins, afferent/efferent connections, surface protein expression, intra-striatal location, susceptibilities to injury, and functional roles in a range of animal behaviors. Distinguishing the compartments previously required post-mortem tissue and/or genetic manipulation; we aimed to identify matrix/striosome non-invasively in living humans. …”
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Assessing Environmental Control Strategies in Cage-Free Egg Production Systems: Effect on Spatial Occupancy and Natural Behaviors by Andrés F. Gonzalez-Mora, Araceli D. Larios, Alain N. Rousseau, Stéphane Godbout, Cédric Morin, Joahnn H. Palacios, Michèle Grenier, Sébastien Fournel

“…However, little information exists about the effect of these ECSs on natural animal behaviors. Four strategies and one control were tested in an experimental CFS, previously designed to track behavioral variables using video recordings over seven time-lapses of 1 hour per day. …”
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Acute oral toxicity assessment of ethanolic extracts of Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng fruits in mice by Maria Nilda M. Muñoz, Urdujah G. Alvarado, Jerica Isabel L. Reyes, Kozo Watanabe

“…We observed that there is no mortality or adverse effects after treatment of mice indicating that Bignay extracts are safe for use in laboratory animals. Behavioral, respiratory, and neurologic changes, as well as changes in body weight, food and water consumption, did not occur during the experimental period. …”
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Mice lacking the circadian modulators SHARP1 and SHARP2 display altered sleep and mixed state endophenotypes of psychiatric disorders. by Paul C Baier, Magdalena M Brzózka, Ali Shahmoradi, Lisa Reinecke, Christina Kroos, Sven P Wichert, Henrik Oster, Michael C Wehr, Reshma Taneja, Johannes Hirrlinger, Moritz J Rossner

“…In this study, we characterized Sharp1 and Sharp2 double mutant mice (S1/2-/-) using online EEG recordings in living animals, behavioral assays and global gene expression profiling. …”
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The tardigrade Hypsibius exemplaris  has the active mitochondrial alternative oxidase that could be studied at animal organismal level. by Daria Wojciechowska, Milena Roszkowska, Łukasz Kaczmarek, Wiesława Jarmuszkiewicz, Andonis Karachitos, Hanna Kmita

“…Overall, we demonstrated that AOX activity in tardigrades can be monitored by the animals' behavior observation as well as by measurement of intact specimens' whole-body respiration and Δψ. …”
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The Evolution of Zoos as Conservation Institutions: A Summary of the Transition from Menageries to Zoological Gardens and Parallel Improvement of Mammalian Welfare Management by Haley N. Beer, Trenton C. Shrader, Ty B. Schmidt, Dustin T. Yates

“…However, such approaches only benefit welfare when appropriately matched to the animal. Behavioral responses to environmental cues reflect how animals experience their environment, and properly documenting them informs management decisions. …”
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Antidepressant-like effect of mitragynine isolated from Mitragyna speciosa Korth in mice model of depression. by Nasir, Farah Idayu, Baharuldin, Mohamad Taufik Hidayat, Mohd Moklas, Mohamad Aris, Fakurazi, Sharida, Adib Ridzuan, Nurul Raudzah, Abdul Rahman, Shamima, Apryani, Evhy

“…Overall, the present study clearly demonstrated that mitragynine exerts an antidepressant effect in animal behavioral model of depression (FST and TST) and the effect appears to be mediated by an interaction with neuroendocrine HPA axis systems.…”
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Local neuropeptide signaling modulates serotonergic transmission to shape the temporal organization of C. elegans egg-laying behavior. by Navonil Banerjee, Raja Bhattacharya, Michael Gorczyca, Kevin M Collins, Michael M Francis

“…Animal behaviors are often composed of distinct alternating behavioral states. …”
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Remarkable changes in behavior and physiology of laboratory mice after the massive 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan. by Shuichi Yanai, Yuki Semba, Shogo Endo

“…Although the effects of a variety of experimental manipulations on mouse behaviors in disease models or in models of higher cognitive functions have been extensively examined, researchers need to be aware how natural phenomena, such as earthquakes and perhaps other natural environmental factors, influence laboratory animal behaviors and physiology.…”
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Intelligent motivation framework based on Q-network for multiple agents in Internet of Things simulations by Hieu Trong Nguyen, Phuong Minh Chu, Jisun Park, Yunsick Sung, Kyungeun Cho

“…Moreover, the proposed framework can generate big data on animal behaviors for other training systems.…”
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Programming of mice circadian photic responses by postnatal light environment. by Elisabeth Brooks, Dhruval Patel, Maria Mercè Canal

“…Secondly, we used circadian activity protocols to show that only the animal's behavioral responses to chronic light exposure, but not to constant darkness or the acute responses to a light stimulus depend on postnatal light experience. …”
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Effects of an infectious fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, on amphibian predator-prey interactions. by Barbara A Han, Catherine L Searle, Andrew R Blaustein

“…The effects of parasites and pathogens on host behaviors may be particularly important in predator-prey contexts, since few animal behaviors are more crucial for ensuring immediate survival than the avoidance of lethal predators in nature. …”
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miR-210 controls the evening phase of circadian locomotor rhythms through repression of Fasciclin 2. by Ye Niu, Zhenxing Liu, Xiaoge Nian, Xuehan Xu, Yong Zhang

“…Circadian clocks control the timing of animal behavioral and physiological rhythms. Fruit flies anticipate daily environmental changes and exhibit two peaks of locomotor activity around dawn and dusk. microRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that play important roles in post-transcriptional regulation. …”
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