Social effects on AVT and CRF systems
Publication/Journal: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
Keywords: aggression, arginine vasotocin, AVT receptor, corticotrophin-releasing factor, CRF receptor, rainbow-trout, social stress
2021
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
Antagonism of V1b receptors promotes maternal motivation to retrieve pups in the MPOA and impairs pup-directed behavior during maternal defense in the mpBNST of lactating rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: arginine-vasopressin, maternal aggression, maternal care, maternal defense test, pup retrieval test, ssr149415, v1a receptor, v1b receptor
2016
Developmental effects of vasotocin and nonapeptide receptors on early social attachment and affiliative behavior in the zebra finch
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: affiliation, arginine vasotocin, attachment, development, nonapeptides, v1ar, vasopressin, zebra finch
2016
Involvement of nigral oxytocin in locomotor activity: A behavioral, immunohistochemical and lesion study in male rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: dopamine, glutamic acid, locomotor-activity, oxytocin, oxytocin-saporin, substantia nigra
2016
Effect of pentobarbital and isoflurane on acute stress response in rat
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: anesthesia, isoflurane, sodium-pentobarbital, stress, stress response
2015
Oxytocin and vasopressin enhance responsiveness to infant stimuli in adult marmosets
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: biparental, maternal, neuropeptide, paternal, primate
2015
Effects of early life social stress on endocrinology, maternal behavior, and lactation in rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: anxiety, corticosterone, early life, estradiol, lactation, postpartum depression, prolactin, stress
2013
Functional significance of a phylogenetically widespread sexual dimorphism in vasotocin/vasopressin production
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: aggression, anxiety, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, lateral septum, sexual dimorphism, sociality, vasopressin, vasotocin
2013
Nutritional and physical characteristics of commercial hand-feeding formulas for parrots
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: chicks, growth, nutrition, psittacines, scarlet macaw
2013