Protective behaviors during COVID-19 confinement measures in Greece: the role of anxiety, perceived risk and risky-choice framing by George Koulierakis, Anastasia Dermatis, Dimitris Zavras, Elpida Pavi

“…The aim of this study was to explore the level to which the public adhered to protective guidelines by adopting the most appropriate behaviors at that time (such as hand washing with soap and using sanitizer gel) and to identify the determinants of these behaviors. …”
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Dynamic regulation of oxytocin neuronal circuits in the sequential processes of prosocial behavior in rodent models by Hiroyuki Arakawa

“…Abstract:: The expression of positive social (i.e., prosocial) behavior is governed by a multitude of sensory and cognitive abilities to identify and recognize key features of potential social partners, elucidate social and individual status, and maintain appropriate behaviors. Oxytocin (OT) is a neuropeptide that has been implicated as a major player in regulating prosocial behavior, and much of its role in social situations has been uncovered. …”
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Leadership Actions-Oriented Behavioral Style to Accommodate Change and Development in Schools by Mani Man Singh Rajbhandari

“…It was found that leadership actions-oriented behavior enabled school leaders to articulate appropriate behavioral patterns to generate motivation and commitment. …”
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Stimulation of the Basal and Central Amygdala in the Mustached Bat Triggers Echolocation and Agonistic Vocalizations within Multimodal Output by Jie eMa, Jagmeet S Kanwal, Jagmeet S Kanwal

“…These emotive responses likely originate within the amygdala and other limbic structures, but the organization of motor outputs for triggering species-appropriate behaviors remains unclear. We performed electrical microstimulation at 461 highly restricted loci within the basal and central amygdala in awake mustached bats. …”
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Two Pairs of Drosophila Central Brain Neurons Mediate Larval Navigational Strategies Based on Temporal Light Information Processing by Tim-Henning Humberg, Simon G. Sprecher

“…For several reasons, model organisms like Drosophila larvae are well-suited for investigating how light cues are translated into an appropriate behavioral output. First, many of the genetic tools, which were created for use in adult fruit flies, work also in larvae. …”
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Exploring the emotional concerns of oncology nurses: A qualitative study by Mahdieh Poodineh Moghadam, Ahmad Nasiri, Gholamhossein Mahmoudirad

“…Background: Nursing care for patients with cancer is related to the nurses' ability to manage their emotions and having appropriate behaviors in the clinical setting. Oncology nurses are emotionally influenced by their communication with cancer patients. …”
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Rapid decision-making with side-specific perceptual discrimination in ants. by Nathalie Stroeymeyt, Fernando J Guerrieri, Jelle S van Zweden, Patrizia d'Ettorre

“…We hypothesize that the coarse level of discrimination achieved in the antennal lobes early in odor processing provides enough information to determine appropriate behavioral responses towards non-nestmates. This asks for a reappraisal of the mechanisms underlying social recognition in insects.…”
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Normal aging does not impair orbitofrontal-dependent reinforcer devaluation effects by Teghpal eSingh, Joshua L. Jones, Michael eMcDannald, Richard eHaney, Domenic Hayden Cerri, Geoffrey eSchoenbaum

“…Here, we used Pavlovian reinforcer devaluation to test whether normal aging might also affect the ability to use outcome expectancies to guide appropriate behavioral responding, which is also known to depend on the orbitofrontal cortex. …”
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Comprehension of climatic and occupational heat stress amongst agricultural advisers and workers in Slovenia by Tjaša POGAČAR, Zalika ČREPINŠEK, Lučka KAJFEŽ BOGATAJ, Lars NYBO

“… Climate changes and the associated higher frequency of heat waves in Middle-European countries will aggravate occupational heat stress experienced by Slovenian workers. Appropriate behavioral adaptations are important coping strategies and it is pertinent to establish if knowledge among advisers and workers is sufficient and identify the symptoms experienced by workers. …”
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The Role of Representations in Executive Function: Investigating a Developmental Link Between Flexibility and Abstraction by Maria eKharitonova, Yuko eMunakata

“…Young children often perseverate, engaging in previously correct, but no longer appropriate behaviors. One account posits that such perseveration results from the use of stimulus-specific representations of a situation, which are distinct from abstract, generalizable representations that support flexible behavior. …”
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Responses to social vocalizations in the dorsal cochlear nucleus of mice by Patrick eRoberts, Christine V Portfors

“…Identifying sounds is critical for an animal to make appropriate behavioral responses to environmental stimuli, including vocalizations from conspecifics. …”
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Neural Representation of Motor Output, Context and Behavioral Adaptation in Rat Medial Prefrontal Cortex During Learned Behavior by Roel de Haan, Judith Lim, Sven A. van der Burg, Anton W. Pieneman, Vinod Nigade, Huibert D. Mansvelder, Christiaan P. J. de Kock

“…Integration depends on the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), but how mPFC neurons encode information necessary for appropriate behavioral adaptation is poorly understood. To identify spiking patterns of mPFC during learned behavior, we extracellularly recorded neuronal action potential firing in the mPFC of rats performing a whisker-based “Go”/“No-go” object localization task. …”
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Neural activity patterns in the chemosensory network encoding vomeronasal and olfactory information in mice by Cecília Pardo-Bellver, Manuel E. Vila-Martin, Manuel E. Vila-Martin, Sergio Martínez-Bellver, María Villafranca-Faus, Anna Teruel-Sanchis, Anna Teruel-Sanchis, Camila A. Savarelli-Balsamo, Camila A. Savarelli-Balsamo, Sylwia M. Drabik, Sylwia M. Drabik, Joana Martínez-Ricós, Ana Cervera-Ferri, Fernando Martínez-García, Enrique Lanuza, Vicent Teruel-Martí

“…Rodents detect chemical information mainly through the olfactory and vomeronasal systems, which play complementary roles to orchestrate appropriate behavioral responses. To characterize the integration of chemosensory information, we have performed electrophysiological and c-Fos studies of the bulbo–amygdalar network in freely behaving female mice exploring neutral or conspecific stimuli. …”
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Variable neuroprotective role of Filipendula ulmaria extract in rat hippocampus by Natalija Arsenijevic, Dragica Selakovic, Jelena S. Katanic Stankovic, Vladimir Mihailovic, Slobodanka Mitrovic, Jovana Milenkovic, Pavle Milanovic, Miroslav Vasovic, Aleksandra Nikezic, Olivera Milosevic-Djordjevic, Marko Zivanovic, Nenad Filipovic, Vladimir Jakovljevic, Nemanja Jovicic, Gvozden Rosic

“…Rats in experimental groups were administered with either nano-sized hydroxyapatite, tricalcium phosphate, or amorphous calcium phosphate in the presence of Filipendula ulmaria extract. Appropriate behavioral tests were performed to assess anxiety levels, while oxidative status and apoptosis parameters were determined in the hippocampus samples. …”
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Age Effects on Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Response Inhibition: An MEG Study by Mei-Yin Lin, Mei-Yin Lin, Mei-Yin Lin, Yi-Jhan Tseng, Chia-Hsiung Cheng, Chia-Hsiung Cheng, Chia-Hsiung Cheng, Chia-Hsiung Cheng

“…Inhibition, the ability to suppress irrelevant information, thoughts or movements, is crucial for humans to perform context-appropriate behaviors. It was suggested that declined cognitive performance in older adults might be attributed to inhibitory deficiencies. …”
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Behavioral Phenotypes in Schizophrenic Animal Models With Multiple Combinations of Genetic and Environmental Factors by Hirotake Hida, Akihiro Mouri, Yukihiro Noda

“…These animal models showed interaction between or within factors; behavioral changes, which were obscured by each factor, were marked by interaction of factors and vice versa. Appropriate behavioral approaches with such models will be invaluable for translational research on novel compounds, and also for providing insight into the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of schizophrenia. …”
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Unsupervised Learning and Clustered Connectivity Enhance Reinforcement Learning in Spiking Neural Networks by Philipp Weidel, Philipp Weidel, Renato Duarte, Abigail Morrison, Abigail Morrison

“…This is problematic as a model for how an organism can learn appropriate behavioral sequences in unknown environments, as it fails to account for the unsupervised and self-organized nature of the required representations. …”
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Neural correlates and determinants of approach–avoidance conflict in the prelimbic prefrontal cortex by Jose A Fernandez-Leon, Douglas S Engelke, Guillermo Aquino-Miranda, Alexandria Goodson, Maria N Rasheed, Fabricio H Do Monte

“…The recollection of environmental cues associated with threat or reward allows animals to select the most appropriate behavioral responses. Neurons in the prelimbic (PL) cortex respond to both threat- and reward-associated cues. …”
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Identification of candidate olfactory genes in Leptinotarsa decemlineata by antennal transcriptome analysis by Yang eLiu, Lujuan eSun, Depan eCao, William Benjamin Walker, Yongqiang eZhang, Guirong eWang

“…The sense of smell is critical for the survival of insects, by which insects detect the odor signals in the environment and make appropriate behavioral responses such as host preference, mate choice, and oviposition site selection. …”
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Modeling Parkinson's disease‐related symptoms in alpha‐synuclein overexpressing mice by Agata Aniszewska, Joakim Bergström, Martin Ingelsson, Sara Ekmark‐Lewén

“…Conclusions By applying appropriate behavioral tests, α‐syn transgenic mouse models provide an appropriate experimental platform for studies of symptoms related to PD and other α‐synucleinopathies.…”
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