Hormonal changes in northern white-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys) after the death of a group member
Publication/Journal: Primates
Keywords: death, DHEAS, gibbons, glucocorticoids, group structure, stress
2024
Age and Social History Impact Social Interactions between Bull Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) at Denver Zoo
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, elephant management, group compatibility, pachyderms, social behavior
2023
Social proximities of developing gorilla males (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in European zoos: the consequences of castration and social composition
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: bachelor, castration, gorillas, maturation, social network analysis, welfare
2020
Stress response, peripheral serotonin and natural antibodies in feather pecking genotypes and phenotypes and their relation with coping style
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: feather pecking, genotype, natural antibody, phenotype, serotonin, stress response
2019
Adolescent oxytocin response to stress and its behavioral and endocrine correlates
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: adolescents, Control-TSST, salivary cortisol, salivary oxytocin, TSST
2018
Investigation of social, affective, and locomotor behavior of adolescent Brattleboro rats reveals a link between vasopressin’s actions on arousal and social behavior
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: adolescence, Anxiety-like behavior, arousal, Brattleboro rat, social development, vasopressin
2018
Preliminary data showing potential for salivary C-reactive protein as an indicator of welfare in western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: glucocorticoids, inflammation, social stress, wounding, zoo
2018
Adolescent voluntary exercise attenuated hippocampal innate immunity responses and depressive-like behaviors following maternal separation stress in male rats
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: depressive-like behaviors, hippocampus, mandatory exercise, maternal separation, toll-like receptors, voluntary exercise
2016
Are age and sex differences in brain oxytocin receptors related to maternal and infanticidal behavior in naïve mice?
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: development, hypothalamus, infanticidal behavior, mouse, olfaction, oxytocin receptor, parental behavior
2016
Assessment of the differences in masticatory behavior between male and female adolescents
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: adolescent, mastication, sex differences
2016