"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Exploratory Behavior" by people in Profiles.
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Transgenic mice overexpressing miR-137 in the brain show schizophrenia-associated behavioral deficits and transcriptome profiles. PLoS One. 2019; 14(7):e0220389.
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Cinnamon and its Metabolite Protect the Nigrostriatum in a Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease Via Astrocytic GDNF. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2019 09; 14(3):503-518.
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Demonstration of prion-like properties of mutant huntingtin fibrils in both in vitro and in vivo paradigms. Acta Neuropathol. 2019 06; 137(6):981-1001.
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HCN channels in the hippocampus regulate active coping behavior. J Neurochem. 2018 09; 146(6):753-766.
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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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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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MeCP2 phosphorylation limits psychostimulant-induced behavioral and neuronal plasticity. J Neurosci. 2014 Mar 26; 34(13):4519-27.
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Animal curiosity. Curr Biol. 2013 Jun 03; 23(11):R469-70.
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SB 206553, a putative 5-HT2C inverse agonist, attenuates methamphetamine-seeking in rats. BMC Neurosci. 2012 Jun 14; 13:65.
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Active and passive contributions to spatial learning. Psychon Bull Rev. 2012 Feb; 19(1):1-23.