RNA‐sequencing reveals a shared neurotranscriptomic profile in the medial preoptic area of highly social songbirds and rats
Polzin, Brandon J., Zhao, Changjiu, Stevenson, Sharon A., Gammie, Stephen C., Riters, Lauren V.
Published in Genes, brain and behavior (01.08.2024)
Published in Genes, brain and behavior (01.08.2024)
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The motivation to flock correlates with vocal-social behaviors and dopamine-related gene expression in male European starlings
Maksimoski, Alyse N., Stevenson, Sharon A., Polzin, Brandon J., Zhao, Changjiu, Luebke, Elsa M., Riters, Lauren V.
Published in Hormones and behavior (01.07.2023)
Published in Hormones and behavior (01.07.2023)
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Mu opioid receptor stimulation in the medial preoptic area or nucleus accumbens facilitates song and reward in flocking European starlings
Polzin, Brandon J., Maksimoski, Alyse N., Stevenson, Sharon A., Zhao, Changjiu, Riters, Lauren V.
Published in Frontiers in physiology (12.09.2022)
Published in Frontiers in physiology (12.09.2022)
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Endogenous opioids facilitate intrinsically-rewarded birdsong
Stevenson, Sharon A., Piepenburg, Alice, Spool, Jeremy A., Angyal, Caroline S., Hahn, Allison H., Zhao, Changjiu, Riters, Lauren V.
Published in Scientific reports (06.07.2020)
Published in Scientific reports (06.07.2020)
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Differences in dopamine and opioid receptor ratios in the nucleus accumbens relate to physical contact and undirected song in pair-bonded zebra finches
Alger, Sarah J, Stevenson, Sharon A, Vega, Ana Armenta, Kelm-Nelson, Cynthia A, Juang, Charity Vilchez, Riters, Lauren V
Published in Behavioral neuroscience (01.02.2022)
Published in Behavioral neuroscience (01.02.2022)
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Genomic variants in an inbred mouse model predict mania-like behaviors
Saul, Michael C, Stevenson, Sharon A, Zhao, Changjiu, Driessen, Terri M, Eisinger, Brian E, Gammie, Stephen C
Published in PloS one (16.05.2018)
Published in PloS one (16.05.2018)
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Birdsong and the Neural Regulation of Positive Emotion
Riters, Lauren V., Polzin, Brandon J., Maksimoski, Alyse N., Stevenson, Sharon A., Alger, Sarah J.
Published in Frontiers in psychology (22.06.2022)
Published in Frontiers in psychology (22.06.2022)
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Song-associated reward correlates with endocannabinoid-related gene expression in male European starlings ( Sturnus vulgaris )
Hahn, Allison H, Merullo, Devin P, Spool, Jeremy A, Angyal, Caroline S, Stevenson, Sharon A, Riters, Lauren V
Published in Neuroscience (27.03.2017)
Published in Neuroscience (27.03.2017)
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Conditioned place preferences induced by hearing song outside the breeding season relate to neural dopamine D1 and cannabinoid CB1 receptor gene expression in female European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)
Hahn, Allison H., Spool, Jeremy A., Angyal, Caroline S., Stevenson, Sharon A., Riters, Lauren V.
Published in Behavioural brain research (03.10.2019)
Published in Behavioural brain research (03.10.2019)
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Contributions of testosterone and territory ownership to sexually-motivated behaviors and mRNA expression in the medial preoptic area of male European starlings
Spool, Jeremy A., Stevenson, Sharon A., Angyal, Caroline S., Riters, Lauren V.
Published in Hormones and behavior (01.11.2016)
Published in Hormones and behavior (01.11.2016)
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Genes showing altered expression in the medial preoptic area in the highly social maternal phenotype are related to autism and other disorders with social deficits
Driessen, Terri M, Eisinger, Brian E, Zhao, Changjiu, Stevenson, Sharon A, Saul, Michael C, Gammie, Stephen C
Published in BMC neuroscience (14.01.2014)
Published in BMC neuroscience (14.01.2014)
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