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Curtis JT, Stowe J, and Wang ZX (2003) Differential effects of intraspecific interactions on the striatal dopamine system in social and non-social voles. Neuroscience, 118:1165-1173. [pdf]

Fowler CD, Freeman ME, and Wang ZX (2003) Newly proliferated cells in the adult male amygdala are affected by gonadal steroid hormones. J. Neurobiol., 57:257-269. [pdf]

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]

Young LJ and Wang ZX (2004) The neurobiology of pair bonding. Nature Neurosci., 7:1048-1054. [pdf]

Lim MM, Wang ZX, Olazabal DE, Ren X, Terwilliger EF, and Young LJ (2004) Enhanced partner preference in a promiscuous species by manipulating the expression of a single gene. Nature, 429:754-757. [pdf]

Fowler CD, Johnson F, and Wang ZX (2005) Estrogen regulation of cell proliferation and distribution of estrogen receptor-alpha in the brains of adult female prairie and meadow voles. J. Comp. Neurol., 489:166-179. [pdf]

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]

Stowe JR, Liu Y, Curtis TJ, Freeman ME, and Wang ZX (2005) Species differences in anxiety-related responses in male prairie and meadow voles: the effects of social isolation. Physiol. Behav., 86:369-378. [pdf]

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

Aragona BJ, Liu Y, Yu J, Curtis TJ, Detwiler J, Insel TR and Wang ZX (2006) Nucleus accumbens dopamine differentially mediates formation and maintenance of monogamous pair bonds. Nature Neurosci., 9:133-139. [pdf]

Smeltzer M, Curtis TJ, Aragona BJ, and Wang ZX (2006) Vasopressin, oxytocin, and dopamine receptors in the prefrontal cortex of monogamous and promiscuous voles. Neurosci. Lett., 394:146-151. [pdf]

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]

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)