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Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan

University of ArizonaORCID 0000-0002-1485-5574Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Evan L. MacLeaniD· 2 shared Brenda S. KennedyiD· 1 shared Carol Sue CarteriD· 1 shared Daniel J. HorschleriD· 1 shared Elizabeth A. D. HammockiD· 1 shared Emily E. BrayiD· 1 shared Kerinne Levy· 1 shared Laura E.L.C. DouglasiD· 1 shared

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Animal Behavior & CognitionAnimal BehaviourPeer-reviewedJun 2, 2026

Maternal care and early rearing environment influence puppy behaviour and cognition

Emily E. Bray, Laura E.L.C. Douglas, Kerinne Levy…·Evan L. MacLean

This study examines how maternal care and rearing environment affect puppy behavior and cognition, finding associations between pre-pregnancy dam traits, rearing location, and offspring outcomes.

DOI 10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123609

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NeurosciencebioRxivMar 3, 2022

What are oxytocin assays measuring? Epitope mapping, metabolites, and comparisons of wildtype & knockout mouse urine

Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, Elizabeth A. D. Hammock, Stacey R. Tecot…·Evan L. MacLean

The paper investigates interference in urinary oxytocin immunoassays using knockout and wildtype mice, finding that common extraction methods fail to eliminate false positives and proposing a new extraction method to reduce interference.

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