Hormones and Behavior

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Why biodiversity matters in the lab	83
Species variation in steroid hormone-related gene expression contributes to species diversity in sexually dimorphic communication in electric fishes	36
Mathematical modeling reveals how the speed of endocrine regulation should affect baseline and stress-induced glucocorticoid levels	31
Territorial scent-marking effects on vigilance behavior, space use, and stress in female Columbian ground squirrels	28
Social regulation of arginine vasopressin and oxytocin systems in a wild group-living fish	27
Sex, season, age and status influence urinary steroid hormone profiles in an extremely polygynous neotropical bat	27
Androgens and child behavior: Color and toy preferences in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)	26
From grouping and cooperation to menstruation: Spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) are an emerging mammalian model for sociality and beyond	25
Sex-specific responses to GnRH challenge, but not food supply, in kittiwakes: Evidence for the “sensitivity to information” hypothesis	24
Association of androgens and estrogens with agonistic behavior in the annual fish Austrolebias reicherti	23
Adrenal MT1 melatonin receptor expression is linked with seasonal variation in social behavior in male Siberian hamsters	23
Acute inhibition of dopamine β-hydroxylase attenuates behavioral responses to pups in adult virgin California mice (Peromyscus californicus)	22
Estrogenic influences on agonistic behavior in teleost fishes	22
Effects of a D2 receptor antagonist on repeated pair bond formation in the male prairie vole	22
Spexin modulates molecular thermogenic profile of adipose tissue and thermoregulatory behaviors in female C57BL/6 mice	21
Activational and organizational effects of testosterone on the number of mating partners and reproductive success in males of a social rodent	20
Prolactin promotes parental responses and alters reproductive axis gene expression, but not courtship behaviors, in both sexes of a biparental bird	20
Corticosterone unlikely indicates departure readiness in migratory European robins	20
The medial preoptic area and acute cocaine's stimulant effects in rats: Potential influences of estradiol and biological sex	20
A bird's eye view of the hippocampus beyond space: Behavioral, neuroanatomical, and neuroendocrine perspectives	20
Glucocorticoids and behavior in non-human primates: A meta-analytic approach to unveil potential coping mechanisms	19
Hormones, ovulatory cycle phase and pathogen disgust: A longitudinal investigation of the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis	19
Estradiol and progesterone-induced lordosis behavior is modulated by both the Kisspeptin receptor and melanin-concentrating hormone in estradiol benzoate-primed rats	18
Sex and timing of gonadectomy relative to puberty interact to influence weight, body composition, and feeding behaviors in mice	18
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Endocrine and neuroendocrine regulation of social status in cichlid fishes	17
Narcissism moderates the association between basal testosterone and generosity in men	17
Prolactin is associated with proximity to incubating partner rather than parental care in black-headed gulls	17
Statistical rules versus biological reasoning: Some apparent conflicts and how to solve them	17
Motherhood and DREADD manipulation of the nucleus accumbens weaken established pair bonds in female prairie voles	17
Methoprene-tolerant and Krüppel homolog 1 are actors of juvenile hormone-signaling controlling the development of male sexual behavior in the moth Agrotis ipsilon	16
Androgen receptors rapidly modulate non-breeding aggression in male and female weakly electric fish (Gymnotus omarorum)	16
The dynamics of sociality and glucocorticoids in wild male Assamese macaques	16
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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
Prairie voles seek social contact with peer companions during immune challenge	16
An evolutionary perspective on stress responses, damage and repair	15
Testosterone and cortisol do not predict rejecting harm or maximizing outcomes in sacrificial moral dilemmas: A preregistered analysis	15
Social regulation of androgenic hormones and gestural display behavior in a tropical frog	15
Social status influences relationships between hormones and oxidative stress in a cichlid fish	15
Reducing local synthesis of estrogen in the tubular striatum promotes attraction to same-sex odors in female mice	15
Odours of caterpillar-infested trees increase testosterone concentrations in male great tits	15
Are women's sexual preferences for men's facial hair associated with their testosterone during the menstrual cycle?	14
Testosterone, gender identity and gender-stereotyped personality attributes	14
Salivary testosterone across the menstrual cycle	14
Repeated ovarian hyperstimulation promotes depression-like behavior in female mice	14
Letrozole delays acquisition of water maze task in female BALB/c mice: Possible involvement of anxiety	14
Differential effects of continuous and intermittent daytime food deprivation periods on metabolism and reproductive performance in diurnal zebra finches	14
Does a single dose of testosterone increase willingness to compete, confidence, and risk-taking in men? Evidence from two randomised placebo-controlled experiments	14
Treatment with brain specific estrogen prodrug ameliorates cognitive effects of surgical menopause in mice	14
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	14
APOE4 genotype or ovarian hormone loss influence open field exploration in an EFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease	14
Prenatal testosterone synchrony in first-time parents predicts fathers' postpartum relationship quality	13
Kisspeptin participates in the positive reward state induced by paced mating and modulates sexual receptivity and paced mating behavior in female rats	13
Postnatal rearing environment alters pup cues for caregiver-offspring interactions	13
Sex, not social behavior, predicts fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in a facultatively social rodent, the highland tuco-tuco (Ctenomys opimus)	13
Tamoxifen offers long-term neuroprotection after hippocampal silent infarct in male rats	13
Social niche shapes social behavior and cortisol concentrations during adolescence in female guinea pigs	12
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Disgusted snails, oxytocin, and the avoidance of infection threat	12
Photoperiodic control of singing behavior and reproductive physiology in male Fife fancy canaries	12
Altered regional gray matter in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)	12
Maternal immune activation during the lactational period alters offspring behavior, reproductive development, and immune function in mice	12
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Effects of accelerometry-derived physical activity energy expenditure on urinary C-peptide levels in a wild primate (Papio ursinus)	12
BDNF Val66Met genotype and adolescent glucocorticoid treatment induce sex-specific disruptions to fear extinction and amygdala GABAergic interneuron expression in mice	12
Characterizing seasonal transitions: Breeding-like morphology and behavior during the late non-breeding season in green anole lizards	12
Steroid hormones in hair and fresh wounds reveal sex specific costs of reproductive engagement and reproductive success in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus)	12
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	12
Longitudinal investigation of cognition, social competence, and anxiety in children and adolescents with Turner syndrome	12
A systematic review and experimental study of micro/nanoplastic-induced endocrine disruption in rodents: Potential links to autism spectrum disorder	12
Experimentally elevated corticosterone does not affect bacteria killing ability of breeding female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)	12
Elevated glucocorticoids during the ovarian follicular phase predict conception in wild female chacma baboons	12
Developmental exposure to 17-α-hydroxyprogesterone caproate disrupts decision-making in adult female rats: A potential role for a dopaminergic mechanism	12
Glucoregulation and coping behavior after chronic stress in rats: Sex differences across the lifespan	11

The effects of estrogens on spatial learning and memory in female rodents – A systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Sibling presence during fostering ameliorates endocrine stress profile changes in a social rodent species (Octodon degus) in a sex-specific manner	11
Hormonal contraceptives during adolescence impact the female brain and behavior in a rat model	11
Measuring salivary cortisol in wild carnivores	11
CRISPR-mediated knockdown of oxytocin receptor in extended amygdala reduces stress-induced social avoidance in female California mice	11
Neural programming of seasonal physiology in birds and mammals: A modular perspective	11
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Progesterone does raise disgust	11
Effects of the estrous cycle on impulsive choice and interval timing in female rats	11
Noise and light pollution elicit endocrine responses in urban but not forest frogs	11
Intergenerational effects of maternal androgens on vocal ontogeny and developmental plasticity in a cooperatively breeding mammal	11
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Functional relationships between estradiol and paternal care in male red-bellied lemurs, Eulemur rubriventer	10
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	10
Pregnancy modulates responses to male odors in house mice	10
Effects of maternal experience on pup-induced activation of maternal neural circuits in virgin mice	10
Not your mother's hormone therapy: Highly selective estrogen receptor beta agonists as next-generation therapies for menopausal symptom relief	10
Does capacity to produce androgens underlie variation in female ornamentation and territoriality in White-shouldered Fairywren (Malurus alboscapulatus)?	10
Motivational increase of androgens and behavior by infant distress calls in highly responsive common marmoset fathers, Callithrix jacchus	10
Hormone contraceptive use in young women: Altered mood states, neuroendocrine and inflammatory biomarkers	10
Male, but not female, oxytocin receptor knockout prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) show impaired consolation behavior	10
Uncovering the seasonal brain: Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) as a biochemical approach for studying seasonal social behaviors	10
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Impact of continuous testosterone exposure on reproductive physiology, activity, and pain-related behavior in young adult female rats	10
Facing infant cuteness: How nurturing care motivation and oxytocin system gene methylation are associated with responses to baby schema features	9
Considering hormones as sex- and gender-related factors in biomedical research: Challenging false dichotomies and embracing complexity	9
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	9
Gendered interests and behavior in women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia or complete androgen insensitivity syndrome	9
Major role of MT2 receptors in the beneficial effect of melatonin on long-term recognition memory in C57BL/6J male mice	9
Early life adversity accelerates hypothalamic drive of pubertal timing in female rats with associated enhanced acoustic startle	9
Octopamine affects courtship call structure in male Acheta domesticus crickets	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
Using seasonality and birdsong to understand mechanisms underlying context-appropriate shifts in social motivation and reward	9
Effects of the social environment on vertebrate fitness and health in nature: Moving beyond the stress axis	9
Progesterone rapidly alters the use of place and response memory during spatial navigation in female rats	9
Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: An individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts	9
From pathology to pleasure: Reframing mechanistic studies on same-sex sexual behavior in primates	9
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	9
Regulation of maternal behavior, social isolation responses, and postpartum estrus by steroid hormones and vaginocervical stimulation in sheep	8
Androgen regulation of behavioral stress responses and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis	8
Finger pointing: Why bias against 2D:4D ratios doesn't add up	8
Leveraging individual power to improve racial equity in academia	8
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The paradox of spring: Thyroid and glucocorticoid responses to cold temperatures and food availability in free living Carneddau ponies	8
Early life conditions reduce similarity between reproductive partners in HPA axis response to stress	8
The role of ovarian hormone dynamics in metabolic phenotype and gene expression in female mice	8
Role of interdependent self-construal in predicting acute salivary cortisol response, hair cortisol concentrations, and their associations	8
Gender minority stress and diurnal cortisol profiles among transgender and gender diverse people in the United States	8
Androgen receptors immunoreactivity in the rat brain of males with same-sex preference	8
Family environmental antecedents of pubertal timing in girls and boys: A review and open questions	8
Inhibition of hippocampal melatonin synthesis by siRNA induced learning and memory deficits in male rats	8
The modulation of social and non-social behavior by arginine vasotocin in the common waxbill, Estrilda astrild	8
Sex and BDNF Val66Met polymorphism matter for exercise-induced increase in neurogenesis and cognition in middle-aged mice	8
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Oxytocin influences parental care in male threespine stickleback across multiple time scales	7
Sex differences in basal reelin levels in the paraventricular hypothalamus and in response to chronic stress induced by repeated corticosterone in rats	7
Cyclic estrogen and progesterone during instrumental acquisition contributes to habit formation in female rats	7
Testosterone facilitates nonreproductive, context-appropriate pro- and anti-social behavior in female and male Mongolian gerbils	7
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Social experience is associated with a differential role of aromatase neurons in sexual behavior and territorial aggression in male mice	7
Effects of paternal deprivation on empathetic behavior and the involvement of oxytocin receptors in the anterior cingulate cortex	7
Aggressive but not reproductive boldness in male green anole lizards correlates with baseline vasopressin activity	7
Chronic treatment with hormonal contraceptives alters hippocampal BDNF and histone H3 post-translational modifications but not learning and memory in female rats	7
Disruptions in reproductive health, sex hormonal profiles, and hypothalamic hormone receptors content in females of the C58/J mouse model of autism	7
Sexual differentiation of estrogen receptor alpha subpopulations in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus	7
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A mouse model of oral contraceptive exposure: Depression, motivation, and the stress response	6
Neural mechanisms of comforting: Prosocial touch and stress buffering	6
Effects of early midlife ovarian removal on sleep: Polysomnography-measured cortical arousal, homeostatic drive, and spindle characteristics	6
Sex diversity in the 21st century: Concepts, frameworks, and approaches for the future of neuroendocrinology	6
Sex and seasonal differences in neural steroid sensitivity predict territorial aggression in Siberian hamsters	6
Examining the dual hormone hypothesis in wild male mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)	6
Does the syrinx, a peripheral structure, constrain effects of sex steroids on behavioral sex reversal in adult canaries?	6
Longitudinal changes in sexual desire and attraction among women who started using the Natural Cycles app	6
The effects of diazepam on fear extinction in nulliparous and primiparous female rats	6
Pregnancy history and estradiol influence spatial memory, hippocampal plasticity, and inflammation in middle-aged rats	6
In your CORT: Corticosterone and its receptors in the brain underlie mate choosiness in female Cope's gray treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis)	6
Estrogen deficiency affects synchronized neural connectivity in the olfactory bulb-nucleus accumbens circuit: A local field potential study in ovariectomized mouse model	6
Development of a single-dose intranasal testosterone administration paradigm for use in men and women	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

Hair cortisol determinants in 11-year-old children: Environmental, social and individual factors	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
Empathic stress is decreased by prior stressor experience and increased in a position of power	6
Early life adversity reduces affiliative behavior with a stressed cagemate and leads to sex-specific alterations in corticosterone responses in adult mice	6
Oxytocin dynamics in interpersonal sensorimotor synchrony: Controlled experiments in humans	6
The role of oxytocin in enhancing group-based guilt and promoting intergroup reconciliation in a collectivist context	6
Sex is a biologically coherent concept: A response to	6
Androgen signaling in LMAN regulates song stereotypy in male canaries	6
Maternal immune activation alters social affective behavior and sensitivity to corticotropin releasing factor in male but not female rats	6
Perceived predation risk predicts glucocorticoid hormones, but not reproductive success in a colonial rodent	5
Leukocyte telomere length and memory circuitry and cognition in early aging: Impact of sex and menopausal status	5
Glucocorticoid response to naturalistic interactions between children and dogs	5
A cross-taxonomic perspective on the integration of temperature cues in vertebrate seasonal neuroendocrine pathways	5
The influence of time of day on memory recognition for faces	5
Testing the role of testosterone versus estrogens in mediating reproductive transitions in female rhesus macaques	5
Acute nicotine intake increases feeding behavior through decreasing glucagon signaling in dependent male and female rats	5
Parenthood and gene expression of oxytocin receptors and vasopressin receptors in sensory cortices of the male California mouse (Peromyscus californicus)	5
African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) as a neurobehavioral model for male parental care	5
Basal plasma oxytocin & fecal cortisol concentrations are highly heritable and associated with individual differences in behavior & cognition in dog puppies	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
A dopamine agonist affects the social decision-making of calling male túngara frogs	5
Introduction to the Special Issue “Hormones and Hierarchies”	5
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Juvenile hormone functions as a metabolic rate accelerator in bumble bees (Bombus terrestris)	5
Effect of androgen receptor blockade on spatial memory in young and aged male rats in the Barnes maze	5
What do we measure when we measure pubertal development? Conceptual challenges in measuring and interpreting pubertal effects on brain and behavior	5
Fighting cichlids: An integrated multimodal analysis to understand female and male aggression in Cichlasoma dimerus	5
The aged female rhesus macaque as a translational model for human menopause and hormone therapy	5
Exploring the role of endocrine factors in sensitive parenting in men	5
Maternal social environment shapes yolk testosterone allocation and embryonic neural gene expression in tree swallows	5
Ovulatory cycle shifts in human motivational prioritisation of sex and food	5
Mineralocorticoid receptor deletion alters spontaneous behavior in an automated home-cage monitoring apparatus	5
Vasopressin receptor 1a, oxytocin receptor, and oxytocin knockout male and female mice display normal perceptual abilities towards non-social odorants	5
Progesterone and disgust: A response to “progesterone does raise disgust”	5
Frank Beach Award Winner: The centrality of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in dealing with environmental change across temporal scales	5
Acoustic correlates of physiological stress in a wild primate	4
Letrozole treatment alters hippocampal gene expression in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)	4
Apelin-13 elicits lordosis behavior in female rats through the oxytocin/prostaglandin E2/GnRH signaling system	4
Ghrelin-Ghrelin receptor (GSHR) pathway via endocannabinoid signal affects the expression of NPY to promote the food intake of Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii)	4
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Oxytocin promotes species-relevant outgroup attention in bonobos and chimpanzees	4
Sex difference in human olfactory sensitivity is associated with plasma adiponectin	4
Sex/gender diversity and behavioral neuroendocrinology in the 21st century	4
Vasotocin and oxytocin modulation of the endocrine and behavioral response to an aggressive challenge in male Siamese fighting fish	4
Sex mechanisms as nonbinary influences on cognitive diversity	4
Evolutionary endocrinology and the problem of Darwin's tangled bank	4
Central thyroid hormone receptor-beta: Sensitivity to alcohol and a role in regulating alcohol drinking	4
Effect of exogenous manipulation of glucocorticoid concentrations on meerkat heart rate, behaviour and vocal production	4
Group size, temperature and body size modulate the effects of social hierarchy on basal cortisol levels in fishes	4
The intersection between alexithymia, testosterone reactivity, and coparenting in fathers predicts child's prosocial behavior	4
Emotion recognition largely unaffected by combined oral contraceptive transitions or their androgenicity	4
Conditioned preferences: Gated by experience, context, and endocrine systems	4
Birth controlling your fears: The long-term effects of adolescent exposure to hormonal contraceptives on fear extinction in long-evans female rats	4
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Hormone physiology and sleep dynamics among BaYaka foragers of the Congo Basin: Gendered associations between nighttime activity, testosterone, and cortisol	4
Seasonal variation in aggression and physiological stress in wild female and male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons)	4
The effect of corticosterone on the acquisition of Pavlovian conditioned approach behavior in rats is dependent on sex and vendor	4
Association between CAIDE risk score and episodic memory in middle-aged females: The impact of spontaneous menopause	4
Metabolic, neuroendocrine and behavioral effects of social defeat in male and female mice using the chronic non-discriminatory social defeat stress model	4
Four-week intranasal oxytocin administration reduces attachment avoidance in older women	4
Weathering the storm: Decreased activity and glucocorticoid levels in response to inclement weather in breeding Columbian ground squirrels	4
Acute effects of estradiol on shoaling in male and female zebrafish (Danio rerio)	4
Activational vs. organizational effects of sex steroids and their role in the evolution of reproductive behavior: Looking to foot-flagging frogs and beyond	4
Exogenous estradiol impacts anxiety-like behavior of juvenile male and female Siberian hamsters in a dose-dependent manner	4
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Brain transcriptomics of a social challenge and maternal aggression in incubating female tree swallows	4
Providing or receiving alloparental care promote partner preference and alter central oxytocin and dopamine systems in adult mandarin voles	4
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Maternal stress and the maternal microbiome have sex-specific effects on offspring development and aggressive behavior in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)	4
In memoriam – Gian Carlo Panzica (17 August 1949–21 July 2022)	4
Urban and rural male song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) differ in territorial aggression and activation of vasotocin neurons in response to song challenge	4
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Reward of tactile genital stimulation is sexually equivalent, but mechanistically differentiated in mice	4
Juvenile hormone and maternal egg care in the European earwig (part II): Precocene exposure reduces post-oviposition egg care behaviours	4
The role of exogenous testosterone and social environment on the expression of sociosexuality and status-seeking behaviors in young Chilean men	4
Impact of temperature-induced sex reversal on behavior and sound production in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)	4
Frank Beach Award Winner: In pursuit of adventure: Studying social behavior in beautiful birds and odd rodents, as well as peering into the unknown	4
Female cichlids mate with novel androgen receptor mutant males that lack coloration	4
Polycystic ovary syndrome: Unveiling the multifaceted contributors, mechanisms, and psychological impacts	4
Generalization of a positive-feature interoceptive morphine occasion setter across the rat estrous cycle	3
A review and p-curve analysis of research on the menstrual cycle correlates of consumer preferences and economic decisions	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
Consumption of dietary emulsifiers increases sensitivity to social stress in mice: A potential role for the COX molecular pathway	3
Stranger-directed consolation-like behavior in mice in a test of social decision making	3
Do female bonobos (Pan paniscus) disperse at the onset of puberty? Hormonal and behavioral changes related to their dispersal timing	3
Infants' salivary oxytocin and positive affective reactions to people	3
Neural correlates and effect of jealousy on cognitive flexibility in the female titi monkey (Plecturocebus cupreus)	3
The effect of intranasal oxytocin on processing emotional stimuli during alcohol withdrawal: A randomized placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial	3
Behavioral sex differences in the developmental emergence and selectivity of partner preferences in prairie voles	3
The decanoate esters of nandrolone, testosterone, and trenbolone induce steroid specific memory impairment and somatic effects in the male rat	3
Cesarean birth elicits long-term effects on vasopressin and oxytocin neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of mice	3
Increased sensitivity to unpleasant odor following acute psychological stress	3
Sex- and site-specific effects of GPER-1 activation on saccharin vs cocaine preference in male and female rats	3
Oxytocin receptor behavioral effects and cell types in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis	3