Welfare of encaged rodents: species specific behavioral reaction of voles to new enrichment items
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: environmental enrichment, stereotypic behavior, stress, voles, welfare
2021
Successful care and propagation of the endangered amargosa vole (Microtus californicus scirpensis) in captivity
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive breeding, captive management, conservation, husbandry
2018
Bacterial and fungal flora in faecal samples from the Balkan snow vole (Dinaromys bogdanovi) in captivity
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: balkan snow vole, endemic rodent, escherichia coli, fungi
2017
Central oxytocin receptors mediate mating-induced partner preferences and enhance correlated activation across forebrain nuclei in male prairie voles
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: functional connectivity, immediate-early gene, monogamy, pair-bonding, social attachment, social decision-making network
2016
Effects of acute corticosterone treatment on male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): Territorial aggression does not accompany induced social preference
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: corticosterone, microtus ochrogaster, monogamy, prairie vole, stress
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
A preference to bond? Male prairie voles form pair bonds even in the presence of multiple receptive females
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: microtus ochrogaster, monogamy, pair bond, partner preference, selective aggression
2016
Stress impairs new but not established relationships in seasonally social voles
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: affiliation, corticosterone, meadow vole, microtus pennsylvanicus, partner preference, seasonality, social behavior, stress
2016
Early bi-parental separation or neonatal paternal deprivation in mandarin voles reduces adult offspring paternal behavior and alters serum corticosterone levels and neurochemistry
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: corticosterone, early life environment, mandarin vole (microtus mandarinus), medial preoptic area, nucleus accumbens, paternal behavior
2015
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