keywords
- social behavior
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Donaldson, Zoe Rebecca
Positions
- Professor, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology (MCDB)
- Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience
Research Areas
- Animal Behavior/Ethology
- Animal Genetics/Breeding
- Biological Sciences
- Comparative/Animal Psychology
- Gene Expression
- Gene Regulation
- Genetics
- Molecular Biology
- Molecular Genetics
- Nervous System
- Neurochemistry
- Neurophysiology
- Neuroscience
- Neurotransmitters
- Receptors
- Recombinant DNA
- Sociobiology
- Stress
- Transgenic Animals
Research
Publications
selected publications
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chapter
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conference proceeding
- SINGLE NUCLEUS RNA-SEQUENCING REVEALS TRANSCRIPTIONAL SYNCHRONY ACROSS DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS. Neuropsychopharmacology. 572-573. 2024
- Emergent Intra-Pair Sex Differences and Neural Synchrony in Pair Bonded Prairie Voles. Neuropsychopharmacology. 506-506. 2021
- The Functional Serotonin 1a Receptor Promoter Polymorphism, rs6295, is Associated with Psychiatric Illness and Differences in Transcription. Neuropsychopharmacology. S422-S423. 2014
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journal article
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Accumbal calcium-permeable AMPA receptors orchestrate neuronal ensembles underlying social attachment..
Nature Communications.
783.
2026
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Exposure to novel females increases fecundity in adult male prairie voles☆.
Hormones and Behavior.
2025
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Mapping the cellular basis of species differences in oxytocin and dopamine receptor expression in the vole nucleus accumbens.
Scientific Reports.
2025
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Lentiviral CRISPRa/i in the adult prairie vole brain: modulating neuronal gene expression without DNA cleavage.
Frontiers in Genome Editing.
2025
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An innate drive to save a life.
Science.
827-828.
2025
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The BRAIN initiative: a pioneering program on the precipice.
Nature Neuroscience.
2264-2266.
2024
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Aging leads to sex-dependent effects on pair bonding and increased number of oxytocin-producing neurons in monogamous prairie voles.
Hormones and Behavior.
2024
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Social neuroscience: When more is merrier.
Current Biology.
R907-R908.
2024
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Larry J. Young (1967-2024).
Nature Neuroscience.
1037-1038.
2024
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Prairie voles as a model for adaptive reward remodeling following loss of a bonded partner.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
20-30.
2024
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Nucleus accumbens dopamine release reflects the selective nature of pair bonds.
Current Biology.
2024
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Neurobiology and treatment advances for prolonged grief disorder.
Neuropsychopharmacology.
309-310.
2024
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PhAT: A Flexible Open-Source GUI-Driven Toolkit for Photometry Analysis.
Current Protocols.
2023
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Prairie vole pair bonding and plasticity of the social brain.
Trends in Neurosciences.
260-262.
2023
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PhAT: A flexible open-source GUI-driven toolkit for photometry analysis
2023
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Prolonged partner separation erodes nucleus accumbens transcriptional signatures of pair bonding in male prairie voles.
eLife.
2023
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Nucleus accumbens dopamine release reflects the selective nature of pair bonds
2022
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Wireless multilateral devices for optogenetic studies of individual and social behaviors (May, 10.1038/s41593-021-00849-x, 2021).
Nature Neuroscience.
1394-1394.
2022
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Emergent intra-pair sex differences and organized behavior in pair bonded prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).
Genes, Brain and Behavior.
2022
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Sex differences in the reward value of familiar mates in prairie voles.
Genes, Brain and Behavior.
2022
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Emergent intra-pair sex differences and behavioral coordination in pair bonded prairie voles
2021
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Sex differences in the reward value of familiar mates in prairie voles
2021
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Prolonged partner separation erodes nucleus accumbens transcriptional signatures of pair bonding in male prairie voles
2021
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Wireless multilateral devices for optogenetic studies of individual and social behaviors.
Nature Neuroscience.
1035-1045.
2021
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Oxytocin, Dopamine, and Opioid Interactions Underlying Pair Bonding: Highlighting a Potential Role for Microglia.
Endocrinology.
2021
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Blueprints for Bonding? New Genetic Tools to Parse the Neural Basis of Pair Bonding in Prairie Voles.
Neuroscience.
311-311.
2020
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How prior pair-bonding experience affects future bonding behavior in monogamous prairie voles.
Hormones and Behavior.
2020
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How prior pair-bonding experience affects future bonding behavior in monogamous prairie voles
2020
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A neuronal signature for monogamous reunion.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
11076-11084.
2020
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Optogenetic reactivation of prefrontal social neural ensembles mimics social buffering of fear.
Neuropsychopharmacology.
1068-1077.
2020
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Optogenetic reactivation of prefrontal social memory trace mimics social buffering of fear
2019
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Functional Interrogation of a Depression-Related Serotonergic Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, rs6295, Using a Humanized Mouse Model.
ACS Chemical Neuroscience.
3197-3206.
2019
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A neuronal signature for monogamous reunion
2019
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Functional interrogation of a depression-related serotonergic SNP, rs6295, using a humanized mouse model
2018
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Prairie Voles as a Model for Understanding the Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Attachment Behaviors.
ACS Chemical Neuroscience.
1939-1950.
2018
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Genomic tools for behavioural ecologists to understand repeatable individual differences in behaviour.
Nature Ecology and Evolution.
944-955.
2018
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Loss of MeCP2 in adult 5-HT neurons induces 5-HT1A autoreceptors, with opposite sex-dependent anxiety and depression phenotypes.
Scientific Reports.
2018
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Optogenetic stimulation of dentate gyrus engrams restores memory in Alzheimer's disease mice.
Hippocampus.
1110-1122.
2017
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Animal models to improve our understanding and treatment of suicidal behavior.
Translational Psychiatry.
2017
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The functional serotonin 1a receptor promoter polymorphism, rs6295, is associated with psychiatric illness and differences in transcription.
Translational Psychiatry.
2016
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5-HT1A receptors on mature dentate gyrus granule cells are critical for the antidepressant response.
Nature Neuroscience.
1606-1616.
2015
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From Psychiatric Disorders to Animal Models: A Bidirectional and Dimensional Approach.
Biological Psychiatry.
15-21.
2015
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Expression of androgen receptor in the brain of a sub-oscine bird with an elaborate courtship display.
Neuroscience Letters.
61-65.
2014
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Developmental Effects of Serotonin 1A Autoreceptors on Anxiety and Social Behavior.
Neuropsychopharmacology.
291-302.
2014
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The Relative Contribution of Proximal 5′ Flanking Sequence and Microsatellite Variation on Brain Vasopressin 1a Receptor (Avpr1a) Gene Expression and Behavior.
PLoS Genetics.
2013
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Genetic approaches for understanding the role of serotonin receptors in mood and behavior.
Current Opinion in Neurobiology.
399-406.
2013
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ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY Independent Review Of Social And Population Variation In Mental Health Could Improve Diagnosis In DSM Revisions.
Health Affairs.
984-993.
2013
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New communal roosting tradition established through experimental translocation in a Neotropical harvestman.
Animal Behaviour.
1183-1190.
2012
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A polymorphic indel containing the RS3 microsatellite in the 5' flanking region of the vasopressin V1a receptor gene is associated with chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) personality.
Genes, Brain and Behavior.
552-558.
2012
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Central Vasopressin V1a Receptor Activation Is Independently Necessary for Both Partner Preference Formation and Expression in Socially Monogamous Male Prairie Voles.
Behavioral Neuroscience.
159-163.
2010
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We're the same. . . but different: addressing academic divides in the study of brain and behavior.
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.
2010
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Production of Germline Transgenic Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster) Using Lentiviral Vectors.
Biology of Reproduction.
1189-1195.
2009
- Oxytocin, vasopressin, and the neurogenetics of sociality (vol 322, pg 900, 2008). Science. 1429-1429. 2009
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Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and the Neurogenetics of Sociality.
Science.
900-904.
2008
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Evolution of a behavior-linked microsatellite-containing element in the 5′ flanking region of the primate AVPR1A gene.
BMC Evolutionary Biology.
2008
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Communal roost site selection in a neotropical harvestman: Habitat limitation vs. tradition.
Ethology.
290-300.
2007
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Tradition without social learning:: scent-mark-based communal roost formation in a Neotropical harvestman (Prionostemma sp.).
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
801-809.
2007
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Effects of dopamine β-hydroxylase genotype and disulfiram inhibition on catecholamine homeostasis in mice.
Psychopharmacology.
72-80.
2005
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Juvenile hormone regulates de novo isoprenoid aggregation pheromone biosynthesis in pine bark beetles, Ips spp., through transcriptional control of HMG-CoA reductase.
Journal of Chemical Ecology.
2459-2494.
2004
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Accumbal calcium-permeable AMPA receptors orchestrate neuronal ensembles underlying social attachment..
Nature Communications.
783.
2026
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., Emory University 2009
- B.S., University of California-Los Angeles 2002
awards and honors
International Activities
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