Brian C. Trainor

The paper investigates the distinct behavioral and electrophysiological roles of oxytocin neurons in the anterior and posterior paraventricular nucleus using genetic and pharmacological manipulations in mice.

This study shows that knocking down oxytocin receptors in specific brain regions of female mice reduces stress-induced social avoidance behaviors.

This study examines sex differences in behavioral and neuroendocrine responses to aggression in California mice, finding that females show increased freezing behavior and males show increased vasopressin-c-fos co-localization after repeated aggression.

The paper shows that pubertal androgen exposure programs adult behavioral responses to social defeat stress, with effects mediated by the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

The paper shows that specific extra-hypothalamic oxytocin neurons regulate stress-induced social anxiety behaviors by modulating social vigilance and approach.

This study shows that HDACi treatment promotes caregiving behavior in non-aggressive male mice and changes IEG expression patterns in fear/defensive circuits.