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Impairments in spatial learning by telencephalic lesions in Japanese eels (Anguilla japonica) by Watanabe, Shigeru

“…This study aimed to use Japanese eels (Anguilla japonica) as subjects to examine the effects of telencephalic lesions on spatial learning. Ten Japanese eels…”
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Infrared thermography for non-invasive measurement of social inequality aversion in rodents and potential usefulness for future animal-friendly studies by Watanabe, Shigeru

“…Infrared thermography is a method that detects thermal radiation energy and can measure the body surface temperature of animals from a distance. While rectal…”
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Are mirrors aversive or rewarding for mice? Insights from the mirror preference test by Watanabe, Shigeru

“…[...]the presence of the mirror increased exploratory behavior, enhancing both rearing in the novel cage exploration test and head-dipping in the hole-board…”
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Social factors modulate restraint stress induced hyperthermia in mice by Watanabe, Shigeru

“…Abstract Stress-induced hyperthermia (SIH) was examined in three different social conditions in mice by thermographic measurement of the body surface…”
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Spatial Learning in Japanese Eels Using Extra- and Intra-Maze Cues by Watanabe, Shigeru

“…Japanese eels ( ) were trained on a spatial-learning paradigm in a pool placed in an experimental room where several extra-maze cues were present. Four tubes…”
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Detection of Water Flow by Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica): Behavioral and Pharmacological Analyses by Watanabe, Shigeru

“…Eels migrate long distances and their spatial learning ability based on extra-maze visual cues has been examined in the laboratory. Here, I examine the…”
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Preference for and discrimination of paintings by mice by Watanabe, Shigeru

“…I measured preference for paintings (Renoir vs. Picasso or Kandinsky vs. Mondrian) in mice. In general mice did not display a painting preference except for…”
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Empathy and reversed empathy of stress in mice by Watanabe, Shigeru

“…Empathy is an emotional response to display of distress in others and reversed-empathy is an emotional response to non-distressed others in distressed…”
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Paintings discrimination by mice: Different strategies for different paintings by Watanabe, Shigeru

“…[Display omitted] Mouse showed category-like learning in Kandinsky vs. Mondrian discrimination but not in Renoir vs. Picasso discrimination •The mice employ…”
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The dominant/subordinate relationship between mice modifies the approach behavior toward a cage mate experiencing pain by Watanabe, Shigeru

“…•This study examined the social preference of mice for a conspecific in pain.•Subordinate mice preferred a dominant mate in pain to a mid-status mate not in…”
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Comparative study of Japanese eel and yellowfin goby brains using a new brain size index by Watanabe, Shigeru, Kono, Masanori

“…We propose a simple index of brain volume (D*L index), calculated using two-dimensional photographs of the brain, captured from the dorsal and lateral views…”
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Spatial learning in Japanese eels (Anguilla japonica) by Watanabe, Shigeru, Shinozuka, Kazutaka

“…Japanese eels ( Anguilla japonica ) were trained on a Morris-type spatial learning task. There were four tubes in a pool, but the eels could hide in only one…”
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Distress of mice induces approach behavior but has an aversive property for conspecifics by Watanabe, Shigeru

“…► Cognition of distress of conspecifics gives important information to others, because it can be signal of their own danger. ► Therefore, distress of others…”
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Dark-Field Microscopic Detection of Bacteria using Bacteriophage-Immobilized SiO2@AuNP Core–Shell Nanoparticles by Imai, Masashi, Mine, Kouhei, Tomonari, Haruna, Uchiyama, Jumpei, Matuzaki, Shigenobu, Niko, Yosuke, Hadano, Shingo, Watanabe, Shigeru

“…To replace molecular biological and immunological methods, biosensors have recently been developed for the rapid and sensitive detection of bacteria. Among a…”
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Integrated Fluorescent Nanoprobe Design for High‐Speed In Vivo Two‐Photon Microscopic Imaging of Deep‐Brain Vasculature in Mice by Takezaki, Minami, Kawakami, Ryosuke, Onishi, Shozo, Suzuki, Yasutaka, Kawamata, Jun, Imamura, Takeshi, Hadano, Shingo, Watanabe, Shigeru, Niko, Yosuke

“…High‐speed two‐photon microscopy can be used to analyze vascular dynamics in living animals and is essential for the understanding of brain diseases. Recent…”
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Discrimination of painting style and quality: pigeons use different strategies for different tasks by Watanabe, Shigeru

“…Birds have visual cognition as well developed as humans. Sometimes, the birds show visual discrimination similar to humans, but the birds may use different…”
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Combined effects of recent Pacific cooling and Indian Ocean warming on the Asian monsoon by Ueda, Hiroaki, Kamae, Youichi, Hayasaki, Masamitsu, Kitoh, Akio, Watanabe, Shigeru, Miki, Yurisa, Kumai, Atsuki

“…Recent research indicates that the cooling trend in the tropical Pacific Ocean over the past 15 years underlies the contemporaneous hiatus in global mean…”
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An Azide-Tethered Cremophor® ELP Surfactant Allowing Facile Post-Surface Functionalization of Nanoemulsions by Saito, Airi, Yamamoto, Shinkuro, Ochi, Rika, Inoue, Keiji, Hadano, Shingo, Watanabe, Shigeru, Nakayama, Taku, Niko, Yosuke

“…Nanoemulsions (NEs) comprising Labrafac WC® as an inner oil and Cremophor® ELP as an outer surfactant are promising organic nanoparticles for biomedical…”
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Mice lacking hippocampal left-right asymmetry show non-spatial learning deficits by Shimbo, Akihiro, Kosaki, Yutaka, Ito, Isao, Watanabe, Shigeru

“…•Assessed the significance of circuitry asymmetry on hippocampal-dependent cognition.•Used β2-microglobulin knock-out (β2m KO) mice which lack hippocampal…”
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Mirror Perception in Mice: Preference For and Stress Reduction by Mirrors by Watanabe, Shigeru

“…I measured the amount of time mice spent in a compartment with either a mirror or an opaque screen and found that mice stayed longer in the compartment with…”
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