Exploratory Behavior

"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.

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The tendency to explore or investigate a novel environment. It is considered a motivation not clearly distinguishable from curiosity.

Descriptor ID	D005106
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.387 F01.658.370
Concept/Terms	Exploratory Behavior Exploratory Behavior Behavior, Exploratory Behaviors, Exploratory Exploratory Behaviors Curiosity Curiosity Curiosities Novelty-Seeking Behavior Novelty-Seeking Behavior Behavior, Novelty-Seeking Behaviors, Novelty-Seeking Novelty Seeking Behavior Novelty-Seeking Behaviors

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Exploratory Behavior [F01.145.387]
Motivation [F01.658]
Exploratory Behavior [F01.658.370]

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Bar chart showing 59 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2002 and 2006

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	1	0	1
1996	1	0	1
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2001	0	2	2
2002	2	3	5
2003	2	1	3
2004	0	1	1
2005	1	2	3
2006	2	3	5
2007	2	0	2
2008	2	1	3
2009	3	1	4
2010	0	4	4
2011	0	3	3
2012	1	1	2
2013	0	2	2
2014	1	3	4
2015	0	3	3
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	1	2
2018	0	2	2
2020	0	2	2
2022	1	0	1
2024	0	1	1

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Mosberger AC, Sibener LJ, Chen TX, Rodrigues HFM, Hormigo R, Ingram JN, Athalye VR, Tabachnik T, Wolpert DM, Murray JM, Costa RM. Exploration biases forelimb reaching strategies. Cell Rep. 2024 Apr 23; 43(4):113958.

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Cockburn J, Man V, Cunningham WA, O'Doherty JP. Novelty and uncertainty regulate the balance between exploration and exploitation through distinct mechanisms in the human brain. Neuron. 2022 08 17; 110(16):2691-2702.e8.

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Ebrahimi Kalan M, McKelvey K, Ibrahimou B, Trucco EM, Ben Taleb Z. The Road to Vaping: E-cigarette Susceptibility and Curiosity Among U.S. Adolescents Susceptible and Nonsusceptible to Cigarette Smoking. Health Educ Behav. 2020 10; 47(5):696-705.

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Pardo-Garc?a TR, Yusif-Rodriguez N, Yudowski G, Maldonado-Vlaar CS. Blockade of the endovanilloid receptor, TRPV1, and of the endocannabinoid enzyme, FAAH, within the nucleus accumbens shell elicits anxiolytic-like effects in male rats. Neurosci Lett. 2020 07 27; 732:135023.

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Corwin C, Nikolopoulou A, Pan AL, Nunez-Santos M, Vallabhajosula S, Serrano P, Babich J, Figueiredo-Pereira ME. Prostaglandin D2/J2 signaling pathway in a rat model of neuroinflammation displaying progressive parkinsonian-like pathology: potential novel therapeutic targets. J Neuroinflammation. 2018 Sep 20; 15(1):272.

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Zhao L, Chen S, Sherchan P, Ding Y, Zhao W, Guo Z, Yu J, Tang J, Zhang JH. Recombinant CTRP9 administration attenuates neuroinflammation via activating adiponectin receptor 1 after intracerebral hemorrhage in mice. J Neuroinflammation. 2018 Jul 30; 15(1):215.

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Criado-Marrero M, Morales Silva RJ, Velazquez B, Hern?ndez A, Colon M, Cruz E, Soler-Cede?o O, Porter JT. Dynamic expression of FKBP5 in the medial prefrontal cortex regulates resiliency to conditioned fear. Learn Mem. 2017 04; 24(4):145-152.

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Sobin C, Flores-Montoya MG, Alvarez JM. Early chronic low-level Pb exposure alters global exploratory behaviors but does not impair spatial and object memory retrieval in an object-in-place task in pre-adolescent C57BL/6J mice. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2017 05; 61:104-114.

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Flannery BM, Bruun DA, Rowland DJ, Banks CN, Austin AT, Kukis DL, Li Y, Ford BD, Tancredi DJ, Silverman JL, Cherry SR, Lein PJ. Persistent neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment in a rat model of acute diisopropylfluorophosphate intoxication. J Neuroinflammation. 2016 10 12; 13(1):267.

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Yang P, Manaenko A, Xu F, Miao L, Wang G, Hu X, Guo ZN, Hu Q, Hartman RE, Pearce WJ, Obenaus A, Zhang JH, Chen G, Tang J. Role of PDGF-D and PDGFR-? in neuroinflammation in experimental ICH mice model. Exp Neurol. 2016 09; 283(Pt A):157-64.

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