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The Avian Hippocampal Formation and the Stress Response by Smulders, Tom V

“…Though widely studied for its function in memory and navigation, the hippocampal formation (HF) in mammals also plays an important role in regulating the…”
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Telencephalic regulation of the HPA axis in birds by Smulders, Tom V.

“…The hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is one of the major output systems of the vertebrate stress response. It controls the release of cortisol or…”
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Identifying obstacles preventing the uptake of tunnel handling methods for laboratory mice: An international thematic survey by Henderson, Lindsay J, Smulders, Tom V, Roughan, Johnny V

“…Handling of laboratory mice is essential for experiments and husbandry, but handling can increase anxiety in mice, compromising their welfare and potentially…”
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Peripherally injected ghrelin and leptin reduce food hoarding and mass gain in the coal tit (Periparus ater) by Henderson, Lindsay J., Cockcroft, Rowan C., Kaiya, Hiroyuki, Boswell, Timothy, Smulders, Tom V.

“…In birds little is known about the hormonal signals that communicate nutritional state to the brain and regulate appetitive behaviours. In mammals, the peptide…”
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Water-induced finger wrinkles improve handling of wet objects by Kareklas, Kyriacos, Nettle, Daniel, Smulders, Tom V.

“…Upon continued submersion in water, the glabrous skin on human hands and feet forms wrinkles. The formation of these wrinkles is known to be an active process,…”
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Food restriction reduces neurogenesis in the avian hippocampal formation by Robertson, Barbara-Anne, Rathbone, Lucy, Cirillo, Giselda, D'Eath, Richard B, Bateson, Melissa, Boswell, Timothy, Wilson, Peter W, Dunn, Ian C, Smulders, Tom V

“…The mammalian hippocampus is particularly vulnerable to chronic stress. Adult neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus is suppressed by chronic stress and by…”
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Integrating ecology, psychology and neurobiology within a food-hoarding paradigm by Pravosudov, Vladimir V., Smulders, Tom V.

“…Many animals regularly hoard food for future use, which appears to be an important adaptation to a seasonally and/or unpredictably changing environment. This…”
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Using ecology to guide the study of cognitive and neural mechanisms of different aspects of spatial memory in food-hoarding animals by Smulders, Tom V., Gould, Kristy L., Leaver, Lisa A.

“…Understanding the survival value of behaviour does not tell us how the mechanisms that control this behaviour work. Nevertheless, understanding survival value…”
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Computational inference of neural information flow networks by Smith, V Anne, Yu, Jing, Smulders, Tom V, Hartemink, Alexander J, Jarvis, Erich D

“…Determining how information flows along anatomical brain pathways is a fundamental requirement for understanding how animals perceive their environments,…”
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Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei by Reiner, Anton, Perkel, David J., Bruce, Laura L., Butler, Ann B., Csillag, András, Kuenzel, Wayne, Medina, Loreta, Paxinos, George, Shimizu, Toru, Striedter, Georg, Wild, Martin, Ball, Gregory F., Durand, Sarah, Gütürkün, Onur, Lee, Diane W., Mello, Claudio V., Powers, Alice, White, Stephanie A., Hough, Gerald, Kubikova, Lubica, Smulders, Tom V., Wada, Kazuhiro, Dugas‐Ford, Jennifer, Husband, Scott, Yamamoto, Keiko, Yu, Jing, Siang, Connie, Jarvis, Erich D.

“…The standard nomenclature that has been used for many telencephalic and related brainstem structures in birds is based on flawed assumptions of homology to…”
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Effects of Environmental Enrichment on Doublecortin and BDNF Expression along the Dorso-Ventral Axis of the Dentate Gyrus by Gualtieri, Fabio, Brégère, Catherine, Laws, Grace C, Armstrong, Elena A, Wylie, Nicholas J, Moxham, Theo T, Guzman, Raphael, Boswell, Timothy, Smulders, Tom V

“…Adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) in the dentate gyrus is known to respond to environmental enrichment, chronic stress, and many other factors. The function…”
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Commentary: Merging of long-term memories in an insect by Martin-Ordas, Gema, Smulders, Tom V

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Different mechanisms are responsible for dishabituation of electrophysiological auditory responses to a change in acoustic identity than to a change in stimulus location by Smulders, Tom V., Jarvis, Erich D.

“…•We recorded from several sites in the auditory system of awake behaving zebra finches.•Electrophysiological responses dishabituated to changing acoustic…”
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Effects of age on a real-world What-Where-When memory task by Mazurek, Adèle, Bhoopathy, Raja Meenakshi, Read, Jenny C A, Gallagher, Peter, Smulders, Tom V

“…Many cognitive abilities decline with aging, making it difficult to detect pathological changes against a background of natural changes in cognition. Most of…”
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Cell Proliferation in the Adult Chicken Hippocampus Correlates With Individual Differences in Time Spent in Outdoor Areas and Tonic Immobility by Armstrong, Elena A., Voelkl, Bernhard, Voegeli, Sabine, Gebhardt-Henrich, Sabine G., Guy, Jonathan H., Sandilands, Victoria, Boswell, Tim, Toscano, Michael J., Smulders, Tom V.

“…Access to outdoor areas is provided as a means of enhancing welfare in commercial systems for laying hens ( Gallus gallus domesticus ), but substantial…”
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The relevance of brain evolution for the biomedical sciences by Smulders, Tom V

“…Most biomedical neuroscientists realize the importance of the study of brain evolution to help them understand the differences and similarities between their…”
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Smarter through group living? by Smulders, Tom V.

“…Summary Wild Australian magpies living (or growing up) in larger social groups take fewer trials to solve a battery of four cognitive tests than those living…”
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Effects of the rearing environment complexity on laying hens’ spatial cognition: A holeboard test approach by Dumontier, Lucille, Janczak, Andrew M., Smulders, Tom V., Nordgreen, Janicke

“…The rearing environment of layer chicks can differ greatly in degree of complexity. With the industry moving towards cage-free housing systems, greater demands…”
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A bird's eye view of the hippocampus beyond space: Behavioral, neuroanatomical, and neuroendocrine perspectives by Madison, Farrah N., Bingman, Verner P., Smulders, Tom V., Lattin, Christine R.

“…Although the hippocampus is one of the most-studied brain regions in mammals, research on the avian hippocampus has been more limited in scope. It is generally…”
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Seasonal changes in the hippocampal formation of hoarding and non-hoarding tits by Lange, Henrik, Walker, Lauren, Orell, Markku, Smulders, Tom V.

“…The hippocampal formation (HF) processes spatial memories for cache locations in food-hoarding birds. Hoarding is a seasonal behavior, and seasonal changes in…”
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