 Exploratory Behavior
"Exploratory Behavior" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The tendency to explore or investigate a novel environment. It is considered a motivation not clearly distinguishable from curiosity.
| Descriptor ID |
D005106
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.387 F01.658.370
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| Concept/Terms |
Exploratory Behavior- Exploratory Behavior
- Behavior, Exploratory
- Behaviors, Exploratory
- Exploratory Behaviors
Novelty-Seeking Behavior- Novelty-Seeking Behavior
- Behavior, Novelty-Seeking
- Behaviors, Novelty-Seeking
- Novelty Seeking Behavior
- Novelty-Seeking Behaviors
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Exploratory Behavior" by people in Profiles.
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Fisher DW, Han Y, Lyman KA, Heuermann RJ, Bean LA, Ybarra N, Foote KM, Dong H, Nicholson DA, Chetkovich DM. HCN channels in the hippocampus regulate active coping behavior. J Neurochem. 2018 09; 146(6):753-766.
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Buvanendran A, Kroin JS, Della Valle CJ, Moric M, Tuman KJ. Local Drug Infiltration Analgesia During Knee Surgery to Reduce Postoperative Pain in Rats. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016 May-Jun; 41(3):374-9.
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Chrastil ER, Warren WH. Active and passive spatial learning in human navigation: acquisition of graph knowledge. J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 2015 Jul; 41(4):1162-1178.
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Deng JV, Wan Y, Wang X, Cohen S, Wetsel WC, Greenberg ME, Kenny PJ, Calakos N, West AE. MeCP2 phosphorylation limits psychostimulant-induced behavioral and neuronal plasticity. J Neurosci. 2014 Mar 26; 34(13):4519-27.
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Byrne RW. Animal curiosity. Curr Biol. 2013 Jun 03; 23(11):R469-70.
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Graves SM, Napier TC. SB 206553, a putative 5-HT2C inverse agonist, attenuates methamphetamine-seeking in rats. BMC Neurosci. 2012 Jun 14; 13:65.
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Chrastil ER, Warren WH. Active and passive contributions to spatial learning. Psychon Bull Rev. 2012 Feb; 19(1):1-23.
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Buvanendran A, Kroin JS, Kari MR, Tuman KJ. A new knee surgery model in rats to evaluate functional measures of postoperative pain. Anesth Analg. 2008 Jul; 107(1):300-8.
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Janson CH, Byrne R. What wild primates know about resources: opening up the black box. Anim Cogn. 2007 Jul; 10(3):357-67.
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Noser R, Byrne RW. Mental maps in chacma baboons (Papio ursinus): using inter-group encounters as a natural experiment. Anim Cogn. 2007 Jul; 10(3):331-40.
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