Academic Journal
Q2Physiology & Behavior
About Physiology & Behavior
Physiology & Behavior is a scholarly journal published by Elsevier Inc.. SCImago 2025 places it in Q2 with an SJR of 0.828 and an H-index of 200.
Its listed coverage is 1966-2026 and its research categories include Behavioral Neuroscience (Q2); Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (Q2). The 2025 dataset reports 279 documents and 2233 citations across the latest three-year reporting window.
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Aims & Scope
The journal publishes research related to Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior.
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Neonatal handling shapes the adult development of social behavior in rats: enduring effects after prolonged social deprivation
Raúl Aguilar
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115500Infralimbic cortex neurostimulation attenuates nociceptive and affective manifestations in a reserpine-induced fibromyalgia model
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2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115492Prenatal stress enhances vulnerability to apomorphine reward and affects 5HT-1A receptor sensitivity in adult rats
Huma Ikram, Rumaisa Zakir, Hannah Tariq, Darakhshan J. Haleem et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115505Acute pharmacological assessment of dopaminergic and glutamatergic involvement in nitric oxide-associated feed intake in male neonatal broilers
Salaheddin Zarei, Ali Baghbanzadeh
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115501Bidirectional regulation of stress responses by the microbiota–gut–brain axis: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives
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2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115502Differential roles of oral physiology and oral processing behaviors on eating rate and snack intake in adults with healthy dentition
Elsbeth A. Akanzinge, John W. Long, John E. Hayes
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115499Effects of acute aerobic exercise on neurocognitive and daytime functioning following sleep restriction
Ryan L. Olson, Kaitlyn E. Carmichael, Melissa A. Materia, C.J. Brush et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115479Signatures of individuality in European seabass: Behaviour, cognition and telencephalic gene expression
A.O. Avalos, E. Hoyo-Alvarez, N. Rodriguez-Lopez, R. Teodósio et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115491Ten days of voluntary wheel running prior to streptozotocin is sufficient to blunt induction of hyperglycemia in male C57BL/6J mice
Grace A. Reese, Laura E. Kusumo, Madilyn Johnson, Sarah Burley et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115489A microstructural analysis of sodium and water intake in male and female rats
Emily Demieri, Emalie L. Mullane, Kennedy L. Lamb, Andrea A. Edwards et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115507PACAP neurons of the ventral dentate gyrus are not involved in fear acquisition
Osman Kamalı, Hacer Begüm Saka, Fuat Balcı, Ersin Yavas et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115503Multi-session tDCS protocol combined with nutritional intervention in women with obesity: A pilot randomized trial
Marina Rodrigues Giuliani, Priscila Giacomo Fassini, Aldrina Laura da Silva Costa, Mariana de Mello Ruy et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115506Conscientiousness and temporal dynamics of blood pressure responses to repeated thermal pain stimuli: An exploratory mixed-effects analysis
Chie Kishimoto, Hani M. Bu-Omer, Aya Nakae
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115483Long-term dark avoidance memory and ventral hippocampal CA1 synaptic impairments in adult rats after sub-chronic exposure to morphine during adolescence
Fatemeh Khani, Ali Pourmotabbed, Yaghoub Fathollahi, Farshad Moradpour et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115475The effects of exogenous sex hormones on body colour, mate choice and behavior in the white-striped grass lizard Takydromus wolteri
Jiahui Xu, Xinni He, Shufang Zhang, Junjun Lin et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115487Co-agonism of GLP-1R and CTR/AMYR in the lateral dorsal tegmental nucleus produces additive effects on homeostatic and motivated feeding
Marcos J. Sanchez-Navarro, Carlie Zhang, Heath D. Schmidt, Matthew R. Hayes et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115478Affective and cognitive empathy in pregnant women and nulligravid controls: a multidimensional neuroendocrine evaluation
Aslı Karakılıç, Çağla Bahar Bülbül Hanedar, Merve Akış Yılmaz, Emrah Özcan et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115460Colony maintenance and the behavioral and physiological characteristics of selectively bred obesity prone and obesity resistant rats
Joy Sales Colquitt, Maria Ortego-Dominguez, Lauren M. Raycraft, Rowan J. Calkins et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115480Pupil dynamics in macaque recognition memory tasks: investigating physiological mechanisms
Jianhua Liu, Shujing Zhang, Jing Cai, Cheng Xue et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2025.115188Social buffering-mediated fear response modulation: Investigating synaptic activity changes in the prelimbic cortex of the medial prefrontal cortex
Minhyo Seo, Taesub Jung, Minji Jang, Jeongyeon Kim et al.
2026-11 · DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2026.115474Reviews
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