Abnormal repetitive behaviours in captive birds: a Tinbergian review

Authors: Emma Mellor, Ben Brilot, Sarah Collins

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal repetitive behaviour, bird welfare, causation, development, evolution, function

2018

Associations between temperament and gene polymorphisms in the brain dopaminergic system and the adrenal gland of sheep

Authors: Xiaoyan Qiu, Jason Ledger, Chen Zheng, Graeme B. Martin, Dominique Blache

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cyp17, dopamine receptor, glucocorticoid, monoamine oxidase, stress

2016

Effect of gender and halothane genotype on cognitive bias and its relationship with fear in pigs

Authors: Ricard Carreras, Laura Arroyo, Eva Mainau, Raquel Peña, Anna Bassols, Antoni Dalmau, Luigi Faucitano, Xavier Manteca, Antonio Velarde

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, fear, gender, halothane genotype, neurotransmitters

2016

Involvement of D1 and D2 dopamine receptors in the antidepressant-like effects of selegiline in maternal separation model of mouse

Authors: Shayan Amiri, Hossein Amini-Khoei, Ali Mohammadi-Asl, Sakineh Alijanpour, Arya Haj-Mirzaian, Maryam Rahimi-Balaei, Ali Razmi, Carl O. Olson, Mojgan Rastegar, Mehdi Mehdizadeh, Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: depressive-like behaviors, dopamine receptors, forced swimming test, maternal separation, selegiline, sucrose preference test

2016

Neuroanatomical and neurochemical basis of parenting: Dynamic coordination of motivational, affective and cognitive processes

Authors: Mariana Pereira, Annabel Ferreira

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: affect, cognition, love, maternal circuitry, motivation, parent–infant relationship, social understanding

2016

Evidence for a link between tail biting and central monoamine metabolism in pigs (Sus scrofa domestica)

Authors: Anna Valros, Pälvi Palander, Mari Heinonen, Camilla Munsterhjelm, Emma Brunberg, Linda Keeling, Petteri Piepponen

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: dopamine, neurotransmission, pig, serotonin, tail-biting

2015

Voluntary exercise and increased food intake after mild chronic stress improve social avoidance behavior in mice

Authors: Airi Otsuka, Tetsuya Shiuchi, Sachiko Chikahisa, Noriyuki Shimizu, Hiroyoshi Séi

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: food intake, social avoidance, social defeat stress, voluntary exercise

2015

Diphenyl diselenide supplemented diet reduces depressive-like behavior in hypothyroid female rats

Authors: Glaecir Roseni Mundstock Dias, Tielle Moraes de Almeida, Jéssie Haigert Sudati, Fernando Dobrachinski, Sandra Pavin, Félix Alexandre Antunes Soares, Cristina Wayne Nogueira, Nilda Berenice Vargas Barbosa

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: depressive-like behavior, diphenyl diselenide, hypothyroidism, methimazole, oxidative stress

2014

Effects of feather pecking phenotype (severe feather peckers, victims and non-peckers) on serotonergic and dopaminergic activity in four brain areas of laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Authors: Marjolein S. Kops, Elske N. de Haas, T. Bas Rodenburg, Esther D. Ellen, Gerdien A. H. Korte-Bouws, Berend Olivier, O. Güntürkün, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, S. Mechiel Korte

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: feather pecking behavior, laying hens, monoamines, ocd, thalamopallial circuit

2013

Feather damaging behaviour in parrots: A review with consideration of comparative aspects

Authors: Yvonne R. A. van Zeeland, Berry M. Spruit, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bernd Riedstra, Yvonne M. van Hierden, Bart Buitenhuis, S. Mechiel Korte, Johannes T. Lumeij

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal repetitive behaviour, behavioural disorder, feather pecking, feather picking, feather plucking, grooming, hair pulling, poultry, psittacines, trichotillomania

2009

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