The use of agrochemicals has grown in recent years following the increase in agricultural
productivity, to eliminate weeds that can compromise crop yields. The intensive use of these …

A great challenge in neuroscience is understanding how activity in the brain gives rise to
behavior. The zebrafish is an ideal vertebrate model to address this challenge, thanks to the …

An important concept in ethology is that complex behaviors can be constructed from a set of
basic motor patterns. Identifying the set of patterns available to an animal is key to making …

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Animal behavior often forms sequences, built from simple stereotyped actions and shaped
by environmental cues. A comprehensive characterization of the interplay between an …

One of the current main challenges faced by the scientific community is concerning the fate
and toxicity of plastics, due to both the well-known threats made by larger plastic items …

In an attempt to convert environmental pollutants into wealth, herein, we have first designed
and synthesized a new-type carbon nanopinnacles (CNPs) from Reactive Blue 19 (RB19) …

Nervous systems have evolved to combine environmental information with internal state to
select and generate adaptive behavioral sequences. To better understand these …

Cadmium (Cd) is a worldwide environmental pollutant that postures serious threats to
humans and ecosystems. Over the years, its adverse effects on the central nervous system …

Manganese (Mn) is an essential metal for organisms, but high levels can cause serious
neurological damage. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of MnCl 2 exposure …