Hormones and Behavior

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(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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Corticosterone predicts double-brooding in female savannah sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis)70
A tale of two hierarchies: Hormonal and behavioral factors underlying sex differences in social dominance in cooperative breeding callitrichids33
Motivational increase of androgens and behavior by infant distress calls in highly responsive common marmoset fathers, Callithrix jacchus32
Perceived predation risk predicts glucocorticoid hormones, but not reproductive success in a colonial rodent31
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 es21
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Functional relationships between estradiol and paternal care in male red-bellied lemurs, Eulemur rubriventer20
Estradiol attenuates chronic restraint stress-induced dendrite and dendritic spine loss and cofilin1 activation in ovariectomized mice20
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Evolutionary behavioral endocrinology: Introduction to the special issue19
Association of androgens and estrogens with agonistic behavior in the annual fish Austrolebias reicherti18
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From grouping and cooperation to menstruation: Spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) are an emerging mammalian model for sociality and beyond17
Why biodiversity matters in the lab17
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Sex-specific responses to GnRH challenge, but not food supply, in kittiwakes: Evidence for the “sensitivity to information” hypothesis17
Impact of continuous testosterone exposure on reproductive physiology, activity, and pain-related behavior in young adult female rats17
Glucocorticoids in a warming world: Do they help birds to cope with high environmental temperatures?16
Species variation in steroid hormone-related gene expression contributes to species diversity in sexually dimorphic communication in electric fishes16
Invasive alien species as an environmental stressor and its effects on coping style in a native competitor, the Eurasian red squirrel16
Uncovering the seasonal brain: Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) as a biochemical approach for studying seasonal social behaviors16
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Egg-laying hormone expression in identified neurons across developmental stages and reproductive states of the nudibranch Berghia stephanieae16
Contrasting central and systemic effects of arginine-vasopressin on urinary marking behavior as a social signal in male mice16
Basal plasma oxytocin & fecal cortisol concentrations are highly heritable and associated with individual differences in behavior & cognition in dog puppies16
Acute inhibition of dopamine β-hydroxylase attenuates behavioral responses to pups in adult virgin California mice (Peromyscus californicus)16
Circulating profile of the appetite-regulating hormone ghrelin during moult-fast and chick provisioning in southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome)15
Hormone contraceptive use in young women: Altered mood states, neuroendocrine and inflammatory biomarkers15
Maternal social environment shapes yolk testosterone allocation and embryonic neural gene expression in tree swallows15
Does capacity to produce androgens underlie variation in female ornamentation and territoriality in White-shouldered Fairywren (Malurus alboscapulatus)?15
Emotion recognition and mood along the menstrual cycle15
Androgens and child behavior: Color and toy preferences in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)15
Triiodothyronine and cortisol levels in the face of energetic challenges from reproduction, thermoregulation and food intake in female macaques15
Social status mediated variation in hypothalamic transcriptional profiles of male mice15
Central and peripheral leptin resistance in obesity and improvements of exercise15
Aggression, glucocorticoids, and the chronic costs of status competition for wild male chimpanzees14
Chronic high-dose testosterone disrupts social cognition and enhances social dominance in male long-Evans rats14
Sibling presence during fostering ameliorates endocrine stress profile changes in a social rodent species (Octodon degus) in a sex-specific manner14
A causal role of estradiol in human reinforcement learning13
Optimal hormonal regulation when stressor cues are imperfect13
Basal cortisol concentrations related to maternal behavior during puppy development predict post-growth resilience in dogs13
FKBP5 expression is related to HPA flexibility and the capacity to cope with stressors in female and male house sparrows13
The role of sex chromosomes and sex hormones in vocal learning systems13
A transient reduction in circulating corticosterone reduces object neophobia in male house sparrows13
The effect of corticosterone on the acquisition of Pavlovian conditioned approach behavior in rats is dependent on sex and vendor13
Treatment with androgens plus estrogens cannot reverse sex differences in song and the song control nuclei in adult canaries13
Glucocorticoid response to naturalistic interactions between children and dogs12
Effects of early life overnutrition and hyperandrogenism on spatial learning and memory in a rat model of polycystic ovary syndrome12
Changes in maternal motivation across reproductive states in mice: A role for prolactin receptor activation on GABA neurons12
Adrenal MT1 melatonin receptor expression is linked with seasonal variation in social behavior in male Siberian hamsters12
Life-threatening, high-intensity trauma- and context-dependent anxiety in zebrafish and its modulation by epinephrine12
Sex differences in afferents and efferents of vasopressin neurons of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and medial amygdala in mice11
Effect of cyclo‑oxygenase inhibition on embryonic microglia and the sexual differentiation of the brain and behavior of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)11
The motivation to flock correlates with vocal-social behaviors and dopamine-related gene expression in male European starlings11
Glucocorticoid receptor expression as an integrative measure to assess glucocorticoid plasticity and efficiency in evolutionary endocrinology: A perspective11
Colours of stress in male Indian rock agamas predict testosterone levels but not performance11
Fighting cichlids: An integrated multimodal analysis to understand female and male aggression in Cichlasoma dimerus11
Prolactin modulates changes in parental care behaviour in response to perceived paternity in bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)11
Territorial scent-marking effects on vigilance behavior, space use, and stress in female Columbian ground squirrels10
Noise and light pollution elicit endocrine responses in urban but not forest frogs10
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
Mood symptoms and gut function across the menstrual cycle in individuals with premenstrual syndrome10
Neural control of female sexual behaviors10
Determining menstrual cycle phase: An empirical examination of methodologies and recommendations for improvement in behavioral and brain sciences10
Estrogenic influences on agonistic behavior in teleost fishes10
The aged female rhesus macaque as a translational model for human menopause and hormone therapy10
Melatonin treatment during the breeding season increases testosterone in male green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis)10
Y1 receptors modulate taste-related behavioral responsiveness in male mice to prototypical gustatory stimuli10
Social regulation of arginine vasopressin and oxytocin systems in a wild group-living fish10
The influence of time of day on memory recognition for faces10
High and fluctuating levels of ovarian hormones induce an anxiogenic effect, which can be modulated under stress conditions: Evidence from an assisted reproductive rodent model10
Sex differences in seasonal brain plasticity and the neuroendocrine regulation of vocal behavior in songbirds10
Sex difference in human olfactory sensitivity is associated with plasma adiponectin10
Sex, season, age and status influence urinary steroid hormone profiles in an extremely polygynous neotropical bat10
Facing infant cuteness: How nurturing care motivation and oxytocin system gene methylation are associated with responses to baby schema features9
The gold standard control groups in physiological and pharmacological research are not that shiny: Intraperitoneal saline injection and needle pricking affect prepubescent mice's behavior in a sex-spe9
Mathematical modeling reveals how the speed of endocrine regulation should affect baseline and stress-induced glucocorticoid levels9
Effects of maternal experience on pup-induced activation of maternal neural circuits in virgin mice9
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 rats9
A supergene affects androgen concentrations during early development in a bird with alternative reproductive morphs9
Factors modulating the behavioral and physiological stress responses: Do they modify the relationship between flight initiation distance and corticosterone reactivity?9
Neurobiological characteristics associated with gender identity: Findings from neuroimaging studies in the Amsterdam cohort of children and adolescents experiencing gender incongruence9
Brain transcriptomics of a social challenge and maternal aggression in incubating female tree swallows9
Contribution of birds to the study of sexual differentiation of brain and behavior9
Acute effects of estradiol on shoaling in male and female zebrafish (Danio rerio)9
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Sex differences in aggressive intensities and brain steroids during status resolution in a sex changing fish, Lythrypnus dalli9
Individuality meets plasticity: Endocrine phenotypes across male dominance rank acquisition in guinea pigs living in a complex social environment9
Mistimed restricted feeding disrupts circadian rhythms of male mating behavior and female preovulatory LH surges in mice9
Effects of the social environment on vertebrate fitness and health in nature: Moving beyond the stress axis9
Male, but not female, oxytocin receptor knockout prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) show impaired consolation behavior9
Agmatine prevents the manifestation of impulsive burying and depression-like behaviour in progesterone withdrawn female rats9
Octopamine affects courtship call structure in male Acheta domesticus crickets8
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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 rats8
In memoriam – Gian Carlo Panzica (17 August 1949–21 July 2022)8
Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: An individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts8
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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 challenge8
Daily GnRH agonist treatment delays the development of reproductive physiology and behavior in male rats8
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Estratetraenol increases preference for large sexual reward but not impulsivity among heterosexual males8
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Where to from here? Perspectives on steroid-induced and naturally-occurring singing in female songbirds8
Hormone physiology and sleep dynamics among BaYaka foragers of the Congo Basin: Gendered associations between nighttime activity, testosterone, and cortisol8
Effects of light pollution on photoperiod-driven seasonality8
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Sex-specific effects of chronic paternal stress on offspring development are partially mediated via mothers8
Gene expression in the female tree swallow brain is associated with inter- and intra-population variation in glucocorticoid levels7
Using seasonality and birdsong to understand mechanisms underlying context-appropriate shifts in social motivation and reward7
The medial preoptic area and acute cocaine's stimulant effects in rats: Potential influences of estradiol and biological sex7
High estradiol reduces adult neurogenesis but strengthens functional connectivity within the hippocampus during spatial pattern separation in adult female rats7
Exogenous estradiol impacts anxiety-like behavior of juvenile male and female Siberian hamsters in a dose-dependent manner7
Impact of temperature-induced sex reversal on behavior and sound production in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)7
Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters: Sex-specific genetic architecture for fetal testosterone in a wild mammal7
Neuroendocrine correlates of juvenile amphibian behaviors across a latitudinal cline7
The paradox of spring: Thyroid and glucocorticoid responses to cold temperatures and food availability in free living Carneddau ponies7
Chronic intranasal oxytocin increases acoustic eavesdropping and adult neurogenesis7
Progesterone rapidly alters the use of place and response memory during spatial navigation in female rats7
Low dose of propyl-pyrazole-triol, an agonist of estrogen receptor alpha, administration stimulates the Coolidge effect in fadrozole-treated male rats7
Hormonal contraceptives and behavior: Updating the potent state of the nascent science7
Perinatal protein malnutrition alters maternal behavior and leads to maladaptive stress response, neurodevelopmental delay and disruption on DNA methylation machinery in female mice offspring7
A bird's eye view of the hippocampus beyond space: Behavioral, neuroanatomical, and neuroendocrine perspectives6
Major role of MT2 receptors in the beneficial effect of melatonin on long-term recognition memory in C57BL/6J male mice6
Effects of endogenous and exogenous N-acetyl-5-methoxy kynuramine on object recognition memory in male C3H mice6
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
Hormones, ovulatory cycle phase and pathogen disgust: A longitudinal investigation of the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis6
The effect of supraphysiological dose of nandrolone decanoate administration on the inflammatory, neurotrophin and behavioral response in adult and old male mice6
Nesting strategy shapes territorial aggression but not testosterone: A comparative approach in female and male birds6
Effects of a D2 receptor antagonist on repeated pair bond formation in the male prairie vole6
Relatively rapid effects of testosterone on men's ratings of female attractiveness depend on relationship status and the attractiveness of stimulus faces6
Pharmacological manipulation of oxytocin receptor signaling during mouse embryonic development results in sex-specific behavioral effects in adulthood6
Early life adversity accelerates hypothalamic drive of pubertal timing in female rats with associated enhanced acoustic startle6
Seasonal variation in aggression and physiological stress in wild female and male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons)6
Impact of bisphenol-A and synthetic estradiol on brain, behavior, gonads and sex hormones in a sexually labile coral reef fish6
Effects of intrauterine position during gestation on specific endocrine and behavioral parameters that impact reproduction in domestic rabbits6
Aging leads to sex-dependent effects on pair bonding and increased number of oxytocin-producing neurons in monogamous prairie voles6
Activational and organizational effects of testosterone on the number of mating partners and reproductive success in males of a social rodent6
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 rats6
Oxytocin promotes species-relevant outgroup attention in bonobos and chimpanzees5
Male social niche conformance? Effects of manipulated opportunity for extra-pair mating on behavior and hormones of male zebra finches5
Galanin expression varies with parental care and social status in a wild cooperatively breeding fish5
Seasonal variation in gonadal hormones, spatial cognition, and hippocampal attributes: More questions than answers5
Associations between nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, disgust sensitivity, and first-trimester maternal serum free β-hCG and PAPP-A5
Sex differences in androgen receptor, estrogen receptor alpha, and c-Fos co-expression with corticotropin releasing factor expressing neurons in restrained adult mice5
From pathology to pleasure: Reframing mechanistic studies on same-sex sexual behavior in primates5
A retrospective view of early research on dominance, stress and reproduction in cooperatively breeding carnivores5
Levonorgestrel maintains goal-directed behavior in habit-trained intact female rats5
Prolactin promotes parental responses and alters reproductive axis gene expression, but not courtship behaviors, in both sexes of a biparental bird5
Female cichlids mate with novel androgen receptor mutant males that lack coloration5
Sex/gender diversity and behavioral neuroendocrinology in the 21st century5
Comparison of neuroprotective effects of dihydrotestosterone, 17β-estradiol, and Pueraria mirifica herb extract on cognitive impairment in androgen deficient male rats5
Integrating the female masculinization and challenge hypotheses: Female dominance, male deference, and seasonal hormone fluctuations in adult blue-eyed black lemurs (Eulemur flavifrons)5
Family environmental antecedents of pubertal timing in girls and boys: A review and open questions5
The relationship between daily behavior, hormones, and a color dimorphism in a seabird under natural continuous light5
Unpredictability of maternal environment shapes offspring behaviour without affecting stress-induced cortisol in an annual vertebrate5
Evolution of hormone-phenotype couplings and hormone-genome interactions5
Regulation of maternal behavior, social isolation responses, and postpartum estrus by steroid hormones and vaginocervical stimulation in sheep5
Spexin modulates molecular thermogenic profile of adipose tissue and thermoregulatory behaviors in female C57BL/6 mice5
Systems biology as a framework to understand the physiological and endocrine bases of behavior and its evolution—From concepts to a case study in birds5
Experimental ghrelin administration affects migratory behaviour in a songbird5
Considering hormones as sex- and gender-related factors in biomedical research: Challenging false dichotomies and embracing complexity5
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Thyroid hormone concentrations in female baboons: Metabolic consequences of living in a highly seasonal environment4
Socially unstable conditions experienced during development prime female Octodon degus to shape the phenotype of their own offspring4
Bidirectional effects of estradiol on the control of water intake in female rats4
Female mice lacking membrane estrogen receptor alpha display impairments in spatial memory4
Statistical rules versus biological reasoning: Some apparent conflicts and how to solve them4
The dynamics of sociality and glucocorticoids in wild male Assamese macaques4
Conditioned preferences: Gated by experience, context, and endocrine systems4
Elevated prenatal maternal sex hormones, but not placental aromatase, are associated with child neurodevelopment4
Unique and interactive associations of proactive and reactive aggression with cortisol secretion4
Estradiol and progesterone-induced lordosis behavior is modulated by both the Kisspeptin receptor and melanin-concentrating hormone in estradiol benzoate-primed rats4
Group size, temperature and body size modulate the effects of social hierarchy on basal cortisol levels in fishes4
Acute decrease in mothers' cortisol following nursing and milk expression4
Menstrual cycle and exogenous attention toward emotional expressions4
Lack of evidence for coevolution between oxytocin receptor N-terminal variants and monogamy in placental mammals4
Role of interdependent self-construal in predicting acute salivary cortisol response, hair cortisol concentrations, and their associations4
Prolactin is associated with proximity to incubating partner rather than parental care in black-headed gulls4
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Associations between hair and salivary cortisol, salivary alpha-amylase, and temperament dimensions among 3–6-year-olds4
Effects of exercise and transient estradiol exposure in middle-aged female rats4
Varied impacts of social relationships on neuroendocrine state4
The intersection between alexithymia, testosterone reactivity, and coparenting in fathers predicts child's prosocial behavior4
“Home alone!” influence of nest parental attendance on offspring behavioral and hormonal stress responses in an Antarctic seabird, the snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)4
Hair cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone and their associations with optimism and pessimism in older people4
Effects of gonadal status and the estrogen milieu on hypothalamic oxytocin gene expression and serum oxytocin levels in female rats4
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Participation of the nitric oxide pathway in lordosis induced by apelin-13 in female rats4
Oxytocin influences parental care in male threespine stickleback across multiple time scales4
Gender minority stress and diurnal cortisol profiles among transgender and gender diverse people in the United States4
Hormonal and cycle phase predictors of within-women shifts in self-perceived attractiveness: Tests of alternative functional models4
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
Ghrelin-Ghrelin receptor (GSHR) pathway via endocannabinoid signal affects the expression of NPY to promote the food intake of Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii)4
Mitochondria as the powerhouses of sexual selection: Testing mechanistic links between development, cellular respiration, and bird song4
Meerkat manners: Endocrine mediation of female dominance and reproductive control in a cooperative breeder4
A consideration of brain networks modulating social behavior4
Vasopressin mediates nonapeptide and glucocorticoid signaling and social dynamics in juvenile dominance hierarchies of a highly social cichlid fish4
Prolactin promotes the recruitment of main olfactory bulb cells and enhances the behavioral exploration toward a socio-sexual stimulus in female mice3
The role of ovarian hormone dynamics in metabolic phenotype and gene expression in female mice3
Pre-natal exposure to glucocorticoids causes changes in developmental circadian clock gene expression and post-natal behaviour in the Japanese quail3
Stable and persistent male-like behavior during male-to-female sex change in the common clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris3
Maternal stress and the maternal microbiome have sex-specific effects on offspring development and aggressive behavior in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)3
Prairie voles seek social contact with peer companions during immune challenge3
Human placental lactogen (human chorionic somatomammotropin) and oxytocin during pregnancy: Individual patterns and associations with maternal-fetal attachment, anxiety, and depression3
Social network dynamics predict hormone levels and behavior in a highly social cichlid fish3
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) affects the activity of the gonadotrophic axis in sheep3
Leveraging individual power to improve racial equity in academia3
Corrigendum to “Menstrual cycle and exogenous attention toward emotional expressions” [Horm. Behav. 146 (2022) 105259]3
Reward of tactile genital stimulation is sexually equivalent, but mechanistically differentiated in mice3
The modulation of social and non-social behavior by arginine vasotocin in the common waxbill, Estrilda astrild3
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
HIV-1 Tat and morphine decrease murine inter-male social interactions and associated oxytocin levels in the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus3
Sex and timing of gonadectomy relative to puberty interact to influence weight, body composition, and feeding behaviors in mice3
Early life conditions reduce similarity between reproductive partners in HPA axis response to stress3
The effect of ovariectomy, 17β-estradiol treatment, and progesterone treatment on dopaminergic regulation of prepulse inhibition in adult and adolescent female mice3
Inhibition of hippocampal melatonin synthesis by siRNA induced learning and memory deficits in male rats3
Thyroid hormones mediate the impact of early-life stress on ventral tegmental area gene expression and behavior3
Single dose testosterone administration enhances novelty responsiveness and short-term habituation in healthy males3
Sodium palatability in male spontaneously hypertensive rats3
Glucocorticoids and behavior in non-human primates: A meta-analytic approach to unveil potential coping mechanisms3
Narcissism moderates the association between basal testosterone and generosity in men3
Hippocampal volume changes in a pharmacological sex-hormone manipulation risk model for depression in women3
Sex and BDNF Val66Met polymorphism matter for exercise-induced increase in neurogenesis and cognition in middle-aged mice3
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
Methoprene-tolerant and Krüppel homolog 1 are actors of juvenile hormone-signaling controlling the development of male sexual behavior in the moth Agrotis ipsilon3
Social experience is associated with a differential role of aromatase neurons in sexual behavior and territorial aggression in male mice3
Androgen regulation of behavioral stress responses and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis3
Postnatal glucocorticoid exposure causes long-lasting effects on competitive but not neophobic behaviors in a common songbird3
Motherhood and DREADD manipulation of the nucleus accumbens weaken established pair bonds in female prairie voles3
Developmental conditions have intergenerational effects on corticosterone levels in a passerine3
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Effects of parental care and overprotection on adolescents' diurnal cortisol profiles3
Activation of G-protein coupled estradiol receptor 1 in the dorsolateral striatum attenuates preference for cocaine and saccharin in male but not female rats3
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Prenatal allergic inflammation in rats confers sex-specific alterations to oxytocin and vasopressin innervation in social brain regions3
Letrozole treatment alters hippocampal gene expression in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)3
Relationship between proximity and physiological stress levels in hunter-gatherers: The Hadza3
Social correlates of androgen levels and dispersal age in juvenile male geladas3
Selective attention towards infants in nulliparous women across the menstrual cycle3
Androgen receptors immunoreactivity in the rat brain of males with same-sex preference3
Androgen receptors rapidly modulate non-breeding aggression in male and female weakly electric fish (Gymnotus omarorum)3
Introduction to a brain for all seasons: Using seasonality as a model to uncover brain-behavior mechanisms across species2
Social interactions upregulate hemolymph tryptophan and tyrosine levels in the male lobster cockroach2
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