A5070003773- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Hernia repair and management
- Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions
- Gynecological conditions and treatments
- Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Baylor College of Medicine
2014-2024
Abstract Foraging theory has been a remarkably successful approach to understanding the behavior of animals in many contexts. In patch-based foraging contexts, marginal value theorem (MVT) shows that optimal strategy is leave patch when rate return declines average for environment. However, MVT only valid deterministic environments whose statistics are known forager; naturalistic seldom meet these strict requirements. As result, strategies used by foragers must be empirically investigated....
An emerging corpus of research seeks to use virtual realities (VRs) understand the neural mechanisms underlying spatial navigation and decision making in rodents. These studies have primarily used visual stimuli represent world. However, auditory cues play an important role for animals, especially when system cannot detect objects or predators. We developed a reality environment defined exclusively by free-field acoustic landmarks head-fixed mice. trained animals run with 3 landmarks....