Publications

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ORCid

Pilgeram, N.R., Baran, N.M., Bhise, A.†, Davis, M.T., Kim, E., Lee, S., Rodriguez-Saltos, C.A., & Maney, D.L. (2023) Oxytocin receptor antagonism during song tutoring in zebra finches reduces preference for and learning of the tutor’s song. Scientific Reports. (2023) 13:6627. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33340-7

Jeong H.*, Baran, N.M.*, Sun, D., Chatterjee, P., Layman, T. Balakrishnan, C., Maney, D.L. Yi, S.V. (2022) Dynamic molecular evolution of a supergene with suppressed recombination in white-throated sparrows. eLife. 2022; e79387. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.79387.

Baran, N.M. & Streelman, J.T. (2020) Ecotype differences in aggression, neural activity, and behaviorally relevant gene expression in cichlid fish. Genes, Brain and Behavior. 2020;e12657. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbb.12657

Baran, N. M. (2019). Reductionist thinking and animal models in neuropsychiatric research. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18001231

Baran, N.M. (2017) Sensitive periods, vasotocin-family peptides, and the evolution and development of social behavior. Frontiers in Endocrinology. Research Topic: The Vasopressin System and Behavior. http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2017.00189/full

Baran, N.M.*, Peck, S.C.*, Kim, T.H.†, Goldstein, M.H., Adkins-Regan, E. (2017) Early life manipulations of vasopressin-family peptides alter vocal learning. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1859/20171114

Baran, N.M., McGrath, P.T., Streelman, J.T. (2017) Applying gene regulatory network logic to the evolution of social behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/05/30/1610621114

Baran, N. M., Tomaszycki, M. L., & Adkins-Regan, E. (2016). Early Life Manipulations of the Nonapeptide System Alter Pair Maintenance Behaviors and Neural Activity in Adult Male Zebra Finches. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 10, 58. http://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00058

Baran, N. M., Sklar, N. C.†, & Adkins-Regan, E. (2016). Developmental effects of vasotocin and nonapeptide receptors on early social attachment and affiliative behavior in the zebra finch. Hormones and Behavior, 78, 20–31. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.10.005

Baran, N.M. & Reeve, H.K. (2015). Co-evolution of parental care, parasitic, and resistance efforts in facultative parasitism. The American Naturalist. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/683227

Schweitzer, C., Schwabl, H., Baran, N. M., & Adkins-Regan, E. (2014). Pair disruption in female zebra finches: consequences for offspring phenotype and sensitivity to a social stressor. Animal Behaviour, 90, 195–204. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347214000566

Baran N.M., Adkins-Regan E. (2014) Breeding Experience, Alternative Reproductive Strategies and Reproductive Success in a Captive Colony of Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata). PLoS ONE 9(2): e89808. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0089808

Baran, N.M., Sapienza, P., & Zingales, L. (2010). Can we infer social preferences from the lab? Evidence from the Trust Game. Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 10-02. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1540137

Maestripieri, D., Baran, N.M., Zingales, L., & Sapienza, P. (Sept. 2010). Between- and within-sex variation in hormonal responses to economic decision making tests in a large sample of college students. Stress: The International Journal on the Biology of Stress. http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/10253891003681137

Book Chapters

Meléndez-Fernández, O. H., Liu, J. A., & Baran, N. M. (2022). Josephine Ball. In R. J. Nelson & Z. M. Weil (Eds.), Biographical History of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (pp. 23–32). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12970-4_4

Book Reviews

Adkins-Regan, E., Baran, N. M., Fernandez-Vargas, M., McKenna Kelly, E., & Smiley, K. O. (2014). [Review of Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Related Peptides in the Regulation of Behavior. Choleris, E., Pfaff, D. W., & Kavaliers, M. (Eds.)]. Animal Behaviour, 87, 240–241. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347213005125

*Co-first authors

† Undergraduate student co-author