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Larry J Young

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1 Oxytocin, vasopressin, and the neurogenetics of sociality. Science 2008 5.53
2 Enhanced partner preference in a promiscuous species by manipulating the expression of a single gene. Nature 2004 4.00
3 Microsatellite instability generates diversity in brain and sociobehavioral traits. Science 2005 3.43
4 Neuropeptidergic regulation of affiliative behavior and social bonding in animals. Horm Behav 2006 3.02
5 Oxytocin and the neural mechanisms regulating social cognition and affiliative behavior. Front Neuroendocrinol 2009 2.91
6 Pervasive social deficits, but normal parturition, in oxytocin receptor-deficient mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 2.84
7 Cognitive dysfunction in psychiatric disorders: characteristics, causes and the quest for improved therapy. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2012 2.44
8 Profound impairment in social recognition and reduction in anxiety-like behavior in vasopressin V1a receptor knockout mice. Neuropsychopharmacology 2004 2.26
9 The developmental neurobiology of autism spectrum disorder. J Neurosci 2006 2.21
10 The neuroendocrine basis of social recognition. Front Neuroendocrinol 2002 2.17
11 The behavioral, anatomical and pharmacological parallels between social attachment, love and addiction. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2012 1.96
12 Evidence that oxytocin exerts anxiolytic effects via oxytocin receptor expressed in serotonergic neurons in mice. J Neurosci 2009 1.85
13 The V1a vasopressin receptor is necessary and sufficient for normal social recognition: a gene replacement study. Neuron 2005 1.73
14 Oxytocin, vasopressin and pair bonding: implications for autism. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2006 1.72
15 Variation in oxytocin receptor density in the nucleus accumbens has differential effects on affiliative behaviors in monogamous and polygamous voles. J Neurosci 2009 1.72
16 Social approach behaviors in oxytocin knockout mice: comparison of two independent lines tested in different laboratory environments. Neuropeptides 2007 1.72
17 Oxytocin, vasopressin, and social recognition in mammals. Peptides 2004 1.68
18 D-cycloserine facilitates socially reinforced learning in an animal model relevant to autism spectrum disorders. Biol Psychiatry 2011 1.55
19 The oxytocin system in drug discovery for autism: animal models and novel therapeutic strategies. Horm Behav 2011 1.51
20 The prairie vole: an emerging model organism for understanding the social brain. Trends Neurosci 2009 1.49
21 The CRF system mediates increased passive stress-coping behavior following the loss of a bonded partner in a monogamous rodent. Neuropsychopharmacology 2008 1.47
22 Oxytocin is an anabolic bone hormone. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 1.44
23 Common polymorphism in the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) is associated with human social recognition skills. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013 1.43
24 Variation in the vasopressin V1a receptor promoter and expression: implications for inter- and intraspecific variation in social behaviour. Eur J Neurosci 2002 1.33
25 Neuroanatomical evidence for reciprocal regulation of the corticotrophin-releasing factor and oxytocin systems in the hypothalamus and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of the rat: Implications for balancing stress and affect. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2011 1.32
26 The impact of early life family structure on adult social attachment, alloparental behavior, and the neuropeptide systems regulating affiliative behaviors in the monogamous prairie vole (microtus ochrogaster). Front Behav Neurosci 2009 1.30
27 Mutation of a novel gene results in abnormal development of spermatid flagella, loss of intermale aggression and reduced body fat in mice. Genetics 2002 1.29
28 Ventral striatopallidal oxytocin and vasopressin V1a receptors in the monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster). J Comp Neurol 2004 1.28
29 Viral vector-mediated gene transfer of the vole V1a vasopressin receptor in the rat septum: improved social discrimination and active social behaviour. Eur J Neurosci 2003 1.23
30 Oxytocin-induced analgesia and scratching are mediated by the vasopressin-1A receptor in the mouse. J Neurosci 2010 1.21
31 Functional microsatellite polymorphism associated with divergent social structure in vole species. Mol Biol Evol 2004 1.20
32 CRF receptors in the nucleus accumbens modulate partner preference in prairie voles. Horm Behav 2007 1.19
33 Species and sex differences in brain distribution of corticotropin-releasing factor receptor subtypes 1 and 2 in monogamous and promiscuous vole species. J Comp Neurol 2005 1.17
34 Neuropeptides and the social brain: potential rodent models of autism. Int J Dev Neurosci 2005 1.14
35 Activation of μ-opioid receptors in the dorsal striatum is necessary for adult social attachment in monogamous prairie voles. Neuropsychopharmacology 2011 1.13
36 New aspects of oxytocin receptor function revealed by knockout mice: sociosexual behaviour and control of energy balance. Prog Brain Res 2008 1.12
37 Vasopressin and pair-bond formation: genes to brain to behavior. Physiology (Bethesda) 2006 1.11
38 Anterior hypothalamic vasopressin regulates pair-bonding and drug-induced aggression in a monogamous rodent. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 1.10
39 Variability in "spontaneous" maternal behavior is associated with anxiety-like behavior and affiliation in naïve juvenile and adult female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Dev Psychobiol 2005 1.08
40 Extraordinary diversity in vasopressin (V1a) receptor distributions among wild prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): patterns of variation and covariation. J Comp Neurol 2003 1.08
41 Evaluation of two automated metrics for analyzing partner preference tests. J Neurosci Methods 2009 1.06
42 Increasing oxytocin receptor expression in the nucleus accumbens of pre-pubertal female prairie voles enhances alloparental responsiveness and partner preference formation as adults. Horm Behav 2011 1.04
43 Intranasal oxytocin selectively attenuates rhesus monkeys' attention to negative facial expressions. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2013 1.03
44 Sexual dimorphism in the vasopressin system: lack of an altered behavioral phenotype in female V1a receptor knockout mice. Behav Brain Res 2005 0.99
45 Variation in vasopressin receptor (Avpr1a) expression creates diversity in behaviors related to monogamy in prairie voles. Horm Behav 2013 0.98
46 Central vasopressin V1a receptor activation is independently necessary for both partner preference formation and expression in socially monogamous male prairie voles. Behav Neurosci 2010 0.97
47 Distribution of corticotropin-releasing factor and urocortin 1 in the vole brain. Brain Behav Evol 2006 0.97
48 Evolution of a behavior-linked microsatellite-containing element in the 5' flanking region of the primate AVPR1A gene. BMC Evol Biol 2008 0.96
49 Neural distribution of nonapeptide binding sites in two species of songbird. J Comp Neurol 2009 0.95
50 Toward an integrative understanding of social behavior: new models and new opportunities. Front Behav Neurosci 2010 0.94
51 Viral vector-mediated overexpression of estrogen receptor-alpha in striatum enhances the estradiol-induced motor activity in female rats and estradiol-modulated GABA release. J Neurosci 2009 0.94
52 Parental division of labor, coordination, and the effects of family structure on parenting in monogamous prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Dev Psychobiol 2010 0.94
53 Production of germline transgenic prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) using lentiviral vectors. Biol Reprod 2009 0.93
54 Synthesis and evaluation of C-11, F-18 and I-125 small molecule radioligands for detecting oxytocin receptors. Bioorg Med Chem 2012 0.91
55 Editorial comment: oxytocin, vasopressin and social behavior. Horm Behav 2012 0.91
56 Perinatal exposure to endocrine disrupting compounds alters behavior and brain in the female pine vole. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2005 0.89
57 Long-term dysregulation of brain corticotrophin and glucocorticoid receptors and stress reactivity by single early-life pain experience in male and female rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2013 0.88
58 A single neonatal injury induces life-long deficits in response to stress. Dev Neurosci 2013 0.86
59 Neurobehavioral actions of coumestrol and related isoflavonoids in rodents. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2002 0.86
60 Investigation of an F-18 oxytocin receptor selective ligand via PET imaging. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2013 0.85
61 Genistein affects ER beta- but not ER alpha-dependent gene expression in the hypothalamus. Endocrinology 2002 0.85
62 The relative contribution of proximal 5' flanking sequence and microsatellite variation on brain vasopressin 1a receptor (Avpr1a) gene expression and behavior. PLoS Genet 2013 0.83
63 Central oxytocin, vasopressin, and corticotropin-releasing factor receptor densities in the basal forebrain predict isolation potentiated startle in rats. J Neurosci 2005 0.83
64 Carbon-11 N-methyl alkylation of L-368,899 and in vivo PET imaging investigations for neural oxytocin receptors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012 0.82
65 Development of genomic resources for the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster): construction of a BAC library and vole-mouse comparative cytogenetic map. BMC Genomics 2010 0.82
66 Drinking alcohol has sex-dependent effects on pair bond formation in prairie voles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014 0.81
67 Monogamous and promiscuous rodent species exhibit discrete variation in the size of the medial prefrontal cortex. Brain Behav Evol 2012 0.81
68 Species differences in brain distribution of CART mRNA and CART peptide between prairie and meadow voles. Brain Res 2005 0.81
69 The neuroendocrinology of the social brain. Front Neuroendocrinol 2009 0.80
70 BAC-based sequencing of behaviorally-relevant genes in the prairie vole. PLoS One 2012 0.80
71 The role of early life experience and species differences in alcohol intake in microtine rodents. PLoS One 2012 0.79
72 Immediate and residual effects of tamoxifen and ethynylestradiol in the female rat hypothalamus. Brain Res 2003 0.79
73 A genetic linkage map and comparative mapping of the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) genome. BMC Genet 2011 0.79
74 Comparative distribution of central neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the prairie (Microtus ochrogaster) and meadow (M. pennsylvanicus) vole. Peptides 2012 0.77
75 Identification of variables contributing to superovulation efficiency for production of transgenic prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2012 0.77
76 Regulation of ephrin-A expression in compressed retinocollicular maps. Dev Neurobiol 2012 0.75
77 Soy Isoflavone Supplements Antagonize Reproductive Behavior and Estrogen Receptor α- and β-Dependent Gene Expression in the Brain. Endocrinology 2001 0.75
78 Profile of Larry J. Young. Shaping the social brain. Interview by Kristie Nybo. Biotechniques 2011 0.75
79 Genistein Affects ERβ- But Not ERα-Dependent Gene Expression in the Hypothalamus. Endocrinology 2002 0.75
80 Application of adeno-associated viral vectors in behavioral research. Methods 2002 0.75
81 Partner Loss in Monogamous Rodents: Modulation of Pain and Emotional Behavior in Male Prairie Voles. Psychosom Med 2017 0.75