Assessing Mongolian gerbil emotional behavior: effects of two shock intensities and response-independent shocks during an extended inhibitory-avoidance task [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Despite step-down inhibitory avoidance procedures that have been widely implemented in rats and mice to study learning and emotion phenomena, performance of other species in these tasks has received less attention.
Camilo Hurtado-Parrado +11 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Animal welfare is one of the most challenging issues in modern farm animal husbandry. Animal welfare indicators can be used to monitor welfare on farms or at slaughterhouses, with footpad dermatitis (FPD) being one of the most important indicators used ...
Jenny Stracke +5 more
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Smell of green leaf volatiles attracts white storks to freshly cut meadows
Scientific Reports, 2021 Finding food is perhaps the most important task for all animals. Birds often show up unexpectedly at novel food sources such as freshly tilled fields or mown meadows.
Martin Wikelski +8 more
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Beach balls: Assessing frustration tolerance in young children using a computerized task
Acta Psychologica, 2022 Frustration tolerance is a skill related to emotional regulation processes and is important insofar as it affects people's social relationships and even health. Low levels of frustration tolerance in children have been associated with a greater number of
Annabel Jiménez-Soto +4 more
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Laparotomy and burst suppression-inducing sevoflurane induce subtle long-term changes in anxiety and social behavior in late postnatal mice [PDF]
Korean Journal of AnesthesiologyBackground Despite strong preclinical evidence, clinical studies have reported minimal effects of early anesthesia on neurodevelopment. This discrepancy may be due to limitations of preclinical studies, including the absence of clear criteria for ...
Tao Zhang +10 more
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Functional and Morphological Changes in the Olfactory Epithelium of Mouse Models With Upper Respiratory Inflammation and Olfactory Dysfunction [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental OtorhinolaryngologyObjectives This study evaluated behavioral test results and histological findings in murine models of allergic rhinitis (AR), chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), and drug-induced anosmia, comparing outcomes among groups.
Shin Hyuk Yoo +6 more
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Temporal and spatial patterns of small vertebrate roadkill in a supercity of eastern China [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 An assessment of animal roadkill can help develop road mitigation measures. This article is the first to report data on animal-vehicle collisions (AVCs) in Nanjing, a supercity in eastern China.
Qiong Wu +5 more
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BMC Neuroscience, 2018 Background FoxP transcription factors play crucial roles for the development and function of vertebrate brains. In humans the neurally expressed FOXPs, FOXP1, FOXP2, and FOXP4 are implicated in cognition, including language.
Adriana Schatton +4 more
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Animals, 2023 This study analyzed trends of enthalpy and the temperature–humidity index (THI) over a period of 50 years in outer air, which lead to severe heat stress in turkeys.
Björn Sake +3 more
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Performance of Azure-winged magpies in Aesop’s fable paradigm
Scientific Reports, 2021 In this study, the improved Aesop’s fable paradigm—a series of experiments originally used to test whether some animals understand the causality associated with water replacement—was used to explore the cognitive ability of Azure-winged magpies ...
Yigui Zhang +3 more
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