Hormones and Behavior

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From grouping and cooperation to menstruation: Spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) are an emerging mammalian model for sociality and beyond	71
Androgens and child behavior: Color and toy preferences in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)	35
Association of androgens and estrogens with agonistic behavior in the annual fish Austrolebias reicherti	33
Estradiol attenuates chronic restraint stress-induced dendrite and dendritic spine loss and cofilin1 activation in ovariectomized mice	22
Why biodiversity matters in the lab	21
Factors modulating the behavioral and physiological stress responses: Do they modify the relationship between flight initiation distance and corticosterone reactivity?	20
Species variation in steroid hormone-related gene expression contributes to species diversity in sexually dimorphic communication in electric fishes	20
Triiodothyronine and cortisol levels in the face of energetic challenges from reproduction, thermoregulation and food intake in female macaques	20
Acute inhibition of dopamine β-hydroxylase attenuates behavioral responses to pups in adult virgin California mice (Peromyscus californicus)	20
Sex-specific responses to GnRH challenge, but not food supply, in kittiwakes: Evidence for the “sensitivity to information” hypothesis	20
Territorial scent-marking effects on vigilance behavior, space use, and stress in female Columbian ground squirrels	20
Estrogenic influences on agonistic behavior in teleost fishes	20
Sex, season, age and status influence urinary steroid hormone profiles in an extremely polygynous neotropical bat	19
Social regulation of arginine vasopressin and oxytocin systems in a wild group-living fish	19
Mathematical modeling reveals how the speed of endocrine regulation should affect baseline and stress-induced glucocorticoid levels	19
Adrenal MT1 melatonin receptor expression is linked with seasonal variation in social behavior in male Siberian hamsters	19
Hormones, ovulatory cycle phase and pathogen disgust: A longitudinal investigation of the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis	18
Activational and organizational effects of testosterone on the number of mating partners and reproductive success in males of a social rodent	18
Spexin modulates molecular thermogenic profile of adipose tissue and thermoregulatory behaviors in female C57BL/6 mice	17
Prairie voles seek social contact with peer companions during immune challenge	17
Prolactin promotes parental responses and alters reproductive axis gene expression, but not courtship behaviors, in both sexes of a biparental bird	17
A bird's eye view of the hippocampus beyond space: Behavioral, neuroanatomical, and neuroendocrine perspectives	17
Effects of a D2 receptor antagonist on repeated pair bond formation in the male prairie vole	17
The medial preoptic area and acute cocaine's stimulant effects in rats: Potential influences of estradiol and biological sex	17
Estradiol and progesterone-induced lordosis behavior is modulated by both the Kisspeptin receptor and melanin-concentrating hormone in estradiol benzoate-primed rats	16

Endocrine and neuroendocrine regulation of social status in cichlid fishes	16
Glucocorticoids and behavior in non-human primates: A meta-analytic approach to unveil potential coping mechanisms	16
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 PPT	16
Androgen receptors rapidly modulate non-breeding aggression in male and female weakly electric fish (Gymnotus omarorum)	15
Motherhood and DREADD manipulation of the nucleus accumbens weaken established pair bonds in female prairie voles	15
Prolactin is associated with proximity to incubating partner rather than parental care in black-headed gulls	15
Methoprene-tolerant and Krüppel homolog 1 are actors of juvenile hormone-signaling controlling the development of male sexual behavior in the moth Agrotis ipsilon	15
Statistical rules versus biological reasoning: Some apparent conflicts and how to solve them	15
Sex and timing of gonadectomy relative to puberty interact to influence weight, body composition, and feeding behaviors in mice	15
Narcissism moderates the association between basal testosterone and generosity in men	15
The dynamics of sociality and glucocorticoids in wild male Assamese macaques	15
APOE4 genotype or ovarian hormone loss influence open field exploration in an EFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease	14
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Testosterone, gender identity and gender-stereotyped personality attributes	14
Bidirectional effects of estradiol on the control of water intake in female rats	14
Repeated ovarian hyperstimulation promotes depression-like behavior in female mice	14
Salivary testosterone across the menstrual cycle	13
Does a single dose of testosterone increase willingness to compete, confidence, and risk-taking in men? Evidence from two randomised placebo-controlled experiments	13
Lifelong enhancement of body mass from adolescent stress in male hamsters	13
Social status influences relationships between hormones and oxidative stress in a cichlid fish	13
Letrozole delays acquisition of water maze task in female BALB/c mice: Possible involvement of anxiety	13
Reducing local synthesis of estrogen in the tubular striatum promotes attraction to same-sex odors in female mice	13
Odours of caterpillar-infested trees increase testosterone concentrations in male great tits	13
Testosterone and cortisol do not predict rejecting harm or maximizing outcomes in sacrificial moral dilemmas: A preregistered analysis	13
Social regulation of androgenic hormones and gestural display behavior in a tropical frog	13
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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 reward	12
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An evolutionary perspective on stress responses, damage and repair	12
Longitudinal investigation of cognition, social competence, and anxiety in children and adolescents with Turner syndrome	12
Treatment with brain specific estrogen prodrug ameliorates cognitive effects of surgical menopause in mice	12
Effects of accelerometry-derived physical activity energy expenditure on urinary C-peptide levels in a wild primate (Papio ursinus)	11
Social niche shapes social behavior and cortisol concentrations during adolescence in female guinea pigs	11
Postnatal rearing environment alters pup cues for caregiver-offspring interactions	11
Disgusted snails, oxytocin, and the avoidance of infection threat	11
Sex, not social behavior, predicts fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in a facultatively social rodent, the highland tuco-tuco (Ctenomys opimus)	11
Differential effects of continuous and intermittent daytime food deprivation periods on metabolism and reproductive performance in diurnal zebra finches	11
Kisspeptin participates in the positive reward state induced by paced mating and modulates sexual receptivity and paced mating behavior in female rats	11
Tamoxifen offers long-term neuroprotection after hippocampal silent infarct in male rats	11
Prenatal testosterone synchrony in first-time parents predicts fathers' postpartum relationship quality	10
Steroid hormones in hair and fresh wounds reveal sex specific costs of reproductive engagement and reproductive success in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus)	10
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 rats	10
Aldosterone hyperreactivity to acute psychosocial stress induction in men with essential hypertension	10
Measuring salivary cortisol in wild carnivores	10
Progesterone does raise disgust	10
Effects of the estrous cycle on impulsive choice and interval timing in female rats	10
Elevated glucocorticoids during the ovarian follicular phase predict conception in wild female chacma baboons	10
Glucoregulation and coping behavior after chronic stress in rats: Sex differences across the lifespan	10
The effects of estrogens on spatial learning and memory in female rodents – A systematic review and meta-analysis	10
BDNF Val66Met genotype and adolescent glucocorticoid treatment induce sex-specific disruptions to fear extinction and amygdala GABAergic interneuron expression in mice	10

Characterizing seasonal transitions: Breeding-like morphology and behavior during the late non-breeding season in green anole lizards	10
Developmental exposure to 17-α-hydroxyprogesterone caproate disrupts decision-making in adult female rats: A potential role for a dopaminergic mechanism	10
Experimentally elevated corticosterone does not affect bacteria killing ability of breeding female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)	10
Photoperiodic control of singing behavior and reproductive physiology in male Fife fancy canaries	10
The effect of aggression II: Acclimation to a high ambient temperature reduces territorial aggression in male striped hamsters (Cricetulus barabensis)	10
Impact of continuous testosterone exposure on reproductive physiology, activity, and pain-related behavior in young adult female rats	9
Functional relationships between estradiol and paternal care in male red-bellied lemurs, Eulemur rubriventer	9
Does capacity to produce androgens underlie variation in female ornamentation and territoriality in White-shouldered Fairywren (Malurus alboscapulatus)?	9
Major role of MT2 receptors in the beneficial effect of melatonin on long-term recognition memory in C57BL/6J male mice	9
Uncovering the seasonal brain: Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) as a biochemical approach for studying seasonal social behaviors	9
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 rats	9
Effects of maternal experience on pup-induced activation of maternal neural circuits in virgin mice	9
Motivational increase of androgens and behavior by infant distress calls in highly responsive common marmoset fathers, Callithrix jacchus	9
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Sibling presence during fostering ameliorates endocrine stress profile changes in a social rodent species (Octodon degus) in a sex-specific manner	9
Male, but not female, oxytocin receptor knockout prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) show impaired consolation behavior	9
Hormonal contraceptives during adolescence impact the female brain and behavior in a rat model	9
Neural programming of seasonal physiology in birds and mammals: A modular perspective	9
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 es	9
A causal role of estradiol in human reinforcement learning	9
Progesterone rapidly alters the use of place and response memory during spatial navigation in female rats	9
Noise and light pollution elicit endocrine responses in urban but not forest frogs	9
Hormone contraceptive use in young women: Altered mood states, neuroendocrine and inflammatory biomarkers	9
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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 rats	8
Regulation of maternal behavior, social isolation responses, and postpartum estrus by steroid hormones and vaginocervical stimulation in sheep	8
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Considering hormones as sex- and gender-related factors in biomedical research: Challenging false dichotomies and embracing complexity	8
Family environmental antecedents of pubertal timing in girls and boys: A review and open questions	8
The paradox of spring: Thyroid and glucocorticoid responses to cold temperatures and food availability in free living Carneddau ponies	8
Octopamine affects courtship call structure in male Acheta domesticus crickets	8
Using seasonality and birdsong to understand mechanisms underlying context-appropriate shifts in social motivation and reward	8
Systems biology as a framework to understand the physiological and endocrine bases of behavior and its evolution—From concepts to a case study in birds	8
Facing infant cuteness: How nurturing care motivation and oxytocin system gene methylation are associated with responses to baby schema features	8
Early life adversity accelerates hypothalamic drive of pubertal timing in female rats with associated enhanced acoustic startle	8
Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: An individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts	8
From pathology to pleasure: Reframing mechanistic studies on same-sex sexual behavior in primates	8
Effects of the social environment on vertebrate fitness and health in nature: Moving beyond the stress axis	8
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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 rats	7
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Leveraging individual power to improve racial equity in academia	7
Inhibition of hippocampal melatonin synthesis by siRNA induced learning and memory deficits in male rats	7
Oxytocin influences parental care in male threespine stickleback across multiple time scales	7
Nesting strategy shapes territorial aggression but not testosterone: A comparative approach in female and male birds	7
Androgen receptors immunoreactivity in the rat brain of males with same-sex preference	7
Chronic treatment with hormonal contraceptives alters hippocampal BDNF and histone H3 post-translational modifications but not learning and memory in female rats	7
Role of interdependent self-construal in predicting acute salivary cortisol response, hair cortisol concentrations, and their associations	7
Single dose testosterone administration enhances novelty responsiveness and short-term habituation in healthy males	7
Sex and BDNF Val66Met polymorphism matter for exercise-induced increase in neurogenesis and cognition in middle-aged mice	7
Androgen regulation of behavioral stress responses and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis	7
Early life conditions reduce similarity between reproductive partners in HPA axis response to stress	7
The role of ovarian hormone dynamics in metabolic phenotype and gene expression in female mice	7
The modulation of social and non-social behavior by arginine vasotocin in the common waxbill, Estrilda astrild	7
Social experience is associated with a differential role of aromatase neurons in sexual behavior and territorial aggression in male mice	7
Sexual differentiation of estrogen receptor alpha subpopulations in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus	6
Sex differences in basal reelin levels in the paraventricular hypothalamus and in response to chronic stress induced by repeated corticosterone in rats	6
Adrenalectomy prevents the effects of social defeat stress on PER2 rhythms in some peripheral tissues in male mice	6
A test of the social behavior network reveals differential patterns of neural responses to social novelty in bonded, but not non-bonded, male prairie voles	6
In your CORT: Corticosterone and its receptors in the brain underlie mate choosiness in female Cope's gray treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis)	6
Gender minority stress and diurnal cortisol profiles among transgender and gender diverse people in the United States	6
Early life adversity reduces affiliative behavior with a stressed cagemate and leads to sex-specific alterations in corticosterone responses in adult mice	6
Vasotocin but not isotocin is involved in the emergence of the dominant-subordinate status in males of the weakly electric fish, Gymnotus omarorum	6
Cyclic estrogen and progesterone during instrumental acquisition contributes to habit formation in female rats	6
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The effects of diazepam on fear extinction in nulliparous and primiparous female rats	6
Does the syrinx, a peripheral structure, constrain effects of sex steroids on behavioral sex reversal in adult canaries?	6
Empathic stress is decreased by prior stressor experience and increased in a position of power	6
Effects of early midlife ovarian removal on sleep: Polysomnography-measured cortical arousal, homeostatic drive, and spindle characteristics	6
Effects of paternal deprivation on empathetic behavior and the involvement of oxytocin receptors in the anterior cingulate cortex	6
Sex diversity in the 21st century: Concepts, frameworks, and approaches for the future of neuroendocrinology	6
Development of a single-dose intranasal testosterone administration paradigm for use in men and women	6
Testosterone facilitates nonreproductive, context-appropriate pro- and anti-social behavior in female and male Mongolian gerbils	6
Disruptions in reproductive health, sex hormonal profiles, and hypothalamic hormone receptors content in females of the C58/J mouse model of autism	6
Aggressive but not reproductive boldness in male green anole lizards correlates with baseline vasopressin activity	6
Acute nicotine intake increases feeding behavior through decreasing glucagon signaling in dependent male and female rats	6
Examining the dual hormone hypothesis in wild male mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)	6
Maternal immune activation alters social affective behavior and sensitivity to corticotropin releasing factor in male but not female rats	6
Sex and seasonal differences in neural steroid sensitivity predict territorial aggression in Siberian hamsters	6
Estrogen deficiency affects synchronized neural connectivity in the olfactory bulb-nucleus accumbens circuit: A local field potential study in ovariectomized mouse model	6

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Pregnancy history and estradiol influence spatial memory, hippocampal plasticity, and inflammation in middle-aged rats	5
Juvenile hormone functions as a metabolic rate accelerator in bumble bees (Bombus terrestris)	5
Hair cortisol determinants in 11-year-old children: Environmental, social and individual factors	5
Androgen signaling in LMAN regulates song stereotypy in male canaries	5
Parenthood and gene expression of oxytocin receptors and vasopressin receptors in sensory cortices of the male California mouse (Peromyscus californicus)	5
Frank Beach Award Winner: The centrality of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in dealing with environmental change across temporal scales	5
Longitudinal changes in sexual desire and attraction among women who started using the Natural Cycles app	5
Ovulatory cycle shifts in human motivational prioritisation of sex and food	5
Neural mechanisms of comforting: Prosocial touch and stress buffering	5
Testing the role of testosterone versus estrogens in mediating reproductive transitions in female rhesus macaques	5
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 rats	5
Progesterone and disgust: A response to “progesterone does raise disgust”	5
Vasopressin receptor 1a, oxytocin receptor, and oxytocin knockout male and female mice display normal perceptual abilities towards non-social odorants	5
Sex is a biologically coherent concept: A response to	5
A mouse model of oral contraceptive exposure: Depression, motivation, and the stress response	5
A cross-taxonomic perspective on the integration of temperature cues in vertebrate seasonal neuroendocrine pathways	5
Introduction to the Special Issue “Hormones and Hierarchies”	5
Exploring the role of endocrine factors in sensitive parenting in men	5
Central and peripheral leptin resistance in obesity and improvements of exercise	4
Impact of temperature-induced sex reversal on behavior and sound production in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)	4
Changes in maternal motivation across reproductive states in mice: A role for prolactin receptor activation on GABA neurons	4
Fighting cichlids: An integrated multimodal analysis to understand female and male aggression in Cichlasoma dimerus	4
Maternal social environment shapes yolk testosterone allocation and embryonic neural gene expression in tree swallows	4
African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) as a neurobehavioral model for male parental care	4
The effect of corticosterone on the acquisition of Pavlovian conditioned approach behavior in rats is dependent on sex and vendor	4
Oxytocin promotes species-relevant outgroup attention in bonobos and chimpanzees	4
Letrozole treatment alters hippocampal gene expression in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)	4
Pharmacological manipulation of oxytocin receptor signaling during mouse embryonic development results in sex-specific behavioral effects in adulthood	4
“Home alone!” influence of nest parental attendance on offspring behavioral and hormonal stress responses in an Antarctic seabird, the snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)	4
Brain transcriptomics of a social challenge and maternal aggression in incubating female tree swallows	4
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Seasonal variation in aggression and physiological stress in wild female and male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons)	4
Sex difference in human olfactory sensitivity is associated with plasma adiponectin	4
Glucocorticoid response to naturalistic interactions between children and dogs	4
The influence of time of day on memory recognition for faces	4
Effect of androgen receptor blockade on spatial memory in young and aged male rats in the Barnes maze	4
Urban and rural male song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) differ in territorial aggression and activation of vasotocin neurons in response to song challenge	4
Reward of tactile genital stimulation is sexually equivalent, but mechanistically differentiated in mice	4
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Exogenous estradiol impacts anxiety-like behavior of juvenile male and female Siberian hamsters in a dose-dependent manner	4
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In memoriam – Gian Carlo Panzica (17 August 1949–21 July 2022)	4
Female cichlids mate with novel androgen receptor mutant males that lack coloration	4
The aged female rhesus macaque as a translational model for human menopause and hormone therapy	4
Group size, temperature and body size modulate the effects of social hierarchy on basal cortisol levels in fishes	4
Perceived predation risk predicts glucocorticoid hormones, but not reproductive success in a colonial rodent	4
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Leukocyte telomere length and memory circuitry and cognition in early aging: Impact of sex and menopausal status	4
Hormone physiology and sleep dynamics among BaYaka foragers of the Congo Basin: Gendered associations between nighttime activity, testosterone, and cortisol	4
Basal plasma oxytocin & fecal cortisol concentrations are highly heritable and associated with individual differences in behavior & cognition in dog puppies	4
Associations between hair and salivary cortisol, salivary alpha-amylase, and temperament dimensions among 3–6-year-olds	4
Association between CAIDE risk score and episodic memory in middle-aged females: The impact of spontaneous menopause	4
Sex/gender diversity and behavioral neuroendocrinology in the 21st century	4
Acute effects of estradiol on shoaling in male and female zebrafish (Danio rerio)	4
Vasotocin and oxytocin modulation of the endocrine and behavioral response to an aggressive challenge in male Siamese fighting fish	3
Maternal stress and the maternal microbiome have sex-specific effects on offspring development and aggressive behavior in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)	3
High human presence is correlated with lower faecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in an urban bird population	3
Invasive alien species as an environmental stressor and its effects on coping style in a native competitor, the Eurasian red squirrel	3
Oxytocin administration rescues the negative impacts of social isolation on wound healing in mice	3
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A tale of two hierarchies: Hormonal and behavioral factors underlying sex differences in social dominance in cooperative breeding callitrichids	3
Characterization of social hierarchy formation and maintenance in same-sex, group-housed male and female C57BL/6 J mice	3
The endocrine control of reproductive suppression in an aseasonally breeding social subterranean rodent, the Mahali mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus mahali)	3
Cesarean birth elicits long-term effects on vasopressin and oxytocin neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of mice	3
The role of exogenous testosterone and social environment on the expression of sociosexuality and status-seeking behaviors in young Chilean men	3
Neural correlates and effect of jealousy on cognitive flexibility in the female titi monkey (Plecturocebus cupreus)	3
Conditioned preferences: Gated by experience, context, and endocrine systems	3
A review and p-curve analysis of research on the menstrual cycle correlates of consumer preferences and economic decisions	3
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The decanoate esters of nandrolone, testosterone, and trenbolone induce steroid specific memory impairment and somatic effects in the male rat	3
Effect of cyclo‑oxygenase inhibition on embryonic microglia and the sexual differentiation of the brain and behavior of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)	3
Neural control of female sexual behaviors	3
Basal cortisol concentrations related to maternal behavior during puppy development predict post-growth resilience in dogs	3
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Increased sensitivity to unpleasant odor following acute psychological stress	3
Oxytocin receptor behavioral effects and cell types in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis	3
Metabolic, neuroendocrine and behavioral effects of social defeat in male and female mice using the chronic non-discriminatory social defeat stress model	3
Cortisol awakening response and testosterone jointly affect adolescents' theory of mind	3
Weathering the storm: Decreased activity and glucocorticoid levels in response to inclement weather in breeding Columbian ground squirrels	3
Infants' salivary oxytocin and positive affective reactions to people	3
Ghrelin-Ghrelin receptor (GSHR) pathway via endocannabinoid signal affects the expression of NPY to promote the food intake of Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii)	3
The intersection between alexithymia, testosterone reactivity, and coparenting in fathers predicts child's prosocial behavior	3
Activational vs. organizational effects of sex steroids and their role in the evolution of reproductive behavior: Looking to foot-flagging frogs and beyond	3
Androgens and corticosteroids increase in response to mirror images and interacting conspecifics in males of the Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens	3
The motivation to flock correlates with vocal-social behaviors and dopamine-related gene expression in male European starlings	3
Glucocorticoid receptor expression as an integrative measure to assess glucocorticoid plasticity and efficiency in evolutionary endocrinology: A perspective	3
Egg-laying hormone expression in identified neurons across developmental stages and reproductive states of the nudibranch Berghia stephanieae	3
Corticosterone predicts double-brooding in female savannah sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis)	3
Beyond the binary: Characterizing the relationships between sex and neuropeptide receptor binding density measures in the rat brain	3
Generalization of a positive-feature interoceptive morphine occasion setter across the rat estrous cycle	3
Providing or receiving alloparental care promote partner preference and alter central oxytocin and dopamine systems in adult mandarin voles	3
Gynecological surgery in adulthood imparts cognitive and brain changes in rats: A focus on hysterectomy at short-, moderate-, and long-term intervals after surgery	3
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The effect of intranasal oxytocin on processing emotional stimuli during alcohol withdrawal: A randomized placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial	3