All of our publications will be made available upon request. Please email Dr. Smith.
2025
Gossman KR, Andrews E, Dykstra B, Ta K, Ashourvan A, & Smith AS (2025) Structural connectivity of the fore- and mid-brain in prairie voles. iScience. 28:112065. PMID: 40144636 [pdf]
Tickerhoof MC, Nerio Morales LK, Goff J, Vitale EM, & Smith AS (2025) Extended amygdala corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons regulate sexually dimorphic changes in pair bond formation following social defeat in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Neuropsychopharmacology. PMID: 39939823 [pdf]
Kirckof A, Kneller E, Vitale EM, Johnson MA, & Smith AS (2025) The effects of social loss and isolation on partner odor investigation and dopamine and oxytocin receptor expression in female prairie voles. Neuropharmacology. 267:110298. PMID: 39778625 [pdf]
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. 19: 273-286. PMID: 39577457. [pdf]
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 Morales 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]
L’Esperance OJ, McGhee J, Davidson G, Niraula S, Smith AS, Sosunov AA, Yan SS, & Subramanian J (2024) Functional connectivity favors aberrant visual network c-Fos expression accompanied by cortical synapse loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 101: 111-131. PMID: 39121131 [pdf]
Smith AS, Subramanian J, Doderer J, & Moskovitz J (2024) Methionine oxidation of clusterin in Alzheimer’s disease and its effect on clusterin’s binding to beta-amyloid. Neurosci Let. 137874. PMID: 38857696 [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