The microbiota-gut-brain axis

JF Cryan, KJ O'Riordan, CSM Cowan… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
I. INTRODUCTION 1877 II. STUDYING THE... 1881 III. MICROBIOTA-GUT-BRAIN AXIS...
1907 IV. PATHWAYS OF COMMUNICATION 1911 V. MICROBIOTA AND SYNAPTIC... 1929 …

Sexual differentiation of the rodent brain: dogma and beyond

KM Lenz, BM Nugent, MM McCarthy - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Steroid hormones of gonadal origin act on the neonatal brain to produce sex differences that
underlie adult reproductive physiology and behavior. Neuronal sex differences occur on a …

Reversible DNA methylation regulates seasonal photoperiodic time measurement

TJ Stevenson, BJ Prendergast - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
In seasonally breeding vertebrates, changes in day length induce categorically distinct
behavioral and reproductive phenotypes via thyroid hormone-dependent mechanisms …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors facilitate partner preference formation in female prairie voles

H Wang, F Duclot, Y Liu, Z Wang, M Kabbaj - Nature neuroscience, 2013 - nature.com
In the socially monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster), mating induces enduring
pair-bonds that are initiated by partner preference formation and regulated by a variety of …

Experience-facilitated improvements in pup retrieval; evidence for an epigenetic effect

DS Stolzenberg, JS Stevens, EF Rissman - Hormones and behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
The quality and quantity of maternal care received during infancy are highly predictive of
successful infant development. It has been well established, primarily in rats, that the …

Flexibility of neural circuits regulating mating behaviors in mice and flies

T Karigo, D Deutsch - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mating is essential for the reproduction of animal species. As mating behaviors are high-risk
and energy-consuming processes, it is critical for animals to make adaptive mating …

Stress during pubertal development affects female sociosexual behavior in mice

Y Bentefour, J Bakker - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Puberty is a crucial phase for the development of female sexual behavior. Growing evidence
suggests that stress during this period may interfere with the development of sexual …

Sex chromosome complement influences vulnerability to cocaine in mice

M Martini, JW Irvin, CG Lee, WJ Lynch… - Hormones and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Women acquire cocaine habits faster and are more motivated to obtain drug than men. In
general, female rodents acquire intravenous cocaine self-administration (SA) faster and …

Monoaminergic and neuropeptidergic neurons have distinct expression profiles of histone deacetylases

K Takase, S Oda, M Kuroda, H Funato - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Monoaminergic and neuropeptidergic neurons regulate a wide variety of behaviors, such as
feeding, sleep/wakefulness behavior, stress response, addiction, and social behavior. These …

Sensory detection by the vomeronasal organ modulates experience-dependent social behaviors in female mice

AC Trouillet, C Moussu, K Poissenot… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In mice, social behaviors are largely controlled by the olfactory system. Pheromone
detection induces naïve virgin females to retrieve isolated pups to the nest and to be …