… We specially thank Moshe Ben Shaanan for his mentorship and support in FixTRAX design.
This work was supported by the Israel Science Foundation grant 384/14, Israel Science Foun…

The reward system is a collection of circuits that reinforce behaviors necessary for survival [1,
2]. Given the importance of reproduction for survival, actions that promote successful …

Living in a group creates a complex and dynamic environment in which the behavior of the
individual is influenced by and affects the behavior of others. Although social interactions and …

Background For decades, dementia has been characterized by accumulation of waste in
the brain and low-grade inflammation. Over the years, emerging studies highlighted the …

From the author of “Fertility Diary” for the New York Times Motherlode blog comes a reassuring,
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… Shirts were presented and sampled using a designated shirt-sniffing device that we … type
- blank shirt, spouse shirt and stranger shirt - was extracted, the response to the blank shirt was …

… Shirts were presented and sampled using a designated shirt-sniffing device that we … type
- blank shirt, spouse shirt and stranger shirt - was extracted, the response to the blank shirt was …

Drosophila melanogaster is a proven and robust model organism for investigating social
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… Male flies were socially raised or socially isolated and their social group interaction was
tested using the FlyBowl system (images: Assa Bentzur and Shir Ben-Shaanan). …