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2024 |
| 81 |
Sailer LL*, Haghani A*, Zoller JA, Li CZ, Ophir AG*, Horvath S* (2024) Epigenetic aging studies of pair bonding in prairie voles. Scientific Reports. 14, 17439. (*Sailer and Haghani share 1st authorship; Ophir and Horvath share last authorship). |
| 80 |
Hiura LC, Lazaro VA, Ophir AG (2024) Paternal absence and increased caregiving independently and interactively shape the development of male prairie voles at subadult and adult life stages. Hormones and Behavior. 164, 105605. |
| 79 |
Forero SA, Liu S, Shetty N, Ophir AG (2024) Re-wiring of the bonded brain: Gene expression among pair bonded female prairie voles changes as they transition to motherhood. Genes Brains and Behavior. 23, e12906. |
| 78 |
Freeman AR, Arenas S, Lee DN, Singh B, Ophir AG (2024) Characterization of oxytocin and vasopressin receptors in the Southern giant pouched rat and comparison to other rodents. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 15, 1390203. |
| 77 |
Sailer LL*, Finton CJ*, Patel PP, Bogdanowicz SM, Ophir AG (2024) Dorsal CA1 lesions of the hippocampus impact mating tactics in prairie voles by shifting non-monogamous males’ use of space to resemble monogamous males. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 18,1355807 (*Sailer and Finton share 1st authorship) |
| 76 |
Elson MR, Prior NH*, Ophir AG* (2024) Neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying reproductive decision making across taxa. In: Neuroendocrinology of Behavior and Emotions. Masterclass in Neuroendocrinology, vol 16. (eds: Caldwell HK, Albers HE). Springer, Cham. pp 157-191. (*Prior and Ophir share last authorship). |
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2023 |
| 75 |
Forero SA, Ophir AG (2023) Bonding against the odds: Male prairie vole response to the “widow effect” among females. Behavioural Processes. 213, 104968. |
| 74 |
Haghani A, Li, CZ, Robeck, TR, Zhang J, Lu AT, et al. … Ophir AG … Sailer LL … Horvath S (2023) DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits. Science. 381, eabq5693.
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| 73 |
Lu AT, Fei Z, Haghani A, Robeck TR, Zoller JA, et al. … Ophir AG … Sailer LL … Horvath S (2023) Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues. Nature Aging. 3, 1144-1166.
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| 72 |
Wallace KJ*, Chun EK*, Manns JR, Ophir AG**, Kelly AM** (2023) A test of the Social Behavior Network reveals differential patterns of neural responses to social novelty in bonded, but not non-bonded, male prairie voles. Hormones and Behavior. 152, 105362. (* Wallace and Chun share 1st authorship; ** Ophir and Kelly share last authorship)
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| 71 |
Hiura LC, Lazaro VA, Ophir AG (2023) Plasticity in parental behavior and vasopressin: Responses to co-parenting, pup age, and an acute stressor are experience-dependent. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 17, 1172845. Preprint was available on bioRxiv |
| 70 |
Forero SA, Sailer LL, Girčytė A, Madrid JE, Sullivan N, Ophir AG (2023) Motherhood and DREADD manipulation of the nucleus accumbens weaken established pair bonds in female prairie voles. Hormones and Behavior. 151, 105351. |
| 69 |
Freeman AR, Lee DN, Allen JJ, Blank B, Jeffery D, Lerer A, Singh B, Southard T, Cheong SH, Ophir AG (2023) Extreme plasticity of reproductive state in a female rodent. Current Biology. 33, R203-R218. |
| 68 |
Wu W-Y, Yiu E, Ophir AG, Smith DM (2023) Effects of social context manipulation on dorsal and ventral hippocampal neuronal responses. Hippocampus. 1-14. DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23507 |
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2022 |
| 67 |
Sailer LL, Park AH, Galvez A, Ophir AG (2022) DREADD activation of the lateral septum alters prosocial and antisocial behaviors, but not partner preferences in male prairie voles. Communications Biology. 5, 1299. Preprint was available on bioRxiv. |
| 66 |
Bentz EJ, Ophir AG (2022) Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei) and evolutionary analysis reveals evidence of olfactory specialization. Genomics. 114, 110521. |
| 65 |
Rice MA, Galindez SM, Garner JT, Ophir AG (2022) Effects of social and environmental contexts on multi-male mating and mixed paternity in socially monogamous female prairie voles. Royal Society Open Science. 9, 220298. |
| 64 |
Sailer LL, Patel PP, Park AH, Moon J, Hanadari-Levy A, Ophir AG (2022) Synergistic consequences of early-life social isolation and chronic stress impact coping and neural mechanisms underlying male prairie vole susceptibility and resilience. Front Behav Neurosci. 16:931549. |
| 63 |
Rice MA, Wong GH, Ophir AG (2022) Impacts of spatial learning on male prairie vole mating tactics in seminatural field enclosures are context dependent. Animal Behaviour. 191, 57-73. |
| 62 |
Lo B*, Freeman AR*, Singh B, Hanadari-Levy A, Berman J, Chaves A, Choudhry A, Ophir AG (2022). Effects of a GnRH agonist on sex behavior in females of the southern giant pouched rat. Integrative and Comparative Biology. ICB-2022-0033. (* Lo and Freeman share 1st authorship). |
| 61 |
Finton CJ, Ophir AG (2022). Developmental exposure to intranasal vasopressin impacts adult prairie vole spatial memory. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 141, 105750. |
| 60 |
Forero SA, Ophir AG (2022) Multi-level effects driving cognitive and behavioral variability among prairie voles: Insights into reproductive decision-making from biological levels of organization. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution. 97, 225-240. |
| 59 |
Finton CJ, Kelly AK, Ophir AG (2022). Support for the parental practice hypothesis: Subadult prairie voles exhibit similar behavioral and neural profiles when alloparenting kin and non-kin. Behavioural Brain Research. 417, 113571.
[Highlighted by: Journal of Experimental Biology 224 (23)] |
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2021 |
| 58 |
Prior NH, Bentz EJ, Ophir AG (2021) Reciprocal processes of sensory perception and social bonding: an integrated social-sensory framework of social behavior. Genes, Brain, and Behavior. e12781. |
| 57 |
Freeman AR, Ophir AG (2021). Individual and self-recognition by female but not male southern giant pouched rats (Cricetomys ansorgei). Ethology. 127, 1019-1032. |
| PrePr |
Lu AT, Fei Z, Haghani A, Robeck TR, Zoller JA, et al. … Ophir AG … Sailer LL … Horvath S (2021) Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues. bioRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.18.426733
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| PrePr |
Li CZ, Haghani A, Robeck TR, Villar D, Zhang J, Faulkes CG, Vu H, et al. … Ophir AG… Sailer LL … Horvath S (2021) Epigenetic predictors of maximum lifespan and other life history traits in mammals. bioRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.16.444078. |
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2020 |
| PrePr |
Sailer LL, Haghani A, Zoller JA, Li CZ, Ophir AG*, Horvath S* (2020) Pair bonding slows epigenetic aging and alters methylation in brains of prairie voles. bioRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.25.313775. (* Ophir & Horvath share last authorship) |
| 56 |
Kelly AM, Ong JY, Witmer RA, Ophir AG (2020) Paternal deprivation impairs social behavior putatively via epigenetic modification to lateral septum vasopressin receptor. Science Advances. 6, eabb9166 |
| 55 |
Madrid JE, Parker KJ, Ophir AG (2020) Variation, plasticity, and alternative mating tactics: Revisiting what we know about the socially monogamous prairie vole. Advances in the Study of Behavior. 52, 203-242. |
| 54 |
Solomon NG, Ophir AG (2020) Editorial: What’s love got to do with it: The evolution of monogamy. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8, 110. |
| 53 |
Freeman AR, Ophir AG, Sheehan MJ (2020) The giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei) olfactory receptor repertoire. PLoS ONE. 15(4): e0221981. |
| 52 |
Freeman AR, Aulino EA, Caldwell HK, Ophir AG (2020) Comparison of the distribution of oxytocin and vasopressin 1a receptors in rodents reveals conserved and derived patterns of nonapeptide evolution. Journal of Neuroendocrinology.2020;00:e12828, 1-11. |
| 51 |
Finton CJ, Ophir AG (2020) Prairie vole pups prefer mothers only when they are a unique resource, but fathers are the main source of variable care. Behavioural Processes. 171, 104022 |
| 50 |
Prounis GS, Ophir AG (2020) One cranium, two brains not yet introduced: Distinct but complementary views of the social brain. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 108, 231-245. |
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2019 |
| 49 |
Rice MA, Sanin G, Ophir AG (2019) Social context alters spatial memory in free living male prairie voles. Royal Society Open Science. 6. 190743 |
| 48 |
Ahern TH, Ophir AG, Burn D (2019) Evaluating the stability of individual variation in social and nonsocial behavioural types using prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Behavioural Processes. 169, 103961. |
| 47 |
Prounis GS, Ophir AG (2019) The impact of perinatal and juvenile social environments on the effects of chronic intranasal oxytocin in the prairie vole. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 213, 206. |
| 46 |
Lee W, Hiura LC, Yang E, Broekman KA, Ophir AG, Curley JP (2019) Social status in mouse social hierarchies is associated with variation in oxytocin and vasopressin 1a receptor densities. Hormones & Behavior. 114, 104551. |
| 45 |
Freeman AR, Sheehan MJ, Ophir AG (2019) Anogenital distance predicts sexual odour preferences in African giant pouched rats. Animal Behaviour. 148, 123-132.
[Highlighted by Science Daily, and Mother Nature Network] |
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2018 |
| 44 |
Hiura LC, Ophir AG. (2018) Interactions between two stages of early life social experiences and sex shape nonapeptide receptor profiles. Integrative Zoology. 13, 745-760. |
| 43 |
Hiura LC, Kelly AM, Ophir AG (2018) Age-specific and context-specific responsesof the medial extended amygdala in the developing prairie vole. Developmental Neurobiology. 78, 1231-1245. |
| 42 |
Prounis GS, Thomas K, Ophir AG (2018) Developmental trajectories and influences of environmental complexity on oxytocin receptor and vasopressin 1a receptor expression in male and female prairie voles. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 526, 1820-1842. |
| 41 |
Kelly AM, Hiura LC, Ophir AG. (2018) Rapid nonapeptide synthesis during a critical period of development in the prairie vole: Plasticity of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Brain Structure and Function. doi: 10.1007/s00429-018-1640-2 |
| 40 |
Kelly AM*, Saunders AG*, Ophir AG. (2018) Mechanistic substrates of a life history transition in male prairie voles: Developmental plasticity in affiliation and aggression corresponds to nonapeptide neuronal function. Hormones and Behavior. 99, 14-24. (* Kelly and Saunders share 1st authorship) |
| 39 |
Freeman AR, Ophir AG (2018) Scent marking behavior of the Southern African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei). Journal of Mammalogy. 99, 1430-1435. |
| 38 |
Rice MA, Restrepo LF, Ophir AG (2018) When to cheat: Modeling dynamics of paternity and promiscuity in socially monogamous prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00141 |
| 37 |
Stevenson TJ, Alward BA, Ebling FJP, Fernald, RD, Kelly AM, Ophir AG. (2018) The value of comparative animal research: Krogh’s principle facilitates scientific discoveries. Policy Insights from the Brain and Behavioral Sciences. 5, 118-125. |
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2017 |
| 36 |
Heller A, Ledbetter E, Singh B, Lee DN, Ophir AG. (2017) Ophthalmic examination findings and intraocular pressures in wild-caught African Giant pouched rats (Cricetomys spp.) Veterinary Ophthalmology. 1-6. |
| 35 |
Rice MA, Hobbs LE, Wallace KJ, Ophir AG (2017) Cryptic sexual dimorphism in spatial memory and hippocampal oxytocin receptors in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Hormones and Behavior. 95, 94-102. |
| 34 |
Ophir AG (2017) Navigating monogamy: Nonapeptide sensitivity in a memory neural circuit may shape social behavior and mating decisions. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 11, 397. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00397 |
| 33 |
Kelly AM, Hiura LC, Saunders AG, Ophir AG. (2017) Oxytocin neurons exhibit extensive functional plasticity due to offspring age in mothers and fathers. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 57, 603-618. |
| 32 |
Cullin, CO, Sellers M, Rogers E, Scott KM, Lee DN, Ophir AG, Jackson TA (2017). Occurrence of gut parasites and anthelmintic treatments in a laboratory colony of wild-caught African pouched rats (Cricetomys ansorgei). Comparative Medicine. 67, 1-10. |
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2016 |
| 31 |
Blocker TD, Ophir AG (2016) A preference to bond? Male prairie voles form pair bonds even in the presence of multiple receptive females. Animal Behaviour. 22, 89-97. |
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2015 |
| 30 |
Prounis GS, Foley L, Rehman A, Ophir AG (2015) Perinatal and juvenile social environments interact to shape cognitive behavior and neural phenotype in prairie voles. Proceeding of the Royal Society B. 282, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2236. |
| 29 |
Okhovat M, Berrio A, Wallace GN, Ophir AG, Phelps SM (2015). Sexual fidelity trade-offs promote regulatory variation in the prairie vole brain. Science. 350, 6266, 1371-1374. |
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[Highlighted by Science, Science News, National Geographic, the Washington Post, Newsweek, the LA Times, and the New York Times, among others] |
| 28 |
Kelly AM & Ophir AG (2015) Compared to what: What can we say about nonapeptide function and social behavior without a frame of reference? Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 6, 97-103. |
| 27 |
Blocker TD & Ophir AG (2015) Social recognition in paired, but not single, male prairie voles. Animal Behaviour. 108, 1-8. |
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[Highlighted by National Geographic, and Science News] |
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2013 |
| 26 |
Zheng D-J, Foley L, Rehman A & Ophir AG (2013) Social recognition is context dependent in single male prairie voles. Animal Behaviour. 86, 1085-1095. |
| 25 |
Ophir AG, Sorochman G, Evans BL & Prounis GS (2013) Stability and dynamics of forebrain V1aR and OTR during pregnancy in prairie voles. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 25, 1-10. |
| 24 |
Zheng D-J, Larsson B, Phelps SM & Ophir AG (2013) Female alternative mating tactics, reproductive success and the social decision-making network. Behavioral Brain Research. 246, 139-147. |
| 23 |
Blocker TD & Ophir AG (2013) Cryptic confounding compounds: A brief consideration of the influences of anthropogenic contaminants on courtship and mating behavior. Acta Ethologica. 16, 105-125. |
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[one of Acta Ethologica’s 10 most downloaded papers in 2013] |
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2012 |
| 22 |
Kingsbury MA, Gleeson ED, Ophir AG, Phelps SM, Young LJ & Marler CA (2012) Monogamous and promiscuous rodent species exhibit discrete variation in the size of the medial prefrontal cortex. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 80, 4-14. |
| 21 |
Ophir AG, Gessel A, Zheng D-J & Phelps SM (2012) Oxytocin receptor density is associated with male mating tactics and social monogamy. Hormones and Behavior. 61, 445-453. |
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[Highlighted by Faculty of 1000] |
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2011 |
| 20 |
Ophir AG (2011) Towards meeting Tinbergen’s challenge. Hormones and Behavior. 60, 22-27. |
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2010 |
| 19 |
Ophir AG, Schrader SB & Gillooly JF (2010) Energetic cost of calling: General constraints and species-specific differences. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23, 1564-1569. |
| 18 |
Gillooly JF & Ophir AG (2010). The energetic basis of acoustic communication. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 277, 1325-1331. |
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[Highlighted by Scientific American, Science Daily, and Discovery Channel / The Daily Planet] |
| 17 |
Phelps SM, Campbell P, Zheng D-J, & Ophir AG (2010) Beating the boojum: Comparative approaches to the neurobiology of social behavior. Neuropharmacology. 58, 17-28. |
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2009 |
| 16 |
Ophir AG, Zheng D-J, Eans S & Phelps SM (2009). Social investigation in a memory task relates to natural variation in septal expression of oxytocin receptor and vasopressin receptor 1a in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Behavioral Neuroscience. 123, 979-991. |
| 15 |
Campbell P, Ophir AG & Phelps SM (2009). Central vasopressin and oxytocin receptor distributions in two species of singing mice. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 516, 321-333. |
| 14 |
Phelps SM & Ophir AG (2009). Monogamous brains and alternative tactics: Neuronal V1aR, space use and sexual infidelity among male prairie voles. In Cognitive ecology: The evolutionary ecology of information processing and decision making. 2nd Ed. (eds: Dukas R. & Ratcliffe J.) Chicago: University of Chicago Press. |
| 13 |
Campbell P, Reep R, Stoll M, Ophir AG & Phelps S (2009) Conservation and diversity of Foxp2 expression in muroid rodents: Functional implications. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 512, 84-100. |
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[Highlighted by Scientific American] |
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2008 |
| 12 |
Ophir AG*, Campbell P*, Hannah K & Phelps SM (2008). Field tests of cis-regulatory variation at the prairie vole avpr1a locus: Association with V1aR abundance but not sexual or social fidelity. Hormones and Behavior. 54, 694-702. (* Ophir and Campbell share 1st authorship) |
| 11 |
Ophir AG, Wolff JO & Phelps SM (2008) Variation in neural V1aR predicts sexual fidelity and space use among male prairie voles in semi-natural settings. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 105, 1249-1254. |
| 10 |
Wolff JO, Ophir AG, & Phelps SM (2008) Asynchronous breeding in the socially monogamous prairie vole. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 86, 339-343. |
| 9 |
Ophir AG, Phelps SM, Sorin AB & Wolff JO (2008) Social but not genetic monogamy is associated with greater breeding success in prairie voles. Animal Behaviour. 75, 1143-1154. |
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[Highlighted by Nature, Faculty of 1000, Science News, Science Daily, the Observer, and BBC Wildlife] |
| 8 |
Ophir AG, Crino OL, Wilkerson QC, Wolff JO & Phelps SM (2008) Female-directed aggression predicts paternal behavior, but female prairie voles prefer affiliative males to paternal males. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 71, 32-40. |
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2007 |
| 7 |
Ophir AG & delBarco-Trillo J (2007) Anogenital distance predicts female choice and male potency in prairie voles. Physiology and Behavior. 92, 533-540. |
| 6 |
Ophir AG, Phelps SM, Sorin AB, & Wolff JO (2007) Morphological, genetic, and behavioral comparisons of two prairie vole populations in the field and laboratory. Journal of Mammalogy. 88(4), 989-999. |
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2005 |
| 5 |
Ophir AG, Persaud KN & Galef BG Jr. (2005) Avoidance of relatively aggressive male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) by sexually experienced conspecific females. Journal of Comparative Psychology. 119(1), 3-7 |
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2004 |
| 4 |
Ophir AG & Galef BG Jr. (2004) Sexual experience can affect use of public information in mate choice. Animal Behaviour. 68 (5), 1221-1227. |
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2003 |
| 3 |
Ophir AG & Galef BG Jr. (2003) Female Japanese quail that ‘eavesdrop’ on fighting males prefer losers to winners. Animal Behaviour 66 (2), 399-407. |
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[Highlighted by Reuters, New Scientist, Science News, CBC’s Quirks and Quarks, Science World, and Canadian Wildlife] |
| 2 |
Ophir AG & Galef BG Jr. (2003) Female Japanese quail affiliate with live males that they have seen mate on video. Animal Behaviour 66 (2), 369-375. |
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[Highlighted by Discovery Channel / the Daily Planet, and the Globe and Mail] |
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2002 |
| 1 |
Burmeister S, Ophir AG, Wilczynski W & Ryan MJ (2002) Information transfer during cricket frog contests. Animal Behaviour, 64 (5), 715-725. |
