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The Neurobiology of Behavior and Its Applicability for Animal Welfare: A Review

Authors: Genaro A Coria-Avila, James G Pfaus, Agustín Orihuela, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, Nancy José-Pérez, Laura Astrid Hernández, Daniel Mota-Rojas

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: emotions, learning, neurobiology, Panksepp, welfare, well-being

2022


Playful handling of laboratory rats is more beneficial when applied before than after routine injections

Authors: Sylvie Cloutier, Kimberly L. Wahl, Jaak Panksepp, Ruth C. Newberry

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal handling, fear and anxiety, injection, pain, play behaviour, positive affective states

2015


Playful handling as social enrichment for individually- and group-housed laboratory rats

Authors: Sylvie Cloutier, Chelsea Baker, Kim Wahl, Jaak Panksepp, Ruth C. Newberry

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, group-size, handling, laboratory rats, play behaviour

2013


The basic neuroscience of emotional experiences in mammals: The case of subcortical FEAR circuitry and implications for clinical anxiety

Authors: Jaak Panksepp, Thomas Fuchs, Paolo Iacobucci

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: amygdala, anxiety, benzodiazepines, fear, gaba, neuropeptides, periaqueductal gray

2011


Rat pup social motivation: A critical component of early psychological development

Authors: Howard Casey Cromwell

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: attachment emotion, epigenetics, stress, toxicology

2011


Infant-mother recognition in a social rodent (octodon degus)

Authors: Thomas Fuchs, Paolo Iacobucci, Katherine M. MacKinnon, Jaak Panksepp

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: attachment, degu, infant-mother recognition, octodon degus, social bonding

2010


Ultrasonic vocalizations of rats (Rattus norvegicus) during mating, play, and aggression: Behavioral concomitants, relationship to reward, and self-administration of playback

Authors: Jeffrey Burgdorf, Roger A. Kroes, Joseph R. Moskal, James G. Pfaus, Stefan M. Brudzynski, Jaak Panksepp

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: 22-khz calls, 50-khz calls, emotion, rats, ultrasonic vocalizations

2008


The neurobiology of positive emotions

Authors: J. Burgdorf, J. Panksepp

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: affect, dopamine, emotions, foraging, play, pleasure, seeking, vocalizations

2006


“Laughing” rats and the evolutionary antecedents of human joy?

Authors: J. Panksepp, J. Burgdorf

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: addictions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, joy, laughter, mood disorders, rats, ultrasonic vocalizations

2003


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