Injections to pregnant mice produce prenatal stress that affects aggressive behavior in their adult male offspring
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: aggressive behavior, calbindin, immunohistochemistry, mouse, prenatal stress, sexual behavior, testosterone, vassopressin
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
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
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
Primate paternal care: Interactions between biology and social experience
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: humans, oxytocin, paternal behavior, primates, prolactin vasopressin, testosterone
2016
Serotonin 1A agonism decreases affiliative behavior in pair-bonded titi monkeys
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: 8-oh-dpat, cortisol, monogamy, oxytocin, pair-bonding, primate, social behavior, vasopressin
2016
Chimpanzee sociability is associated with vasopressin (Avpr1a) but not oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) variation
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: avpr1a, behavioral genetics, oxtr, oxytocin, pan troglodytes, personality, sociability, vasopressin
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
Effect of pentobarbital and isoflurane on acute stress response in rat
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: anesthesia, isoflurane, sodium-pentobarbital, stress, stress response
2015