Hormones and Behavior

Papers
(The median citation count of Hormones and Behavior is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
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Sex differences in afferents and efferents of vasopressin neurons of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and medial amygdala in mice58
Glucocorticoid response to naturalistic interactions between children and dogs29
Individual differences in hormonal responsiveness to social encounters: Commentary on Félix et al., 2020 and review of pertinent issues29
Central and peripheral leptin resistance in obesity and improvements of exercise28
Motivational increase of androgens and behavior by infant distress calls in highly responsive common marmoset fathers, Callithrix jacchus25
Treatment with androgens plus estrogens cannot reverse sex differences in song and the song control nuclei in adult canaries24
Perceived predation risk predicts glucocorticoid hormones, but not reproductive success in a colonial rodent23
Dietary genistein and 17β-estradiol implants differentially influence locomotor and cognitive functions following transient focal ischemia in middle-aged ovariectomized rats at different lengths of es22
Estradiol attenuates chronic restraint stress-induced dendrite and dendritic spine loss and cofilin1 activation in ovariectomized mice19
Effect of cyclo‑oxygenase inhibition on embryonic microglia and the sexual differentiation of the brain and behavior of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)19
Functional relationships between estradiol and paternal care in male red-bellied lemurs, Eulemur rubriventer18
Evolutionary behavioral endocrinology: Introduction to the special issue18
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Fighting cichlids: An integrated multimodal analysis to understand female and male aggression in Cichlasoma dimerus17
A tale of two hierarchies: Hormonal and behavioral factors underlying sex differences in social dominance in cooperative breeding callitrichids17
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Association of androgens and estrogens with agonistic behavior in the annual fish Austrolebias reicherti16
Y1 receptors modulate taste-related behavioral responsiveness in male mice to prototypical gustatory stimuli16
Optimal hormonal regulation when stressor cues are imperfect16
Factors modulating the behavioral and physiological stress responses: Do they modify the relationship between flight initiation distance and corticosterone reactivity?15
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The motivation to flock correlates with vocal-social behaviors and dopamine-related gene expression in male European starlings15
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Sex differences in aggressive intensities and brain steroids during status resolution in a sex changing fish, Lythrypnus dalli15
Why biodiversity matters in the lab15
Social regulation of arginine vasopressin and oxytocin systems in a wild group-living fish15
Sex-specific responses to GnRH challenge, but not food supply, in kittiwakes: Evidence for the “sensitivity to information” hypothesis14
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Estrogenic influences on agonistic behavior in teleost fishes14
A causal role of estradiol in human reinforcement learning14
Does capacity to produce androgens underlie variation in female ornamentation and territoriality in White-shouldered Fairywren (Malurus alboscapulatus)?14
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Assessment of autism-relevant behaviors in C57BKS/J leptin receptor deficient mice14
Contribution of birds to the study of sexual differentiation of brain and behavior14
Basal cortisol concentrations related to maternal behavior during puppy development predict post-growth resilience in dogs14
Sex differences in seasonal brain plasticity and the neuroendocrine regulation of vocal behavior in songbirds14
Hormone contraceptive use in young women: Altered mood states, neuroendocrine and inflammatory biomarkers13
Mistimed restricted feeding disrupts circadian rhythms of male mating behavior and female preovulatory LH surges in mice13
Acute inhibition of dopamine β-hydroxylase attenuates behavioral responses to pups in adult virgin California mice (Peromyscus californicus)13
From grouping and cooperation to menstruation: Spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) are an emerging mammalian model for sociality and beyond13
High and fluctuating levels of ovarian hormones induce an anxiogenic effect, which can be modulated under stress conditions: Evidence from an assisted reproductive rodent model13
Adrenal MT1 melatonin receptor expression is linked with seasonal variation in social behavior in male Siberian hamsters13
Invasive alien species as an environmental stressor and its effects on coping style in a native competitor, the Eurasian red squirrel13
Triiodothyronine and cortisol levels in the face of energetic challenges from reproduction, thermoregulation and food intake in female macaques12
Species variation in steroid hormone-related gene expression contributes to species diversity in sexually dimorphic communication in electric fishes12
Emotion recognition and mood along the menstrual cycle12
Egg-laying hormone expression in identified neurons across developmental stages and reproductive states of the nudibranch Berghia stephanieae12
Mathematical modeling reveals how the speed of endocrine regulation should affect baseline and stress-induced glucocorticoid levels12
Determining menstrual cycle phase: An empirical examination of methodologies and recommendations for improvement in behavioral and brain sciences12
Sex, season, age and status influence urinary steroid hormone profiles in an extremely polygynous neotropical bat12
Life-threatening, high-intensity trauma- and context-dependent anxiety in zebrafish and its modulation by epinephrine12
Uncovering the seasonal brain: Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) as a biochemical approach for studying seasonal social behaviors11
The role of sex chromosomes and sex hormones in vocal learning systems11
Glucocorticoids in a warming world: Do they help birds to cope with high environmental temperatures?11
Glucocorticoid receptor expression as an integrative measure to assess glucocorticoid plasticity and efficiency in evolutionary endocrinology: A perspective11
Contrasting central and systemic effects of arginine-vasopressin on urinary marking behavior as a social signal in male mice11
A transient reduction in circulating corticosterone reduces object neophobia in male house sparrows11
Neural control of female sexual behaviors11
Social status mediated variation in hypothalamic transcriptional profiles of male mice10
Prolactin modulates changes in parental care behaviour in response to perceived paternity in bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)10
Circulating profile of the appetite-regulating hormone ghrelin during moult-fast and chick provisioning in southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome)10
Colours of stress in male Indian rock agamas predict testosterone levels but not performance10
Maternal social environment shapes yolk testosterone allocation and embryonic neural gene expression in tree swallows10
Androgens and child behavior: Color and toy preferences in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)10
Sex difference in human olfactory sensitivity is associated with plasma adiponectin10
Effects of early life overnutrition and hyperandrogenism on spatial learning and memory in a rat model of polycystic ovary syndrome10
Changes in maternal motivation across reproductive states in mice: A role for prolactin receptor activation on GABA neurons10
FKBP5 expression is related to HPA flexibility and the capacity to cope with stressors in female and male house sparrows10
Basal plasma oxytocin & fecal cortisol concentrations are highly heritable and associated with individual differences in behavior & cognition in dog puppies10
The aged female rhesus macaque as a translational model for human menopause and hormone therapy9
Mood symptoms and gut function across the menstrual cycle in individuals with premenstrual syndrome9
Aggression, glucocorticoids, and the chronic costs of status competition for wild male chimpanzees9
Sex differences in the structure and function of the vasopressin system in the ventral pallidum are associated with the sex-specific regulation of social play behavior in juvenile rats9
Melatonin treatment during the breeding season increases testosterone in male green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis)9
Noise and light pollution elicit endocrine responses in urban but not forest frogs9
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Effects of maternal experience on pup-induced activation of maternal neural circuits in virgin mice9
Sibling presence during fostering ameliorates endocrine stress profile changes in a social rodent species (Octodon degus) in a sex-specific manner9
Chronic high-dose testosterone disrupts social cognition and enhances social dominance in male long-Evans rats9
The influence of time of day on memory recognition for faces9
The effect of corticosterone on the acquisition of Pavlovian conditioned approach behavior in rats is dependent on sex and vendor9
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Group size, temperature and body size modulate the effects of social hierarchy on basal cortisol levels in fishes8
Impact of continuous testosterone exposure on reproductive physiology, activity, and pain-related behavior in young adult female rats8
Using seasonality and birdsong to understand mechanisms underlying context-appropriate shifts in social motivation and reward8
The selective estrogen receptor modulator tamoxifen protects against subtle cognitive decline and early markers of injury 24 h after hippocampal silent infarct in male Sprague-Dawley rats8
Neuroendocrine correlates of juvenile amphibian behaviors across a latitudinal cline8
Family environmental antecedents of pubertal timing in girls and boys: A review and open questions8
Hormonal contraceptives and behavior: Updating the potent state of the nascent science8
Exogenous estradiol impacts anxiety-like behavior of juvenile male and female Siberian hamsters in a dose-dependent manner8
Oxytocin promotes species-relevant outgroup attention in bonobos and chimpanzees8
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Territorial scent-marking effects on vigilance behavior, space use, and stress in female Columbian ground squirrels8
In memoriam – Gian Carlo Panzica (17 August 1949–21 July 2022)8
Effects of testosterone therapy on constructs related to aggression in transgender men: A systematic review8
Agmatine prevents the manifestation of impulsive burying and depression-like behaviour in progesterone withdrawn female rats8
Variation in aggression rates and urinary cortisol levels indicates intergroup competition in wild bonobos8
Seasonal variation in aggression and physiological stress in wild female and male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons)8
Comparison of neuroprotective effects of dihydrotestosterone, 17β-estradiol, and Pueraria mirifica herb extract on cognitive impairment in androgen deficient male rats8
Effects of a D2 receptor antagonist on repeated pair bond formation in the male prairie vole8
Corticosterone predicts double-brooding in female savannah sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis)8
Estratetraenol increases preference for large sexual reward but not impulsivity among heterosexual males8
From pathology to pleasure: Reframing mechanistic studies on same-sex sexual behavior in primates8
Impact of temperature-induced sex reversal on behavior and sound production in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)8
Major role of MT2 receptors in the beneficial effect of melatonin on long-term recognition memory in C57BL/6J male mice7
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Effects of intrauterine position during gestation on specific endocrine and behavioral parameters that impact reproduction in domestic rabbits7
Octopamine affects courtship call structure in male Acheta domesticus crickets7
Where to from here? Perspectives on steroid-induced and naturally-occurring singing in female songbirds7
The paradox of spring: Thyroid and glucocorticoid responses to cold temperatures and food availability in free living Carneddau ponies7
A retrospective view of early research on dominance, stress and reproduction in cooperatively breeding carnivores7
Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: An individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts7
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Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters: Sex-specific genetic architecture for fetal testosterone in a wild mammal7
Urban and rural male song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) differ in territorial aggression and activation of vasotocin neurons in response to song challenge6
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Relatively rapid effects of testosterone on men's ratings of female attractiveness depend on relationship status and the attractiveness of stimulus faces6
Considering hormones as sex- and gender-related factors in biomedical research: Challenging false dichotomies and embracing complexity6
Gene expression in the female tree swallow brain is associated with inter- and intra-population variation in glucocorticoid levels6
Hormone physiology and sleep dynamics among BaYaka foragers of the Congo Basin: Gendered associations between nighttime activity, testosterone, and cortisol6
Sex steroids modulate circadian behavioral rhythms in captive animals, but does this matter in the wild?6
Systems biology as a framework to understand the physiological and endocrine bases of behavior and its evolution—From concepts to a case study in birds6
Endogenous variation in estradiol in women affects the weighting of metric and categorical information in spatial location memory6
Chronic intranasal oxytocin increases acoustic eavesdropping and adult neurogenesis6
G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) in the dorsal hippocampus regulates memory consolidation in gonadectomized male mice, likely via different signaling mechanisms than in female mice6
Oxytocin intensifies the mortality salience effect: Novel evidence for the social salience model of oxytocin6
The medial preoptic area and acute cocaine's stimulant effects in rats: Potential influences of estradiol and biological sex6
Levonorgestrel maintains goal-directed behavior in habit-trained intact female rats6
The relationship between daily behavior, hormones, and a color dimorphism in a seabird under natural continuous light6
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Daily GnRH agonist treatment delays the development of reproductive physiology and behavior in male rats6
Low dose of propyl-pyrazole-triol, an agonist of estrogen receptor alpha, administration stimulates the Coolidge effect in fadrozole-treated male rats6
Repeated exposure to physiologically effective doses of contraceptive hormones ethinyl estradiol or levonorgestrel do not alter the reinforcing effects of a brief visual stimulus in ovary-intact rats5
Individuality meets plasticity: Endocrine phenotypes across male dominance rank acquisition in guinea pigs living in a complex social environment5
Experimental ghrelin administration affects migratory behaviour in a songbird5
Unpredictability of maternal environment shapes offspring behaviour without affecting stress-induced cortisol in an annual vertebrate5
Seasonal variation in gonadal hormones, spatial cognition, and hippocampal attributes: More questions than answers5
Sex differences in androgen receptor, estrogen receptor alpha, and c-Fos co-expression with corticotropin releasing factor expressing neurons in restrained adult mice5
Effects of the social environment on vertebrate fitness and health in nature: Moving beyond the stress axis5
Pharmacological manipulation of oxytocin receptor signaling during mouse embryonic development results in sex-specific behavioral effects in adulthood5
Hormones, ovulatory cycle phase and pathogen disgust: A longitudinal investigation of the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis5
Sex/gender diversity and behavioral neuroendocrinology in the 21st century5
Neurobiological characteristics associated with gender identity: Findings from neuroimaging studies in the Amsterdam cohort of children and adolescents experiencing gender incongruence5
Galanin expression varies with parental care and social status in a wild cooperatively breeding fish5
Early life adversity accelerates hypothalamic drive of pubertal timing in female rats with associated enhanced acoustic startle5
An examination of the influence of prenatal sex hormones on handedness: Literature review and amniotic fluid data5
Perinatal protein malnutrition alters maternal behavior and leads to maladaptive stress response, neurodevelopmental delay and disruption on DNA methylation machinery in female mice offspring5
Progesterone rapidly alters the use of place and response memory during spatial navigation in female rats5
Evolution of hormone-phenotype couplings and hormone-genome interactions5
Prolactin promotes parental responses and alters reproductive axis gene expression, but not courtship behaviors, in both sexes of a biparental bird5
Effects of light pollution on photoperiod-driven seasonality5
Male social niche conformance? Effects of manipulated opportunity for extra-pair mating on behavior and hormones of male zebra finches5
Facing infant cuteness: How nurturing care motivation and oxytocin system gene methylation are associated with responses to baby schema features5
Associations between nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, disgust sensitivity, and first-trimester maternal serum free β-hCG and PAPP-A5
Task-specific effects of biological sex and sex hormones on object recognition memories in a 6-hydroxydopamine-lesion model of Parkinson's disease in adult male and female rats5
Nesting strategy shapes territorial aggression but not testosterone: A comparative approach in female and male birds5
Estrogen and sex-dependent loss of the vocal learning system in female zebra finches5
Integrating the female masculinization and challenge hypotheses: Female dominance, male deference, and seasonal hormone fluctuations in adult blue-eyed black lemurs (Eulemur flavifrons)5
Effects of gonadal status and the estrogen milieu on hypothalamic oxytocin gene expression and serum oxytocin levels in female rats5
Regulation of maternal behavior, social isolation responses, and postpartum estrus by steroid hormones and vaginocervical stimulation in sheep5
Female cichlids mate with novel androgen receptor mutant males that lack coloration5
Sex-specific effects of chronic paternal stress on offspring development are partially mediated via mothers4
Activational and organizational effects of testosterone on the number of mating partners and reproductive success in males of a social rodent4
High estradiol reduces adult neurogenesis but strengthens functional connectivity within the hippocampus during spatial pattern separation in adult female rats4
A bird's eye view of the hippocampus beyond space: Behavioral, neuroanatomical, and neuroendocrine perspectives4
HIV-1 Tat and morphine decrease murine inter-male social interactions and associated oxytocin levels in the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus4
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Lack of evidence for coevolution between oxytocin receptor N-terminal variants and monogamy in placental mammals4
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Narcissism moderates the association between basal testosterone and generosity in men4
A supergene affects androgen concentrations during early development in a bird with alternative reproductive morphs4
Effects of endogenous and exogenous N-acetyl-5-methoxy kynuramine on object recognition memory in male C3H mice4
Spexin modulates molecular thermogenic profile of adipose tissue and thermoregulatory behaviors in female C57BL/6 mice4
Impact of bisphenol-A and synthetic estradiol on brain, behavior, gonads and sex hormones in a sexually labile coral reef fish4
Statistical rules versus biological reasoning: Some apparent conflicts and how to solve them4
Socially unstable conditions experienced during development prime female Octodon degus to shape the phenotype of their own offspring4
Mismatches in resident and stranger serotonin transporter genotypes lead to escalated aggression, and the target for aggression is mediated by sex differences in male and female rhesus monkeys (Macaca4
Leveraging individual power to improve racial equity in academia4
Letrozole treatment alters hippocampal gene expression in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)4
Varied impacts of social relationships on neuroendocrine state4
The serotonin 1A receptor modulates the social behaviour within groups of a cooperatively-breeding cichlid4
Aging leads to sex-dependent effects on pair bonding and increased number of oxytocin-producing neurons in monogamous prairie voles4
The effect of supraphysiological dose of nandrolone decanoate administration on the inflammatory, neurotrophin and behavioral response in adult and old male mice4
Arginine vasotocin affects vocal behavior but not selective responses to conspecific calls in male túngara frogs4
Activation of G-protein coupled estradiol receptor 1 in the dorsolateral striatum attenuates preference for cocaine and saccharin in male but not female rats4
Chronic treatment with hormonal contraceptives alters hippocampal BDNF and histone H3 post-translational modifications but not learning and memory in female rats4
Vasopressin mediates nonapeptide and glucocorticoid signaling and social dynamics in juvenile dominance hierarchies of a highly social cichlid fish4
Participation of the nitric oxide pathway in lordosis induced by apelin-13 in female rats4
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Social correlates of androgen levels and dispersal age in juvenile male geladas4
Social network dynamics predict hormone levels and behavior in a highly social cichlid fish4
Androgen receptors rapidly modulate non-breeding aggression in male and female weakly electric fish (Gymnotus omarorum)3
Motherhood and DREADD manipulation of the nucleus accumbens weaken established pair bonds in female prairie voles3
Associations between hair and salivary cortisol, salivary alpha-amylase, and temperament dimensions among 3–6-year-olds3
Stable and persistent male-like behavior during male-to-female sex change in the common clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris3
Androgen receptors immunoreactivity in the rat brain of males with same-sex preference3
Hormonal and cycle phase predictors of within-women shifts in self-perceived attractiveness: Tests of alternative functional models3
Single dose testosterone administration enhances novelty responsiveness and short-term habituation in healthy males3
Providing or receiving alloparental care promote partner preference and alter central oxytocin and dopamine systems in adult mandarin voles3
Expanding the frame around social dynamics and glucocorticoids: From hierarchies within the nest to competitive interactions among species3
Sodium palatability in male spontaneously hypertensive rats3
Meerkat manners: Endocrine mediation of female dominance and reproductive control in a cooperative breeder3
Relationship between proximity and physiological stress levels in hunter-gatherers: The Hadza3
Thyroid hormone concentrations in female baboons: Metabolic consequences of living in a highly seasonal environment3
Hippocampal volume changes in a pharmacological sex-hormone manipulation risk model for depression in women3
Hair cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone and their associations with optimism and pessimism in older people3
Sex and BDNF Val66Met polymorphism matter for exercise-induced increase in neurogenesis and cognition in middle-aged mice3
Pre-natal exposure to glucocorticoids causes changes in developmental circadian clock gene expression and post-natal behaviour in the Japanese quail3
No detectable changes in anxiety-related and locomotor behaviors in adult ovariectomized female rats exposed to estradiol, the ERβ agonist DPN or the ERα agonist PPT3
Prenatal allergic inflammation in rats confers sex-specific alterations to oxytocin and vasopressin innervation in social brain regions3
A consideration of brain networks modulating social behavior3
Disruption of global hypothalamic microRNA (miR) profiles and associated behavioral changes in California mice (Peromyscus californicus) developmentally exposed to endocrine disrupting chemicals3
The dynamics of sociality and glucocorticoids in wild male Assamese macaques3
Effects of parental care and overprotection on adolescents' diurnal cortisol profiles3
Unique and interactive associations of proactive and reactive aggression with cortisol secretion3
Estradiol and progesterone-induced lordosis behavior is modulated by both the Kisspeptin receptor and melanin-concentrating hormone in estradiol benzoate-primed rats3
Endocrine and neuroendocrine regulation of social status in cichlid fishes3
Human placental lactogen (human chorionic somatomammotropin) and oxytocin during pregnancy: Individual patterns and associations with maternal-fetal attachment, anxiety, and depression3
Ghrelin-Ghrelin receptor (GSHR) pathway via endocannabinoid signal affects the expression of NPY to promote the food intake of Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii)3
Conditioned preferences: Gated by experience, context, and endocrine systems3
Gender minority stress and diurnal cortisol profiles among transgender and gender diverse people in the United States3
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Female mice lacking membrane estrogen receptor alpha display impairments in spatial memory3
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) affects the activity of the gonadotrophic axis in sheep3
Paternal absence and increased caregiving independently and interactively shape the development of male prairie voles at subadult and adult life stages3
Non-invasive elevation of circulating corticosterone increases the rejection of foreign eggs in female American robins (Turdus migratorius)3
Inhibition of hippocampal melatonin synthesis by siRNA induced learning and memory deficits in male rats3
Methoprene-tolerant and Krüppel homolog 1 are actors of juvenile hormone-signaling controlling the development of male sexual behavior in the moth Agrotis ipsilon3
Interactive effects of compounding multidimensional stressors on maternal and male and female rat offspring outcomes3
“Home alone!” influence of nest parental attendance on offspring behavioral and hormonal stress responses in an Antarctic seabird, the snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)3
Prolactin is associated with proximity to incubating partner rather than parental care in black-headed gulls3
Bidirectional effects of estradiol on the control of water intake in female rats3
Acute decrease in mothers' cortisol following nursing and milk expression3
The intersection between alexithymia, testosterone reactivity, and coparenting in fathers predicts child's prosocial behavior3
Selective attention towards infants in nulliparous women across the menstrual cycle3
Endocrinological effects of social exclusion and inclusion: Experimental evidence for adaptive regulation of female fecundity2
Activational vs. organizational effects of sex steroids and their role in the evolution of reproductive behavior: Looking to foot-flagging frogs and beyond2
Costs of seasonality at a southern latitude: Behavioral endocrinology of female baboons in the Cape Peninsula of South Africa2
Nuclear androgen and progestin receptors inversely affect aggression and social dominance in male zebrafish (Danio rerio)2
Aggressive but not reproductive boldness in male green anole lizards correlates with baseline vasopressin activity2
Social interactions upregulate hemolymph tryptophan and tyrosine levels in the male lobster cockroach2
Social regulation of androgenic hormones and gestural display behavior in a tropical frog2
The onset of puberty in colony-housed male and female titi monkeys (Plecturocebus cupreus): Possible effects of oxytocin treatment during peri-adolescent development2
Oxytocin and ‘social hyperthermia’: Interaction with β3-adrenergic receptor-mediated thermogenesis and significance for the expression of social behavior in male and female mice2
Introduction to a brain for all seasons: Using seasonality as a model to uncover brain-behavior mechanisms across species2
Sex differences in avoidance behavior and cued threat memory dynamics in mice: Interactions between estrous cycle and genetic background2
Development of a single-dose intranasal testosterone administration paradigm for use in men and women2
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