Detail that zoochosis can come from a variety of factors, including social isolation, small enclosures, noisy visitors, and lack of enrichment. Explore how zoos are working to reduce zoochosis through ...

Sleep sex is a real medical condition. Explore sexsomnia symptoms, risk factors, brain wave research, and potential management strategies.

Abnormal behaviour has been related to differences in cognitive function and reduced animal welfare. However, these associations are understudied, and little is known about how various forms of ...

Dr. Paavani S. Reddy (Psychiatry): A 27-year-old man was admitted to the medical service of this hospital because of abnormal behaviors and confusion. The patient had been in his usual state of health ...

The naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is a relatively rare mammal in zoological collections with only nine zoos in the United Kingdom holding colonies of varying sizes at the time of study. This ...

Research led by scientists from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) has linked the abnormal behaviour of two genes (BDNF and DTNBP1) to the underlying cause of schizophrenia. These ...