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Behavioral changes across novelty habituation: Contextual modulation of self-grooming after a stress event
(2018-07)
Grooming is a widespread behavior in the animal kingdom primarily geared towards the care of the body surface; nonetheless, other behavioral functions have been investigated and postulated. For example, rodents display ...
Grooming site preferences in black capuchin monkeys: Hygienic vs. social functions revisited
(Wiley-liss, div John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2021-10)
When primates groom each other, they tend to concentrate on those parts of the body they cannot efficiently self-groom (i.e., not visually accessible), and prefer to intensify grooming in areas with high hair density, thus ...
Allogrooming, self-grooming, and touching behavior: Contamination routes of leaf-cutting ant workers using a fat-soluble tracer dye
(2017-06-09)
The aim of this study was to determine whether worker self-grooming, allogrooming, and direct contact promotes the dispersal of substances among members of the colony. For this purpose, a tracer (Sudan III dye) was applied ...
Muscarinic and glutamatergic regulation of self-grooming behavior and ultrasonic vocalizations in the context of open-field habituation in rats
(2019)
We tested whether pharmacological impairment of OF-habituation after the administration (i.p.) of scopolamine (SCP; muscarinic antagonist) or MK-801 (MK; NMDA antagonist) was able to disrupt or alter grooming syntaxes. ...
Effects of a Brief Preventive Intervention in Cyberbullying and Grooming in Adolescents
The development of brief and inexpensive interventions that reduce risky behaviors in adolescence constitute a challenge for current research. This study addresses the prevention of two online behavior problems in adolescents ...
A valorização do ser humano e de sua criatividade mediante atividade artesanal com embalagens plásticas: O caso das catadoras de União da Vitória/PR
(2011-09-01)
This article aims to analyze the effects of deploying craftsmanship with PET bottles on the perception of a group of grooming members of the Association of Collectors of the municipality of Union of Victoria - PR in relation ...
Limpeza corporal, ansiedade experimental e privação de sono paradoxal em ratos
(2012-12-01)
Objective: Paradoxical sleep deprivation increases grooming behaviors in rats. Discordant data on the change promoted by such deprivation on the experimentally defined anxiety levels have made difficult to assess if the ...
The role of workers in transferring queen substances and the differences between worker castes in the leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
(2006-09-26)
The present study focused on the relationship between the queen and workers in Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus colonies mediated by the possible transfer of substances from the fertile to the sterile caste. The queens ...
The role of workers in transferring queen substances and the differences between worker castes in the leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
(2006-09-26)
The present study focused on the relationship between the queen and workers in Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus colonies mediated by the possible transfer of substances from the fertile to the sterile caste. The queens ...
Single aggressive and non-aggressive social interactions elicit distinct behavioral patterns to the context in mice
(2018-01-01)
Aggressive interactions between conspecific animals have been used as a social stressor with ethological characteristics to study how social interactions can modulate animal's behavior. Here, a new protocol based on ...