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2007 Daniel S. Lehrman Lifetime Achievement Award contributions from a pioneer in behavioral endocrinology: Irving Zucker

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3-aminobenzamide prevents restraint-evoked immunocompromise.

scientific article published on 11 January 2005

3-bromo-7-nitroindazole, a neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, impairs maternal aggression and citrulline immunoreactivity in prairie voles.

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6-MBOA affects testis size, but not delayed-type hypersensitivity, in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus).

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A functional role for complex gangliosides: motor deficits in GM2/GD2 synthase knockout mice

scientific article published in December 2000

A role for the melanocortin 4 receptor in sexual function

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Activation of the immune-endocrine system with lipopolysaccharide reduces affiliative behaviors in voles

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

Acute and chronic social defeat suppresses humoral immunity of male Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).

scientific article published in November 2001

Adaptive immune responses are linked to the mating system of arvicoline rodents

scientific article published in January 1998

Affective responses to changes in day length in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

scientific article published in June 2005

Aggressive behavior in male mice lacking the gene for neuronal nitric oxide synthase requires testosterone

scientific article published in September 1997

Aggressive behavior increases after termination of chronic sildenafil treatment in mice

scientific article published in January 2005

Air pollution impairs cognition, provokes depressive-like behaviors and alters hippocampal cytokine expression and morphology.

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Alteration of NO-producing system in the basal forebrain and hypothalamus of Ts65Dn mice: an immunohistochemical and histochemical study of a murine model for Down syndrome

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Altered temporal patterns of anxiety in aged and amyloid precursor protein (APP) transgenic mice.

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An environmental androgen, 17beta-trenbolone, affects delayed-type hypersensitivity and reproductive tissues in male mice

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Artificial Light at Night Reduces Anxiety-like Behavior in Female Mice with Exacerbated Mammary Tumor Growth

scientific article published in 2021

Artificial light at night alters delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction in response to acute stress in Siberian hamsters.

scientific article published on 4 June 2013

Behavior in mice with targeted disruption of single genes

scientific article published on May 1998

Behavioural alterations in male mice lacking the gene for D-aspartate oxidase.

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Biological rhythms, higher brain function, and behavior: Gaps, opportunities, and challenges

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Blunted stress responses in delayed type hypersensitivity in mice lacking the neuronal isoform of nitric oxide synthase

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Brain mast cells are influenced by chemosensory cues associated with estrus induction in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).

scientific article published on December 2003

Brain serotonin dysfunction accounts for aggression in male mice lacking neuronal nitric oxide synthase.

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Castration does not inhibit aggressive behavior in adult male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).

scientific article published in March 1999

Characterization of sensorimotor performance, reproductive and aggressive behaviors in segmental trisomic 16 (Ts65Dn) mice

scientific article published on 01 October 1996

Chronic citalopram treatment ameliorates depressive behavior associated with light at night.

scientific article published on 13 August 2012

Chronic dim light at night provokes reversible depression-like phenotype: possible role for TNF.

scientific article published on 24 July 2012

Chronic exposure to dim light at night suppresses immune responses in Siberian hamsters.

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Circadian organization in male mice lacking the gene for endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS-/-).

scientific article published in April 2001

Clocks, Rhythms, Sex, and Hearts: How Disrupted Circadian Rhythms, Time-of-Day, and Sex Influence Cardiovascular Health

scientific article published in 2021

Cognitive and behavioral assessment in experimental stroke research: will it prove useful?

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Cytoplasmic prion protein induces forebrain neurotoxicity

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D-aspartate regulates melanocortin formation and function: behavioral alterations in D-aspartate oxidase-deficient mice

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Dark nights reverse metabolic disruption caused by dim light at night.

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Day length influences proceptive behavior of female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

scientific article published on 01 June 1994

Dietary arginine depletion reduces depressive-like responses in male, but not female, mice

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Differential effects of photophase irradiance on metabolic and urinary stress hormone concentrations in blind and sighted rodents

scientific article published in May 2010

Dim Light at Night Exposure Induces Cold Hyperalgesia and Mechanical Allodynia in Male Mice

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

Dim light at night disrupts molecular circadian rhythms and increases body weight

scientific article published on August 2013

Dim light at night does not disrupt timing or quality of sleep in mice

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Dim light at night exaggerates weight gain and inflammation associated with a high-fat diet in male mice

scientific article published on 16 July 2013

Dim light at night increases depressive-like responses in male C3H/HeNHsd mice.

scientific article published on 3 January 2013

Dim light at night increases immune function in Nile grass rats, a diurnal rodent.

scientific article published in February 2012

Dim light at night interacts with intermittent hypoxia to alter cognitive and affective responses.

scientific article published on 08 May 2013

Dim light at night provokes depression-like behaviors and reduces CA1 dendritic spine density in female hamsters

scientific article published on 2 February 2011

Dim nighttime light impairs cognition and provokes depressive-like responses in a diurnal rodent.

scientific article published in August 2012

Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security and ecosystems

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Early life experiences affect adult delayed-type hypersensitivity in short and long photoperiods.

scientific article published on March 2011

Early sexual experience alters voluntary alcohol intake in adulthood

scientific article published on 30 January 2014

Effects of nitric oxide on neuroendocrine function and behavior

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Effects of photoperiod and 6-methoxy-2-benzoxazolinone on male-induced estrus in prairie voles

scientific article published in January 1991

Effects of photoperiod and reproductive responsiveness on pituitary sensitivity to GnRH in male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

Effects of photoperiod history on immune responses to intermediate day lengths in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

scientific article published in April 2004

Ejaculatory abnormalities in mice lacking the gene for endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS-/-).

scientific article published in October 1999

Ejaculatory abnormalities in mice with targeted disruption of the gene for heme oxygenase-2.

scientific article published in January 1998

Elevated Fos-like immunoreactivity in the brains of postpartum female prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

Enduring effects of photoperiod on affective behaviors in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

scientific article published in February 2006

Enrichment and photoperiod interact to affect spatial learning and hippocampal dendritic morphology in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus).

scientific article published on January 2009

Environmental enrichment enhances delayed-type hypersensitivity in both short- and long-day Siberian hamsters

scientific article published on 4 February 2010

Epstein-Barr virus-encoded dUTPase modulates immune function and induces sickness behavior in mice

scientific article published in November 2004

Estrous phase alters social behavior in a polygynous but not a monogamous Peromyscus species

scientific article published on 9 April 2010

Evidence for feedback control of pineal melatonin secretion.

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Exogenous melatonin reproduces the effects of short day lengths on hippocampal function in male white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus ⬇️

scientific article published on June 24, 2013

Exogenous pyruvate prevents stress-evoked suppression of mitogen-stimulated proliferation.

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Exposure to short days, but not short-term melatonin, enhances humoral immunity of male Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).

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Fierce: a new mouse deletion of Nr2e1; violent behaviour and ocular abnormalities are background-dependent

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Fluctuating asymmetry predicts human reactive aggression

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Food restriction affects the gonadotropin releasing hormone neuronal system of male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).

scientific article published in September 2001

Food restriction compromises immune memory in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) by reducing spleen-derived antibody-producing B cell numbers

scientific article published on May 2008

Form over function?

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Genetic analyses of a seasonal interval timer

scientific article published in August 2004

Genetic resistance to infection influences a male's sexual attractiveness and modulation of testosterone

scientific article published on 22 October 2007

HPA activity and neotic and anxiety-like behavior vary among Peromyscus species

scientific article published on 9 February 2007

Hypothalamic gene expression in reproductively photoresponsive and photorefractory Siberian hamsters

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Illuminating the deleterious effects of light at night

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Immune challenge retards seasonal reproductive regression in rodents: evidence for terminal investment

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Immune defense and reproductive pace of life in Peromyscus mice

scientific article published in October 2007

Immunological memory is compromised by food restriction in deer mice Peromyscus maniculatus

scientific article published on 10 August 2006

Impaired nitric oxide synthase signaling dissociates social investigation and aggression.

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Impaired spatial working and reference memory in segmental trisomy (Ts65Dn) mice

scientific article published in February 1998

In vitro melatonin treatment enhances cell-mediated immune function in male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).

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In vitro melatonin treatment enhances splenocyte proliferation in prairie voles

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Influence of light at night on murine anxiety- and depressive-like responses.

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Influence of photoperiod on hormones, behavior, and immune function ⬇️

scientific article published on December 13, 2010

Influence of photoperiod, green food, and water availability on reproduction in male California mice (Peromyscus californicus).

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Influence of social factors on immune function and reproduction.

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Influence of the modern light environment on mood

scientific article published on 28 May 2013

Inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide reduces anxiety-like responses to pair housing

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Interaction of nitric oxide and serotonin in aggressive behavior ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2003

It's about time: the coupling of biological clocks and veterinary medicine

scientific article published on 20 August 2009

JNK3 perpetuates metabolic stress induced by Aβ peptides.

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Leptin effects on immune function and energy balance are photoperiod dependent in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

scientific article published in July 2001

Leptin: the "skinny" on torpor

scientific article published in July 2004

Light Pollution and Cancer

scientific article published on 08 December 2020

Light at night alters daily patterns of cortisol and clock proteins in female Siberian hamsters.

scientific article published in June 2013

Light at night disrupts biological clocks, calendars, and immune function

scientific article published in 2021

Light at night increases body mass by shifting the time of food intake ⬇️

scientific article published on October 11, 2010

Lipopolysaccharide facilitates partner preference behaviors in female prairie voles

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

Low temperatures during early development influence subsequent maternal and reproductive function in adult female mice.

scientific article published on 15 December 2005

Maternal aggression in endothelial nitric oxide synthase-deficient mice

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Maternal aggression persists following lipopolysaccharide-induced activation of the immune system.

scientific article published on 20 February 2006

Maternal and mating-induced aggression is associated with elevated citrulline immunoreactivity in the paraventricular nucleus in prairie voles

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Maternal diet influences reproductive development in male prairie vole offspring ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 November 1991

Maternal pinealectomy increases depressive-like responses in Siberian hamster offspring.

scientific article published on 5 February 2008

Melatonin receptor (MT1) knockout mice display depression-like behaviors and deficits in sensorimotor gating.

scientific article published on 12 October 2005

Melatonin receptor subtype MT2 (Mel 1b) and not mt1 (Mel 1a) is associated with melatonin-induced enhancement of cell-mediated and humoral immunity

scientific article published in September 2001

Melatonin regulates energy balance and attenuates fever in Siberian hamsters

scientific article published on July 2002

Melatonin, immunity and cost of reproductive state in male European starlings

scientific article published on 01 July 1998

Mice exposed to dim light at night exaggerate inflammatory responses to lipopolysaccharide.

scientific article published on 6 September 2013

MicroRNA-155 deletion reduces anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors in mice.

scientific article published on 2 November 2015

Molecular basis of aggression

scientific article (publication date: December 2001)

Neuronal nitric oxide synthase and NADPH oxidase interact to affect cognitive, affective, and social behaviors in mice ⬇️

scientific article published on August 12, 2013

Nocturnal light exposure impairs affective responses in a wavelength-dependent manner.

scientific article published in August 2013

Nocturnal motor coordination deficits in neuronal nitric oxide synthase knock-out mice

scientific article published in March 1999

Nyctohemeral differences in response to restraint stress in CD-1 and C57BL/6 mice.

scientific article published in January 2004

Perinatal photoperiod organizes adult immune responses in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

scientific article published on 12 January 2006

Peripubertal immune challenges attenuate reproductive development in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

scientific article published on 19 November 2003

Photoentrainment in blind and sighted rodent species: responses to photophase light with different wavelengths.

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Photoperiod affects estrogen receptor alpha, estrogen receptor beta and aggressive behavior.

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Photoperiod affects neuronal nitric oxide synthase and aggressive behaviour in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

scientific article published in November 2004

Photoperiod affects the diurnal rhythm of hippocampal neuronal morphology of Siberian hamsters

scientific article published on 23 July 2013

Photoperiod affects the expression of sex and species differences in leukocyte number and leukocyte trafficking in congeneric hamsters

scientific article published in November 2003

Photoperiod alters affective responses in collared lemmings

scientific article published on 6 February 2007

Photoperiod alters autonomic regulation of the heart.

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Photoperiod alters duration and intensity of non-rapid eye movement sleep following immune challenge in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

scientific article published on July 2012

Photoperiod alters fear responses and basolateral amygdala neuronal spine density in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus).

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Photoperiod alters hypothalamic cytokine gene expression and sickness responses following immune challenge in female Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

scientific article published on January 2005

Photoperiod alters macrophage responsiveness, but not expression of Toll-like receptors in Siberian hamsters.

scientific article published on 29 May 2007

Photoperiod alters the time course of brain cyclooxygenase-2 expression in Siberian hamsters

scientific article published on October 2003

Photoperiod and stress affect wound healing in Siberian hamsters

scientific article published in February 2003

Photoperiod and stress regulation of corticosteroid receptor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and glucose transporter GLUT3 mRNA in the hippocampus of male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

scientific article published on 17 April 2012

Photoperiod differentially affects immune function and reproduction in collared lemmings (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus).

scientific article published in October 2006

Photoperiod influences the effects of exercise and food restriction on an antigen-specific immune response in Siberian hamsters

scientific article published on 6 November 2003

Photoperiod modulates gut bacteria composition in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

scientific article published on 4 January 2010

Photoperiod modulates the inhibitory effect of in vitro melatonin on lymphocyte proliferation in female Siberian hamsters

scientific article published in June 2001

Photoperiod reverses the effects of estrogens on male aggression via genomic and nongenomic pathways.

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Photoperiod-dependent effects of neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibition on aggression in Siberian hamsters.

scientific article published on 14 December 2011

Photoperiod-induced differential expression of angiogenesis genes in testes of adult Peromyscus leucopus

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Photoperiod-mediated impairment of long-term potention and learning and memory in male white-footed mice.

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Photoperiodic Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow in White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus).

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Photoperiodic adjustments in immune function protect Siberian hamsters from lethal endotoxemia

scientific article published in February 2003

Photoperiodic and temporal influences on chemosensory induction of brain fos expression in female prairie voles

scientific article published in February 2003

Photoperiodic polyphenisms in rodents: neuroendocrine mechanisms, costs, and functions.

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Photoperiodic regulation of circulating leukocytes in juvenile Siberian hamsters: mediation by melatonin and testosterone

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Photoperiodic responsiveness in house mice

scientific article published in September 1990

Photorefractoriness of immune function in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

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Photosensitivity to different light intensities in blind and sighted rodents

scientific article published in December 2009

Pleiotropic contributions of nitric oxide to aggressive behavior.

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Post-weaning environmental enrichment alters affective responses and interacts with behavioral testing to alter nNOS immunoreactivity.

scientific article published on 18 July 2011

Potential animal models of seasonal affective disorder

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Prenatal environmental influences on the production of sex-specific traits in mammals

scientific article published on 24 December 2008

Pro: Alzheimer's disease and circadian dysfunction: chicken or egg?

scientific article published on 13 August 2012

Proenkephalin transgenic mice: a short promoter confers high testis expression and reduced fertility

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Prolonged separation delays wound healing in monogamous California mice, Peromyscus californicus, but not in polygynous white-footed mice, P. leucopus

scientific article published on 6 March 2006

Pyruvate prevents restraint-induced immunosuppression via alterations in glucocorticoid responses.

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Rapid effects of estradiol on male aggression depend on photoperiod in reproductively non-responsive mice.

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Reductions in total body fat decrease humoral immunity

scientific article published in May 2003

Refining approaches and diversifying directions in ecoimmunology ⬇️

scientific article published on September 16, 2006

Refractoriness to short day lengths augments tonic and gonadotrophin-releasing hormone-stimulated lutenising hormone secretion

scientific article published in May 2006

Reproductive function in female mice lacking the gene for endothelial nitric oxide synthase

scientific article published in October 1999

Role of melatonin in mediating seasonal energetic and immunologic adaptations

scientific article published on January 1997

Season of birth and fluctuating asymmetry

scientific article published in May 2004

Seasonal changes in vertebrate immune activity: mediation by physiological trade-offs

scientific article published on January 2008

Seasonal immune function and sickness responses.

scientific article published on April 2004

Sensorimotor enhancement in mouse mutants lacking the Purkinje cell-specific Gi/o modulator, Pcp2(L7).

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Sex differences in photoperiodic and stress-induced enhancement of immune function in Siberian hamsters

scientific article published in December 2003

Sex-dependent behavioral functions of the Purkinje cell-specific Gαi/o binding protein, Pcp2(L7).

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Sex-specific effects of glucose deprivation on cell-mediated immunity and reproduction in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

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Sexual experience and testosterone during adolescence alter adult neuronal morphology and behavior

scientific article published on 13 August 2013

Short day lengths alter stress and depressive-like responses, and hippocampal morphology in Siberian hamsters

scientific article published on 7 August 2011

Short day lengths attenuate the symptoms of infection in Siberian hamsters

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Short day lengths augment stress-induced leukocyte trafficking and stress-induced enhancement of skin immune function.

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Short day lengths enhance skin immune responses in gonadectomised Siberian hamsters

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Short day lengths skew prenatal sex ratios toward males in Siberian hamsters

scientific article published in January 2010

Short days increase hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responsiveness.

scientific article published on 29 March 2007

Short photoperiods alter cannabinoid receptor expression in hypothalamic nuclei related to energy balance

scientific article published on 11 January 2011

Short photoperiods attenuate central responses to an inflammogen

scientific article published on 2 February 2012

Short photoperiods impair spatial learning and alter hippocampal dendritic morphology in adult male white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus).

scientific article published in May 2005

Short-day enhancement of immune function is independent of steroid hormones in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

Simulated drought influences reproduction in male prairie voles

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Skeleton photoperiods alter delayed-type hypersensitivity responses and reproductive function of Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

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Sleep deprivation attenuates endotoxin-induced cytokine gene expression independent of day length and circulating cortisol in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

Sleep deprivation attenuates inflammatory responses and ischemic cell death

scientific article published on 03 May 2009

Social and photoperiod effects on reproduction in five species of Peromyscus

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Social environment and steroid hormones affect species and sex differences in immune function among voles

scientific article published in August 1997

Social environment modulates photoperiodic immune and reproductive responses in adult male white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus).

scientific article published on 18 November 2004

Social interactions alter proinflammatory cytokine gene expression and behavior following endotoxin administration.

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Social interactions unmask sex differences in humoral immunity in voles

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Social isolation potentiates cell death and inflammatory responses after global ischemia

scientific article published on October 2008

Social, but not photoperiodic, influences on reproductive function in male Peromyscus aztecus

scientific article published in February 1998

Spatial memory deficits in segmental trisomic Ts65Dn mice

scientific article published in December 1996

Spectral and duration sensitivity to light-at-night in 'blind' and sighted rodent species

scientific article published in October 2011

Spontaneous "regression" of enhanced immune function in a photoperiodic rodent Peromyscus maniculatus

scientific article published on 01 November 2001

Stress affects corticosteroid and immunoglobulin concentrations in male house mice (Mus musculus) and prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 1997

Sundowning syndrome in aging and dementia: research in mouse models

scientific article published on 14 May 2012

Sustained melatonin treatment blocks body mass, pelage, reproductive, and fever responses to short day lengths in female Siberian hamsters

scientific article published on 12 April 2011

Sympathoadrenal system differentially affects photoperiodic changes in humoral immunity of Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).

scientific article published in January 2002

Temperature and photoperiod interact to affect reproduction and GnRH synthesis in male prairie voles

scientific article published on 01 June 2000

Testicular apoptosis is down-regulated during spontaneous recrudescence in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus).

scientific article published in October 2001

Testosterone and photoperiod interact to affect spatial learning and memory in adult male white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus).

scientific article published in June 2006

The Heart´s rhythm 'n' blues: Sex differences in circadian variation patterns of vagal activity vary by depressive symptoms in predominantly healthy employees

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

The Use of Genetic “Knockout” Mice in Behavioral Endocrinology Research ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 1997

The dark side of light at night: physiological, epidemiological, and ecological consequences

scientific article (publication date: October 2007)

The effects of photoperiod and food intake on reproductive development in male deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus).

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The effects of photoperiod on olfactory c-fos expression in prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster

scientific article published on April 1995

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): evidence for target tissue glucocorticoid resistance

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The injured nervous system: a Darwinian perspective.

scientific article published on 14 June 2008

The role of PHOX2B-derived astrocytes in chemosensory control of breathing and sleep homeostasis

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Time-of-day determines neuronal damage and mortality after cardiac arrest

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Urinary adrenalin and cortisol secretion patterns of social voles in response to adrenergic blockade under basal conditions

scientific article published on 5 September 2007

cFOS and pCREB activation and maternal aggression in mice

scientific article published in April 2001

β-Adrenergic receptor antagonism prevents anxiety-like behavior and microglial reactivity induced by repeated social defeat

scientific article published on April 2011

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