Hormones and Behavior

Papers
(The median citation count of Hormones and Behavior is 4. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Is testosterone linked to human aggression? A meta-analytic examination of the relationship between baseline, dynamic, and manipulated testosterone on human aggression89
Through a glass, darkly: Human digit ratios reflect prenatal androgens, imperfectly60
What is a pair bond?49
Estrogenic regulation of memory: The first 50 years48
Sexual differentiation of brain and other tissues: Five questions for the next 50 years44
How research on female vertebrates contributes to an expanded challenge hypothesis42
Use of the birth control pill affects stress reactivity and brain structure and function41
Digit ratio (2D:4D) and congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH): Systematic literature review and meta-analysis38
The stress of being alone: Removal from the colony, but not social subordination, increases fecal cortisol metabolite levels in eusocial naked mole-rats37
Type of early life adversity confers differential, sex-dependent effects on early maturational milestones in mice34
Who rises to the challenge? Testing the Challenge Hypothesis in fish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals32
Beyond the challenge hypothesis: The emergence of the dual-hormone hypothesis and recommendations for future research31
Human reproductive behavior, life history, and the Challenge Hypothesis: A 30-year review, retrospective and future directions28
Sex-dependent effects of social status on the regulation of arginine-vasopressin (AVP) V1a, oxytocin (OT), and serotonin (5-HT) 1A receptor binding and aggression in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus aura26
Facing off with the phalangeal phenomenon and editorial policies: A commentary on Swift-Gallant, Johnson, Di Rita and Breedlove (2020)26
Mothering revisited: A role for cortisol?24
A longitudinal evaluation of ovulatory cycle shifts in women's mate attraction and preferences24
Higher dominance rank is associated with lower glucocorticoids in wild female baboons: A rank metric comparison24
The effect of HF-rTMS over the left DLPFC on stress regulation as measured by cortisol and heart rate variability23
Aggression, glucocorticoids, and the chronic costs of status competition for wild male chimpanzees23
Sex chromosome complement influences vulnerability to cocaine in mice22
How prior pair-bonding experience affects future bonding behavior in monogamous prairie voles22
The behavioral neuroendocrinology of maternal behavior: Past accomplishments and future directions22
Maternal exposure to organophosphate flame retardants alters locomotor and anxiety-like behavior in male and female adult offspring22
Testosterone reactivity to competition and competitive endurance in men and women22
Central and peripheral leptin resistance in obesity and improvements of exercise22
Oxytocin, vasopressin and social behavior in the age of genome editing: A comparative perspective21
Sex differences in vasopressin 1a receptor regulation of social communication within the lateral habenula and dorsal raphe of mice20
Endocrine and neuroendocrine regulation of social status in cichlid fishes20
Temporal and bidirectional influences of estradiol on voluntary wheel running in adult female and male rats20
Functional evolution of vertebrate sensory receptors20
Distributed physiology and the molecular basis of social life in eusocial insects20
Oxytocin reverses ethanol consumption and neuroinflammation induced by social defeat in male mice20
Perinatal exposure to FireMaster® 550 (FM550), brominated or organophosphate flame retardants produces sex and compound specific effects on adult Wistar rat socioemotional behavior19
The challenge hypothesis revisited: Focus on reproductive experience and neural mechanisms19
Aggression: Perspectives from social and systems neuroscience19
Dopamine and serotonin mediate the impact of stress on cleaner fish cooperative behavior19
Variation in aggression rates and urinary cortisol levels indicates intergroup competition in wild bonobos19
Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis imbalance and inflammation contribute to sex differences in separation- and restraint-induced depression19
Endocrine changes related to dog domestication: Comparing urinary cortisol and oxytocin in hand-raised, pack-living dogs and wolves19
High housing density increases stress hormone- or disease-associated fecal microbiota in male Brandt's voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii)19
Testosterone administration in human social neuroendocrinology: Past, present, and future19
Oral contraceptive use, especially during puberty, alters resting state functional connectivity19
Testosterone synthesis in the female songbird brain19
Vasopressin regulates daily rhythms and circadian clock circuits in a manner influenced by sex18
Risk-based decision making in rats: Modulation by sex and amphetamine18
Hormonal and neural correlates of care in active versus observing poison frog parents18
No evidence for a difference in 2D:4D ratio between youth with elevated prenatal androgen exposure due to congenital adrenal hyperplasia and controls18
Oxytocin increases the social salience of the outgroup in potential threat contexts18
Juvenile hormone regulates brain-reproduction tradeoff in bumble bees but not in honey bees17
Neuroendocrine coordination and youth behavior problems: A review of studies assessing sympathetic nervous system and hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis activity using salivary alpha amylase and sali17
Social network dynamics predict hormone levels and behavior in a highly social cichlid fish17
The role of dopamine signaling in prairie vole peer relationships17
Differential effects of progesterone on social recognition and the avoidance of pathogen threat by female mice17
Adolescent social instability stress leads to immediate and lasting sex-specific changes in the neuroendocrine-immune-gut axis in rats16
A consideration of brain networks modulating social behavior16
Social stress and glucocorticoids alter PERIOD2 rhythmicity in the liver, but not in the suprachiasmatic nucleus16
Juvenile hormone functions as a metabolic rate accelerator in bumble bees (Bombus terrestris)16
Auditory learning in an operant task with social reinforcement is dependent on neuroestrogen synthesis in the male songbird auditory cortex16
Estradiol treatment attenuates high fat diet-induced microgliosis in ovariectomized rats16
Becoming a better parent: Mice learn sounds that improve a stereotyped maternal behavior16
Disruption of global hypothalamic microRNA (miR) profiles and associated behavioral changes in California mice (Peromyscus californicus) developmentally exposed to endocrine disrupting chemicals16
Identifying stress-related eating in behavioural research: A review15
Nesting strategy shapes territorial aggression but not testosterone: A comparative approach in female and male birds15
Prenatal androgen exposure and children's gender-typed behavior and toy and playmate preferences15
Physiological responses of host parents to rearing an avian brood parasite: An experimental study15
Sex differences in seasonal brain plasticity and the neuroendocrine regulation of vocal behavior in songbirds15
Diel variation in corticosterone and departure decision making in migrating birds15
Dynamics and determinants of glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in wild Verreaux's sifakas15
Mathematical modeling reveals how the speed of endocrine regulation should affect baseline and stress-induced glucocorticoid levels15
Oxytocin receptor antagonist reverses the blunting effect of pair bonding on fear learning in monogamous prairie voles14
Whither the challenge hypothesis?14
Galanin neuron activation in feeding, parental care, and infanticide in a mouthbrooding African cichlid fish14
Social boldness correlates with brain gene expression in male green anoles14
Characterizing the effects of tonic 17β-estradiol administration on spatial learning and memory in the follicle-deplete middle-aged female rat14
Central oxytocin signaling inhibits food reward-motivated behaviors and VTA dopamine responses to food-predictive cues in male rats14
The challenge hypothesis in insects14
Activation of G-protein coupled estradiol receptor 1 in the dorsolateral striatum attenuates preference for cocaine and saccharin in male but not female rats14
Glucoregulation and coping behavior after chronic stress in rats: Sex differences across the lifespan13
Convergent neuroendocrine mechanisms of social buffering and stress contagion13
Triiodothyronine and cortisol levels in the face of energetic challenges from reproduction, thermoregulation and food intake in female macaques13
Consequences of temperature-induced sex reversal on hormones and brain in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)13
Early experience alters developmental trajectory of central oxytocin systems involved in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis regulation in Long-Evans rats13
Rank- and sex-specific differences in the neuroendocrine regulation of glucocorticoids in a wild group-living fish13
Long term effects of chronic intranasal oxytocin on adult pair bonding behavior and brain glucose uptake in titi monkeys (Plecturocebus cupreus)13
Progesterone rapidly alters the use of place and response memory during spatial navigation in female rats13
Long-term oral administration of a novel estrogen receptor beta agonist enhances memory and alleviates drug-induced vasodilation in young ovariectomized mice12
Oxytocin has sex-specific effects on social behaviour and hypothalamic oxytocin immunoreactive cells but not hippocampal neurogenesis in adult rats12
Functional differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis are associated with alternative reproductive tactics based on an inversion polymorphism12
FKBP5 expression is related to HPA flexibility and the capacity to cope with stressors in female and male house sparrows12
Key role of estrogen receptor β in the organization of brain and behavior of the Japanese quail12
Endocrine stress responsivity and social memory in 3xTg-AD female and male mice: A tale of two experiments12
Early social experience has life-long effects on baseline but not stress-induced cortisol levels in a cooperatively breeding fish12
Pubertal recalibration of cortisol-DHEA coupling in previously-institutionalized children12
Neural programming of seasonal physiology in birds and mammals: A modular perspective12
Effects of aging on testosterone and androgen receptors in the mesocorticolimbic system of male rats12
Effects of adult male rat feminization treatments on brain morphology and metabolomic profile12
Effects of light pollution on photoperiod-driven seasonality12
Invasive alien species as an environmental stressor and its effects on coping style in a native competitor, the Eurasian red squirrel11
The effects of food supply on reproductive hormones and timing of reproduction in an income-breeding seabird11
Corticosterone's roles in avian migration: Assessment of three hypotheses11
Nuclear androgen and progestin receptors inversely affect aggression and social dominance in male zebrafish (Danio rerio)11
Group size, temperature and body size modulate the effects of social hierarchy on basal cortisol levels in fishes11
Estrogen and sex-dependent loss of the vocal learning system in female zebra finches11
The neuroendocrine integration of environmental information, the regulation and action of testosterone and the challenge hypothesis11
Specificity in sociogenomics: Identifying causal relationships between genes and behavior11
Oxytocin receptor behavioral effects and cell types in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis11
Acute aggressive behavior perturbates the oxidative status of a wild bird independently of testosterone and progesterone11
Trait-related changes in brain network topology in premenstrual dysphoric disorder11
An examination of the influence of prenatal sex hormones on handedness: Literature review and amniotic fluid data11
Hormonal, reproductive, and behavioural predictors of fear extinction recall in female rats11
Changes in maternal motivation across reproductive states in mice: A role for prolactin receptor activation on GABA neurons11
Endogenous oxytocin, cortisol, and testosterone in response to group singing11
Androgens and corticosteroids increase in response to mirror images and interacting conspecifics in males of the Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens11
Hormones, ovulatory cycle phase and pathogen disgust: A longitudinal investigation of the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis11
Effects of testosterone therapy on constructs related to aggression in transgender men: A systematic review11
Nonapeptides mediate trade-offs in parental care strategy10
Do female bonobos (Pan paniscus) disperse at the onset of puberty? Hormonal and behavioral changes related to their dispersal timing10
The serotonin 1A receptor modulates the social behaviour within groups of a cooperatively-breeding cichlid10
Life history and individual differences in male testosterone: Mixed evidence for early environmental calibration of testosterone response to first-time fatherhood10
Testosterone-related behavioral and neural mechanisms associated with location preferences: A model for territorial establishment10
Glucocorticoids in a warming world: Do they help birds to cope with high environmental temperatures?10
Reduction in vasopressin cells in the suprachiasmatic nucleus in mice increases anxiety and alters fluid intake10
Inside the supergene of the bird with four sexes10
The role of D2 dopamine receptors in oxytocin induced place preference and anxiolytic effect10
A retrospective view of early research on dominance, stress and reproduction in cooperatively breeding carnivores10
Family environmental antecedents of pubertal timing in girls and boys: A review and open questions10
Uncovering the seasonal brain: Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) as a biochemical approach for studying seasonal social behaviors10
Activation of the amylin pathway modulates cocaine-induced activation of the mesolimbic dopamine system in male mice10
The endocrine control of reproductive suppression in an aseasonally breeding social subterranean rodent, the Mahali mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus mahali)10
Reprint of “Concepts derived from the Challenge Hypothesis”10
Neonatal nutritional programming induces gliosis and alters the expression of T-cell protein tyrosine phosphatase and connexins in male rats10
Zebra finches bi-directionally selected for personality differ in repeatability of corticosterone and testosterone10
Going wild for functional genomics: RNA interference as a tool to study gene-behavior associations in diverse species and ecological contexts10
Timing of peripubertal steroid exposure predicts visuospatial cognition in men: Evidence from three samples9
Rising to the challenge? Inter-individual variation of the androgen response to social interactions in cichlid fish9
HIV-1 Tat and morphine decrease murine inter-male social interactions and associated oxytocin levels in the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus9
Altered attention networks in patients with thyroid dysfunction: A neuropsychological study9
Glucocorticoid receptor expression as an integrative measure to assess glucocorticoid plasticity and efficiency in evolutionary endocrinology: A perspective9
Arginine vasotocin impacts chemosensory behavior during social interactions of Anolis carolinensis lizards9
An evolutionary perspective on stress responses, damage and repair9
Elevated prenatal maternal sex hormones, but not placental aromatase, are associated with child neurodevelopment9
Glucocorticoids and activity in free-living arctic ground squirrels: Interrelationships between weather, body condition, and reproduction9
Disparities in the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on publishing: Evidence from submissions to Hormones and Behavior9
Energetics at the urban edge: Environmental and individual predictors of urinary C-peptide levels in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus)9
Aggressive but not reproductive boldness in male green anole lizards correlates with baseline vasopressin activity9
Maternal stress and the maternal microbiome have sex-specific effects on offspring development and aggressive behavior in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)9
Individuality meets plasticity: Endocrine phenotypes across male dominance rank acquisition in guinea pigs living in a complex social environment9
Genetic dissection of steroid-hormone modulated social behavior: Novel paralogous genes are a boon for discovery8
Effects of timed food availability on reproduction and metabolism in zebra finches: Molecular insights into homeostatic adaptation to food-restriction in diurnal vertebrates8
Food cue-elicited brain potentials change throughout menstrual cycle: Modulation by eating styles, negative affect, and premenstrual complaints8
Expanding the frame around social dynamics and glucocorticoids: From hierarchies within the nest to competitive interactions among species8
Experimental ghrelin administration affects migratory behaviour in a songbird8
Social status mediated variation in hypothalamic transcriptional profiles of male mice8
Treatment with androgens plus estrogens cannot reverse sex differences in song and the song control nuclei in adult canaries8
FireMaster® 550 (FM 550) exposure during the perinatal period impacts partner preference behavior and nucleus accumbens core medium spiny neuron electrophysiology in adult male and female prairie vole8
Plasma levels of ghrelin and GLP-1, but not leptin or amylin, respond to a psychosocial stressor in women and men8
Changes in nucleus accumbens gene expression accompany sex-specific suppression of spontaneous physical activity in aromatase knockout mice8
The onset of puberty in colony-housed male and female titi monkeys (Plecturocebus cupreus): Possible effects of oxytocin treatment during peri-adolescent development8
Chronic treatment with hormonal contraceptives alters hippocampal BDNF and histone H3 post-translational modifications but not learning and memory in female rats8
Effects of neuromedin U-8 on stress responsiveness and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in male C57BL/6J mice8
Effects of the social environment on vertebrate fitness and health in nature: Moving beyond the stress axis8
Adrenal MT1 melatonin receptor expression is linked with seasonal variation in social behavior in male Siberian hamsters8
A cross-taxonomic perspective on the integration of temperature cues in vertebrate seasonal neuroendocrine pathways8
The glucocorticoid response to environmental change is not specific to agents of natural selection in wild red squirrels8
Male White-shouldered Fairywrens (Malurus alboscapulatus) elevate androgens greater when courting females than during territorial challenges8
Olfactory detection of trace amounts of plant volatiles is correlated with testosterone in a passerine bird8
Bidirectional effects of estradiol on the control of water intake in female rats8
Impact of bisphenol-A and synthetic estradiol on brain, behavior, gonads and sex hormones in a sexually labile coral reef fish8
Conditional inactivation of Npy1r gene in mice induces sex-related differences of metabolic and behavioral functions8
Neural control of female sexual behaviors8
A longitudinal investigation of bidirectional and time-dependent interrelationships between testosterone and training motivation in an elite rugby environment8
Norepinephrine and dopamine contribute to distinct repetitive behaviors induced by novel odorant stress in male and female mice8
Leptin predicts cortical and subcortical gray matter volume recovery in alcohol dependent patients: A longitudinal structural magnetic resonance imaging study7
APOE4 genotype or ovarian hormone loss influence open field exploration in an EFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease7
Evolutionary endocrinology and the problem of Darwin's tangled bank7
The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, exendin-4, reduces sexual interaction behaviors in a brain site-specific manner in sexually naïve male mice7
Social status mediates behavioral, endocrine, and neural responses to an intruder challenge in a social cichlid, Astatotilapia burtoni7
Does physical activity associated with chronic food restriction alleviate anxiety like behaviour, in female mice?7
Frank Beach Award Winner: The centrality of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in dealing with environmental change across temporal scales7
Postpartum environmental challenges alter maternal responsiveness and offspring development7
Socioemotional deficit and HPA axis time response in high compulsive rats selected by schedule-induced polydipsia7
Relationships between ovarian hormone concentrations and mental rotations performance in naturally-cycling women7
Alterations in corticotropin-releasing factor receptor type 1 in the preoptic area and hypothalamus in mice during the postpartum period7
Effects of DEHP on the ecdysteroid pathway, sexual behavior and offspring of the moth Spodoptera littoralis7
Intergenerational effects of paternal predator cue exposure on behavior, stress reactivity, and neural gene expression7
Progesterone does raise disgust7
Oxytocin and CD38 in the paraventricular nucleus play a critical role in paternal aggression in mice7
Elevated corticosterone levels are associated with increased immunocompetence in male toads, both when calling and under experimental conditions7
The endocannabinoid system is affected by a high-fat-diet in rainbow trout7
Alamandine through MrgD receptor induces antidepressant-like effect in transgenic rats with low brain angiotensinogen7
Deconstructing sex: Strategies for undoing binary thinking in neuroendocrinology and behavior7
Central administration of endocannabinoids exerts bimodal effects in food intake of rainbow trout7
Lack of association of common polymorphisms linked to empathic behavior with self-reported trait empathy in healthy volunteers7
Sex difference in human olfactory sensitivity is associated with plasma adiponectin7
Aldosterone hyperreactivity to acute psychosocial stress induction in men with essential hypertension7
Glutamate transporter-1 link astrocytes with heightened aggressive behavior induced by steroid abuse in male CF1 mice7
The effect of testosterone on economic risk-taking: A multi-study, multi-method investigation7
The roles of GnRH in the human central nervous system6
Preliminary evidence that oxytocin does not improve mentalizing in women with schizophrenia6
Cortisol and testosterone concentrations during the prenatal and postpartum period forecast later caregiving quality in mothers and fathers6
Inhibition of progesterone receptor activity during development increases reelin-immunoreactivity in Cajal-Retzius cells, alters synaptic innervation in neonatal dentate gyrus, and impairs episodic-li6
Frank Beach Award Winner: Lessons from poison frogs on ecological drivers of behavioral diversification6
Evolution of hormone-phenotype couplings and hormone-genome interactions6
An updated field guide for snark hunting: Comparative contributions to behavioral neuroendocrinology in the era of model organisms6
Reducing cultural mismatch: Latino students' neuroendocrine and affective stress responses following cultural diversity and inclusion reminder6
Functional inhibition of deep brain non-visual opsins facilitates acute long day induction of reproductive recrudescence in male Japanese quail6
Moderately elevated glucocorticoids increase mate choosiness but do not affect sexual proceptivity or preferences in female gray treefrogs6
Oxytocin and ‘social hyperthermia’: Interaction with β3-adrenergic receptor-mediated thermogenesis and significance for the expression of social behavior in male and female mice6
Endocrinological effects of social exclusion and inclusion: Experimental evidence for adaptive regulation of female fecundity6
Developing a Stopover-CORT hypothesis: Corticosterone predicts body composition and refueling rate in Gray Catbirds during migratory stopover6
Baseline corticosterone is associated with parental care in virgin Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)6
Effects of gonadal status and the estrogen milieu on hypothalamic oxytocin gene expression and serum oxytocin levels in female rats6
Using seasonality and birdsong to understand mechanisms underlying context-appropriate shifts in social motivation and reward6
Central but not peripheral oxytocin administration reduces risk-based decision-making in male rats6
BDNF Val66Met genotype and adolescent glucocorticoid treatment induce sex-specific disruptions to fear extinction and amygdala GABAergic interneuron expression in mice6
Changes in prenatal testosterone and sexual desire in expectant couples6
Estradiol withdrawal following a hormone simulated pregnancy induces deficits in affective behaviors and increases ∆FosB in D1 and D2 neurons in the nucleus accumbens core in mice6
Covariation between glucocorticoid levels and receptor expression modulates embryo development and postnatal phenotypes in gulls6
Interactive effects of compounding multidimensional stressors on maternal and male and female rat offspring outcomes6
Gene expression in the female tree swallow brain is associated with inter- and intra-population variation in glucocorticoid levels6
Leptin at birth and at age 7 in relation to appetitive behaviors at age 7 and age 106
Factors modulating the behavioral and physiological stress responses: Do they modify the relationship between flight initiation distance and corticosterone reactivity?6
The relative speed of the glucocorticoid stress response varies independently of scope and is predicted by environmental variability and longevity across birds.6
Oxytocin induces lordosis behavior in female rats through the prostaglandin E2/GnRH signaling system6
Testosterone, cortisol, and criminal behavior in men and women5
Methylation of OXT and OXTR genes, central oxytocin, and social behavior in female macaques5
Sex diversity in the 21st century: Concepts, frameworks, and approaches for the future of neuroendocrinology5
Developmental conditions have intergenerational effects on corticosterone levels in a passerine5
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 rats5
Estradiol attenuates chronic restraint stress-induced dendrite and dendritic spine loss and cofilin1 activation in ovariectomized mice5
Hormone contraceptive use in young women: Altered mood states, neuroendocrine and inflammatory biomarkers5
Individual differences in hormonal responsiveness to social encounters: Commentary on Félix et al., 2020 and review of pertinent issues5
Neural mechanisms of comforting: Prosocial touch and stress buffering5
Longitudinal associations between prenatal testosterone and postpartum outcomes in a sample of first-time expectant lesbian couples5
Maternal deprivation during early infancy in rats increases oxytocin immunoreactivity in females and corticosterone reactivity to a social test in both sexes without changing emotional behaviour5
Stable and persistent male-like behavior during male-to-female sex change in the common clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris5
Major role of MT2 receptors in the beneficial effect of melatonin on long-term recognition memory in C57BL/6J male mice5
Sex steroids modulate circadian behavioral rhythms in captive animals, but does this matter in the wild?5
Oxytocinergic system mediates the proconvulsant effects of sildenafil: The role of calcineurin5
The role of sex chromosomes and sex hormones in vocal learning systems5
A causal role of estradiol in human reinforcement learning5
Social sleepers: The effects of social status on sleep in terrestrial mammals5
A single GnRH challenge promotes paternal care, changing nestling growth for one day5
Functional genomics of parental care of insects5
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) affects the activity of the gonadotrophic axis in sheep5
Prolactin promotes parental responses and alters reproductive axis gene expression, but not courtship behaviors, in both sexes of a biparental bird5
Exogenous testosterone decreases men's sensitivity to vocal cues of male dominance5
Sex differences in aggressive intensities and brain steroids during status resolution in a sex changing fish, Lythrypnus dalli5
Ovarian cyclicity and prolactin status of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in North American zoos may be influenced by life experience and individual temperament5
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