All of our publications will be made available upon request. Please email Dr. Smith.
2024
Vitale EM, Tbaba A, Sanchez S, Hale L, Kenkel W, Johnson M & Smith AS (2024) Pair bond quality influences social conditioned place preference expression, passive coping behavior, and central oxytocin receptor expression following partner loss in male prairie voles. Soc Neurosci
Gossman KR, Lowe CS, Kirckof A, Vanmeerhaeghe S, & Smith AS (2024) Corticotropin-releasing factor and GABA in the ventral tegmental area modulate partner preference formation in male and female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Front Neurosci. 18: 1430447. [pdf]
Nerio LK, Boender AJ, Young LJ, Lamprea MR, & Smith AS (2024) Limbic oxytocin receptor expression alters molecular signaling and social avoidance behavior in females. Front Neurosci. 18: 1409316. PMID: 39081850 [pdf]
2023
Vitale EM, Kirckof A, Smith AS. (2023) Partner-seeking and limbic dopamine system are enhanced following social loss in male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Genes Brain Behav. 22: e12861. PMID: 37519035. [pdf]
2022
Vitale, EM & Smith AS (2022) Neurobiology of loneliness, isolation, and loss: Integrating human and animal perspectives. Front Behav Neurosci. 8:16:846315. PMID: 35464141[pdf]
Smith AS (2022) Decoding population variance in resting-state functional connectomes. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 7: 534-535. PMID:35680345. [pdf]
Smith AS, Gossman KR, Dykstra B, Gao FP, & Moskovitz J (2022) Protective effects against the development of alzheimer’s disease in an animal model through active immunization with methionine-sulfoxide rich protein antigen. Antioxidants. 11: 775. PMID: 35453459. [pdf]
2021
Gossman KR, Dykstra B, García BH, Swopes AP, Kimbrough A, & Smith AS (2021) Pair bond-induced affiliation and aggression in male prairie voles elicit distinct functional connectivity in the social decision-making network. Front Neurosci. 15: 748431. PMID: 34720866 [pdf]
Hale LH, Tickerhoof MC, & Smith AS (2021) Chronic intranasal oxytocin reverses stress-induced social avoidance in female prairie voles. Neuropharmacology. 198: 108770. PMID:34461067.
Smith AS, Jurek, B, Grinevich V, & Bowen MT (2021) Editorial: The Oxytocin system in fear, stress, anguish, and pain. Front Endocrinol. 12: 737953. PMID: 34354675 [pdf]
Moskovitz J & Smith AS (2021) Methionine sulfoxide and the methionine sulfoxide reductase system as modulators of signal transduction pathways: A review. Amino Acids. 53: 1011-1020. PMID 34145481.
2020
Cymerblit-Sabba A, Smith AS, Williams Avram SK, Stackmann M, Korgan AC, Tickerhoof MC, & Young WS (2020) Inducing partner preference in mice by chemogenetic stimulation of CA2 hippocampal subfield. Front Mol Neurosci. 13: 61. PMID: 32390799 [pdf]
Tickerhoof MC, Hale LH, Butler MJ, & Smith AS (2020) Regulation of defeat-induced social avoidance by medial amygdala DRD1 in male and female prairie voles. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 113: 104542. PMID 31862611. [pdf]
2019
Smith AS, Korgan AC, & Young WS (2019) Oxytocin delivered nasally or intraperitoneally reaches the brain and plasma of normal and oxytocin knockout mice. Pharmacol Res. 146: 104324. PMID: 31238093
Cui Z & Smith AS(2019) In vivo measurement of enhanced Agouti-related peptide release in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus through Gs activation of Agouti-related peptide neurons. J Biol Methods. 6: e116. PMID: 31453263 [pdf]
Williams Avram SK, Fastman J, Cymerblit-Sabba A, Smith AS, Vincent M, Song J, Lee HJ, Granovetter MC, Lee SH, Cilz N, StackmannM, ChaturvediR, & Young WC (2019) NMDA receptor in vasopressin 1b neurons is not required for short-term social memory, object memory or aggression. Front Behav Neurosci. 13: 218. PMID: 31787886 [pdf]
2018
Smith AS & Wang Z (2018) The neurobiological influence of stress in the vole pair bond. In E Knapska & K Meyza. Neuronal Correlates of Empathy – From Rodent to Human. Elsevier, New York. P81-93 [Google Book]
2017
Lei K, Liu Y, Smith AS, Lonstein JS, & Wang Z (2017) Effects of pair bonding on parental behavior and dopamine activity in the nucleus accumbens in male prairie voles. Eur J Neurosci. 46: 2276-2284. PMID: 28858415
Tickerhoof MC & Smith AS (2017) Vasopressinergic neurocircuitry regulating social attachment in a monogamous species. Front Endocrinol. 8: 265. PMID: 29075234 [pdf]
2016
Smith AS, Williams Avram SK, Cymerblit-Sabba A, Song, J, & Young WS (2016) Targeted activation of the hippocampal CA2 area strongly enhances social memory. Mol Psychiatry. 21: 1137-1144. PMID: 26728562 [pdf]
NakajimaK, Cui Z, Li C, Meister J, Cui Y, Fu O, Smith AS, Jain S, Lowell BB, Krashes MJ, & Wess J (2016) Gs-coupled GPCR signalling in AgRP neurons triggers sustained increase in food intake. Nat Commun. 7: 10268. PMID: 26743492
Smith AS, Tabbaa M, Lei K, Eastham P, Butler MJ, Linton L, Altshuler R, Liu Y, & Wang Z (2016) Local oxytocin tempers anxiety by activating GABAAreceptors in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 63: 50-58. PMID: 26415118 [pdf]
2014
Sun P, Smith AS, Lei K, Liu Y, & Wang Z (2014) Breaking bonds in male prairie vole: Long-term effects on emotional and social behavior, physiology, and neurochemistry. Behav Brain Res. 265: 22-31. PMID: 24561258 [pdf]
Smith AS & Wang Z (2014) Hypothalamic oxytocin mediates social buffering of the stress response. Biol Psychiatry. 76: 281-288. PMID: 24183103 [pdf]
2013
Smith AS, Lieberwirth C, & Wang Z (2013) Behavioral and physiological responses of female prairie voles to various stressful conditions. Stress, 16: 531-539. PMID: 23647082 [pdf]
Smith AS, Lei K, & Wang Z (2013) Neurobiology of social attachment. In D Charney, J Buxbaum, P Sklar, & E Nestler. Neurobiology of Mental Illness, Fourth Edition, Oxford University Press, New York. p1112-1126. [Google Book]
Smith AS, Birnie AK, & French JA (2013) Prenatal androgens affect development and behavior in primates. In K Clancy, K Hinde, & J Rutherford (Eds.) Building Babies: Primate Developmental Trajectories in Proximate and Ultimate Perspectives, Springer, New York. p103-131.
2012
Smith AS & Wang Z (2012) Salubrious effects of oxytocin on social stress-induced deficits. Horm Behav, 61: 320-330. PMID: 21712050 [pdf]
Birnie AK, Hendricks SE, Smith AS, Milam R, & French JA (2012) Maternal gestational androgens are associated with decreased juvenile play in white-faced marmosets (Callithrix geoffroyi). Horm Behav, 62: 136-145. PMID: 22705955
Ågmo A, Smith AS, Birnie AK, & French JA (2012) Behavioral characteristics of pair bonding in the black tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix penicillata). Behaviour.149: 407-440. PMID: 30504964
French JA, Smith AS, Gleason AM, Birnie AK, Mustoe A, & Korgan A (2012) Stress reactivity in young marmosets (Callithrix geoffroyi): Ontogeny, stability, and lack of concordance among co-twins. Horm Behav, 61: 196-203. PMID: 22210196
2011
Smith AS, Birnie AK, & French JA (2011) Social isolation affects partner-directed social behavior and cortisol during pair formation in marmosets, Callithrix geoffroyi. Physiol Behav, 104: 955-961. PMID: 21712050 [pdf]
Birnie AK, Smith AS, Nali C, & French JA (2011) Social and developmental influences on urinary androgen levels in young male white-faced marmosets (Callithrix geoffroyi). Am J Primatol, 73: 378-385. PMID: 21328596
2010
Smith AS, Ågmo A, Birnie AK, & French JA (2010) Manipulation of the oxytocin system alters social behavior and attraction in pair-bonding primates, Callithrix penicillata. Horm Behav, 57: 255-262. PMID: 20025881 [pdf]
Smith AS, Birnie AK, & French JA (2010) Maternal androgen levels during pregnancy are associated with early-life growth in Geoffroy's marmosets, Callithrix geoffroyi. Gen Comp Endocr, 166: 307-313. PMID: 19854190
French JA,Smith AS, & Birnie AK (2010) Maternal gestational androgen levels in female marmosets (Callithrix geoffroyi) vary across trimesters but do not vary with the sex ratio of litters. Gen Comp Endocr, 165: 309-314. PMID: 19646445
2009
Smith AS, Birnie AK, Lane KR, & French JA (2009) Production and perception of sex differences in vocalizations of Wied's black-tufted-ear marmosets (Callithrix kuhlii). Am J Primatol, 71: 324-332. PMID: 19090554