This review summarizes all reported and suspected functions of ultrasonic vocalizations in
infant and adult rats. The review leads to the conclusion that all types of ultrasonic …

Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychostimulant substance, being self-administered
throughout a wide range of conditions and present in numerous dietary products. Due to its …

In mammalian animal models, high-resolution kinematic tracking is restricted to brief
sessions in constrained environments, limiting our ability to probe naturalistic behaviors and …

As part of the development of a rapid in vivo screen for prioritization of toxic chemicals, we
have begun to characterize the locomotor activity of zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae by …

Background: Sleep deprivation (SD) plagues modern society due to the professional
demands. It prevails in patients with mood and neuroinflammatory disorders. Although …

Much research supports a link between stress and its concomitant hypothalamic–pituitary–
adrenal (HPA) axis responses with behavioral sensitivity to psychoactive drugs. Our …

We present a software (ETHOWATCHER®) developed to support ethography, object
tracking and extraction of kinematic variables from digital video files of laboratory animals …

There is considerable evidence that alterations in striatal medium-sized spiny neurons
(MSSNs) giving rise to the direct (D1 receptor-expressing) and indirect (D2 receptor …

Environmental enrichment (EE), comprising positive physical (exercise) and cognitive
stimuli, influences neuronal structure and usually improves brain function. The promise of …

Monoamine neurotransmitters are the major regulatory mechanisms in the vertebrate brain,
involved in the adjustment of motivation, emotion, and cognition. The chemical anatomy of …