List of works - Lauren V Riters

A novel statistical method for behaviour sequence analysis and its application to birdsong.

scientific article

Associations Between Environmental Resources and the "Wanting" and "Liking" of Male Song in Female Songbirds

scientific article

Behavioral indices of breeding readiness in female European starlings correlate with immunolabeling for catecholamine markers in brain areas involved in sexual motivation

scientific article published on 19 September 2012

Breeding-context-dependent relationships between song and cFOS labeling within social behavior brain regions in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

scientific article

Co-localization of mu-opioid and dopamine D1 receptors in the medial preoptic area and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis across seasonal states in male European starlings

scientific article published on 20 November 2018

Co-localization patterns of neurotensin receptor 1 and tyrosine hydroxylase in brain regions involved in motivation and social behavior in male European starlings

scientific article

Complex patterns of dopamine-related gene expression in the ventral tegmental area of male zebra finches relate to dyadic interactions with long-term female partners

scientific article published on 04 November 2019

Conditioned place preferences induced by hearing song outside the breeding season relate to neural dopamine D1 and cannabinoid CB1 receptor gene expression in female European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

scientific article published on 22 May 2019

Context-dependent links between song production and opioid-mediated analgesia in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

scientific article

Contributions of testosterone and territory ownership to sexually-motivated behaviors and mRNA expression in the medial preoptic area of male European starlings

scientific article

Curvilinear relationships between mu-opioid receptor labeling and undirected song in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

scientific article published on 15 June 2013

Endogenous opioids facilitate intrinsically-rewarded birdsong

scientific article published on 06 July 2020

Evidence for opioid involvement in the motivation to sing

scientific article

Evidence for opioid involvement in the regulation of song production in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

scientific article published in February 2005

Evidence that dopamine within motivation and song control brain regions regulates birdsong context-dependently

scientific article published on 21 June 2008

Evidence that female endocrine state influences catecholamine responses to male courtship song in European starlings

scientific article published on 2 June 2007

Evidence that norepinephrine influences responses to male courtship song and activity within song control regions and the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus in female European starlings

scientific article published in March 2007

Immediate early gene activity in song control nuclei and brain areas regulating motivation relates positively to singing behavior during, but not outside of, a breeding context

scientific article published in December 2005

In vivo imaging of D2 receptors and corticosteroids predict behavioural responses to captivity stress in a wild bird

scientific article published on 18 July 2019

Individual differences in the motivation to communicate relate to levels of midbrain and striatal catecholamine markers in male European starlings ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: November 2011)

Inverted-U shaped effects of D1 dopamine receptor stimulation in the medial preoptic nucleus on sexually motivated song in male European starlings.

scientific article

Lesions to the medial preoptic nucleus affect immediate early gene immunolabeling in brain regions involved in song control and social behavior in male European starlings

scientific article (publication date: March 2009)

Lesions to the medial preoptic nucleus differentially affect singing and nest box-directed behaviors within and outside of the breeding season in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

scientific article published on December 2006

Links between breeding readiness, opioid immunolabeling, and the affective state induced by hearing male courtship song in female European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) ⬇️

scientific article published on March 5, 2013

Modulation of male song by naloxone in the medial preoptic nucleus.

scientific article published on April 2013

Mu opioid receptors in the medial preoptic area govern social play behavior in adolescent male rats

scientific article published on 09 May 2020

Mu-opioid receptor densities are depleted in regions implicated in agonistic and sexual behavior in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) defending nest sites and courting females

scientific article

Nest box exploration may stimulate breeding physiology and alter mRNA expression in the medial preoptic area of female European starlings.

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

Neural endocannabinoid CB1 receptor expression, social status, and behavior in male European starlings ⬇️

scientific article published on 17 May 2016

Neuroanatomical evidence for indirect connections between the medial preoptic nucleus and the song control system: possible neural substrates for sexually motivated song

scientific article published on 14 February 2004

Neuroendocrinology of song behavior and avian brain plasticity: multiple sites of action of sex steroid hormones.

scientific article

Neurotensin and neurotensin receptor 1 mRNA expression in song-control regions changes during development in male zebra finches

scientific article published on 30 March 2018

Neurotensin immunolabeling relates to sexually-motivated song and other social behaviors in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

scientific article

Neurotensin neural mRNA expression correlates with vocal communication and other highly-motivated social behaviors in male European starlings

scientific article

Patterns of FOS protein induction in singing female starlings

scientific article (publication date: 15 January 2013)

Patterns of phosphorylated tyrosine hydroxylase vary with song production in female starlings

scientific article

Pharmacological manipulations of dopamine and opioids have differential effects on sexually motivated song in male European starlings

scientific article published on 19 June 2006

Pleasure seeking and birdsong

scientific article

Prodynorphin and kappa opioid receptor mRNA expression in the brain relates to social status and behavior in male European starlings

scientific article

Reward and vocal production: song-associated place preference in songbirds

scientific article published on 21 January 2012

Reward associated with singing behavior correlates with opioid-related gene expression in the medial preoptic nucleus in male European starlings

scientific article

Seasonal changes in the densities of alpha(2) noradrenergic receptors are inversely related to changes in testosterone and the volumes of song control nuclei in male European starlings

scientific article published on February 2002

Seasonal plasticity in the song control system: multiple brain sites of steroid hormone action and the importance of variation in song behavior

scientific article

Selective behavioral responses to male song are affected by the dopamine agonist GBR-12909 in female European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

scientific article published on 12 July 2010

Sex differences in the densities of alpha 2-adrenergic receptors in the song control system, but not the medial preoptic nucleus in zebra finches

scientific article published in May 2002

Social affiliation relates to tyrosine hydroxylase immunolabeling in male and female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) ⬇️

scientific article published on May 17, 2011

Social status interacts with badge size and neuroendocrine physiology to influence sexual behavior in male house sparrows (Passer domesticus).

scientific article

Song in an Affiliative Context Relates to the Neural Expression of Dopamine- and Neurotensin-Related Genes in Male European Starlings

scientific article published on 10 September 2016

Song practice as a rewarding form of play in songbirds.

scientific article published on 11 October 2017

Song-associated reward correlates with endocannabinoid-related gene expression in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

scientific article published on 29 January 2017

The role of motivation and reward neural systems in vocal communication in songbirds ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: April 2012)

The volumes of song control nuclei, HVC and lMAN, relate to differential behavioral responses of female European starlings to male songs produced within and outside of the breeding season

scientific article published in July 2003

Vocal Parameters That Indicate Threat Level Correlate with FOS Immunolabeling in Social and Vocal Control Brain Regions ⬇️

scientific article published on December 17, 2011

Vocal production in different social contexts relates to variation in immediate early gene immunoreactivity within and outside of the song control system

scientific article published in December 2004

Why Do Birds Flock? A Role for Opioids in the Reinforcement of Gregarious Social Interactions

ZENK labeling within social behavior brain regions reveals breeding context-dependent patterns of neural activity associated with song in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

scientific article

α1-Noradrenegic receptor antagonism disrupts female songbird responses to male song ⬇️

scientific article published on May 27, 2011

List of works by Lauren V Riters

A novel statistical method for behaviour sequence analysis and its application to birdsong.

Associations Between Environmental Resources and the "Wanting" and "Liking" of Male Song in Female Songbirds

Behavioral indices of breeding readiness in female European starlings correlate with immunolabeling for catecholamine markers in brain areas involved in sexual motivation

Breeding-context-dependent relationships between song and cFOS labeling within social behavior brain regions in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Co-localization of mu-opioid and dopamine D1 receptors in the medial preoptic area and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis across seasonal states in male European starlings

Co-localization patterns of neurotensin receptor 1 and tyrosine hydroxylase in brain regions involved in motivation and social behavior in male European starlings

Complex patterns of dopamine-related gene expression in the ventral tegmental area of male zebra finches relate to dyadic interactions with long-term female partners

Conditioned place preferences induced by hearing song outside the breeding season relate to neural dopamine D1 and cannabinoid CB1 receptor gene expression in female European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Context-dependent links between song production and opioid-mediated analgesia in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

Contributions of testosterone and territory ownership to sexually-motivated behaviors and mRNA expression in the medial preoptic area of male European starlings

Curvilinear relationships between mu-opioid receptor labeling and undirected song in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

Endogenous opioids facilitate intrinsically-rewarded birdsong

Evidence for opioid involvement in the motivation to sing

Evidence for opioid involvement in the regulation of song production in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

Evidence that dopamine within motivation and song control brain regions regulates birdsong context-dependently

Evidence that female endocrine state influences catecholamine responses to male courtship song in European starlings

Evidence that norepinephrine influences responses to male courtship song and activity within song control regions and the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus in female European starlings

Immediate early gene activity in song control nuclei and brain areas regulating motivation relates positively to singing behavior during, but not outside of, a breeding context

In vivo imaging of D2 receptors and corticosteroids predict behavioural responses to captivity stress in a wild bird

Individual differences in the motivation to communicate relate to levels of midbrain and striatal catecholamine markers in male European starlings ⬇️

Inverted-U shaped effects of D1 dopamine receptor stimulation in the medial preoptic nucleus on sexually motivated song in male European starlings.

Lesions to the medial preoptic nucleus affect immediate early gene immunolabeling in brain regions involved in song control and social behavior in male European starlings

Lesions to the medial preoptic nucleus differentially affect singing and nest box-directed behaviors within and outside of the breeding season in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Links between breeding readiness, opioid immunolabeling, and the affective state induced by hearing male courtship song in female European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) ⬇️

Modulation of male song by naloxone in the medial preoptic nucleus.

Mu opioid receptors in the medial preoptic area govern social play behavior in adolescent male rats

Mu-opioid receptor densities are depleted in regions implicated in agonistic and sexual behavior in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) defending nest sites and courting females

Nest box exploration may stimulate breeding physiology and alter mRNA expression in the medial preoptic area of female European starlings.

Neural endocannabinoid CB1 receptor expression, social status, and behavior in male European starlings ⬇️

Neuroanatomical evidence for indirect connections between the medial preoptic nucleus and the song control system: possible neural substrates for sexually motivated song

Neuroendocrinology of song behavior and avian brain plasticity: multiple sites of action of sex steroid hormones.

Neurotensin and neurotensin receptor 1 mRNA expression in song-control regions changes during development in male zebra finches

Neurotensin immunolabeling relates to sexually-motivated song and other social behaviors in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

Neurotensin neural mRNA expression correlates with vocal communication and other highly-motivated social behaviors in male European starlings

Patterns of FOS protein induction in singing female starlings

Patterns of phosphorylated tyrosine hydroxylase vary with song production in female starlings

Pharmacological manipulations of dopamine and opioids have differential effects on sexually motivated song in male European starlings

Pleasure seeking and birdsong

Prodynorphin and kappa opioid receptor mRNA expression in the brain relates to social status and behavior in male European starlings

Reward and vocal production: song-associated place preference in songbirds

Reward associated with singing behavior correlates with opioid-related gene expression in the medial preoptic nucleus in male European starlings

Seasonal changes in the densities of alpha(2) noradrenergic receptors are inversely related to changes in testosterone and the volumes of song control nuclei in male European starlings

Seasonal plasticity in the song control system: multiple brain sites of steroid hormone action and the importance of variation in song behavior

Selective behavioral responses to male song are affected by the dopamine agonist GBR-12909 in female European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

Sex differences in the densities of alpha 2-adrenergic receptors in the song control system, but not the medial preoptic nucleus in zebra finches

Social affiliation relates to tyrosine hydroxylase immunolabeling in male and female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) ⬇️

Social status interacts with badge size and neuroendocrine physiology to influence sexual behavior in male house sparrows (Passer domesticus).

Song in an Affiliative Context Relates to the Neural Expression of Dopamine- and Neurotensin-Related Genes in Male European Starlings

Song practice as a rewarding form of play in songbirds.

Song-associated reward correlates with endocannabinoid-related gene expression in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

The role of motivation and reward neural systems in vocal communication in songbirds ⬇️

The volumes of song control nuclei, HVC and lMAN, relate to differential behavioral responses of female European starlings to male songs produced within and outside of the breeding season

Vocal Parameters That Indicate Threat Level Correlate with FOS Immunolabeling in Social and Vocal Control Brain Regions ⬇️

Vocal production in different social contexts relates to variation in immediate early gene immunoreactivity within and outside of the song control system

Why Do Birds Flock? A Role for Opioids in the Reinforcement of Gregarious Social Interactions

ZENK labeling within social behavior brain regions reveals breeding context-dependent patterns of neural activity associated with song in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

α1-Noradrenegic receptor antagonism disrupts female songbird responses to male song ⬇️