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1986 • 944 citations

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1981 • 334 citations

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1996 • 324 citations

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2004 • 313 citations

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1997 • 256 citations

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1980 • 197 citations

Female Oxytocin-Deficient Mice Display Enhanced Anxiety-Related Behavior

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Central administration of oxytocin modulates the infant rats response to social isolation

1991 • 184 citations

c-fos expression in vomeronasal pathways of mated or pheromone- stimulated male golden hamsters: contributions from vomeronasal sensory input and expression related to mating performance

1994 • 176 citations

Male Vole Urine Changes Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone and Norepinephrine in Female Olfactory Bulb

1981 • 168 citations

C-Fos immunoreactivity in the sexually dimorphic area of the hypothalamus and related brain regions of male gerbils after exposure to sex-related stimuli or performance of specific sexual behaviors

1996 • 167 citations

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1998 • 165 citations

Sex comparison of neuronal fos immunoreactivity in the rat vomeronasal projection circuit after chemosensory stimulation

1996 • 159 citations

Vomeronasal neuroepithelium and forebrain Fos responses to male pheromones in male and female mice

1999 • 158 citations

Neonatal manipulations of oxytocin alter expression of oxytocin and vasopressin immunoreactive cells in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus in a gender-specific manner

2004 • 153 citations

Peripheral Pulses of Oxytocin Increase Partner Preferences in Female, but Not Male, Prairie Voles

2000 • 133 citations

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1989 • 127 citations

Male stimuli are necessary for female sexual behavior and uterine growth in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

1987 • 126 citations

Permeability of the blood-brain barrier to neuropeptides: The case for penetration

1985 • 124 citations

Infant's response to social separation reflects adult differences in affiliative behavior: A comparative developmetal study in prairie and montane voles

1990 • 123 citations

Pheromones induce c-fos in limbic areas regulating male hamster mating behavior

1993 • 117 citations

Oxytocin Links Mothering Received, Mothering Bestowed and Adult Stress Responses

2002 • 115 citations

An autoradiographic investigation of the projection of the vomeronasal organ to the accessory olfactory bulb in the mouse

1974 • 113 citations

Sex differences and developmental effects of manipulations of oxytocin on alloparenting and anxiety in prairie voles

2004 • 104 citations

Sex and species differences in plasma oxytocin using an enzyme immunoassay

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2003 • 76 citations

Cohabitation induced Fos immunoreactivity in the monogamous prairie vole

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2005 • 69 citations

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1992 • 68 citations

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2003 • 60 citations

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2003 • 60 citations

The Effects of Mate Removal on Pregnancy Success in Prairie Voles (Microtus Ochrogaster) and Meadow Voles (Microtus Pennsylvanicus)1

1992 • 49 citations

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