Testing Mechanisms for Philanthropic Behaviour

Experimental behaviour testing: pain.

Behavioural testing is a widely used method in pain research in animals, particularly in rodents. With a wide range of tests available, it is easy to tailor experiments to examine specific brain or spinal cord areas, such as the dorsal horn. This editorial outlines some of the more commonly used tests and gives examples of how they can be used to further our knowledge of neurological processes ...

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Peptidergic mechanisms in feeding behaviour.

Hyperphagia was induced in mice by p.o. administration of different types of CNS depressant drugs, like chlordiazepoxide 25 mg/kg diazepam 2.5 mg/kg, cyproheptadine 2 mg/kg and phenobarbitone 25 mg/kg. Such hyperphagia was abolished by pretreatment with naloxone 0.1 mg/kg sc. Naloxone per se at this dose produced no significant effect on the food intake. This is suggestive of the role of peptid...

Hormonal mechanisms of cooperative behaviour.

Research on the diversity, evolution and stability of cooperative behaviour has generated a considerable body of work. As concepts simplify the real world, theoretical solutions are typically also simple. Real behaviour, in contrast, is often much more diverse. Such diversity, which is increasingly acknowledged to help in stabilizing cooperative outcomes, warrants detailed research about the pr...

Introduction: Mechanisms of Animal Behaviour

This book comprises four volumes, roughly dealing with the four main problems in animal behaviour, namely the causation, development, function and evolution of behaviour. The way in which these four topics were assigned to the different volumes is pragmatic, and there is bound to be some overlap. Nevertheless, we feel that the division of the study of animal behaviour into these four questions,...