"Corticosterone disrupts spatial working memory during retention testing when highly taxed, which positively correlates with depressive-like behavior in middle-aged, ovariectomized female rats" 🐀🧠😢 by Dylan Peay, Ph.D, Amanda Acuna et al. tinyurl.com/z3pakyjv

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 One of my PhD dissertation papers is now out in Hormones and Behavior Journal "Multimodal sexual signals are not precise indicators of fertility in female Kinda baboons" Happy to provide a pdf if you don't have access - shoot me a DM! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Ovulatory cycle shifts in human motivational prioritisation of sex and food In cycling ♀️, ovulation ⬆️ sexual desire and ⬇️🍲🍝 intake HC 💊 users show more blunted effect @LaraSchleife Julia Stern Larissa L. Wieczorek Tanja M. Gerlach Ruben C. Arslan Lars Penke sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

My first experiments as a post-doc are finally published in Hormones and Behavior Journal! Aged voles have a lot of love to give, demonstrating accelerated and enhanced pair bonding which is paralleled by an increase in oxytocin cell counts of the PVN. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

"Prolactin modulates changes in parental care behaviour in response to perceived paternity in bluegill sunfish" ⬆️ prolactin levels are ➕ correlated with 👨‍👧‍👦 in ♂️ 🐟 by Emma Churchman, PhD, Tim Hain, and @Bryan_D_Neff tinyurl.com/y6kxcjjx

OUT in Hormones and Behavior Journal Oxytocin and shared intentionality are positively associated with cooperation in children Open access 👉🏽 doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbe…

"Treatment with brain specific estrogen prodrug ameliorates cognitive effects of surgical menopause in mice" DHED treatment ⬆️ spatial ➕ working memory in OVX ♀️🐭 by Abby Salinero, AG.Charly, Dr. Kristen Zuloaga et al. tinyurl.com/4x2ykb5r

"Paternal absence and increased caregiving independently and interactively shape the development of male prairie voles at subadult and adult life stages" ⬆️ 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 causes ⬆️ exploration, 🧠 OXT by Dr Lisa Hiura, 🥭Vanessa Lazaro 🍉, Alexander Ophir tinyurl.com/35h8rmha

"Linking menopause-related factors, history of depression, APOE ε4, and proxies of biological aging in the UK biobank cohort" Postmenopause and ⬆️ age at menopause are linked with ⬆️ 🦠 and 🧠 aging. by Arielle Crestol, Dr. Claudia Barth (@nifti12.bsky.social) et al. tinyurl.com/ct6jx784

The November issue of Hormones and Behavior features Randy Nelson's review of Barney Schlinger's book "Wingsnappers". Hormones and Behavior Journal SBN Tweets Pic of a male manakin on the cover.

"The effect of corticosterone on the acquisition of Pavlovian conditioned approach behavior in rats is dependent on sex and vendor" CORT ⬆️ sign-tracking acquisition & is vendor-specific in ♂️ & ♀️ 🐀 by Shelly Flagel, Sara Westbrook , Stephen Chang et al. tinyurl.com/53mes8pv

"Disruptions in reproductive health, sex hormonal profiles, and hypothalamic hormone receptors content in females of the C58/J mouse model of autism" ♀️ C58/J inbred 🐭 exhibit ⬇️ reproductive lifespan ➕ fertility, ER-alpha in HYP 🧠 tinyurl.com/mw85h3fj

"The effects of estrogens on spatial learning and memory in female rodents – A systematic review and meta-analysis" Chronic E2 ⬆️ spatial memory recall in ♀️ 🐭 by Hailey Bergman, Sabrina Yang, Dr. Liisa Galea et al. tinyurl.com/y7t79v4h

"Perinatal protein malnutrition alters maternal behavior and leads to maladaptive stress response, neurodevelopmental delay and disruption on DNA methylation machinery in female mice offspring" ♀️🐭 tinyurl.com/yfxb44kb

"Salivary testosterone across the menstrual cycle" Within ♀️ 👩 subjects, salivary T ⬆️ mid-cycle and ⬇️ luteal phase at aggregate level by Julia Stern and Kathleen Casto tinyurl.com/2xpv2n3j