"Behavior, Animal" 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 observable response an animal makes to any situation.
| Descriptor ID |
D001522
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.113
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| Concept/Terms |
Behavior, Animal- Behavior, Animal
- Animal Behavior
- Animal Behaviors
- Behaviors, Animal
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Behavior, Animal".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Behavior, Animal" by people in this website by year, and whether "Behavior, Animal" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2000 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2001 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 2005 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2006 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2007 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 2008 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2009 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2010 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2011 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2012 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2018 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Behavior, Animal" by people in Profiles.
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Loss of neuronal population organization links pathology to behavior in a model of Alzheimer's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Sep; 123(35):e2614164123.
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Genetic Architecture of Addiction-Relevant Behaviors in Outbred Sprague-Dawley Rats Reveals Loci for Anxiety-Like and Nociceptive Traits. Genes Brain Behav. 2026 Jun; 25(3):e70053.
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Lineage-specific decoupling of arginine vasotocin-evoked aggression in male darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Horm Behav. 2026 May; 181:105934.
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Studying Drosophila Larval Behavior in Agarose Channels. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2025 12 01; 2025(12):db.prot108420.
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Maternal Care and Cub Development in the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus). Zoo Biol. 2026 Jan-Feb; 45(1):63-69.
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A Review of Approaches for Addressing Oral Stereotypic Behavior in Zoo-Housed Giraffes. Zoo Biol. 2025 Nov-Dec; 44(6):535-543.
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Density-dependent network structuring within and across wild animal systems. Nat Ecol Evol. 2025 Nov; 9(11):2002-2013.
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Social dynamics and behavior of zoo-housed red-footed tortoises at different housing densities. Behav Processes. 2025 Sep; 231:105242.
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A contextual fear conditioning paradigm in head-fixed mice exploring virtual reality. Elife. 2025 Jun 17; 14.
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Factors shaping giraffe behavior in U.S. zoos: A multi-institutional study to inform management. PLoS One. 2025; 20(5):e0324248.