Hormones and Behavior

Papers
(The median citation count of Hormones and Behavior is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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Why biodiversity matters in the lab38
Androgens and child behavior: Color and toy preferences in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)34
Sex-specific responses to GnRH challenge, but not food supply, in kittiwakes: Evidence for the “sensitivity to information” hypothesis32
Species variation in steroid hormone-related gene expression contributes to species diversity in sexually dimorphic communication in electric fishes30
Social regulation of arginine vasopressin and oxytocin systems in a wild group-living fish29
From grouping and cooperation to menstruation: Spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) are an emerging mammalian model for sociality and beyond25
Estrogenic influences on agonistic behavior in teleost fishes25
Territorial scent-marking effects on vigilance behavior, space use, and stress in female Columbian ground squirrels25
Adrenal MT1 melatonin receptor expression is linked with seasonal variation in social behavior in male Siberian hamsters24
Acute inhibition of dopamine β-hydroxylase attenuates behavioral responses to pups in adult virgin California mice (Peromyscus californicus)23
Sex, season, age and status influence urinary steroid hormone profiles in an extremely polygynous neotropical bat23
Thioredoxin interacting protein mediates corticosterone-induced depressive-like behavior in male mice23
Effects of a D2 receptor antagonist on repeated pair bond formation in the male prairie vole22
Spexin modulates molecular thermogenic profile of adipose tissue and thermoregulatory behaviors in female C57BL/6 mice21
Corticosterone unlikely indicates departure readiness in migratory European robins21
Activational and organizational effects of testosterone on the number of mating partners and reproductive success in males of a social rodent21
The medial preoptic area and acute cocaine's stimulant effects in rats: Potential influences of estradiol and biological sex20
Hormones, ovulatory cycle phase and pathogen disgust: A longitudinal investigation of the Compensatory Prophylaxis Hypothesis20
A bird's eye view of the hippocampus beyond space: Behavioral, neuroanatomical, and neuroendocrine perspectives19
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Prolactin promotes parental responses and alters reproductive axis gene expression, but not courtship behaviors, in both sexes of a biparental bird19
Glucocorticoids and behavior in non-human primates: A meta-analytic approach to unveil potential coping mechanisms19
Prolactin is associated with proximity to incubating partner rather than parental care in black-headed gulls18
Motherhood and DREADD manipulation of the nucleus accumbens weaken established pair bonds in female prairie voles18
Narcissism moderates the association between basal testosterone and generosity in men18
Statistical rules versus biological reasoning: Some apparent conflicts and how to solve them18
The dynamics of sociality and glucocorticoids in wild male Assamese macaques17
Estradiol and progesterone-induced lordosis behavior is modulated by both the Kisspeptin receptor and melanin-concentrating hormone in estradiol benzoate-primed rats17
Methoprene-tolerant and Krüppel homolog 1 are actors of juvenile hormone-signaling controlling the development of male sexual behavior in the moth Agrotis ipsilon16
Endocrine and neuroendocrine regulation of social status in cichlid fishes16
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 PPT16
Prairie voles seek social contact with peer companions during immune challenge16
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Androgen receptors rapidly modulate non-breeding aggression in male and female weakly electric fish (Gymnotus omarorum)16
Sex and timing of gonadectomy relative to puberty interact to influence weight, body composition, and feeding behaviors in mice16
Social regulation of androgenic hormones and gestural display behavior in a tropical frog15
Salivary testosterone across the menstrual cycle15
Reducing local synthesis of estrogen in the tubular striatum promotes attraction to same-sex odors in female mice15
Repeated ovarian hyperstimulation promotes depression-like behavior in female mice15
Odours of caterpillar-infested trees increase testosterone concentrations in male great tits15
An evolutionary perspective on stress responses, damage and repair14
Postnatal rearing environment alters pup cues for caregiver-offspring interactions14
Ovarian hormone dynamics and precision menopausal care: A translational agenda14
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 reward14
Letrozole delays acquisition of water maze task in female BALB/c mice: Possible involvement of anxiety14
Does a single dose of testosterone increase willingness to compete, confidence, and risk-taking in men? Evidence from two randomised placebo-controlled experiments14
Kisspeptin participates in the positive reward state induced by paced mating and modulates sexual receptivity and paced mating behavior in female rats14
Testosterone, gender identity and gender-stereotyped personality attributes14
Are women's sexual preferences for men's facial hair associated with their testosterone during the menstrual cycle?14
Social status influences relationships between hormones and oxidative stress in a cichlid fish14
Differential effects of continuous and intermittent daytime food deprivation periods on metabolism and reproductive performance in diurnal zebra finches14
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APOE4 genotype or ovarian hormone loss influence open field exploration in an EFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease14
Treatment with brain specific estrogen prodrug ameliorates cognitive effects of surgical menopause in mice14
A systematic review and experimental study of micro/nanoplastic-induced endocrine disruption in rodents: Potential links to autism spectrum disorder13
Effects of accelerometry-derived physical activity energy expenditure on urinary C-peptide levels in a wild primate (Papio ursinus)13
Social niche shapes social behavior and cortisol concentrations during adolescence in female guinea pigs13
Sex, not social behavior, predicts fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in a facultatively social rodent, the highland tuco-tuco (Ctenomys opimus)13
Disgusted snails, oxytocin, and the avoidance of infection threat13
Prenatal testosterone synchrony in first-time parents predicts fathers' postpartum relationship quality13
Experimentally elevated corticosterone does not affect bacteria killing ability of breeding female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)13
Longitudinal investigation of cognition, social competence, and anxiety in children and adolescents with Turner syndrome13
BDNF Val66Met genotype and adolescent glucocorticoid treatment induce sex-specific disruptions to fear extinction and amygdala GABAergic interneuron expression in mice13
The combined effects of corticosterone and brain-derived neurotrophic factor on plasticity-related receptor phosphorylation and expression at the synaptic surface in male Sprague-Dawley rats13
Elevated glucocorticoids during the ovarian follicular phase predict conception in wild female chacma baboons12
Altered regional gray matter in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)12
Measuring salivary cortisol in wild carnivores12
Developmental exposure to 17-α-hydroxyprogesterone caproate disrupts decision-making in adult female rats: A potential role for a dopaminergic mechanism12
Photoperiodic control of singing behavior and reproductive physiology in male Fife fancy canaries12
CRISPR-mediated knockdown of oxytocin receptor in extended amygdala reduces stress-induced social avoidance in female California mice12
Characterizing seasonal transitions: Breeding-like morphology and behavior during the late non-breeding season in green anole lizards12
Maternal immune activation during the lactational period alters offspring behavior, reproductive development, and immune function in mice12
The effects of estrogens on spatial learning and memory in female rodents – A systematic review and meta-analysis12
Neural programming of seasonal physiology in birds and mammals: A modular perspective12
Dietary genistein and 17β-estradiol implants differentially influence locomotor and cognitive functions following transient focal ischemia in middle-aged ovariectomized rats at different lengths of es11
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Progesterone does raise disgust11
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Functional relationships between estradiol and paternal care in male red-bellied lemurs, Eulemur rubriventer11
Motivational increase of androgens and behavior by infant distress calls in highly responsive common marmoset fathers, Callithrix jacchus11
Steroid hormones in hair and fresh wounds reveal sex specific costs of reproductive engagement and reproductive success in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus)11
Uncovering the seasonal brain: Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) as a biochemical approach for studying seasonal social behaviors11
Noise and light pollution elicit endocrine responses in urban but not forest frogs11
Effects of the estrous cycle on impulsive choice and interval timing in female rats11
Intergenerational effects of maternal androgens on vocal ontogeny and developmental plasticity in a cooperatively breeding mammal11
Does capacity to produce androgens underlie variation in female ornamentation and territoriality in White-shouldered Fairywren (Malurus alboscapulatus)?10
Male, but not female, oxytocin receptor knockout prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) show impaired consolation behavior10
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Facing infant cuteness: How nurturing care motivation and oxytocin system gene methylation are associated with responses to baby schema features10
Progesterone and negative emotionality across and between ovulatory cycles: A study of romantically involved women10
Pregnancy modulates responses to male odors in house mice10
Sibling presence during fostering ameliorates endocrine stress profile changes in a social rodent species (Octodon degus) in a sex-specific manner10
Hormonal contraceptives during adolescence impact the female brain and behavior in a rat model10
Not your mother's hormone therapy: Highly selective estrogen receptor beta agonists as next-generation therapies for menopausal symptom relief10
Effects of maternal experience on pup-induced activation of maternal neural circuits in virgin mice10
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
Impact of continuous testosterone exposure on reproductive physiology, activity, and pain-related behavior in young adult female rats10
Hormone contraceptive use in young women: Altered mood states, neuroendocrine and inflammatory biomarkers10
Effects of the social environment on vertebrate fitness and health in nature: Moving beyond the stress axis9
The paradox of spring: Thyroid and glucocorticoid responses to cold temperatures and food availability in free living Carneddau ponies9
Considering hormones as sex- and gender-related factors in biomedical research: Challenging false dichotomies and embracing complexity9
Octopamine affects courtship call structure in male Acheta domesticus crickets9
Using seasonality and birdsong to understand mechanisms underlying context-appropriate shifts in social motivation and reward9
Bold female zebrafish (Danio rerio) have physiological advantages in reproductive performance9
Systems biology as a framework to understand the physiological and endocrine bases of behavior and its evolution—From concepts to a case study in birds9
Gendered interests and behavior in women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia or complete androgen insensitivity syndrome9
Repeated exposure to physiologically effective doses of contraceptive hormones ethinyl estradiol or levonorgestrel do not alter the reinforcing effects of a brief visual stimulus in ovary-intact rats9
Early life adversity accelerates hypothalamic drive of pubertal timing in female rats with associated enhanced acoustic startle9
Progesterone rapidly alters the use of place and response memory during spatial navigation in female rats9
Role of interdependent self-construal in predicting acute salivary cortisol response, hair cortisol concentrations, and their associations8
Sex and BDNF Val66Met polymorphism matter for exercise-induced increase in neurogenesis and cognition in middle-aged mice8
From pathology to pleasure: Reframing mechanistic studies on same-sex sexual behavior in primates8
The modulation of social and non-social behavior by arginine vasotocin in the common waxbill, Estrilda astrild8
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The role of ovarian hormone dynamics in metabolic phenotype and gene expression in female mice8
Early life conditions reduce similarity between reproductive partners in HPA axis response to stress8
Leveraging individual power to improve racial equity in academia8
Gender minority stress and diurnal cortisol profiles among transgender and gender diverse people in the United States8
Androgen receptors immunoreactivity in the rat brain of males with same-sex preference8
Family environmental antecedents of pubertal timing in girls and boys: A review and open questions8
Finger pointing: Why bias against 2D:4D ratios doesn't add up8
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Chronic treatment with hormonal contraceptives alters hippocampal BDNF and histone H3 post-translational modifications but not learning and memory in female rats7
Autism and hormones: A perspective from the immune system and the gut microbiome7
Oxytocin influences parental care in male threespine stickleback across multiple time scales7
Aggressive but not reproductive boldness in male green anole lizards correlates with baseline vasopressin activity7
Vasotocin but not isotocin is involved in the emergence of the dominant-subordinate status in males of the weakly electric fish, Gymnotus omarorum7
Inhibition of hippocampal melatonin synthesis by siRNA induced learning and memory deficits in male rats7
Social experience is associated with a differential role of aromatase neurons in sexual behavior and territorial aggression in male mice7
Effects of paternal deprivation on empathetic behavior and the involvement of oxytocin receptors in the anterior cingulate cortex7
Estrogen deficiency affects synchronized neural connectivity in the olfactory bulb-nucleus accumbens circuit: A local field potential study in ovariectomized mouse model7
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Disruptions in reproductive health, sex hormonal profiles, and hypothalamic hormone receptors content in females of the C58/J mouse model of autism7
Androgen regulation of behavioral stress responses and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis7
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The role of oxytocin in enhancing group-based guilt and promoting intergroup reconciliation in a collectivist context7
Effects of early midlife ovarian removal on sleep: Polysomnography-measured cortical arousal, homeostatic drive, and spindle characteristics7
Does the syrinx, a peripheral structure, constrain effects of sex steroids on behavioral sex reversal in adult canaries?6
Ovulatory cycle shifts in human motivational prioritisation of sex and food6
Acute nicotine intake increases feeding behavior through decreasing glucagon signaling in dependent male and female rats6
In your CORT: Corticosterone and its receptors in the brain underlie mate choosiness in female Cope's gray treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis)6
Sex differences in basal reelin levels in the paraventricular hypothalamus and in response to chronic stress induced by repeated corticosterone in rats6
Sex and seasonal differences in neural steroid sensitivity predict territorial aggression in Siberian hamsters6
Sexual differentiation of estrogen receptor alpha subpopulations in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus6
Maternal immune activation alters social affective behavior and sensitivity to corticotropin releasing factor in male but not female rats6
Androgen signaling in LMAN regulates song stereotypy in male canaries6
Empathic stress is decreased by prior stressor experience and increased in a position of power6
A test of the social behavior network reveals differential patterns of neural responses to social novelty in bonded, but not non-bonded, male prairie voles6
Sex diversity in the 21st century: Concepts, frameworks, and approaches for the future of neuroendocrinology6
Testosterone facilitates nonreproductive, context-appropriate pro- and anti-social behavior in female and male Mongolian gerbils6
Sex is a biologically coherent concept: A response to6
Longitudinal changes in sexual desire and attraction among women who started using the Natural Cycles app6
Pregnancy history and estradiol influence spatial memory, hippocampal plasticity, and inflammation in middle-aged rats6
Neural mechanisms of comforting: Prosocial touch and stress buffering6
Adrenalectomy prevents the effects of social defeat stress on PER2 rhythms in some peripheral tissues in male mice6
Examining the dual hormone hypothesis in wild male mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)6
Early life adversity reduces affiliative behavior with a stressed cagemate and leads to sex-specific alterations in corticosterone responses in adult mice6
Oxytocin dynamics in interpersonal sensorimotor synchrony: Controlled experiments in humans6
Cyclic estrogen and progesterone during instrumental acquisition contributes to habit formation in female rats6
Vasopressin receptor 1a, oxytocin receptor, and oxytocin knockout male and female mice display normal perceptual abilities towards non-social odorants6
The effects of diazepam on fear extinction in nulliparous and primiparous female rats5
Maternal social environment shapes yolk testosterone allocation and embryonic neural gene expression in tree swallows5
Progesterone and disgust: A response to “progesterone does raise disgust”5
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Fighting cichlids: An integrated multimodal analysis to understand female and male aggression in Cichlasoma dimerus5
Perceived predation risk predicts glucocorticoid hormones, but not reproductive success in a colonial rodent5
The aged female rhesus macaque as a translational model for human menopause and hormone therapy5
Testing the role of testosterone versus estrogens in mediating reproductive transitions in female rhesus macaques5
Maternal obesity induces sex-specific changes in the endocannabinoid system of the hypothalamus and dorsal hippocampus of offspring associated with anxiety-like behavior in adolescent female rats5
A cross-taxonomic perspective on the integration of temperature cues in vertebrate seasonal neuroendocrine pathways5
Effect of androgen receptor blockade on spatial memory in young and aged male rats in the Barnes maze5
Seasonal variation in aggression and physiological stress in wild female and male redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons)5
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A mouse model of oral contraceptive exposure: Depression, motivation, and the stress response5
Urban and rural male song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) differ in territorial aggression and activation of vasotocin neurons in response to song challenge5
Parenthood and gene expression of oxytocin receptors and vasopressin receptors in sensory cortices of the male California mouse (Peromyscus californicus)5
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Sex difference in human olfactory sensitivity is associated with plasma adiponectin5
The effect of corticosterone on the acquisition of Pavlovian conditioned approach behavior in rats is dependent on sex and vendor5
Exploring the role of endocrine factors in sensitive parenting in men5
Frank Beach Award Winner: The centrality of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in dealing with environmental change across temporal scales5
What do we measure when we measure pubertal development? Conceptual challenges in measuring and interpreting pubertal effects on brain and behavior5
Mineralocorticoid receptor deletion alters spontaneous behavior in an automated home-cage monitoring apparatus5
Introduction to the Special Issue “Hormones and Hierarchies”5
In memoriam – Gian Carlo Panzica (17 August 1949–21 July 2022)5
Hair cortisol determinants in 11-year-old children: Environmental, social and individual factors5
Basal plasma oxytocin & fecal cortisol concentrations are highly heritable and associated with individual differences in behavior & cognition in dog puppies5
The influence of time of day on memory recognition for faces5
Glucocorticoid response to naturalistic interactions between children and dogs5
A dopamine agonist affects the social decision-making of calling male túngara frogs5
African striped mice (Rhabdomys pumilio) as a neurobehavioral model for male parental care5
Leukocyte telomere length and memory circuitry and cognition in early aging: Impact of sex and menopausal status5
Acute effects of estradiol on shoaling in male and female zebrafish (Danio rerio)4
Brain transcriptomics of a social challenge and maternal aggression in incubating female tree swallows4
Ghrelin-Ghrelin receptor (GSHR) pathway via endocannabinoid signal affects the expression of NPY to promote the food intake of Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii)4
Four-week intranasal oxytocin administration reduces attachment avoidance in older women4
Activational vs. organizational effects of sex steroids and their role in the evolution of reproductive behavior: Looking to foot-flagging frogs and beyond4
Weathering the storm: Decreased activity and glucocorticoid levels in response to inclement weather in breeding Columbian ground squirrels4
The role of oxytocin and cultural tightness in model-based learning of social Incongruency4
Maternal stress and the maternal microbiome have sex-specific effects on offspring development and aggressive behavior in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)4
Reward of tactile genital stimulation is sexually equivalent, but mechanistically differentiated in mice4
Sex/gender diversity and behavioral neuroendocrinology in the 21st century4
Hormone physiology and sleep dynamics among BaYaka foragers of the Congo Basin: Gendered associations between nighttime activity, testosterone, and cortisol4
Exogenous estradiol impacts anxiety-like behavior of juvenile male and female Siberian hamsters in a dose-dependent manner4
Emotion recognition largely unaffected by combined oral contraceptive transitions or their androgenicity4
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Polycystic ovary syndrome: Unveiling the multifaceted contributors, mechanisms, and psychological impacts4
Beyond the binary: Characterizing the relationships between sex and neuropeptide receptor binding density measures in the rat brain4
The role of exogenous testosterone and social environment on the expression of sociosexuality and status-seeking behaviors in young Chilean men4
Juvenile hormone and maternal egg care in the European earwig (part II): Precocene exposure reduces post-oviposition egg care behaviours4
Providing or receiving alloparental care promote partner preference and alter central oxytocin and dopamine systems in adult mandarin voles4
Letrozole treatment alters hippocampal gene expression in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)4
Vasotocin and oxytocin modulation of the endocrine and behavioral response to an aggressive challenge in male Siamese fighting fish4
Birth controlling your fears: The long-term effects of adolescent exposure to hormonal contraceptives on fear extinction in long-evans female rats4
Impact of temperature-induced sex reversal on behavior and sound production in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)4
Apelin-13 elicits lordosis behavior in female rats through the oxytocin/prostaglandin E2/GnRH signaling system4
Central thyroid hormone receptor-beta: Sensitivity to alcohol and a role in regulating alcohol drinking4
Association between CAIDE risk score and episodic memory in middle-aged females: The impact of spontaneous menopause4
Conditioned preferences: Gated by experience, context, and endocrine systems4
Sex mechanisms as nonbinary influences on cognitive diversity4
Frank Beach Award Winner: In pursuit of adventure: Studying social behavior in beautiful birds and odd rodents, as well as peering into the unknown4
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The intersection between alexithymia, testosterone reactivity, and coparenting in fathers predicts child's prosocial behavior4
Effect of exogenous manipulation of glucocorticoid concentrations on meerkat heart rate, behaviour and vocal production4
Acoustic correlates of physiological stress in a wild primate4
Oxytocin promotes species-relevant outgroup attention in bonobos and chimpanzees4
Female cichlids mate with novel androgen receptor mutant males that lack coloration4
Chronic periadolescent leuprolide exposure affects the expression of multiple genes in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland with a different pattern of expression in female and male Long-Evans rats3
Generalization of a positive-feature interoceptive morphine occasion setter across the rat estrous cycle3
Neural control of female sexual behaviors3
Invasive alien species as an environmental stressor and its effects on coping style in a native competitor, the Eurasian red squirrel3
The motivation to flock correlates with vocal-social behaviors and dopamine-related gene expression in male European starlings3
Oxytocin receptor behavioral effects and cell types in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis3
Gynecological surgery in adulthood imparts cognitive and brain changes in rats: A focus on hysterectomy at short-, moderate-, and long-term intervals after surgery3
The effect of intranasal oxytocin on processing emotional stimuli during alcohol withdrawal: A randomized placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial3
Corticosterone predicts double-brooding in female savannah sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis)3
A tale of two hierarchies: Hormonal and behavioral factors underlying sex differences in social dominance in cooperative breeding callitrichids3
Contrasting central and systemic effects of arginine-vasopressin on urinary marking behavior as a social signal in male mice3
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Characterization of social hierarchy formation and maintenance in same-sex, group-housed male and female C57BL/6 J mice3
Stranger-directed consolation-like behavior in mice in a test of social decision making3
Evolutionary endocrinology and the problem of Darwin's tangled bank3
Hormonal contraceptives modulate resilience to psychiatric and neurodegenerative disease3
Glucocorticoid receptor expression as an integrative measure to assess glucocorticoid plasticity and efficiency in evolutionary endocrinology: A perspective3
Cortisol awakening response and testosterone jointly affect adolescents' theory of mind3
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Neural correlates and effect of jealousy on cognitive flexibility in the female titi monkey (Plecturocebus cupreus)3
A review and p-curve analysis of research on the menstrual cycle correlates of consumer preferences and economic decisions3
Egg-laying hormone expression in identified neurons across developmental stages and reproductive states of the nudibranch Berghia stephanieae3
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