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AutonoMouse: High throughput operant conditioning reveals progressive impairment with graded olfactory bulb lesions

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Habituation Learning is a Widely Affected Mechanism in Drosophila Models of Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders

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(2019) Shimin Zou et al.   Neuroscience Bulletin

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RFID-supported video tracking for automated analysis of social behaviour in groups of mice

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Animal registries aim to reduce bias

(2019) Monya Baker   NATURE

Daytime colour preference in Drosophila depends on the circadian clock and TRP channels

(2019) Stanislav Lazopulo et al.   NATURE

A Freely Available, Self-Calibrating Software for Automatic Measurement of Freezing Behavior

(2019) Felippe E. Amorim et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

The polyamine transporter Slc18b1(VPAT) is important for both short and long time memory and for regulation of polyamine content in the brain

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Structure of the Zebrafish Locomotor Repertoire Revealed with Unsupervised Behavioral Clustering

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

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OLMα2 Cells Bidirectionally Modulate Learning

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Neural Cotransmission in Spinal Circuits Governing Locomotion

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Active State Organization of Spontaneous Behavioral Patterns

(2018) C. Hillar et al.   Scientific Reports

Experimenter gender and replicability in science

(2018) Colin D. Chapman et al.   Science Advances

Engram Cell Excitability State Determines the Efficacy of Memory Retrieval

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Machine vision methods for analyzing social interactions

(2017) Alice A. Robie et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Fragile X targeted pharmacotherapy: lessons learned and future directions

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Automated classification of self-grooming in mice using open-source software

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(2017) Mark J Prescott et al.   LAB ANIMAL

Simultaneous measurement of sleep and feeding in individual Drosophila

(2017) Keith R Murphy et al.   Nature Protocols

Computational Analysis of Behavior

(2016) S.E. Roian Egnor et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

A Taste Circuit that Regulates Ingestion by Integrating Food and Hunger Signals

(2016) Nilay Yapici et al.   CELL

Ancient Anxiety Pathways Influence Drosophila Defense Behaviors

(2016) Farhan Mohammad et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility

(2016) Monya Baker   NATURE

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(2016) David J. Anderson   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

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(2016) T. Okuyama et al.   SCIENCE

3D Holographic Observatory for Long-term Monitoring of Complex Behaviors in Drosophila

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The Drosophila ETV5 Homologue Ets96B: Molecular Link between Obesity and Bipolar Disorder

(2016) Michael J. Williams et al.   PLoS Genetics

Skeletal muscle-specific HMG-CoA reductase knockout mice exhibit rhabdomyolysis: A model for statin-induced myopathy

(2015) Yoshinori Osaki et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Activating positive memory engrams suppresses depression-like behaviour

(2015) Steve Ramirez et al.   NATURE

Optogenetics: 10 years of microbial opsins in neuroscience

(2015) Karl Deisseroth   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Sufficiency of Mesolimbic Dopamine Neuron Stimulation for the Progression to Addiction

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(2015) Logan Grosenick et al.   NEURON

Mapping Sub-Second Structure in Mouse Behavior

(2015) Alexander B. Wiltschko et al.   NEURON

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(2015) H. Kazama   NEUROSCIENCE

Automated measurement of mouse social behaviors using depth sensing, video tracking, and machine learning

(2015) Weizhe Hong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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(2015) Edward R. Siuda et al.   Nature Communications

VoICE: A semi-automated pipeline for standardizing vocal analysis across models

(2015) Zachary D. Burkett et al.   Scientific Reports

Evidence of Experimental Bias in the Life Sciences: Why We Need Blind Data Recording

(2015) Luke Holman et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Of Fighting Flies, Mice, and Men: Are Some of the Molecular and Neuronal Mechanisms of Aggression Universal in the Animal Kingdom?

(2015) Amanda L. Thomas et al.   PLoS Genetics

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Use of the Open Field Maze to Measure Locomotor and Anxiety-like Behavior in Mice

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Tachykinin-Expressing Neurons Control Male-Specific Aggressive Arousal in Drosophila

(2014) Kenta Asahina et al.   CELL

Single Serotonergic Neurons that Modulate Aggression in Drosophila

(2014) Olga V. Alekseyenko et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A magnetic rotary optical fiber connector for optogenetic experiments in freely moving animals

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(2014) Steve Perrin   NATURE

Scalable control of mounting and attack by Esr1+ neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamus

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Quantifying Drosophila food intake: comparative analysis of current methodology

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FlyMAD: rapid thermogenetic control of neuronal activity in freely walking Drosophila

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idTracker: tracking individuals in a group by automatic identification of unmarked animals

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Correction: Open Source Tracking and Analysis of Adult Drosophila Locomotion in Buridan's Paradigm with and without Visual Targets

(2014) Julien Colomb et al.   PLoS One

FLIC: High-Throughput, Continuous Analysis of Feeding Behaviors in Drosophila

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Discovery of Brainwide Neural-Behavioral Maps via Multiscale Unsupervised Structure Learning

(2014) J. T. Vogelstein et al.   SCIENCE

Automated monitoring and quantitative analysis of feeding behaviour in Drosophila

(2014) Pavel M. Itskov et al.   Nature Communications

An open-source toolbox for automated phenotyping of mice in behavioral tasks

(2014) Tapan P. Patel et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Assessing the validity and reproducibility of genome-scale predictions

(2013) Lauren A. Sugden et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Regulation of Aggression by Obesity-Linked Genes TfAP-2 and Twz Through Octopamine Signaling in Drosophila

(2013) Michael J. Williams et al.   GENETICS

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Targeting neurons and photons for optogenetics

(2013) Adam M Packer et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Cognitive components in mice and humans: Combining genetics and touchscreens for medical translation

(2013) Jess Nithianantharajah et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY

A Fully Automated High-Throughput Training System for Rodents

(2013) Rajesh Poddar et al.   PLoS One

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(2013) S. Ramirez et al.   SCIENCE

Automated long-term tracking and social behavioural phenotyping of animal colonies within a semi-natural environment

(2013) Aharon Weissbrod et al.   Nature Communications

An open system for automatic home-cage behavioral analysis and its application to male and female mouse models of Huntington's disease

(2012) Kourosh Zarringhalam et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

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A multispectral optical illumination system with precise spatiotemporal control for the manipulation of optogenetic reagents

(2012) Jeffrey N Stirman et al.   Nature Protocols

Using GFP Video to Track 3D Movement and Conditional Gene Expression in Free-Moving Flies

(2012) Reza Ardekani et al.   PLoS One

Correction: Automated Tracking of Animal Posture and Movement during Exploration and Sensory Orientation Behaviors

(2012) Alex Gomez-Marin et al.   PLoS One

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Optogenetics and thermogenetics: technologies for controlling the activity of targeted cells within intact neural circuits

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The Psychopharmacology of Aggressive Behavior

(2011) Stefano Comai et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Functional identification of an aggression locus in the mouse hypothalamus

(2011) Dayu Lin et al.   NATURE

New translational assays for preclinical modelling of cognition in schizophrenia: The touchscreen testing method for mice and rats

(2011) T.J. Bussey et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Human Disease Models in Drosophila melanogaster and the Role of the Fly in Therapeutic Drug Discovery

(2011) U. B. Pandey et al.   PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Fragile X syndrome and model organisms: identifying potential routes of therapeutic intervention

(2010) B. Bhogal et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Improving the translational hit of experimental treatments in multiple sclerosis

(2010) Hanna M Vesterinen et al.   Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Targeted optogenetic stimulation and recording of neurons in vivo using cell-type-specific expression of Channelrhodopsin-2

(2010) Jessica A Cardin et al.   Nature Protocols

Behavioural phenotyping assays for mouse models of autism

(2010) Jill L. Silverman et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Substance P neurotransmission and violent aggression: The role of tachykinin NK1 receptors in the hypothalamic attack area

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Temporally precise in vivo control of intracellular signalling

(2009) Raag D. Airan et al.   NATURE

Tests to assess motor phenotype in mice: a user's guide

(2009) Simon P. Brooks et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Design, power, and interpretation of studies in the standard murine model of ALS

(2008) Sean Scott et al.   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

An internal thermal sensor controlling temperature preference in Drosophila

(2008) Fumika N. Hamada et al.   NATURE

A subset of octopaminergic neurons are important for Drosophila aggression

(2008) Chuan Zhou et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Imaging in vivo: watching the brain in action

(2008) Jason N. D. Kerr et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE