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The role of paternal hair testosterone and cortisol levels in father-child bonding across the perinatal period in first-time fathers
The dataset analyzed during the current study is not publicly available due to legal and ethical constraints. Public shari...
Glucocorticoid correlation between barn owl (Tyto alba) breeding partners and its association with reproductive success
Volume 176, November 2025, 105842Author links open overlay panel, , , Highlights•Barn owl pairs with dissimilarity in cort...
Influence of premenstrual syndrome on attentional capture by expressions in the luteal phase
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is characterized by its high incidence and the presence of negative emotional symptoms during ...
Stranger-directed consolation-like behavior in mice in a test of social decision making
In the past decade, investigations into the neurobiology of empathy have been propelled by evidence that rodents are capab...
Hormonal contraceptives modulate resilience to psychiatric and neurodegenerative disease
Hormonal contraceptives (HCs) are one of the most widely used classes of drug worldwide and are a critical part of women's...
Emotion recognition largely unaffected by combined oral contraceptive transitions or their androgenicity
Oral contraceptive (OC) intake has been linked to reduced emotion recognition, particularly for negative emotions, though ...
Contraceptive hormones and social instability stress in adolescence and in adulthood: Effects on anxiety and social behaviour
Hormonal contraceptives (HCs), particularly those containing ethinyl estradiol (EE) and levonorgestrel (LNG), are widely u...
CRISPR-mediated knockdown of oxytocin receptor in extended amygdala reduces stress-induced social avoidance in female California mice
Individuals affected by anxiety disorders experience significant distress in social situations that can lead to self-isola...
Examining androgen and estrogen profiles during pubertal development in autistic and neurotypical girls
Volume 176, November 2025, 105837Author links open overlay panel, , , , , Highlights•Pubertal development is complex, and ...
Polycystic ovary syndrome: Unveiling the multifaceted contributors, mechanisms, and psychological impacts
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), also known as Stein-Leventhal syndrome (Evans and Riley, 1958), stands as one of the pre...
Neural circuits that suppress parental behavior in adult laboratory rats (Rattus norvegicus) and mice (Mus musculus)
The majority of sexually inexperienced (virgin) adult laboratory rats of both sexes typically avoid and may sometimes atta...
Why do mood disturbances often occur in early postpartum? An integrative neurobiological and evolutionary perspective
The arrival of a newborn brings great joy to a mother's life, as happiness appears to be the predominant mood experienced ...
No effect of glucocorticoid and noradrenergic activity on consistency in prosocial choice
Stress can alter the way people make decisions, affecting domains such as risk-taking and social interaction. Growing evid...
Associations between cumulative family environmental stress exposures and hair cortisol concentrations among 2.5- and 5-year-olds with different social competences
Sharing data outside research collaboration is precluded by Finnish national legislation on personal data protection and t...
Bold female zebrafish (Danio rerio) have physiological advantages in reproductive performance
In sexually reproducing species, the quality of gametes (eggs and sperm) is essential for reproductive success. High-quali...
Progesterone and negative emotionality across and between ovulatory cycles: A study of romantically involved women
In industrialized populations, the average woman ovulates roughly 300 times in her lifetime. In traditional natural fertil...
Thioredoxin interacting protein mediates corticosterone-induced depressive-like behavior in male mice
Depression is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide (Friedrich, 2017; Rotarou and Sakellariou, 2018). The path...
Experimentally induced sexual behavior in male gray treefrogs activates the HPG but not the HPI axis
That hormones both modulate and respond to behavior is well-established (Alward et al., 2018; Wingfield et al., 2019). Whi...
Appetitive maternal behavior in mice is resistant to perinatal chronic variable stress and perinatal chronic corticosterone treatment
During the perinatal period, the human maternal brain undergoes extensive structural and functional changes (Dufford et al...
Deciphering the molecular connections between polycystic ovarian syndrome and autism spectrum disorder using bioinformatic analysis
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a neuroendocrine disorder represented clinically by pathological accumulation of imm...
Women's affiliation across the menstrual cycle: Cycle phase variation and associations with progesterone and estradiol
Throughout most of human evolutionary history, women spent a large portion of their lives in states of increased vulnerabi...
Effect of androgen receptor blockade on spatial memory in young and aged male rats in the Barnes maze
Normal aging is associated with deficits in certain aspects of cognition, such as attention, learning, and memory. Specifi...
Female rats exposed to early life scarcity-adversity are resilient to later life changes in maternal behavior
The swift onset of maternal behavior following parturition is evolutionarily conserved in humans and other altricial mamma...
Testing the congruency hypothesis using meta-analysis: Are changes in oral contraceptive use correlated with partnered women's sexual satisfaction?
Based on claims that changes in women's hormone levels influence their mating psychology, the Congruency Hypothesis propos...
High human presence is correlated with lower faecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in an urban bird population
Volume 170, April 2025, 105724Author links open overlay panel, , , , , Highlights•City-dwelling wildlife face weekday/week...
Social experience is associated with a differential role of aromatase neurons in sexual behavior and territorial aggression in male mice
Volume 170, April 2025, 105723Author links open overlay panel, , , , , Highlights•BSNT aromatase neurons are not essential...
Neuroestrogens, the hippocampus, and female cognitive aging
Volume 170, April 2025, 105710Author links open overlay panel, , , Highlights•Neuroestrogens are important modulators of h...
Consequences of menopause for brain health
Available online 10 April 2025, 105727Author links open overlay panel, , Section snippetsCRediT authorship contribution st...
Vasotocin and oxytocin modulation of the endocrine and behavioral response to an aggressive challenge in male Siamese fighting fish
Aggression is an adaptive behavior used to establish dominance hierarchies, compete for resources, protect offspring, and ...
Hormonal changes in first-time human fathers in relation to paternal investment
Fathers care for their offspring in only 5–10 % of mammalian species (Clutton-Brock, 1991; Moller, 2003). Among species ex...
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