Recent Representative Publications


Aragona BJ, Liu Y, Curtis, TJ, Stephan FK, and Wang ZX (2003) A critical role for nucleus accumbens dopamine in partner-preference formation in male prairie voles. J. Neurosci., 23:3483-3490. [pdf]

Curtis JT, Stowe J, and Wang ZX (2003) Differential effects of intraspecific interactions on the striatal dopamine system in social and non-social voles. Neuroscience, 118:1165-1173. [pdf]

Fowler CD, Freeman ME, and Wang ZX (2003) Newly proliferated cells in the adult male amygdala are affected by gonadal steroid hormones. J. Neurobiol., 57:257-269. [pdf]

Liu Y and Wang ZX (2003) Nucleus accumbens oxytocin and dopamine interact to regulate pair bond formation in female prairie voles. Neuroscience, 121:537-544. [pdf]

Young LJ and Wang ZX (2004) The neurobiology of pair bonding. Nature Neurosci., 7:1048-1054. [pdf]

Fowler CD, Johnson F, and Wang ZX (2005) Estrogen regulation of cell proliferation and distribution of estrogen receptor-alpha in the brains of adult female prairie and meadow voles. J. Comp. Neurol., 489:166-179. [pdf]

Curtis JT and Wang ZX (2005) Glucocorticoid receptor involvement in pair bonding in female prairie voles: The effects of acute blockade and interactions with central dopamine reward systems. Neuroscience, 134:369-76. [pdf]

Stowe JR, Liu Y, Curtis TJ, Freeman ME, and Wang ZX (2005) Species differences in anxiety-related responses in male prairie and meadow voles: the effects of social isolation. Physiol. Behav., 86:369-378. [pdf]

Curtis JT and Wang ZX (2005) Ventral tegmental area involvement in pair bonding in male prairie voles. Physiol. Behav., 86:338-346. [pdf] 

Aragona BJ, Liu Y, Yu J, Curtis TJ, Detwiler J, Insel TR and Wang ZX (2006) Nucleus accumbens dopamine differentially mediates formation and maintenance of monogamous pair bonds. Nature Neurosci., 9:133-139. [pdf]

Smeltzer M, Curtis TJ, Aragona BJ, and Wang ZX (2006) Vasopressin, oxytocin, and dopamine receptors in the prefrontal cortex of monogamous and promiscuous voles. Neurosci. Lett., 394:146-151. [pdf]

Aragona BJ, Detwiler JM, and Wang ZX (2007) Amphetamine reward in the monogamous prairie vole. Neurosci. Lett., 418:190-194.  [pdf]

Gobrogge KL, Liu Y, Jia X and Wang ZX (2007) Anterior hypothalamic neural activation and neurochemical association with aggression in pair bonded male prairie voles. J. Comp. Neurol., 502:1109-1122. [pdf]

Curtis JT and Wang ZX (2007) Amphetamine effects in microtine rodents: a comparative study using monogamous and promiscuous vole species. Neuroscience, 148:857-866. [pdf]

Aragona BJ and Wang ZX (2007) Opposing regulation of pair bond formation by cAMP signaling within the nucleus accumbens shell. J. Neurosci., 27:13352-13356. [pdf]

Pan Y, Liu Y, Young KA, Zhang Z, and Wang ZX (2009) Post-weaning social isolation alters anxiety-related behavior and neurochemical gene expression in the brain of male prairie voles. Neurosci. Lett., 454:67-71. [pdf]

Gobrogge K, Liu Y, Young LJ, and Wang ZX (2009) Anterior hypothalamic vasopressin regulates pair bonding- and drug-induced aggression in a monogamous rodent. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, 106:19144-19149. [pdf]



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