Sentences with phrase «altering animal behavior»

«Don't Shoot the Dog: The New Art of Teaching and Training» is concerned with altering animal behavior without being coercive.

Landfills have altered animal behavior, distribution and abundance around the world in a variety of ways, from increasing abundance of storks to fragmenting populations of bears.

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«Animals definitely altered their behavior around these sites,» Weinstein says.

One concern raised by the human brain organoid implants «is that functional integration [of the organoids] into the central nervous system of animals can in principle alter an animal's behavior or needs,» said bioethicist Jonathan Kimmelman of McGill University in Montreal.

Because neural crest cells contribute to so many tissues in the body, altering their function could change an animal's behavior, appearance and biology, the researchers reasoned.

A new study shows that these cells alter their behavior and structure when the animals» hearing is blocked.

Using gene therapy to insert the gene, they expressed the synthetic gene in adult mice or in zebrafish embryos, and witnessed remote activation of neurons the presence of a magnetic field through the altered behavior of the animals.

Humans, like other animals, alter their behavior depending on whether a threat is close or distant.

A video filmed at the McGovern Institute shows how dramatically the damaged SHANK3 gene can alter an animal's behavior.

Using gene therapy to insert the gene, they expressed the synthetic gene in adult mice or in zebrafish embryos, and witnessed remote activation of neurons in the presence of a magnetic field through the altered behavior of the animals.

Advances in optical imaging and optogenetics combined with electrophysiological recordings enable Albeanu and colleagues to monitor and / or alter patterns of activity at unprecedented synaptic and millisecond resolution, in real time, as animals are engaged in various behaviors.

While biologists have tracked how global warming has altered the developmental, migration, timing and other behavior in plants and animals, what makes this study unusual is the physical changes in the bees, said study co-author Candace Galen at the University of Missouri.

The scientists can then turn different neurons in the striatum on and off to see how this alters the animal's behavior, revealing more about which cells do what in the brain.

Trying to alter a hamster's sleep schedule is stressful for the animal and can cause poor health and unfriendly behavior.

In addition to reducing animal homelessness, there are also health and behavior benefits to altering pets:

For a significant proportion of these animals, neutering does not alter the symptoms and in some cases the behaviors intensify.

The sensible and humane solution to undesirable scratching is to modify the cat's conduct by making changes in the environment and direct the cat's natural scratching behavior to an appropriate area (e.g., scratching post) rather than surgically altering the cat, thereby causing the animal pain, merely to fit the owner's lifestyle, aesthetics, or convenience.

Research Interests: Human behaviors that impact animal welfare (specifically equine) and how we can design interventions to alter human behavior to enhance animal welfare.

This could be a problem in patients with congestive heart failure or other patients who require sodium restriction May stunt growth if used in young, growing animals May lower seizure threshold and alter mood and behavior At high doses, this medication can cause birth defects early in pregnancy, be irritating to the stomach or cause higher than normal blood sugar levels If your pet has received high doses, it should not be vaccinated without your veterinarian's advice as the vaccine may not work or it may actually give your pet the disease you are trying to prevent Less common side effects include weight gain, insomnia, panting, diarrhea, vomiting, elevated liver enzymes, pancreatitis and behavior changes Serious side effects are not expected with routine use.

Our presence in the home alters the «natural» environment, so we do not truly see the animal's natural behavior.

I think some of these groups need an entire overhaul as you have to ask the question if an animal has behavioural issues as a rescue group what are you doing to alter the behavior and allowed it to go on for so long what is your intervention strategy and are you willing to work with the potential adopters.

Spraying is a far more common behavior in animals who are not altered, male or female.

Will my animal's behavior change after being altered?

The warming has melted glaciers around the world and has altered the behavior of many animals.

While biologists have tracked how global warming has altered the developmental, migration, timing and other behavior in plants and animals, what makes this study unusual is the physical changes in the bees, said study co-author Candace Galen at the University of Missouri.

One final example is the prefrontal cortex, which is thought to play an important role in regulating behavior by suppressing impulses and emotions arising from the amygdala and other parts of the limbic system.50 — 52 In animal studies, exposure to chronic stress or glucocorticoids alters the synaptic connectivity within the prefrontal cortex, 52,53 and this may limit the ability of the prefrontal cortex to (1) suppress the impulsivity and aggression of the limbic system, and (2) execute adaptive responses (rather than maladaptive responses) to stress.54 — 56 Stress - induced changes in brain structure parallel the well - described impact of significant childhood adversity on a variety of brain functions, including the modulation of physiologic responses (hyper - responsive or chronically active stress response), learning (impaired memory), and the regulation of behavior (the ability to execute adaptive vs maladaptive responses to stress).3, 39,57