Hormones and Behavior

Papers
(The median citation count of Hormones and Behavior is 3. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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Why biodiversity matters in the lab38
Androgens and child behavior: Color and toy preferences in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)37
Sex-specific responses to GnRH challenge, but not food supply, in kittiwakes: Evidence for the “sensitivity to information” hypothesis37
Species variation in steroid hormone-related gene expression contributes to species diversity in sexually dimorphic communication in electric fishes34
From grouping and cooperation to menstruation: Spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) are an emerging mammalian model for sociality and beyond30
Sex, season, age and status influence urinary steroid hormone profiles in an extremely polygynous neotropical bat28
Social regulation of arginine vasopressin and oxytocin systems in a wild group-living fish28
Thioredoxin interacting protein mediates corticosterone-induced depressive-like behavior in male mice28
The medial preoptic area and acute cocaine's stimulant effects in rats: Potential influences of estradiol and biological sex27
Estrogenic influences on agonistic behavior in teleost fishes27
A bird's eye view of the hippocampus beyond space: Behavioral, neuroanatomical, and neuroendocrine perspectives26
Prolactin promotes parental responses and alters reproductive axis gene expression, but not courtship behaviors, in both sexes of a biparental bird25
Activational and organizational effects of testosterone on the number of mating partners and reproductive success in males of a social rodent24
Spexin modulates molecular thermogenic profile of adipose tissue and thermoregulatory behaviors in female C57BL/6 mice23
Narcissism moderates the association between basal testosterone and generosity in men22
Corticosterone unlikely indicates departure readiness in migratory European robins22
Androgen receptors rapidly modulate non-breeding aggression in male and female weakly electric fish (Gymnotus omarorum)22
Prolactin is associated with proximity to incubating partner rather than parental care in black-headed gulls21
Acute and chronic extreme cold weather events influence hypothalamic and testicular gene networks in a free-living Arctic breeding songbird, the Lapland longspur20
Prairie voles seek social contact with peer companions during immune challenge20
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 PPT20
Estradiol and progesterone-induced lordosis behavior is modulated by both the Kisspeptin receptor and melanin-concentrating hormone in estradiol benzoate-primed rats20
The dynamics of sociality and glucocorticoids in wild male Assamese macaques19
Aging leads to altered physiological reactivity in response to repeated social separation stress in a nonhuman primate model19
Motherhood and DREADD manipulation of the nucleus accumbens weaken established pair bonds in female prairie voles19
Glucocorticoids and behavior in non-human primates: A meta-analytic approach to unveil potential coping mechanisms19
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Methoprene-tolerant and Krüppel homolog 1 are actors of juvenile hormone-signaling controlling the development of male sexual behavior in the moth Agrotis ipsilon18
Testosterone, gender identity and gender-stereotyped personality attributes18
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Sex and timing of gonadectomy relative to puberty interact to influence weight, body composition, and feeding behaviors in mice18
Are women's sexual preferences for men's facial hair associated with their testosterone during the menstrual cycle?17
Treatment with brain specific estrogen prodrug ameliorates cognitive effects of surgical menopause in mice17
Repeated ovarian hyperstimulation promotes depression-like behavior in female mice17
Social status influences relationships between hormones and oxidative stress in a cichlid fish17
Salivary testosterone across the menstrual cycle17
Social regulation of androgenic hormones and gestural display behavior in a tropical frog17
An evolutionary perspective on stress responses, damage and repair16
Ovarian hormone dynamics and precision menopausal care: A translational agenda16
Letrozole delays acquisition of water maze task in female BALB/c mice: Possible involvement of anxiety16
Does a single dose of testosterone increase willingness to compete, confidence, and risk-taking in men? Evidence from two randomised placebo-controlled experiments16
Sex-specific regulation of social play in juvenile rats by oxytocin neurons in the hypothalamus and oxytocin signaling in the nucleus accumbens15
Perinatal opioid exposure leads to decreased social play in adolescent male and female rats: Potential role of oxytocin signaling in brain regions associated with social reward15
Kisspeptin participates in the positive reward state induced by paced mating and modulates sexual receptivity and paced mating behavior in female rats15
Odours of caterpillar-infested trees increase testosterone concentrations in male great tits15
Postnatal rearing environment alters pup cues for caregiver-offspring interactions15
Prenatal testosterone synchrony in first-time parents predicts fathers' postpartum relationship quality15
Migrant blackbirds (Turdus merula) on stopover have higher plasma PYY compared to residents: A validation and proof-of-concept15
Aromatase inhibition in adolescence impairs sexual performance in adulthood without affecting anxiety-like behaviour in male rats15
Effects of accelerometry-derived physical activity energy expenditure on urinary C-peptide levels in a wild primate (Papio ursinus)15
Longitudinal investigation of cognition, social competence, and anxiety in children and adolescents with Turner syndrome15
Disgusted snails, oxytocin, and the avoidance of infection threat14
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A systematic review and experimental study of micro/nanoplastic-induced endocrine disruption in rodents: Potential links to autism spectrum disorder14
Social niche shapes social behavior and cortisol concentrations during adolescence in female guinea pigs14
Differential effects of continuous and intermittent daytime food deprivation periods on metabolism and reproductive performance in diurnal zebra finches14
BDNF Val66Met genotype and adolescent glucocorticoid treatment induce sex-specific disruptions to fear extinction and amygdala GABAergic interneuron expression in mice14
The combined effects of corticosterone and brain-derived neurotrophic factor on plasticity-related receptor phosphorylation and expression at the synaptic surface in male Sprague-Dawley rats13
Dynamic rebalancing of approach and withdrawal motivations underpins the decline of rat maternal behavior: A behavioral analysis of dam-pup interactions13
Experimentally elevated corticosterone does not affect bacteria killing ability of breeding female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)13
Photoperiodic control of singing behavior and reproductive physiology in male Fife fancy canaries13
Developmental exposure to 17-α-hydroxyprogesterone caproate disrupts decision-making in adult female rats: A potential role for a dopaminergic mechanism12
The effects of estrogens on spatial learning and memory in female rodents – A systematic review and meta-analysis12
Maternal immune activation during the lactational period alters offspring behavior, reproductive development, and immune function in mice12
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Sex differences in corticotropin-releasing factor receptor-2α expressing neurons in acutely stressed mice12
Altered regional gray matter in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)12
Effects of the estrous cycle on impulsive choice and interval timing in female rats12
Elevated glucocorticoids during the ovarian follicular phase predict conception in wild female chacma baboons12
Intergenerational effects of maternal androgens on vocal ontogeny and developmental plasticity in a cooperatively breeding mammal12
CRISPR-mediated knockdown of oxytocin receptor in extended amygdala reduces stress-induced social avoidance in female California mice12
Neural programming of seasonal physiology in birds and mammals: A modular perspective12
Noise and light pollution elicit endocrine responses in urban but not forest frogs11
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Not your mother's hormone therapy: Highly selective estrogen receptor beta agonists as next-generation therapies for menopausal symptom relief11
Progesterone and negative emotionality across and between ovulatory cycles: A study of romantically involved women11
Functional relationships between estradiol and paternal care in male red-bellied lemurs, Eulemur rubriventer11
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Hormone contraceptive use in young women: Altered mood states, neuroendocrine and inflammatory biomarkers11
Uncovering the seasonal brain: Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) as a biochemical approach for studying seasonal social behaviors11
Motivational increase of androgens and behavior by infant distress calls in highly responsive common marmoset fathers, Callithrix jacchus11
Pregnancy modulates responses to male odors in house mice11
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Does capacity to produce androgens underlie variation in female ornamentation and territoriality in White-shouldered Fairywren (Malurus alboscapulatus)?11
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 es11
Sibling presence during fostering ameliorates endocrine stress profile changes in a social rodent species (Octodon degus) in a sex-specific manner11
Impact of continuous testosterone exposure on reproductive physiology, activity, and pain-related behavior in young adult female rats11
Hormonal contraceptives during adolescence impact the female brain and behavior in a rat model11
Systems biology as a framework to understand the physiological and endocrine bases of behavior and its evolution—From concepts to a case study in birds10
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 rats10
Considering hormones as sex- and gender-related factors in biomedical research: Challenging false dichotomies and embracing complexity10
Using seasonality and birdsong to understand mechanisms underlying context-appropriate shifts in social motivation and reward10
Male, but not female, oxytocin receptor knockout prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) show impaired consolation behavior10
Gendered interests and behavior in women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia or complete androgen insensitivity syndrome10
Octopamine affects courtship call structure in male Acheta domesticus crickets10
Early life adversity accelerates hypothalamic drive of pubertal timing in female rats with associated enhanced acoustic startle9
Endocrine drivers of incubation performance in a High Arctic seabird, the little auk (Alle alle)9
The paradox of spring: Thyroid and glucocorticoid responses to cold temperatures and food availability in free living Carneddau ponies9
FKBP5 expression is related to risky foraging in house sparrows9
Effects of the social environment on vertebrate fitness and health in nature: Moving beyond the stress axis9
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 rats9
Demasculinized digit ratios in a sample of boys with childhood autism9
Facing infant cuteness: How nurturing care motivation and oxytocin system gene methylation are associated with responses to baby schema features9
From pathology to pleasure: Reframing mechanistic studies on same-sex sexual behavior in primates9
Early-life adversity and the role of habitat: Consequences for females growing up in a marginal environment9
Prolactin and the shared regulation of parental care and cooperative helping behavior in white-browed sparrow weaver societies9
Social experience is associated with a differential role of aromatase neurons in sexual behavior and territorial aggression in male mice8
Early life conditions reduce similarity between reproductive partners in HPA axis response to stress8
The role of ovarian hormone dynamics in metabolic phenotype and gene expression in female mice8
Androgen regulation of behavioral stress responses and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis8
Autism and hormones: A perspective from the immune system and the gut microbiome8
Androgen receptors immunoreactivity in the rat brain of males with same-sex preference8
The modulation of social and non-social behavior by arginine vasotocin in the common waxbill, Estrilda astrild8
Bold female zebrafish (Danio rerio) have physiological advantages in reproductive performance8
Finger pointing: Why bias against 2D:4D ratios doesn't add up8
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Gender minority stress and diurnal cortisol profiles among transgender and gender diverse people in the United States8
Inhibition of hippocampal melatonin synthesis by siRNA induced learning and memory deficits in male rats8
Role of interdependent self-construal in predicting acute salivary cortisol response, hair cortisol concentrations, and their associations8
Leveraging individual power to improve racial equity in academia8
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Oxytocin influences parental care in male threespine stickleback across multiple time scales8
Sex and BDNF Val66Met polymorphism matter for exercise-induced increase in neurogenesis and cognition in middle-aged mice8
Effects of paternal deprivation on empathetic behavior and the involvement of oxytocin receptors in the anterior cingulate cortex8
Chronic treatment with hormonal contraceptives alters hippocampal BDNF and histone H3 post-translational modifications but not learning and memory in female rats8
Effects of early midlife ovarian removal on sleep: Polysomnography-measured cortical arousal, homeostatic drive, and spindle characteristics7
Estrogen deficiency affects synchronized neural connectivity in the olfactory bulb-nucleus accumbens circuit: A local field potential study in ovariectomized mouse model7
Disruptions in reproductive health, sex hormonal profiles, and hypothalamic hormone receptors content in females of the C58/J mouse model of autism7
Adolescent blue light exposure reduces exploratory behavior and recognition memory in male and female Long Evans rats7
Sex and seasonal differences in neural steroid sensitivity predict territorial aggression in Siberian hamsters7
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Cyclic estrogen and progesterone during instrumental acquisition contributes to habit formation in female rats7
Sex differences in basal reelin levels in the paraventricular hypothalamus and in response to chronic stress induced by repeated corticosterone in rats7
Testosterone facilitates nonreproductive, context-appropriate pro- and anti-social behavior in female and male Mongolian gerbils7
Oxytocin dynamics in interpersonal sensorimotor synchrony: Controlled experiments in humans7
Early life adversity reduces affiliative behavior with a stressed cagemate and leads to sex-specific alterations in corticosterone responses in adult mice7
The role of oxytocin in enhancing group-based guilt and promoting intergroup reconciliation in a collectivist context7
Vasotocin but not isotocin is involved in the emergence of the dominant-subordinate status in males of the weakly electric fish, Gymnotus omarorum7
Sex change in clownfish as an ARCH-governed biological decision7
The evolution of sex differences in competitive and social dream content7
Empathic stress is decreased by prior stressor experience and increased in a position of power6
The effects of diazepam on fear extinction in nulliparous and primiparous female rats6
Ovulatory cycle shifts in human motivational prioritisation of sex and food6
Acute nicotine intake increases feeding behavior through decreasing glucagon signaling in dependent male and female rats6
Androgen signaling in LMAN regulates song stereotypy in male canaries6
Sexual differentiation of estrogen receptor alpha subpopulations in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus6
Longitudinal changes in sexual desire and attraction among women who started using the Natural Cycles app6
Maternal immune activation alters social affective behavior and sensitivity to corticotropin releasing factor in male but not female rats6
A test of the social behavior network reveals differential patterns of neural responses to social novelty in bonded, but not non-bonded, male prairie voles6
Pregnancy history and estradiol influence spatial memory, hippocampal plasticity, and inflammation in middle-aged rats6
Does the syrinx, a peripheral structure, constrain effects of sex steroids on behavioral sex reversal in adult canaries?6
Adrenalectomy prevents the effects of social defeat stress on PER2 rhythms in some peripheral tissues in male mice6
Neural mechanisms of comforting: Prosocial touch and stress buffering6
Examining the dual hormone hypothesis in wild male mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)6
Vasopressin receptor 1a, oxytocin receptor, and oxytocin knockout male and female mice display normal perceptual abilities towards non-social odorants6
A mouse model of oral contraceptive exposure: Depression, motivation, and the stress response6
In your CORT: Corticosterone and its receptors in the brain underlie mate choosiness in female Cope's gray treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis)6
Leveraging nature's experiments: David Crews' legacy in behavioral neuroendocrinology6
Hair cortisol determinants in 11-year-old children: Environmental, social and individual factors6
Sex diversity in the 21st century: Concepts, frameworks, and approaches for the future of neuroendocrinology6
Sex is a biologically coherent concept: A response to6
Parenthood and gene expression of oxytocin receptors and vasopressin receptors in sensory cortices of the male California mouse (Peromyscus californicus)5
Basal plasma oxytocin & fecal cortisol concentrations are highly heritable and associated with individual differences in behavior & cognition in dog puppies5
The aged female rhesus macaque as a translational model for human menopause and hormone therapy5
Hormone physiology and sleep dynamics among BaYaka foragers of the Congo Basin: Gendered associations between nighttime activity, testosterone, and cortisol5
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Urban and rural male song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) differ in territorial aggression and activation of vasotocin neurons in response to song challenge5
The effect of corticosterone on the acquisition of Pavlovian conditioned approach behavior in rats is dependent on sex and vendor5
In memoriam – Gian Carlo Panzica (17 August 1949–21 July 2022)5
The influence of time of day on memory recognition for faces5
Introduction to the Special Issue “Hormones and Hierarchies”5
African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) as a neurobehavioral model for male parental care5
Fighting cichlids: An integrated multimodal analysis to understand female and male aggression in Cichlasoma dimerus5
Sex difference in human olfactory sensitivity is associated with plasma adiponectin5
Exogenous estradiol impacts anxiety-like behavior of juvenile male and female Siberian hamsters in a dose-dependent manner5
Female cichlids mate with novel androgen receptor mutant males that lack coloration5
Sex/gender diversity and behavioral neuroendocrinology in the 21st century5
Maternal social environment shapes yolk testosterone allocation and embryonic neural gene expression in tree swallows5
Glucocorticoid response to naturalistic interactions between children and dogs5
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Leukocyte telomere length and memory circuitry and cognition in early aging: Impact of sex and menopausal status5
Maternal obesity induces sex-specific changes in the endocannabinoid system of the hypothalamus and dorsal hippocampus of offspring associated with anxiety-like behavior in adolescent female rats5
Effect of androgen receptor blockade on spatial memory in young and aged male rats in the Barnes maze5
A dopamine agonist affects the social decision-making of calling male túngara frogs5
Brain transcriptomics of a social challenge and maternal aggression in incubating female tree swallows5
Central thyroid hormone receptor-beta: Sensitivity to alcohol and a role in regulating alcohol drinking5
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What do we measure when we measure pubertal development? Conceptual challenges in measuring and interpreting pubertal effects on brain and behavior5
Mineralocorticoid receptor deletion alters spontaneous behavior in an automated home-cage monitoring apparatus5
Perceived predation risk predicts glucocorticoid hormones, but not reproductive success in a colonial rodent5
A cross-taxonomic perspective on the integration of temperature cues in vertebrate seasonal neuroendocrine pathways5
Frank Beach Award Winner: The centrality of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in dealing with environmental change across temporal scales5
Acoustic correlates of physiological stress in a wild primate4
Providing or receiving alloparental care promote partner preference and alter central oxytocin and dopamine systems in adult mandarin voles4
Estrogen regulates cognitive function in APP/PS1 female mice via modulation of IDO1-mediated Trp/Kyn metabolism through ERβ4
Four-week intranasal oxytocin administration reduces attachment avoidance in older women4
Activational vs. organizational effects of sex steroids and their role in the evolution of reproductive behavior: Looking to foot-flagging frogs and beyond4
Evolutionary endocrinology and the problem of Darwin's tangled bank4
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The intersection between alexithymia, testosterone reactivity, and coparenting in fathers predicts child's prosocial behavior4
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Seasonal variation in aggression and physiological stress in wild female and male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons)4
Impact of temperature-induced sex reversal on behavior and sound production in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)4
Vasotocin and oxytocin modulation of the endocrine and behavioral response to an aggressive challenge in male Siamese fighting fish4
The role of oxytocin and cultural tightness in model-based learning of social Incongruency4
Why do mood disturbances often occur in early postpartum? An integrative neurobiological and evolutionary perspective4
Paternal deprivation in biparental zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) affects care of offspring with consequences for adult stress-induced corticosterone levels4
Juvenile hormone and maternal egg care in the European earwig (part II): Precocene exposure reduces post-oviposition egg care behaviours4
Weathering the storm: Decreased activity and glucocorticoid levels in response to inclement weather in breeding Columbian ground squirrels4
Conditioned preferences: Gated by experience, context, and endocrine systems4
Sex mechanisms as nonbinary influences on cognitive diversity4
Polycystic ovary syndrome: Unveiling the multifaceted contributors, mechanisms, and psychological impacts4
Reward of tactile genital stimulation is sexually equivalent, but mechanistically differentiated in mice4
Acute effects of estradiol on shoaling in male and female zebrafish (Danio rerio)4
Emotion recognition largely unaffected by combined oral contraceptive transitions or their androgenicity4
Oxytocin promotes species-relevant outgroup attention in bonobos and chimpanzees4
Letrozole treatment alters hippocampal gene expression in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)4
Beyond the binary: Characterizing the relationships between sex and neuropeptide receptor binding density measures in the rat brain4
Metabolic, neuroendocrine and behavioral effects of social defeat in male and female mice using the chronic non-discriminatory social defeat stress model4
The role of exogenous testosterone and social environment on the expression of sociosexuality and status-seeking behaviors in young Chilean men4
Effect of exogenous manipulation of glucocorticoid concentrations on meerkat heart rate, behaviour and vocal production4
Apelin-13 elicits lordosis behavior in female rats through the oxytocin/prostaglandin E2/GnRH signaling system4
Ghrelin-Ghrelin receptor (GSHR) pathway via endocannabinoid signal affects the expression of NPY to promote the food intake of Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii)4
Association between CAIDE risk score and episodic memory in middle-aged females: The impact of spontaneous menopause4
Birth controlling your fears: The long-term effects of adolescent exposure to hormonal contraceptives on fear extinction in long-evans female rats4
Galanin expression varies with parental care and social status in a wild cooperatively breeding fish3
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Hormonal contraceptives modulate resilience to psychiatric and neurodegenerative disease3
Social status mediated variation in hypothalamic transcriptional profiles of male mice3
Characterization of social hierarchy formation and maintenance in same-sex, group-housed male and female C57BL/6 J mice3
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Egg-laying hormone expression in identified neurons across developmental stages and reproductive states of the nudibranch Berghia stephanieae3
Behavioral sex differences in the developmental emergence and selectivity of partner preferences in prairie voles3
Pharmacological blockade of CRHR1 prevents early-onset puberty and enhanced anxiety-like behavior induced by early-life adversity in female Sprague Dawley rats3
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 rats3
Levonorgestrel maintains goal-directed behavior in habit-trained intact female rats3
Generalization of a positive-feature interoceptive morphine occasion setter across the rat estrous cycle3
Neural control of female sexual behaviors3
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Corticosterone predicts double-brooding in female savannah sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis)3
Glucocorticoid receptor expression as an integrative measure to assess glucocorticoid plasticity and efficiency in evolutionary endocrinology: A perspective3
Paternal anabolic-androgenic steroid exposure promotes autism-like behavior in adult mouse offspring of both sexes3
Chronic stress raises baseline circulating corticosterone and reduces vocal plasticity in male budgerigars, an avian model for adult vocal learning3
A tale of two hierarchies: Hormonal and behavioral factors underlying sex differences in social dominance in cooperative breeding callitrichids3
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Oxytocin receptor behavioral effects and cell types in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis3
Stranger-directed consolation-like behavior in mice in a test of social decision making3
The motivation to flock correlates with vocal-social behaviors and dopamine-related gene expression in male European starlings3
Cellular mechanisms regulating the timing of organizational effects of sex steroid hormones3
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