Big behavioral data: psychology, ethology and the foundations of neuroscience

A Gomez-Marin, JJ Paton, AR Kampff, RM Costa… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Behavior is a unifying organismal process where genes, neural function, anatomy and
environment converge and interrelate. Here we review the current state and discuss the …

Three pillars of automated home-cage phenotyping of mice: novel findings, refinement, and reproducibility based on literature and experience

V Voikar, S Gaburro - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Animal models of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders require extensive
behavioral phenotyping. Currently, this presents several caveats and the most important …

[HTML][HTML] Behavioral phenotyping strategies for mutant mice

JN Crawley - Neuron, 2008 - cell.com
Comprehensive behavioral analyses of transgenic and knockout mice have successfully
identified the functional roles of many genes in the brain. Over the past 10 years, strategies …

Isoflurane anesthesia induced persistent, progressive memory impairment, caused a loss of neural stem cells, and reduced neurogenesis in young, but not adult …

C Zhu, J Gao, N Karlsson, Q Li… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Isoflurane and related anesthetics are widely used to anesthetize children, ranging from
premature babies to adolescents. Concerns have been raised about the safety of these …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing mouse behaviour throughout the light/dark cycle using automated in-cage analysis tools

RS Bains, S Wells, RR Sillito, JD Armstrong… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2018 - Elsevier
An important factor in reducing variability in mouse test outcomes has been to develop
assays that can be used for continuous automated home cage assessment. Our experience …

Effects of a human milk oligosaccharide, 2′-fucosyllactose, on hippocampal long-term potentiation and learning capabilities in rodents

E Vázquez, A Barranco, M Ramírez, A Gruart… - The Journal of nutritional …, 2015 - Elsevier
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are unique with regard to their diversity, quantity and
complexity, particularly in comparison to bovine milk oligosaccharides. HMOs are …

Hippocampal adult neurogenesis: Its regulation and potential role in spatial learning and memory

C Lieberwirth, Y Pan, Y Liu, Z Zhang, Z Wang - Brain research, 2016 - Elsevier
Adult neurogenesis, defined here as progenitor cell division generating functionally
integrated neurons in the adult brain, occurs within the hippocampus of numerous …

[HTML][HTML] IntelliCage as a tool for measuring mouse behavior–20 years perspective

A Kiryk, A Janusz, B Zglinicki, E Turkes… - Behavioural Brain …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the 1980s, we have witnessed the rapid development of genetically modified mouse
models of human diseases. A large number of transgenic and knockout mice have been …

Reliability, robustness, and reproducibility in mouse behavioral phenotyping: a cross-laboratory study

S Mandillo, V Tucci, SM Holter… - Physiological …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
Establishing standard operating procedures (SOPs) as tools for the analysis of behavioral
phenotypes is fundamental to mouse functional genomics. It is essential that the tests …

Designing animal-friendly behavioral tests for neuroscience research: the importance of an ethological approach

R d'Isa, R Gerlai - Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Behavioral tests have three key elements:(1) a motivating factor (what motivates the animal
in the test);(2) an observable behavior (which behaviors we may expect the animal exhibits …