Effect of gender and halothane genotype on cognitive bias and its relationship with fear in pigs
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: *cognitive bias, fear, gender, halothane genotype, neurotransmitters
2016
Neural mechanisms of mother–infant bonding and pair bonding: Similarities, differences, and broader implications
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: amygdala, dopamine, medial preoptic area, monogamy, nucleus accumbens, oxytocin, social attachment, vasopressin, ventral pallidum
2016
Sex differences and estrous cycle effects on foreground contextual fear conditioning
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: amygdala, bdnf, conditioned fear, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, sex differences
2016
Social buffering enhances extinction of conditioned fear responses in male rats
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: amygdala, fear extinction, freezing, social buffering, stress
2016
Social Support Modulates Stress-Related Gene Expression in Various Brain Regions of Piglets
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Keywords: hpa axis, limbic brain regions, mRNA expression, pig, social buffering, social deprivation
2016
Winning agonistic encounters increases testosterone and androgen receptor expression in Syrian hamsters
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: aggression, androgen receptors, estrogen alpha receptors, medial amygdala, resiliency, testosterone
2016
Early rearing experience is associated with vasopressin immunoreactivity but not reactivity to an acute non-social stressor in the prairie vole
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: biparental care, corticotropin releasing hormone, forced swim test, natural variation, prairie vole, vasopressin
2015
Neuropeptidergic regulation of pair-bonding and stress buffering: Lessons from voles
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: anxiety, autism, corticotrophin-releasing hormone, depression, dopamine, drug abuse, nucleus accumbens, paraventricular nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus, passive stress-coping, posterior dorsal medial amygdala, social bonding, stress, vasopressin, ventral tegmental area
2015
The effect of chronic administration of corticosterone on anxiety- and depression-like behavior and the expression of GABA-A receptor alpha-2 subunits in brain structures of low- and high-anxiety rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: anxiety, brain structures, chronic corticosterone, depression, gaba-a receptor alpha-2 subunits, individual differences
2014
Changes on auditory physiology in response to the inactivation of amygdala nuclei in high anxiety rats expressing learned fear
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: amygdala, auditory evoked potentials, fear conditioning, gaba, inferior colliculus
2013