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Conspecifics confer survival advantage in the face of night-light polluted environment: Evidence from melatonin secretion, sleep, mood and cognitive performance in Indian house crows

Animals enhance survival by synchronizing their internal circadian rhythms with regular and recurring environmental cycles...

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Mineralocorticoid receptor deletion alters spontaneous behavior in an automated home-cage monitoring apparatus

The role of the stress hormone, corticosterone, in rodent diurnal behavior not only begins at the hypothalamic-pituitary a...

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A dopamine agonist affects the social decision-making of calling male túngara frogs

During communication, animals integrate sensory and social information to produce signals tuned to their audience and cont...

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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 rats

Adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria are at risk for depression, anxiety, suicide, substance use disorders, and poor ...

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Sex difference in the effects of ventral pallidum vasopressin 1a receptor partial knockdown on social behavior in mice

The neuropeptide arginine-vasopressin (AVP) has been strongly implicated in the regulation of social behavior and communic...

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Multiparity alters expression of corticotropin releasing factor receptor 1 and co-expression with oxytocin neurons in mice

In mammals, the postpartum period is a time of great behavioral and biological dynamism. Most of these changes are underst...

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Are women's sexual preferences for men's facial hair associated with their testosterone during the menstrual cycle?

Volume 174, August 2025, 105791Author links open overlay panel, , , Highlights•A study testing women's testosterone over t...

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Spatial and verbal performance relate to the duration of combined oral contraceptive use but do not change during the pill-free interval

Volume 174, August 2025, 105790Author links open overlay panel, Highlights•Spatial and verbal performance do not differ be...

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Birth controlling your fears: The long-term effects of adolescent exposure to hormonal contraceptives on fear extinction in long-evans female rats

Volume 174, August 2025, 105789Author links open overlay panel, Highlights•Adolescent females showed effects of estrous cy...

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Do combined oral contraceptives have long-term effects? Little evidence of an enduring effect on cognitive function in former users

The use of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) is associated with subtle differences in brain activity and in certain cogn...

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Exposure to novel females increases fecundity in adult male prairie voles

The social circuitry of the mammalian brain can impact an animal's physiology, behavior, neurochemistry, and neuroanatomy ...

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A survey of hypothalamic phenotypes identifies molecular and behavioral consequences of MYT1L haploinsufficiency in male and female mice

The transcription factor MYT1L supports proper neuronal differentiation and maturation during brain development. MYT1L hap...

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Hormonal and sex-specific functional genomic pathways of genetic risk candidates in autism spectrum disorder: evidence of sex-over-chance effects

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex and heterogeneous neurodevelopmental condition characterized by challenges in ...

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What do we measure when we measure pubertal development? Conceptual challenges in measuring and interpreting pubertal effects on brain and behavior

Recent decades have seen a growing awareness of the importance of adolescence from a developmental perspective (Dahl et al...

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Tectal CRF receptors modulate the behavioral response of Xenopus laevis to live prey but not visual prey cues

Foraging for food in a dangerous world can be risky. Animals must balance food-seeking and predator avoidance, a behaviora...

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Pregnancy modulates responses to male odors in house mice

Pregnancy initiates a cascade of physiological changes that span the brain and body, many of which are thought to coordina...

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Intergenerational effects of maternal androgens on vocal ontogeny and developmental plasticity in a cooperatively breeding mammal

Volume 175, October 2025, 105814Author links open overlay panel, , , Highlights•Status-dependent androgen variation in mee...

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Emotion regulation strategies differentially impact memory in hormonal contraceptive users

Hormonal contraceptives (HCs) are widely used, yet their effects on emotional and cognitive processes remain poorly unders...

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Hormonal intrauterine device use is related to mental rotations but not verbal memory skills

There is perennial public and scientific interest in the neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying the large gender difference ...

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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