[HTML][HTML] Seminatural environments for rodent behavioral testing: a representative design improving animal welfare and enhancing replicability
E Hernández-Arteaga, A Ågmo - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The low replicability of scientific studies has become an important issue. One possible cause
is low representativeness of the experimental design employed. Already in the 1950's, Egon …
is low representativeness of the experimental design employed. Already in the 1950's, Egon …
[HTML][HTML] IntelliCage: the development and perspectives of a mouse-and user-friendly automated behavioral test system
HP Lipp, S Krackow, E Turkes, S Benner… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
IntelliCage for mice is a rodent home-cage equipped with four corner structures harboring
symmetrical double panels for operant conditioning at each of the two sides, either by …
symmetrical double panels for operant conditioning at each of the two sides, either by …
[HTML][HTML] Environmental enrichment improves hippocampus-dependent spatial learning in female C57BL/6 mice in novel IntelliCage sweet reward-based behavioral …
The IntelliCage is an automated home-cage system that allows researchers to investigate
the spontaneous behavior and learning abilities of group-housed mice. The IntelliCage …
the spontaneous behavior and learning abilities of group-housed mice. The IntelliCage …
[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal home-cage automated assessment of climbing behavior shows sexual dimorphism and aging-related decrease in C57BL/6J healthy mice and …
RS Bains, H Forrest, RR Sillito, JD Armstrong… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Monitoring the activity of mice within their home cage is proving to be a powerful tool for
revealing subtle and early-onset phenotypes in mouse models. Video-tracking, in particular …
revealing subtle and early-onset phenotypes in mouse models. Video-tracking, in particular …
[HTML][HTML] Large-scale coupling of prefrontal activity patterns as a mechanism for cognitive control in health and disease: evidence from rodent models
I Negrón-Oyarzo, T Dib, L Chacana-Véliz… - Frontiers in Neural …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Cognitive control of behavior is crucial for well-being, as allows subject to adapt to changing
environments in a goal-directed way. Changes in cognitive control of behavior is observed …
environments in a goal-directed way. Changes in cognitive control of behavior is observed …
[HTML][HTML] Ethorobotic rats for rodent behavioral research: design considerations
R Siddall - Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The development of robots as tools for biological research, sometimes termed'biorobotics',
has grown rapidly in recent years, fuelled by the proliferation of miniaturized computation …
has grown rapidly in recent years, fuelled by the proliferation of miniaturized computation …
Environmental enrichment: a systematic review on the effect of a changing spatial complexity on hippocampal neurogenesis and plasticity in rodents, with …
MH Khalil - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Hippocampal neurogenesis is critical for improving learning, memory, and
spatial navigation. Inhabiting and navigating spatial complexity is key to stimulating adult …
spatial navigation. Inhabiting and navigating spatial complexity is key to stimulating adult …
Tools for photomotor response assay standardization in ecotoxicological studies: Example of exposure to gentamicin in the freshwater planaria Schmidtea …
AGE Mathiron, L Rejo, F Chapeau… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photomotor response assay (PMR) is very useful in an ecotoxicological context because it
allows evaluation of behavioral response to potential toxic compounds. However, a lack of …
allows evaluation of behavioral response to potential toxic compounds. However, a lack of …
[HTML][HTML] Refinement of IntelliCage protocols for complex cognitive tasks through replacement of drinking restrictions by incentive-disincentive paradigms
X Ma, B Schildknecht, AC Steiner, I Amrein… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The IntelliCage allows automated testing of cognitive abilities of mice in a social home cage
environment without handling by human experimenters. Restricted water access in …
environment without handling by human experimenters. Restricted water access in …
[HTML][HTML] Being friendly: paced mating for the study of physiological, behavioral, and neuroplastic changes induced by sexual behavior in females
E Ventura-Aquino, RG Paredes - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Paced mating in rats is an experimental condition that allows the evaluation of sexual
behavior in a way that closely resembles what occurs in seminatural and natural conditions …
behavior in a way that closely resembles what occurs in seminatural and natural conditions …