To survive, animals must learn to control their movements with millisecond-level precision, and adjust the kinematics if conditions, or task requirements, change.Here, we examine adaptive timing of motor output in mice, using a simple eyelid conditioning task.Mice were trained to blink in response to a light stimulus that was always followed by a c
Abstract Background Phlebotomine sand flies are incriminated in the transmission of several human and veterinary pathogens.To elucidate their role as vectors, proper species identification is crucial.Since traditional morphological determination is based on minute and often dubious characteristics on their head and genitalia, which require certain
The Borderlands Earth Care Youth (BECY) Institute is an example of hands-on environmental education where high school students engage with restoration.BECY inspires and trains the next generation of land stewards by hiring borderland youth to restore their home watersheds.The 12-person youth crews, currently located in two rural communities just no
Nutrition during the perinatal period programs body growth.Growth hormone (GH) secretion from the pituitary regulates body growth and is controlled by Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH) neurons located in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus.We observed that dietary restriction during the early postnatal period (i.e.lactation) in mice influ
Accurate estimates of population abundance are a critical component of species conservation efforts in order to monitor the potential recovery of populations.Capture-mark-recapture (CMR) is a widely used approach to estimate population abundance, yet social species moving in groups violate the assumption of CMR approaches that all individuals in th