Publications

Recent publications

Lopez, M. S., & Alward, B. A. (2024). Androgen receptor deficiency is associated with reduced aromatase expression in the ventromedial hypothalamus of male cichlids. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences1532(1), 73-82.
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Howard, M. R., Ramsaroop, M. G., Hoadley, A. P., Jackson, L. R., Lopez, M. S., Saenz, L. A., & Alward, B. (2024). Female cichlids mate with novel androgen receptor mutant males that lack coloration. Hormones and Behavior163, 105564.
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Jackson, L. R., Lopez, M. S., & Alward, B. (2023). Breaking through the bottleneck: Krogh’s principle in behavioral neuroendocrinology and the potential of gene editing. Integrative and Comparative Biology63(2), 428-443.
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Alward, B. A., & Juntti, S. A. (2023). Neuroethology in the age of gene editing: New tools and novel insights into the molecular and neural basis of behavior. Integrative and Comparative Biology63(2), 368-371.
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Munley, K. M., & Alward, B. A. (2023). Control of social status by sex steroids: insights from teleost fishes. Molecular Psychology: Brain, Behavior, and Society2(21), 21.
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Munley, K. M., Hoadley, A. P., & Alward, B. A. (2023). A phylogenetics-based nomenclature system for steroid receptors in teleost fishes. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 114436.
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Alward, B.A., Hoadley, A.P., Jackson, L.R., Lopez, M.S. (2023) Genetic dissection of steroid-hormone modulated social behavior: Novel paralogous genes are a boon for discovery. Hormones and Behavior, 147, 105295
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Hoadley, A.P., Fernald, R.D., & Alward, B.A. (2021) Control of testes mass by androgen receptor paralogs in a cichlid. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 192, 107–114
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Alward, B.A., Cathers, P.H., Blakkan, D.M., Hoadley, A.P., & Fernald, R.D. (2021)
A behavioral logic underlying aggression in an African cichlid fish. Ethology, 2021;00:1–10.
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Alward, B. A., Laud, V., Skalnik, C. J., York, R. A., Juntti, S. A., & Fernald, R. D. (2020). Modular genetic control of social status in a cichlid fish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 28167–28174.
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Alward, B.A., Hilliard, A.T., York, R.A., Fernald R.D. (2019) Hormonal regulation of social status and temporal organization of behavior in an African cichlid. Hormones and Behavior, 107, 83-95.
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Stevenson, T. J., Alward, B.A., Ebling, F. J., Fernald, R. D., Kelly, A., & Ophir, A. G. (2018). The Value of Comparative Animal Research: Krogh’s Principle Facilitates Scientific Discoveries. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 5, 118–125.
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Madison, F.N., Kesner, A.J., Alward, B.A., Ball, G.F. (2018) Sex differences in mineralcorticoid and glucocorticoid receptor mRNA expression in response to acute mate pair separation in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Hippocampus, 28, 698-706.
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Alward, B.A.,Balthazart, J.,Cornil, C., Ball, G.F. (2018). The regulation of birdsong by testosterone: Multiple time-scales and multiple sites of action. Hormones and Behavior (Invited Review), 104, 32–40.
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Alward, B.A., Balthazart, J., Ball G.F. (2017) Dissociable effects of androgen signaling in cortex-like brain regions on distinct features of birdsong. Journal of Neuroscience, 37, 8612-8624.
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