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Wang ZX, Liu Y, Young LJ, and Insel TR (2000) Hypothalamic vasopressin gene expression increases in both males and females postpartum in a biparental rodent. J. Neuroendocrinol., 12:111-120. [pdf]

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Curtis JT, Liu Y and Wang ZX (2001) Lesions of the vomeronasal organ disrupt mating-induced pair bonding in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Brain Res., 901:167-174. [pdf]

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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]

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Curtis JT and Wang ZX (2003) Forebrain c-fos expression under conditions conducive to pair bonding in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Physiol. Behav., 80:95-101. [pdf]

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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]

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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]

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

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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]

Northcutt KV, Wang ZX, and Lonstein JS (2007) Sex and species differences in tyrosine hydroxylase-synthesizing cells of the rodent olfactory extended amygdale. J. Comp. Neurol., 500:103-115.  [pdf]

Li FH, Zhong WQ, Wang ZX, and Wang DH (2007) Social status and humoral immune functions in male Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii). Physiol. Behav., 90:490-495. [pdf]

Lim MM, Liu Y, Ryabinin AE, Wang ZX, and Young LJ (2007) CRF receptors in the nucleus accumbens modulate partner preference in prairie voles. Horm. Behav., 51:508-515.  [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]

Liu Y, Aragona BJ, Young KA, Dietz DM, Kabbaj M, Mazei-Robison M, Nestler EJ, and Wang ZX (2010) Nucleus accumbens dopamine mediates amphetamine-induced impairment of social bonding in a monogamous rodent species. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, 107: 1217-1222. [pdf].

Liu Y, Young KA, Curtis TC, Aragona B, and Wang ZX (2011) Social bonding decreases the rewarding properties of amphetamine through a dopamine D1 receptor mediated mechanism.  J. Neurosci., 31:7960-7966. [pdf]

Young KA, Liu Y, Gobrogge KL, Dietz DM, Kabbaj M, and Wang ZX (2011) Amphetamine alters behavior and mesocorticolimbic dopamine receptor expression in the monogamous female prairie vole.  Brain Res., 1367:213-222. [pdf]

Martin MM, Liu Y, and Wang ZX (2011) Developmental exposure to a serotonin agonist produces subsequent behavioral and neurochemical changes in the adult male prairie vole. Physiol. Behav., (in press)