Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Insights from animal models

H Szechtman, SE Ahmari, RJ Beninger, D Eilam… - Neuroscience & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Research with animal models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) shows the
following:(1) Optogenetic studies in mice provide evidence for a plausible cause-effect …

Of mice and men: building blocks in cognitive map**

D Eilam - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Of mice and men: Building blocks in cognitive map**. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV XX (X)
XXX-XXX—Exploration is the process by which humans and other animals gather spatial …

The GLP-1 receptor agonists exendin-4 and liraglutide alleviate oxidative stress and cognitive and micturition deficits induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion in …

PC Li, LF Liu, MJ Jou, HK Wang - BMC neuroscience, 2016 - Springer
Background Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analogs protect a variety of cell types against
oxidative damage and vascular and neuronal injury via binding to GLP-1 receptors. This …

On heights and plains: How rodents from different habitats cope with three-dimensional environments?

Z Hagbi, D Eilam - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Dwelling in a specific habitat requires adaptation to the habitat physical and biological
properties in order to maximize fitness. Adaptations that are manifested in the organization …

History and theoretical perspectives of behavioral and cognitive geography

J Portugali - Handbook of behavioral and cognitive geography, 2018 - elgaronline.com
At the beginning was regional geography and in two respects: firstly, historically, the origin of
regional geography can be traced back to Antiquity, to the 5th century BC in the writings of …

Traveling companions add complexity and hinder performance in the spatial behavior of rats

A Dorfman, KL Nielbo, D Eilam - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
We sought to uncover the impact of the social environment on the spatial behavior of rats.
Food-deprived rats were trained in a spatial task of collecting food items from 16 equispaced …

Scale space calibrates present and subsequent spatial learning in Barnes maze in mice

Y Tachiki, Y Suzuki, M Kurahashi, K Oki, Ö Mavuk… - Eneuro, 2023 - eneuro.org
Animals are capable of representing different scale spaces from smaller to larger ones.
However, most laboratory animals live their life in a narrow range of scale spaces like …

Spatio-temporal organization during group formation in rats

O Weiss, A Levi, E Segev, M Simbirsky, D Eilam - Animal Cognition, 2018 - Springer
In the present study, the dynamic process of group formation in eight unfamiliar rats was
followed in order to reveal how the group becomes oriented together in time and space, in …

Progression and stop organization reveals conservation of movement organization during dark exploration across rats and mice

TN Donaldson, KT Jennings, LA Cherep… - Behavioural …, 2019 - Elsevier
Spatial orientation is a ubiquitous feature of animal behavior. Environmental and self-
movement cues are sources of information used to maintain spatial orientation. The …

“It's all in their head”: hierarchical exploration of a three-dimensional layered pyramid in rats

Z Hagbi, A Dorfman, E Blumenfeld-Lieberthal, D Eilam - Animal Cognition, 2020 - Springer
Wayfinding in a three-dimensional (3D) environment is intricate, and surface-bounded
animals may overcome this complexity by breaking it down into horizontal layers along with …