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Megan Q. Liu

University of British Columbia

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:multiple species· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Organism:rat· 1

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Kiran K. SomaiD· 2 shared Cecilia JalabertiD· 1 shared Daniel J. TobianskyiD· 1 shared Désirée R. SeibiD· 1 shared Stan FlorescoiD· 1 shared

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintJul 11, 2026

A Novel Operant Conditioning Task to Assess Motivation to Exercise in Rats

Désirée R. Seib, Megan Q. Liu, Daniel J. Tobiansky…·Kiran K. Soma

This paper introduces a novel operant conditioning task to measure motivation to exercise in rats and validates it using calorie restriction.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.07.737013

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NeurosciencePLoS ONEPeer-reviewedDec 15, 2025

Estrogen profiling in blood and brain: effects of season and an aggressive interaction in a songbird

Cecilia Jalabert, Megan Q. Liu, Kiran K. Soma

The paper develops a sensitive method to measure eleven estrogens in songbirds and finds that only estrone and 17β-E2 are detectable, with seasonal variation but no effect of simulated territorial intrusion on estrogen levels.

DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0326727

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