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List of works by Karen P Maruska

A second corticotropin-releasing hormone gene (CRH2) is conserved across vertebrate classes and expressed in the hindbrain of a basal neopterygian fish, the spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus).

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Astatotilapia burtoni: A Model System for Analyzing the Neurobiology of Behavior

scientific article published on 9 March 2018

Behavioral and physiological plasticity: rapid changes during social ascent in an African cichlid fish

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Central projections of octavolateralis nerves in the brain of a soniferous damselfish (Abudefduf abdominalis).

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Characterization of cell proliferation throughout the brain of the African cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni and its regulation by social status

scientific article published on October 15, 2012

Cobalt Chloride Treatment Used to Ablate the Lateral Line System Also Impairs the Olfactory System in Three Freshwater Fishes

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Comparison of Electrophysiological Auditory Measures in Fishes.

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Context-dependent chemosensory signaling, aggression and neural activation patterns in gravid female African cichlid fish

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Contextual chemosensory urine signaling in an African cichlid fish

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Directional sound sensitivity in utricular afferents in the toadfish Opsanus tau.

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Distribution and female reproductive state differences in orexigenic and anorexigenic neurons in the brain of the mouth brooding African cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni.

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Distribution of aromatase in the brain of the African cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni: Aromatase expression, but not estrogen receptors, varies with female reproductive-state

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

Divergent evolution of two corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) genes in teleost fishes

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Dual roles of an algal farming damselfish as a cultivator and opportunistic browser of an invasive seaweed

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Encoding properties of auditory neurons in the brain of a soniferous damselfish: response to simple tones and complex conspecific signals

scientific article published on 27 September 2009

Expression of tachykinin3 and related reproductive markers in the brain of the African cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni

scientific article published on 15 January 2019

Female Reproductive State is Associated with Changes in Distinct Arginine Vasotocin Cell Types in the Preoptic Area of Astatotilapia burtoni

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Food deprivation explains effects of mouthbrooding on ovaries and steroid hormones, but not brain neuropeptide and receptor mRNAs, in an African cichlid fish

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Galanin neuron activation in feeding, parental care, and infanticide in a mouthbrooding African cichlid fish

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) modulates auditory processing in the fish brain

scientific article published on January 14, 2011

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone and receptor distributions in the visual processing regions of four coral reef fishes

scientific article published on 26 March 2007

Identification of prohormones and pituitary neuropeptides in the African cichlid, Astatotilapia burtoni

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Individual, temporal, and population-level variations in circulating 11-ketotestosterone and 17beta-estradiol concentrations in the oyster toadfish Opsanus tau.

scientific article published on 07 January 2009

Interspecific Spawning between a Recent Immigrant and an Endemic Damselfish (Pisces: Pomacentridae) in the Hawaiian Islands1

scientific article published in April 2007

Localization of glutamatergic, GABAergic, and cholinergic neurons in the brain of the African cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni

scientific article published on 10 August 2016

Male dominance status regulates odor-evoked processing in the forebrain of a cichlid fish

scientific article published on 25 March 2019

Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) implicated in plasticity of the reproductive axis during social status transitions

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

Mechanosensory signaling as a potential mode of communication during social interactions in fishes.

scientific article published on September 2016

Morphology of the mechanosensory lateral line system in the Atlantic Stingray, Dasyatissabina: The mechanotactile hypothesis

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Neural activation patterns associated with maternal mouthbrooding and energetic state in an African cichlid fish

scientific article published on 21 July 2020

Neural and behavioural correlates of repeated social defeat.

scientific article published in May 2018

Noise during mouthbrooding impairs maternal care behaviors and juvenile development and alters brain transcriptomes in the African cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Plasticity of the Reproductive Axis Caused by Social Status Change in an African Cichlid Fish: II. Testicular Gene Expression and Spermatogenesis

scientific article published on November 17, 2010

Plasticity of the reproductive axis caused by social status change in an african cichlid fish: I. Pituitary gonadotropins

scientific article published on 10 November 2010

Reproductive and metabolic state differences in olfactory responses to amino acids in a mouth brooding African cichlid fish.

scientific article published on 08 June 2017

Reproductive state-dependent plasticity in the visual system of an African cichlid fish

scientific article published on 22 July 2019

Reproductive status regulates expression of sex steroid and GnRH receptors in the olfactory bulb

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Sex and seasonal co-variation of arginine vasotocin (AVT) and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in the brain of the halfspotted goby

scientific article published on 12 December 2006

Sex and temporal variations of the vasotocin neuronal system in the damselfish brain

scientific article published on 03 December 2008

Sex, seasonal, and stress-related variations in elasmobranch corticosterone concentrations

scientific article published on 5 October 2007

Sexually-Relevant Visual and Chemosensory Signals Induce Distinct Behaviors and Neural Activation Patterns in the Social African Cichlid,

Social Plasticity in the Fish Brain: Neuroscientific and Ethological Aspects

scholarly article published 16 September 2018

Social Regulation of Gene Expression in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis

scientific article published on December 1, 2011

Social Regulation of Male Reproductive Plasticity in an African Cichlid Fish

scientific article published on April 23, 2013

Social Transitions Cause Rapid Behavioral and Neuroendocrine Changes

scientific article published in June 2015

Social descent with territory loss causes rapid behavioral, endocrine and transcriptional changes in the brain

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Social information changes the brain

scientific article published on October 8, 2012

Social opportunity rapidly regulates expression of CRF and CRF receptors in the brain during social ascent of a teleost fish, Astatotilapia burtoni

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Social plasticity in the fish brain: Neuroscientific and ethological aspects

scientific article published on 23 January 2019

Social regulation of reproduction in male cichlid fishes

scientific article published on 20 May 2014

Social status differences regulate the serotonergic system of a cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni

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Social status regulates kisspeptin receptor mRNA in the brain of Astatotilapia burtoni

scientific article published on August 3, 2010

Sound production and spectral hearing sensitivity in the Hawaiian sergeant damselfish, Abudefduf abdominalis

scientific article published in November 2007

Steroid receptor expression in the fish inner ear varies with sex, social status, and reproductive state

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Subordinate male cichlids retain reproductive competence during social suppression.

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Swim bladder morphology changes with female reproductive state in the mouth-brooding African cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni.

scientific article published in December 2017

Test of the mechanotactile hypothesis: neuromast morphology and response dynamics of mechanosensory lateral line primary afferents in the stingray

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

The African Cichlid Fish Astatotilapia burtoni Uses Acoustic Communication for Reproduction: Sound Production, Hearing, and Behavioral Significance

scientific article published on May 18, 2012

The Mechanosensory Lateral Line System Mediates Activation of Socially-Relevant Brain Regions during Territorial Interactions.

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The mechanosensory lateral line is used to assess opponents and mediate aggressive behaviors during territorial interactions in an African cichlid fish

scientific article published on October 2015

Three Distinct Glutamate Decarboxylase Genes in Vertebrates

scientific article published on 27 July 2016