The Neurobiology of Behavior and Its Applicability for Animal Welfare: A Review
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
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
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
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
Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Keywords: attachment emotion, epigenetics, stress, toxicology
2011
Infant-mother recognition in a social rodent (octodon degus)
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
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: 22-khz calls, 50-khz calls, emotion, rats, ultrasonic vocalizations
2008
The neurobiology of positive emotions
Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Keywords: affect, dopamine, emotions, foraging, play, pleasure, seeking, vocalizations
2006
“Laughing” rats and the evolutionary antecedents of human joy?
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: addictions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, joy, laughter, mood disorders, rats, ultrasonic vocalizations
2003