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ArticlePhysiology & behavior2019

Predator odor produces anxiety-like behavioral phenotype in planarians that is counteracted by fluoxetine.

M Cho, Sunil U Nayak, T Jennings, Christopher S Tallarida, Scott M Rawls

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Article in Physiology & behavior, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The Sensory Basis of Planarian Behavior.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M ChoCenter for Substance Abuse Research, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sunil U NayakCenter for Substance Abuse Research, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
T JenningsCenter for Substance Abuse Research, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Christopher S TallaridaCenter for Substance Abuse Research, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Scott M RawlsCenter for Substance Abuse Research, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: scott.rawls@temple.edu.
Temple University · US

Funding

Pilot Projects Core (PPC)P30DA013429 · NIDA · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI Munir Gunes Kutlu · 2000 to 2026
$34.6M
Planarians and the pharmacology of addiction: an in vivo model for K-12 educationR25DA033270 · NIDA · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI RAWLS, SCOTT M. · 2014 to 2017
$1.0M
NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA013429NIDA NIH HHS R25 DA033270
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Avoidant behavior is a characteristic feature post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is modeled in mammals with predator odor. Light avoidance is a hallmark behavioral reaction in planarians. We hypothesized that planarians exposed to frog extract would display enhanced light avoidance that is prevented by fluoxetine. Enhanced light avoidance (i.e., less time spent in light compartment of a dish split into light and dark sides) after a 30-min frog extract exposure (0.0001-0.01%) manifested 15 min post-exposure, persisted for at least 24 h, and was counteracted by fluoxetine (10 μM). These results suggest conservation of an anxiety-like behavioral phenotype.

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AnimalsAnxietyAvoidance LearningBehavior, AnimalFluoxetineOdorantsPlanariansFluoxetineAnxietyFluoxetineInvertebratePlanariansPTSDTrauma

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PMID30951749
PMCPMC6520172
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