Alarm pheromone increases defensive and risk assessment behaviors in male rats

Yasushi Kiyokawa, Michito Shimozuru, Takefumi Kikusui, +2

Physiology & Behavior

Alarm Pheromone IncreasesBehavioral SciencesPheromone BiochemistryBehavioral NeuroscienceRisk Assessment Behaviors +11

Reproductive parameters and cub survival of brown bears in the Rusha area of the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan

Michito Shimozuru, Masami Yamanaka, Masanao Nakanishi, +9

PLoS ONE

Changes in blood glucose and insulin responses to intravenous glucose tolerance tests and blood biochemical values in adult female Japanese black bears (Ursus thibetanus japonicus).

Akari Kamine, Michito Shimozuru, Haruki Shibata, +1

PubMed

NutritionGlucose ToleranceInsulin SignalingObesityMetabolic Syndrome +19

Sex Differences in Behavioral and Corticosterone Responses to Mild Stressors in ICR Mice are Altered by Ovariectomy in Peripubertal Period

Mami Aoki, Michito Shimozuru, Takefumi Kikusui, +2

ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

FertilityNeuroendocrinologyLocomotor ActivityReproductive BiologyReproductive Endocrinology +18

<i>Borrelia miyamotoi</i> Infections among Wild Rodents Show Age and Month Independence and Correlation with <i>Ixodes persulcatus</i> Larval Attachment in Hokkaido, Japan

Kyle R. Taylor, Ai Takano, Satoru Konnai, +3

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Pregnancy during hibernation in Japanese black bears: effects on body temperature and blood biochemical profiles

Michito Shimozuru, Ruriko Iibuchi, Takuro Yoshimoto, +3

Journal of Mammalogy

FertilityPregnant BearsMammalian PhysiologyReproductive BiologyEmbryology +25

Incidence of Multiple Paternity and Inbreeding in High-Density Brown Bear Populations on the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan

Michito Shimozuru, Yuri Shirane, Hifumi Tsuruga, +9

Journal of Heredity

High genetic diversity and distinct ancient lineage of Asiatic black bears revealed by non-invasive surveys in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal

Rabin Kadariya, Michito Shimozuru, Jesús E. Maldonado, +3

PLoS ONE

GeneticsEndangered Species BiologySpeciationGenetic DiversityConservation Genetics +18

Change in body weight of mothers and neonates and in milk composition during denning period in captive Japanese black bears (Ursus thibetanus japonicus).

Ruriko Iibuchi, Noriko Nakano, Tadashi Nakamura, +4

PubMed

NutritionFertilityFitnessMilk CompositionMammalian Physiology +18

Early weaning decreases play‐fighting behavior during the postweaning developmental period of wistar rats

Michito Shimozuru, Yuka Kodama, Takashi Iwasa, +3

Developmental Psychobiology